It says on the tombstone John Belcher (Captain CSA) born 1 Dec 1822 and Died 14 Oct 1885...and Susan C. Abbott born 12 Dec 1838 and died 13 Feb 1886 is beside him.. Herman Laura L Fugere wrote: > If we are talking about the same John Belcher he was married three times. > Wife #1: Rhoda Cooper > m. July 9, 1815 > Wife #2: Nancy Higginbotham > Wife #3: Susan A. Hodges > m. January 14, 1856 > > Laura > > On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:24:07 +0000 "Herman D. Belcher, Sr." > <Hbelcher@prodigy.net> writes: > > This is a letter I received months ago from a fellow Belcher > > researcher.. > > > > From: Nancy DeVore Williams <williams@internettport.net> > > To: "Herman D. Belcher Sr." <hbelcher@prodigy.net> > > > > Hi Herman, > > You mention your John and Sullivan Belcher in Franklin Co, AL and > > ask if they > > help and quite frankly, I just don't know. > > > > MY John Belcher first appears in Jefferson County, AL with his first > > land > > purcahse abt 1822 (top of my head, but I think it's right!). He was > > married > > in 1815, but to my knowledge no one has figured our where yet. His > > exact > > marriage date and many birth and death dates come from a ledger that > > you used > > in astore that he owned. In it he recorded many of the dates of his > > family. > > > > I have seen claims that he was married in Alabama in 1815, but I've > > yet to see > > any proof. Ive also seen claims that his eldest son was born in > > 1817 > > inTennessess, still no proof. > > > > A TON has been done on his descendants. Many of them spread (early) > > to > > Arkansas and then on to Texas. A few of them stayed in Jefferson > > Co. (in and > > around Birmingham) and were very prolific. What more can I say? > > Please let > > me know if I've left out something..... > > > > Sounds like she knows more about these Belchers than I do...and I am > > from > > there..hehe > > Herman > > > > > > Jane Belcher wrote: > > > > > Hi. I have a Nathaniel Belcher from the 1820 census in Ft. Gaines, > > Ga. It > > > was Early Co. then. What part of Alabama are you talking about. > > Ft. Gaines > > > is on the Chattahoochee River. Jane > > > > > > ---------- > > > > From: Herman D. Belcher, Sr. <Hbelcher@prodigy.net> > > > > To: BELCHER-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: Re: [BELCHER] Nathaniel C. Belcher > > > > Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 12:13 AM > > > > > > > > Hiya Lea...I have it as Beverly Belcher and Francis ?? > > .Children are > > > Thomas > > > > W...Alfred Buford ..John and William..no proof ,,,just a > > hunch..due to > > > location > > > > and dates..How close is this to what you have?? > > > > Herman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > GGBelcher@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > Herman > > > > > > > > > > I have the DAR records of John Belcher b Dec 1 1822, his > > father was > > > > > Beverly Belcher also the father of my husbands Thomas Belcher. > > Carol > > > Belcher > > > > > got all these records, it goes back to 1615 for sure > > > > > > > > > > Lea Belcher > > > > > > > > > > ==== BELCHER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > > > > .........................BELCHER MAILING > > LIST.......................... > > > > > OUR ROOTSWEB SUPPORTER AND OUR BELCHER MAILING LIST OWNER AND > > MODERATOR > > > > > Glenn Belcher of Princeton, Mercer County, > > WV.....commander@inetone.net > > > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BELCHER Mailing List ==== > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > > > ......................Belcher Mailing List..................... > > > > The Belcher List is sponsored by the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > > > > Cooperative. 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