Descendants of several branches of the Isbell family are eligible for membership in the First Families of Alabama: http://www.archives.state.al.us/ags/firstfamilies.html http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/groomsHI.html Levi Isbell and wife Sarah Birdwell married 1816, James Isbell and Elizabeth Birdwell married 1813, John Isbell married 1816 Sarah Roden. Also some of the descendants of George Isbell and wife Susannah Eubank Smith would be eligible, those who arrived very early in Madison Co. and Franklin Co. Their daughter Elizabeth Isbell (b. 1799) married first to William Overton Rutherford and secondly to Levi Roden Sr., 20 years her senior, and making her the stepmother of Sarah (Roden) Isbell, my ancestral aunt. http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/probate1.html Godfrey Isbell (estate filed 1816; appraisers appointed included John Birdwell, father of Sarah and Elizabeth) http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/1816tax.html 1816 tax list: Hannah Isbell (widow of Godfrey) John Birdwell is listed on 1811 and 1812 tax lists: http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/1811tax.html http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/1812tax.html http://www.archives.state.al.us/markers/imarshall.html

None of the Isbell names are on the list of families that already have certificates http://www.archives.state.al.us/ags/ffamiliescertificates.html Where are they listed? Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Isbell" <isbell2@hotmail.com> To: <isbell@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:50 AM Subject: [ISBELL] First Families of Alabama > Descendants of several branches of the Isbell family are eligible for > membership in the First Families of Alabama: > > http://www.archives.state.al.us/ags/firstfamilies.html > > http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/groomsHI.html > Levi Isbell and wife Sarah Birdwell married 1816, James Isbell and Elizabeth > Birdwell married 1813, > John Isbell married 1816 Sarah Roden. > > Also some of the descendants of George Isbell and wife Susannah Eubank Smith > would be eligible, those who arrived very early in Madison Co. and Franklin > Co. Their daughter Elizabeth Isbell (b. 1799) married first to William > Overton Rutherford and secondly to Levi Roden Sr., 20 years her senior, and > making her the stepmother of Sarah (Roden) Isbell, my ancestral aunt. > > http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/probate1.html > Godfrey Isbell (estate filed 1816; appraisers appointed included John > Birdwell, father of Sarah and Elizabeth) > > http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/1816tax.html > 1816 tax list: Hannah Isbell (widow of Godfrey) > > > John Birdwell is listed on 1811 and 1812 tax lists: > http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/1811tax.html > http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/1812tax.html > > http://www.archives.state.al.us/markers/imarshall.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISBELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message