Pioneers of Shelby County

This list was complied by Shelby County Centennial Commission and is by no means a complete list of the Pioneers of Shelby County. These names were taken from a list of Veterans of the U.S. Mexican War; Civil War; 1850 Census of School Ledgers, personal knowledge and correspondence.

Name

Adams Elisha

Adams, Ben F.

Alexander, C.C.

Alexander, G. B.

Alford, A. J.

Alford, B. M.

Allen C. B.

Allen, Theodore

Alvis, William C.

Amason, Jesse

Amey, Wallace

Amote, Fresnius

Anderson, Perry

Andrews, William

Applegate, James

Applegate, Mary

Armour, James

Armstrong, John

Arrington, William

Ashcroft, Levy H.

Ashton, Chancer

Ashton, Henry C.

Askins, Charles

Atkinson, W.

Bagwell, John Newton

Baker, Thomas

Ballard, Dave

Ballard, James W.

Ballard, M. N.

Ballard, W. W.

Ballard, Will W., Sr.

Bannzell, John

Barbee, George C.

Barner, Rufus

Barnett, Mary

Barnett, W. H.

Barron, John

Baugh, R. G.

Beamis, Ezekial

Beard, Benjamin

Beauchamp, Bennedict

Beck, Hugh

Beck, John

Beckham, S. N.

Beckham, Wilson

Becku, Samuel

Bell, Columbus

Bell, Joe

Bell, R. F.

Belsha, Francis P.

Belvin, J. M.

Benge, Elizabeth

Bennett, John

Biggar, Roy F.

Biggars, R. S.

Biggs, Asa

Billingsley, James

Bird, James M.

Bishop, L. H.

Bittick, G.W.

Bittick, Joseph

Bivens, Albert S.

Black, J. A.

Black, Susan

Blankenship, David

Blankenship, John

Bogard, George

Bogard, John

Bolard, James

Boles, Able

Bolton, Charles A.

Booth, J. T.

Booth, John T.

Borders, Bennett

Bordon, John

Bounds, Frank B.

Bowlin, Jeremiah

Boyd, Huldy

Bradley, Martin

Brady, C.U.

Bragg, James

Branch, Peter

Brawley, Leroy

Bridges, J. A.

Bridges, J. L.

Bridges, Nancy

Bridges, Will

Bridges, Zed

Brittain, Tom

Brittain, William J.

Brock, Rubin

Brookin, Henry

Brooks, A. G.

Brooks, Henry

Brown, A. W.

Brown, Benjamin

Brown, James

Brown, Jesse

Brown, L. B., Jr.

Brown, Lovard Bryan

Brown, Sam

Bryan, A. L.

Bryant, John

Bryarly, Judge R. S.

Buckley, John

Buckner, T. J.

Buckner, Tom

Burns, Harry

Burns, J. E.

Burns, John

Burns, John W.

Burns, R. E.

Burris, Henry

Burson, Joseph

Burton, Asa

Burton, Malissa

Burton, William

Buse, Bryant

Byfield, Holmes

Cain, Eddie

Caldwell, Charles H.

Caldwell, Dr. John

Caldwell, L. B.

Caldwell, R. V.

Callahan, R. P.

Campbell, John P.

Cannada, Sary

Cannon, Martha

Cannon, William

Carnahan, Eliza F.

Carnahan, Elizaphan

Carpenter, Clay B.

Carr, Anthony

Carriker, Henry James

Carroll, B. Short

Carroll, Mose

Carroll, Thomas

Carshaw, George W.

Cartwright, R. K.

Cartwright, Ida

Cartwright, Robert G.

Cash, Grayson,

Cash, Izora

Castleberry, David

Chadwick, Reuben

Chambers, John

Chandler, A.R.

Chandler, James

Chandler, W.B.

Childers, Hiram

Childress, W. I.

Childs, Ben T.

Cholston, Miss Harlow

Christian, J.W.

Clardy, James H.

Clay, John

Choate, Joab

Coburn, William

Collins, Elizabeth

Connell, John

Conner, Daniel

Conway, Henry

Conway, J. B.

Cook, Dudley

Cook, Frank

Cook, N. F.

Cook, William R.

Cooper, George

Cooper, James

Corbell, Perry C.

Corder, Marthy

Corley, Alfred B.

Cosort, Hiram

Covington, Cas

Cravens, J. J.

Crawford, W. H.

Crawford, William C.

Crenshaw, Charles O.

Crocker, T. N.

Crook, William C.

Crossen, J.W.

Crow, Pearl

Crown, Burtis

Crump, John

Crump, Robert C.

Cutler, Samuel

Daggett, E. M.

Daniels, Henry

Dansby, Issac

Darnell, N. H.

Darnell, Nicholas

Daugherty, D. S., Sr.

Davis, Buck

Davis, Caleb L.

Davis, John T.

Davis, John W.

Davis, R. L.

Day, A. E.

Day, Thomas H.

Day, William W.

Dean, John

Dearing, Joseph

Dial, Anna (Hotel)

Dillard, H. H.

Dillon, James M.

Doggett A. S.

Doggett, Charles

Doggett, Eugene

Donnihue, Thomas

Dorsey, Elizabeth

Downs, George S.

Duke, Dr. A. W.

Duke, Walker

Duncan, Joseph

Dwyer, Thomas

Dysart, E. B.

Eakin, Elizabeth

Eaves, W. E.

Echolls, William F.

Eddins, George

Eddins, Robert

Edwards, John E.

Eldridge, Samuel

Ellington, Jacob

Ellington, John

Ellington, W. E.

Ellington, William D.

English, James

Espy, G. S.

Estes, A.D.

Estes, Bethlehem

Evooten, Williams

Fabre, William

Fain, Misen

Fambro, Dr. F. W.

Farmer, Simon B.

Farrar, Sam

Fenegan, Patrick

Field, Judge Drury

Field, Robert L.

Fielder, John

Floyd, William

Forbes, W.F.

Forbis, Jackson

Foster, John F.

Fountain, Noah

Fowler, J. S. K.

Franks, Ida

Frasure, Hartwell

Freeland, James

Froton, William

Fuller, James

Fuller, Jessie W.

Fults, A. B.

Gainers, William H.

Gann, George

Gann, James

Garrett, A. B.

Garrett, Sallie

Garrison, John

Gholston, Col

Gibbs, john

Gibbs, P. F.

Gibbs, R. K.

Gibbs, R. L.

Gibson, J. J. E.

Gibson, Joseph D.

Gibson, William

Gillis, William

Glass, Shelby

Golding, Joel F.

Goodbread, Joseph

Goodbread, Mary

Goodbread, Susan

Goodwin, Robert

Goodwin, Thomas

Goodwin, William

Gorder, William

Goss, Gideion

Goulding, James A.

Grady, Jackson

Grady, Sary J.

Graham, James

Graves, Giles N.

Graves, John

Gray, James

Green, David

Greer, David C.

Gregory, Thomas

Griffin, Eula

Griffith, James

Groomes, William

Grubbs, Steve

Hackett, Jonathan

Hairgrove, Joel M.

Halbert, Miss Leona

Haley, B. F.

Hall, Abraham

Hall, Henry G.

Ham, Joel

Hamblett, William B.

Hamilton, H. B.

Hamilton, Matthew

Hammers, J. B.

Hancock, Henry

Handley, A. E.

Hanks, James

Hanks, Robert T.

Hanson, Thomas

Hardin, J. D.

Harding, John D.

Hargrove, Porter

Harkness, Benjamin

Harper, William

Harris, A. M.

Harris, Ira

Harrison, Jonas

Harvey, M. J.

Harvey, Paul

Haverland, E. W.

Hawkins, John T.

Hay, John

Hayes, Issaac

Hearn, Octavia

Heath, Samuel

Hecks, Don

Hecks, Jeff

Heith, William L.

Henderson, John T.

Henning, Levy

Henry, Jack

Henson, Elizabeth Ann

Herrington, Clarence

Hewitt, John W.

Hewitt, William M.

Hicks, A. W. O.

Hicks, Charles B.

Hicks, Ed

Hill, Soloman

Hilliard, C.t.

Himes, Osmus

Hinley, Joseph

Hinton, George

Hobbs, P. W.

Holland, William A.

Holman, Jeremiah

Holmes, James A.

Holt, Hardy

Holt, William

Hooper, J. M.

Hooper, Judge O. R.

Hooper, Captain Richard

Hopkins, Thomas

Horn, Nina

Horton, Levy

Hosa, Nancy

Hosay, Abner

Houston, Rufus

Howard, Leir

Huckaby, William

Huddleston, Pleasant

Hughes, Aguilla

Hughes, Andy

Hughes, Elkanah

Hughes, Frank

Hughes, Robert

Humphreys, John

Hurst, Seth

Hurst, William

Hutson, Ann

Iley, Elbert

Ingram, B. F.

Ingram, George

Inman, John

Innis, John

Irish, Ada

Irish, B. M.

Irish, Charlie

Irish, Ella

Irish, Emily Eaves

Irish, Harriett Jernigan

Irish, J. R.

Irish, Jennie Amason

Irish, Joe

Irish, Leerone

Irish, Lovick

Irish, Mathern

Irish, Riley

Irish, Rouser Levon

Irish, Steve

Irish, Sudie

Jackson, Washington

Jacobs, John

Jamison, William

January, R. S.

Jarrett, James H.

Jetton, Hiram

Johnson, Anderson

Johnson, Becky

Johnson, M. T.

Johnson, Middleton T.

Johnston, Alex R.

Johnston, Dick

Jones, Charles Louis

Jones, Hardy

Jones, Ples

Jones, Tom

Jordan, William H.

Joyce, James

Kellis, James M.

Kennedy, Federick

Kerr, William

King, Augustus

King, O.B.

Kirksey, John M.

Kirpatrick, Hiram

Lack, Rachel

Lambright, William

Lance, Alcin

Land, W. A.

Landrum, William P.

Lane, Frank

Lane, James A.

Lane, W. J.

Lanier, Clement

Latham, John

Lathrop, Cathron

Lawrence, C. C.

Lawson, W. W.

Lee, James

Lee, Owen

Lemons, James

Lewallen, Angus

Lewis, Elizabeth

Lindsay, Mary

Lister, James Henry

Lister, Thomas

Locke, George

Longacre, Elliott

Looney, J. C.

Lout, Bailey

Lout, John

Loving, George

Loving, Tom

Loyd, William

Lucas, David C.

Lucky, J. M.

Luman, A. J.

Madegan, James

Mahan, Dennis

Mangum, Robert

Manning, Francis

Manning, Richard

Martin, Easter

Martin, George W.

Matthews, Brinkley

Matthews, N. W.

Mauldin, James

Maxwell, Dr. H. H.

May, D. H.

Mays, William

McAdams, James

McBride, Robert

McCallum, John

McCann, Jane

McCary, Miss Justine

McClellan, Samuel

McClelland, Joseph

McClelland, William

McCoy, David

McCray, Henry

McCrery, Wilson

McCullen, William

McDaniel, S. A.

McFely, John H.

McGuffrey, R. M.

McKee, Joseph

McKee, Louisa

McKee, Rev. Joseph

McKelvy, James E.

McKemp, Daniel

McKenzie, D. L.

McKnight, D. M.

McKnight, D. F.

McKnight, Dan

McKnight, Daniel M.

McKnight, James H.

McKnight, Tom

McLamore, Adkin

McLaughlin, Pat H.

McLendon, Barto

McLendon, John

McLendon, L. G.

McLendon, Mattie Lou

McLendon, Will

McQueen, Donald

McRae, John P.

McWilliams, Robert

Means, Thomas

Meeks, Caswell

Menefee, George

Messie, W. J.

Metcalf, W. B.

Michum, James

Middleton, D. C.

Middleton, Drury

Milford, M. D.

Miller, J. W.

Mills, A. E.

Mills, Alec

Mills, Ellender

Milstead, Joseph

Mitchel, Ephreiem

Mize, Allen

Mize, L. G.

Mock, Moses

Moody, John

Moon, John L.

Moore, Charles

Morgan, Elizabeth

Morris, Benjamin

Morris, Elija

Morrison, John C.

Morrison, Zilla

Morse, George W.

Mosely, M. H.

Moss Family

Mott, J. C.

Mouser, David

Muckleroy, Carrie

Munnerly, B. H.

Murphey, Burtis

Muse, Thomas

Music, Robert

Myers, Joel

Myrick, Dodson

Myrick, Matthew

Nail, A.D.

Nail, Abner

Nail, William A.

Nations, Obediah

Nesbitt, Henry

Netherly, William

Neuville, S. J.

Neuville, Stephen

Nicholson, Ed

Norris, Ed

Norris, John T.

Norrison, William

Northcutt, H. W.

Oates, S. H.

Oliver, A. L.

Oliver, Albert O.

Oliver, Andrews

Owens, D. R.

Owens, W. R.

Palmer, Amanda

Palmer, John

Parker, I. O. B.

Parker, James

Parker, Jesse

Parker, Nathaniel

Parker, R. L.

Parrish, R. O.

Paul, J. D.

Paul, Samuel

Paul, William A.

Paxton, W. G.

Payne, J. A.

Payne, John

Payne, John C.

Payne, R. V.

Pearce, Ben

Pearce, Frank

Pearce, James

Peoples, Thomas

Perkins, William

Permenter, Louisa

Persons, Benjamin

Pettit, Kissiah

Pierce, William

Pittman, Edward

Polk, S. G.

Polley, Judge Jim

Poppin, James

Porter, Amos

Porter, Loranzo

Potts, F. N.

Potts, John

Potts, Tom

Pou, William Tell

Pounds, W. A.

Pounds, William

Powdrill, John W.

Powell, Franklin D.

Powell, K. R.

Powell, Lucindy

Power, T. J.

Price, Nancy

Price, William

Prince, H. L.

Prince, William

Pullen, John C.

Pursloy, John S.

Purson, Martin

Purvis, Joseph

Quinn, Sary A.

Ragland, W. J.

Raines, Emory

Rains, George R.

Ramsey, F. H.

Ramsey, Joe

Rather, Dr. John

Ratliff, Eliza

Ray, John L.

Ray, W. C.

Rayborn, Hody

Reaves, William

Recman, John

Redders, Nancy

Redditt, J. D.

Redditt, William

Reed, Alex

Reynolds, Watkins

Rhoads, William

Richards, James

Ricks, A. T.

Riddle, William

Riggs, Judge W. T.

Risinger, Levi

Robbison, Jes

Roberts, John T.

Roberts, Moses F.

Robertson, Archie

Robertson, James M.

Rodgers, M.

Rogers, J. M.

Rogers, James

Rogers, John C.

Rogers, Merrel

Rogers, O. C.

Rogers, Will

Rogers, Y. W.

Ross, E. R.

Ross, William

Rossiter, Richard

Rowe, David

Rowe, William

Rudd, William Lorenza

Runnels, Henry

Runnels, J. B.

Runnels, John

Runnels, William D.

Rushing, J. J.

Samford, Burton

Samford, Duke

Samford, Ebnezer Jerry

Samford, Elkanah

Samford, Elton

Samford, George

Samford, Jeff

Samford, Matt

Samford, Sam

Samford, Simeon

Samford, Virgil

Samford, William S.

Sample, James B.

Samples, James Bedford

Samuel, Elisha

Sanders, Arthur

Sanders, Edith

Sanders, Eva

Sanders, John

Sanders, Lela

Sanders, Robert

Sanderson, Arthur

Sanford, Absolom

Sanford, Joab

Sapp, J. M.

Sapp, John

Satterwhite, Ben

Satterwhite, Henry

Saunders, George

Saunders, Joe

Savage, James

Schillings, Issac

Schooler, Benjamin

Scott, George W.

Scott, William

Sessions, Redden

Sevier, LaFayett

Sharcutts, Valentine

Shaw, Leonard

Sherrodd, George

Shoes, Nancy

Shofner, J. M.

Sholer, David

Short, Carroll B.

Short, D. M.

Short, Daniel

Simmons, William

Simpson, James

Sims, Frank B.

Sinclair, Leland

Slaughter, Charles

Smith, Alva

Smith, C. H.

Smith, Hugh

Smith, Jacob

Smith, Logan S.

Smith, William

Snider, Joel

Solloman, Smauel

Spencer, Henry

Spivey, James J.

Spurgeon, John W.

Stanfield, Elizabeth

Stanley, Charles

Stansberry, Louisa

Staples, Robert

Starky, John

Starr, Thomas

Steel, W. E.

Stephens, G. H.

Stephens, John R.

Stephens, L. H.

Stephenson, Judge James S.

Sterrett, Elizabeth

Stevens, Enoch

Stevenson, Hamillon

Stiles, Richard

Stockman, Peter

Stokes, John B.

Stone, Martin B.

Stotts, Mary

Strickland, Amos

Strickland, David

Strickland, Issaac

Strickland, James

Strong, Isam

Stroops, George

Stuart, Edward

Styles, James

Sublett, William

Swanzy, Floyd

Swearingen, P. G.

Sweezy, Matthias

Swinebroad, A. J.

Tamplin, Edward

Tamplin, H. H.

Tanner, James

Tate, Allen

Tatum, J. C.

Taylor, Thomas P.

Thomas, Sam

Thomas, W. J.

Thompson, R. D.

Thompson, Steve

Thornsburg, Alexander

Tims, Joseph S.

Tines, John

Tinsley, Wells

Todd, James

Todd, John

Todd, John D.

Todd, Sam

Todd, Thomas J.

Todd, William

Tolbert, Hohanna

Trammele, William T.

Tribble, Hilliard

Tribble, James A.

True, Sally F.

Truitt, Alfred

Truitt, Alfred M.

Truitt, Joshua

Truitt, Levi

Truitt, Levy M.

Tubbs, Abraham

Tucker, James

Tucker, William H.

Turner, A.G.

Turner, Bob

Turner, F. Larkin

Turpin, G. V.

Turpin, William

Twomey, Ann

Tyler, Millie

Tyre, J. R.

Updegraf, Samuel

Vance, Loranza D.

Vannoy, Harvey

Vaughn, T. C.

Vick, J. J.

Wadkins, William P.

Wagstaff, James

Wagstaff, William

Walker, James

Walker, S. O.

Walkins, D. S.

Wallaba, Andrews

Walling, N. D.

Walling, Will

Walton, W.

Wannacan, John

Warren, J. C.

Waters, J. H.

Watkins, Barney

Watson, Charlie

Watson, Frank

Watson, George W.

Weaver, Earnest

Weaver, George W.

Weaver, Joseph N.

Weaver, Marion

Weaver, Noble

Weaver, Sam

Weaver, Tolbert

Weaver, Vernon

Weaver, William

Webb, David

Webb, George W.

Webb, John

Webb, M. B.

Webb, Merideth

Weeks, John

Welsh, John

West, M. E.

Westly, William

Wharton, Dilliard Marion

Wheeler, Alf

Wheeler, Jol Preston

Wheeler, Laura

Wheeler, R.

Wheeler, Ransom

White, A. C.

White, F. G.

White, Levi

Whitehead, J. M.

Whiteside, T. C.

Whitfield, William J.

Whittelsey, Oscar A.

Whitton, William

Whitton, William N.

Wiet, William

Wiggens, James

Wiggens, R. R.

Wiggins, Washington

Wilburn, L. T.

Wilburn, Lihur T.

Wilcocks, Allen R.

Wilkens, C. C.

Wilkens, Valentine

Williams, Anson

Williams, William I.

Willis, James F.

Wills, James A.

Wilson, Benjamin

Wilson, Dr.

Wilson, Henry

Wilson, John D.

Wilson, Justin

Wilson, Loving

Wilson, Samford T.

Wilson, W. O.

Wilson, William

Wimberly, John

Wimberly, Lebi

Windham, Jessie

Windom, Jackson H.

Wiseman, M. K.

Withers, Henry

Wolf, Mary

Womack, J.

Wood, James

Wood, John M.

Woodall, William

Woodfin, Elizabeth

Woodfin, George W.

Woods, Elijah

Wooten, Moses T.

Word, P. B.

Worsham, T.

Wright, Harding

Wyatt, R.

Yarborough, Z. Richard

Yates, A. C.

Yates, Caroline

Yates, Mark

Yates, Noah

Yeary, N.N.

Youngblood, Jeff

Youngblood, W. W.