John Isbell married Sarah Rod(d)en 19 September 1816 in Madison County, Mississippi Territory (now Alabama). Descendants:
Marriage license dated 19 Sept. 1816, Madison County Marriage Book Vol. 1 p. 269.
First Families of Alabama (Alabama Genealogical Society) #491
One record gave his name John W. Isbell. His great-great-grandson Clarence Hubert Allen (1924-2019) had his name in family records as John William Isbell.
Jackson Co., AL. Will Book 6, pp.170-72, records his and Sarah's living descendants.
Also Dekalb Co., AL Minutes Book K, p.583 (estate of Zachariah Isbell): "That John Isbell a deceased brother of decedent left him surviving and as entitled to distribution in said estate his five children Jesse W. & Miller Isbell and Mary Allen, Margaret Latham & Jane Minnix, five grandchildren…"(then lists) 5 grandchildren by his deceased son Levi, two children of deceased daughter Minerva Latham, and one by daughter Lavinia Wright. (also see Isbell Country by Odessa Isbell, p.15)
The Scottsboro DAILY SENTINEL, June 11, 1972, p.6: "The McAllister Sinks or Cove was partly an Indian field when the white man came. David Berry settled it. He sold it to John Isbell, who cleared the remainder of the Sinks with Negro slave labor. Mr. Isbell's three daughters inherited it: Mrs. Wm. Latham, Mrs. W.M. Minnix, and Mrs. B.B. Allen. A.E. McAllister purchased the Sinks from these heirs."
John Isbell's heirs inherited Allen Isbell Mountain which his children and grandchildren leased to John's 4th cousin John Brown Gordon and brothers who operated the Belmont Coal Company. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), later Governor of Georgia, and brothers Zachariah Chapman Gordon (1829-1871), Eugene Cornelius Gordon (1845-1913), and Walter Scott Gordon (1848-1886), were sons of Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1794-1886) and Malinda Cox (1805-1867), great-granddaughter of William Cox (1700-1751) who was a brother of Hannah Cox Isbell (Mrs. Henry Isbell), the mother of Zachariah Isbell Sr., the great-grandfather of John Isbell whose children leased Allen Isbell Mountain and additional properties to John's 4th cousins, the Gordon brothers and the Belmont Coal Co. The Isbell heirs later ended up suing Belmont Coal Co. and recovering a fraction of the monies promised them by the Gordons. See: Belmont Coal Mines of Jackson County, Alabama 1877-1940 by Lewis Wendell Page, Sr.
Marriage license dated 19 Sept. 1816, Madison County Marriage Book Vol. 1 p. 269.
First Families of Alabama (Alabama Genealogical Society) #491
One record gave his name John W. Isbell. His great-great-grandson Clarence Hubert Allen (1924-2019) had his name in family records as John William Isbell.
Jackson Co., AL. Will Book 6, pp.170-72, records his and Sarah's living descendants.
Also Dekalb Co., AL Minutes Book K, p.583 (estate of Zachariah Isbell): "That John Isbell a deceased brother of decedent left him surviving and as entitled to distribution in said estate his five children Jesse W. & Miller Isbell and Mary Allen, Margaret Latham & Jane Minnix, five grandchildren…"(then lists) 5 grandchildren by his deceased son Levi, two children of deceased daughter Minerva Latham, and one by daughter Lavinia Wright. (also see Isbell Country by Odessa Isbell, p.15)
The Scottsboro DAILY SENTINEL, June 11, 1972, p.6: "The McAllister Sinks or Cove was partly an Indian field when the white man came. David Berry settled it. He sold it to John Isbell, who cleared the remainder of the Sinks with Negro slave labor. Mr. Isbell's three daughters inherited it: Mrs. Wm. Latham, Mrs. W.M. Minnix, and Mrs. B.B. Allen. A.E. McAllister purchased the Sinks from these heirs."
John Isbell's heirs inherited Allen Isbell Mountain which his children and grandchildren leased to John's 4th cousin John Brown Gordon and brothers who operated the Belmont Coal Company. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), later Governor of Georgia, and brothers Zachariah Chapman Gordon (1829-1871), Eugene Cornelius Gordon (1845-1913), and Walter Scott Gordon (1848-1886), were sons of Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1794-1886) and Malinda Cox (1805-1867), great-granddaughter of William Cox (1700-1751) who was a brother of Hannah Cox Isbell (Mrs. Henry Isbell), the mother of Zachariah Isbell Sr., the great-grandfather of John Isbell whose children leased Allen Isbell Mountain and additional properties to John's 4th cousins, the Gordon brothers and the Belmont Coal Co. The Isbell heirs later ended up suing Belmont Coal Co. and recovering a fraction of the monies promised them by the Gordons. See: Belmont Coal Mines of Jackson County, Alabama 1877-1940 by Lewis Wendell Page, Sr.
John Isbell married Sarah Rod(d)en 19 September 1816 in Madison County, Mississippi Territory (now Alabama). Descendants:
Marriage license dated 19 Sept. 1816, Madison County Marriage Book Vol. 1 p. 269.
First Families of Alabama (Alabama Genealogical Society) #491
One record gave his name John W. Isbell. His great-great-grandson Clarence Hubert Allen (1924-2019) had his name in family records as John William Isbell.
Jackson Co., AL. Will Book 6, pp.170-72, records his and Sarah's living descendants.
Also Dekalb Co., AL Minutes Book K, p.583 (estate of Zachariah Isbell): "That John Isbell a deceased brother of decedent left him surviving and as entitled to distribution in said estate his five children Jesse W. & Miller Isbell and Mary Allen, Margaret Latham & Jane Minnix, five grandchildren…"(then lists) 5 grandchildren by his deceased son Levi, two children of deceased daughter Minerva Latham, and one by daughter Lavinia Wright. (also see Isbell Country by Odessa Isbell, p.15)
The Scottsboro DAILY SENTINEL, June 11, 1972, p.6: "The McAllister Sinks or Cove was partly an Indian field when the white man came. David Berry settled it. He sold it to John Isbell, who cleared the remainder of the Sinks with Negro slave labor. Mr. Isbell's three daughters inherited it: Mrs. Wm. Latham, Mrs. W.M. Minnix, and Mrs. B.B. Allen. A.E. McAllister purchased the Sinks from these heirs."
John Isbell's heirs inherited Allen Isbell Mountain which his children and grandchildren leased to John's 4th cousin John Brown Gordon and brothers who operated the Belmont Coal Company. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), later Governor of Georgia, and brothers Zachariah Chapman Gordon (1829-1871), Eugene Cornelius Gordon (1845-1913), and Walter Scott Gordon (1848-1886), were sons of Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1794-1886) and Malinda Cox (1805-1867), great-granddaughter of William Cox (1700-1751) who was a brother of Hannah Cox Isbell (Mrs. Henry Isbell), the mother of Zachariah Isbell Sr., the great-grandfather of John Isbell whose children leased Allen Isbell Mountain and additional properties to John's 4th cousins, the Gordon brothers and the Belmont Coal Co. The Isbell heirs later ended up suing Belmont Coal Co. and recovering a fraction of the monies promised them by the Gordons. See: Belmont Coal Mines of Jackson County, Alabama 1877-1940 by Lewis Wendell Page, Sr.
Marriage license dated 19 Sept. 1816, Madison County Marriage Book Vol. 1 p. 269.
First Families of Alabama (Alabama Genealogical Society) #491
One record gave his name John W. Isbell. His great-great-grandson Clarence Hubert Allen (1924-2019) had his name in family records as John William Isbell.
Jackson Co., AL. Will Book 6, pp.170-72, records his and Sarah's living descendants.
Also Dekalb Co., AL Minutes Book K, p.583 (estate of Zachariah Isbell): "That John Isbell a deceased brother of decedent left him surviving and as entitled to distribution in said estate his five children Jesse W. & Miller Isbell and Mary Allen, Margaret Latham & Jane Minnix, five grandchildren…"(then lists) 5 grandchildren by his deceased son Levi, two children of deceased daughter Minerva Latham, and one by daughter Lavinia Wright. (also see Isbell Country by Odessa Isbell, p.15)
The Scottsboro DAILY SENTINEL, June 11, 1972, p.6: "The McAllister Sinks or Cove was partly an Indian field when the white man came. David Berry settled it. He sold it to John Isbell, who cleared the remainder of the Sinks with Negro slave labor. Mr. Isbell's three daughters inherited it: Mrs. Wm. Latham, Mrs. W.M. Minnix, and Mrs. B.B. Allen. A.E. McAllister purchased the Sinks from these heirs."
John Isbell's heirs inherited Allen Isbell Mountain which his children and grandchildren leased to John's 4th cousin John Brown Gordon and brothers who operated the Belmont Coal Company. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), later Governor of Georgia, and brothers Zachariah Chapman Gordon (1829-1871), Eugene Cornelius Gordon (1845-1913), and Walter Scott Gordon (1848-1886), were sons of Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1794-1886) and Malinda Cox (1805-1867), great-granddaughter of William Cox (1700-1751) who was a brother of Hannah Cox Isbell (Mrs. Henry Isbell), the mother of Zachariah Isbell Sr., the great-grandfather of John Isbell whose children leased Allen Isbell Mountain and additional properties to John's 4th cousins, the Gordon brothers and the Belmont Coal Co. The Isbell heirs later ended up suing Belmont Coal Co. and recovering a fraction of the monies promised them by the Gordons. See: Belmont Coal Mines of Jackson County, Alabama 1877-1940 by Lewis Wendell Page, Sr.
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