Person:Obadiah Meador (1)

Meadows, Obadiah, 74, farmer, RE=$1000, b. SC
, Polly, 70, b. NC

to John Meador and Obadiah Meador
Total Acres: 145.85
St Stephens Meridian, Township 019N Range 001E, NE¼ Sec 21, in Greene, [later] Sumter County
5 October 1835

NOTE: This appears to be very similar to land later purchased by John and Obediah from John Walker, who would have been granted the land by Treaty in 1830/31.

John Walker of Sumter, AL
on 14 Mar 1836
was paid $620 by Obadiah Meador and John V. Meador of same place
for the fractional 1/2 of Sec 21, T19 R1E kcontaining 189 acres
in land District of Demopolis, Alabama
which was granted to Walker by the United States under 14th article of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty
Signed John x his mark Walker
withnesses Hugh Blakeney, JP, Robert Grady
Mary Walker, wife of John Walker, relinquished her dower righs
Recorded 9 Sept 1836

Birth: Transcription of Dates from Bible Record that belonged to Obadiah Meador [based on missing son who died young, probably all entered about the same time]
Slave Declaration 1818
Will [photocopy of original]

See also: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, nm-llanera -- FORTUNE FOOTPRINTS - WHITE WHISPERINGS, Owner: NM-llanera, updated 19 April 2019 Obadiah Meador Person Id: I1452, Tree Id: 198994

2 males under 16 (Hugh, Obediah), 1 male over 16 (Jason), 4 females (Sarah, Sophia, 2 others)
possible neighbors: Frances Rushing, Nathan Melton, Jeremiah Gulledge

Obediah Meadows Jr., 2 males under 10 (William, unknown), 1 male 26-44 (Obadiah), 1 female 16-25 (Mary)

Obadiah Medar, 2 males under 10 (Clement, John Vines), 1 male 10-15 (William), 1 male 26-44 (Obadiah), 1 female under 10 (Sarah Jane), 1 female 26-44 (Mary); 4 slaves

Near neighbors include David and Lewis Medar, James and David Derden, Asa, Wm and Thos Hendricks

Obadiah Meadow say he is about to bring 9 slaves who are field hands except the children into this state, to wit: Joseph 40, Lucy 40, Grace 30, Vilet [sic] 12, Rachel 9, Jerry 5, Randal 4, Isham 3, Adam 6 months
for the sole purpose of being held to service and labor by him, ot to sel, transfer, barter, lend, hire, mortgage, etc.
Signed 23 November 1818, Obadiah x his mark Meadow

20 Oct 1824 - Hale County
1 Feb 1826 - Hale County
28 Aug 1831 - Hale County
20 Oct 1835 - Sumter County
15 Mar 1837 - Sumter County

Obadiah Meadow, 1 male 50-59 (Obadiah), 1 female 40-49 (Mary); 6 slaves (2 males 10-23, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-23, 2 females 16-59)
Clem Meadow next line

Obediah Meador, 1 male 60-69 (Obadiah), 1 female 5-9 (unknown), 1 female 50-60 (Mary)
4 slaves (1 male 10-23, 1 male 24-35, 1 female 10-23, 1 female 55-90)

Obadiah Meador, 1 male, 2 females
Others on page (which is alphabetical)
John V. Meador, 4 males, 3 females
David Meador, 5 males, 7 females
Joel Meador, 2 males, 2 females

Meadows, Obediah, Administrator William Melton, Aug 1855, Book H, pp. 570, 574, 575, 590; Feb 1855 Book H, pp. 667-668, 694-695

Indenture 28 Nov 1839
Between Obadiah Meador John V Meador Mary Meador Martha Meador their wives of Sumter County, AL
and William Melton of same place who paid $3,870 for land in Sumter County in the [Land Office] District of Demopolis
E1/2 of SW1/4 and W1/4 of SW14 of Sec 22 T19 R1e
also the SE fractional 1/4 of Sec 21 of same Township and Range
also a fraction of the NE end of the other jst above mentioned being in Sec 2 T19 R1E it being a parcel of land a part alienated to John Walker as head of a Choctaw family of the other part granted to aid Meadors by preemption and transferred to said Meders y John Walker
containing 349 acres more or less
Signeed Obadiah x his mark Meador John V Meador Mary x her mark Meador Martha x her mark Meador
Witnesses Robert Grady, A. Duren JP
Recorde 28 Nov 1839