Person:Thomas Eckford (1)

Land purchases in Morgan County (Range 4 W, Township 6 S) 13 Jul 1818: John Eckford and William Eckford -- Section 25 Southwest Quarter 13 Jul 1818: Thomas Eckford and Joseph Morrow -- section 25 Southeast Quarter 13 Jul 1818: Thomas Eckford and John Coffee -- Section 26 Northwest Quarter 26 Jul 1831: William Eckford -- Section 35 East half of Northeast Quarter 20 Jul 1832: Thomas Eckford -- Section 36 Northwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter Note: These are all contiguous, about 7 miles west of Somerville.

In Jan 1834 William Eckford and Murdock M. McKenzie became partners in a merchandise business in Somerville. In 1838 McKenzie sued Eckford. Thomas had moved to Tipton Co, TN and bought a town lot with Joseph R. Eckford in Jan 1837. The 1850 census record suggests that Thomas had a wife prior to Delitha.

An 1845 Morgan Co, AL court refers to a disposition dated 25 Aug 1837 by Thomas Eckford about 40 years of age (in 1837).

Sandy writes, Tennessee Genealogy Society Magazine 1980 pg 29 on Fayette County Court Minutes 1840 VolB pg 65 Thos.Eckford ,gdn to Kittarch H May presented settlement.Ordered , Recieved,and recorded. _______________________________________________________ Tenn Genea Soc pg 139 Fayette County Court Minutes 1841 Tenn Court Minutes Vol B Court Order: Thomas Eckford to be removed as guardian of Kittinah ( spelled wrong in book ) H .May,dec'd Joseph Soap,apptd.guardian in his place, Entered bond with Thos with Soap and AH Glenn as sec. Eckford ordered to account for his guardianship.

1. ↑ Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Innerleithen. Parish registers, 1642-1854. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985)
   via Sandy.

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2. ↑ Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Innerleithen. Parish registers, 1642-1854. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985).

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3. ↑ Gandrud, Pauline Myra Jones, and Kathleen Paul Jones. Alabama records. (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, c1981-)
   ( Vol 181, court record).

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4.   Cowart, Margaret Matthews. Old land records of Morgan County, Alabama: a comparison of 3 copies of the Government Tract Book for Morgan County, Alabama ... also information from the Morgan County Map Book, Decatur, Alabama. (s.n.], c1981 (Huntsville, Ala. : The Printers))
   pg 160, 163.

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5.   Gandrud, Pauline Myra Jones, and Kathleen Paul Jones. Alabama records. (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, c1981-)
   Vol 74, pg 82; Vol 110, pg 29; Vol 111, p 48.

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6. ↑ (pg 187)
7. ↑ age 80 household 148 Civil Dist 1