Clinton Baptist Church

Clinton Topics

First Settlers

Plantations & Landmarks

Snedecor's Directory

Voter Precincts

Overview

1. Havana

2. New Prospect

3. Five Mile

4. Greensboro

5. Newbern

6. Hollow Square

7. German Creek

8. Forkland

9. Garret's Shop

10. Eutaw

11. Springfield

12. Knoxville

13. Union

14. Pleasant Ridge

15. Mount Hebron

16. Clinton

17. Boligee

Mantua

Clinton

First Settlers

James A Anderson (1819) Emigrated from North Carolina.

Jesse T. Butler (1818) Will recorded in Will Book C, page 513, Greene County Alabama.

John Cockerell (1821) John was born about 1790 in Nash County, North Carolina, the son of John Cockerell Sr and Nancy Anne Winstead. John married Temperance Baker in 1814 in Nash County, North Carolina. John, his wife Tempie and mother are buried in the Pleasant Hill Cumberland Church Cemetery.

John Gandy (1819) Died intestate in Greene County Alabama. Named heirs (Greene County Probate, Volume 2) were: John H Gandy, Mourning Harris, Wiley H Gandy, Sophia Buford, R R Gandy (died in Texas), A B Gandy, grandchildren Araminta and Daniel Gandy. John is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cumberland Church Cemetery.

George G. Higgenbotham (1822) Major George Green Higginbotham b. 15 Jul 1791 Elbert County, Georgia, d. 6 May 1859 Clinton, Greene Co, AL, m. 20 Feb 1817 in Elbert Co, GA Sarah Fortson, daughter of Benjamin Fortson and Elizabeth Gaines. Children: a) Sarah Ann b. 1 Oct 1919 Elbert Co, GA, d. 5 Aug 1873 DeSoto Par, LA, m. 18 Oct 1837 in Greene Co, AL to Bennett Smith Dickson; b) Benjamin T. b. ca. 1825 Greene Co, AL d. Greene Co, AL, m. after 1846 in Greene Co, AL to Mary V. Higginbotham b. Oct 1831, d. Mar 1853 Greene Co, AL; c) George Green, Jr. B. ca, 1827 Greene Co, AL d. 19 Mar 1895, Ellis Co, TX, m. after 1843 in Greene Co, AL to Isabella Coleman; Clary A. (girl) b. ca. 1835 Greene Co, AL; Isabella b. ca. 1838 Greene Co, AL.

William Josephus Hutton (1822) Married Ann Caloway in Greene County in 1826.

Eldred Pippen (1821) Eldred Pippen was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina and married Amy Bobbitt of Edgecombe.

Little Berry Pippen (1823) Littleberry Pippen was born in North Carolina and was the son of Eldred Pippen.

Hopkins Rice, son of Revolutionary War Lt. John Rice of North Carolina, was born in Nash County, North Carolina and moved to Greene county in the 1820s with his wife Jane [Williams] Rice. Hopkins and Jane were the parents of daughters Elizabeth, Willie, Frances, and Mary A. and sons John Petty Rice, William Dorsey Rice, Alexander C. Rice, Neverson C. Rice, Frierson Rice and Nelson Rice. Hopkins, Jane and some of their children and grandchildren are buried in theRice Cemetery in Greene County, Alabama.