Pleasant Ridge
First Settlers
In 1819, James H. Archibald and David Hitt
were the first settlers of Pleasant Ridge.
James Hall Archibald born
1799,and his wife Mary A. Steele settled in Greene County in 1819 in
the area near the present-day Pleasant Ridge Church. Their sons were
E. Addison born 1822, Abner A. born 1824, Samuel S. born 1826,
Andrew Brown born 1828 and James Steele Archibald born 1830. James
Hall Archibald and sons were active in the Pleasant Ridge Church and
James and many of his descendants are buried there. Andrew Brown
died as a Prisoner of War in Ohio during the Civil War. Union Academy was founded in
1850 by Abner A. & E. Addison Archibald.
John Cockrell, born in
Nash County, North Carolina married Temperance Baker and moved to
Greene County in 1823. John and Tempy had nine children: Melvina,
Harriet, Anna, Aquilla Winstead, Charity, John Winstead, Henry R,
Isabella (Elizabeth) and Goin A. John, Tempy, Charity, John
Winstead and Aquilla are buried in the Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Church Cemetery in Greene County.
Henry Edwards married
Mariah Horton, a daughter of Jesse Horton and Sarah Chamblee. Henry
and Mariah had ten children and lived on a farm east of the town of
Pleasant Ridge.
David Hitt, one of the
earliest settlers, arrived in Greene County from South Carolina in 1819. His daughter
Nancy A. married Alfred Doss and settled in the area due south of
the town of Pleasant Ridge near the Mt. Hebron precinct border. His
daughter Edna married Benjamin Williams and settled in the Boligee
area by 1823.
Jesse Horton and his wife
Sarah Chamblee were married in Wake County North Carolina and
migrated to Greene County around 1821. Jesse lived south of the town
of Pleasant Ridge, near the present-day Horton Cemetery. Their sons
John and William Horton settled on farms nearby. Jesse and Sarah are buried in the Horton Cemetery.
Nancy Hutton and sons
William J., F. M., John Newton and Dr. Aquilla D. arrived in the
Pleasant Ridge area in 1822 and settled on the southwest side of
Pleasant Ridge not far from the Tom Bigbee river.
Littleberry King married
Molsey Horton, daughter of Jesse Horton, in Greene County on 22
January 1828. Littleberry owned land next to Jesse Horton.
Littleberry and Molsey are buried in the Horton cemetery.
Steele: The family of
Abner Aexander Steele and
Elizabeth Deale, migrated to Greene
County in 1818 from Pendleton District, South Carolina. They were
the parents of thirteen children:
Alexander, Mary,Elihue R., Richard G., Nancy and Elizabeth (twins), Martha, William,
Abner Alexander, Jr., Jane, Susanah (died young), Esther and
James. More on this family can be found under the "Descendants
of Aaron Steele" by Scott Owen.
William settled in the Pleasant
Ridge area and is buried in the
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Benjamin Williams, father of Lawrence Williams, arrived in Greene County in 1823. Benjamin's
son Lawrence (Larry) married Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter of John
Carpenter and Elizabeth Upchurch.
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