Boligee
First Settlers
Colonel George Hays -
Col. Hays was instrumental in bringing a colony of Scottish and Irish people to Boligee. Colonel Hays donated land to build the Bethsalem Church,
which was organized in 1835.
Colonel John McKee
(1771-1832) — built the first house in this town, Hill of Howth, in 1816.
Born in Rockbridge County, Va., 1771. An agent of the United States
to the Choctaw and Cherokee Indians, first U.S. Representative from
Tuscaloosa District of Alabama, 1823-29. Died August 12, 1832.
Interment at Bethsalem Cemetery.
Henry Caufield arrived in
Greene County in 1822. Henry was born 1767 in County Down, Ireland
and died in Greene County in 1840. Henry married Mary Castles in
Ulster, Ireland. Henry and Mary had ten children: John, Thomas,
Sarah C., Henry, Letitia, Isabella, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan B. and
William, all born in Ireland.
Bradley H. and Richard
Ridgway - born in Kentucky and were in Greene County, more than
likely with their father Rezin by 1821. Bradley was the commissioner
of roads and revenue in Boligee. He married Elizabeth Bell in Greene
County in 1832.
David Watson - Was
born about 1809 in Ireland and arrived in Greene in 1823. David
married Susan Caufield on 19 July 1830 in Greene County, daughter of
Henry Caufield and Mary Castles.
Benjamin Williams -
Born about 1798 in South Carolina; arrived in Greene County in 1823
and married Edna Hitt, also from South Carolina, on 7 February 1827
in Greene County. Edna was the daughter of David Hitt and Jane Meek.
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