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A HISTORY OF THE BORDEN FAMILY; 1883 by Joel Borden & Campbell Borden. "John, married Catherine Matlock in Overton County, Tennessee. (She was the siser of the pioneer Governor John Sevier of Tennessee.) He removed first to Walker, Alabama, and in 1829 to what afterwards ws Calhoun County, Alabama, (then a part of the Cherokee Nation) but now Cleburne County, Alabama, at a place know as Borden Springs, where he died May 7, 1875, at the age of 80 years, 4 months, and 3 days."
REF: George Braden Roberts, GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH PECK & SOME RELATED FAMILIES; ; State College, PA. 1955; ; FHL Book 929.273 P334r, Fiche 6049146.
CONFLICT-BIRTH-DEATH: Pedigree chart from Kay Craft, Hot Springs, AR 71908 to Dori Shaffer, Hot Springs, AR; 1595-1971; dtd 05Sep1996; ; copy in poss of T Mason indicate birth/death in Knoxville, TN.
CENSUS: 1850 Census of Benton Co. Alabama. 28th Dist. Nov 16. p. 287. # 328.
John Burden 55 b. KY
C. " 52 b. Tenn female
E. " 24 b. Ala "
E.H. " 22 b. "
W.J. " 20 farmer
M. " 18 female
A.C. " 14 male
J.E. " 11 maleCHILDREN-BIRTH-DEATH: David E.Harris <harrisd@flash.net> sent the following by e-mail to T.Mason on 3Jan2001:
NOTES: Borden Springs, Alabama in currently located in Cleburne County, however it was originally in Benton County until name change in 1858 to Calhoun County. Then in Cleburne in 1866.
1)Siever Family Book (Lists children birth dates & Place)
2) War of 1812 file # WC-13695 &SC-9166. Served in Jesse Rainey's Tn. Vol.( Lists both wives Catherine Matlock & Hester Putnam)
3)1860 Calhoun County Census (lists Ky as birth place)
4)"Place Names in Alabama",Virgina O. Foscue. (Lists John as finding at Borden Springs,Al.
5) Personal osbervation of "John Borden Burying Grounds " at Borden Springs. Marker is still standing w/ all three names on a common marker.
6) Benton County, Alabama Marriage Records.
7) Borden Gathering, Nance Creek AL 1999 & 2000
Settled in 1818 in Calhoun Co., Alabama.
BIRTHPLACE-CONFLICT: In 1880 census for his son, it is stated that Joseph's father was born in Virginia.
NAME: Carolyn Smith <smith22@gateway.net> indicates all the documentation refers to this man as Joel: Calhoun County,
* AL Probate Minute Book A, pages 188-189
* Deed Book A, Vol. 2, pages 166-167 - Calhoun County, AL
* Census records, Calhoun County, AL
* "A Valley Heritage", by Morris Penny, (about families who lived in the valley of Nances Creek, AL)
* Copies of newspaper articles by researcher and correspondent, Lenore Martin, in Calhoun County, AL. (dated in the 1970's before her death).
* Also indicates that Louanne Lederer is the keeper of records which include Joel and Lucinda's Bible, Joel's War of 1812 military record, * Lucinda's applications for widows' pension and bounty land, court papers verifying the marriage record of Joel and Lucinda, plus many more documents with older dates that my collection.CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 9 children.
DESCENDANTS: Following information provided to T.Mason by "David E.Harris" <harrisd@flash.net> on 5Jan2001. REFERENCES:
1) Borden Family Bible
2) War of 1812 Records, File #WC21864. Served in Jesse Rainey's TN Vols.
3)Benton County, Alabama Wills
4)Benton/Calhoun Marriage Records
5)Benton Co.,Al Land Records
6)Cemetary Surveys in Limestone Co.,Tx.& Calhoun Co.,AL.
7)1830 Census,Carroll Co.,Ga.,1850 & 1860 Census for Benton Co.,AL.
Data for children followed.BIOGRAPHY: The Jacksonville News, 1Jun1977, "Joseph Borden of Nance's Creek Was Prominent Settler". ... Joel Borden came to these Creek Indian lands in 1818 and early became appointed a justice of the peace. Settling further north in Carmichael's beat were his close kinsmen Eli and John Borden (Burdin), numberous Wheelers and Alexanders, in an area later to be known as Borden Springs. WILL: filed Aug. 16, 1866, recently published in "Records of Benton (Calhoun) County Estates," Vol I by the Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society, shows as heirs, the widow Lucinda, Joseph, administrator, sons Eli, who lived in Wheelock, Robertson Co., Texas, and James, whereabouts unknown. Of the daughters there was Margarette, wife of George W. Anderson, Nance Jane, who married William J. Dickinson in 1847, and Mary Ann, who married James M. Andrews in 1850; also the daughter of deceased son George - Carrie - who resided with maternal grandparents, the Elijah Kerrs in White Plains.
Joel's Land Warrant # is 4001, Benton Co.,Al. His physical description was as follows: 5'-6" tall,red hair,with dark eyes,fair complexion. Joel is probably buried in Nance's Creek,Al. area. Nance's Creek Baptist Church is located on his original land. Son, Joseph gave the land to church.
Settled in 1818 in Calhoun Co., Alabama.
BIRTHPLACE-CONFLICT: In 1880 census for his son, it is stated that Joseph's father was born in Virginia.
NAME: Carolyn Smith <smith22@gateway.net> indicates all the documentation refers to this man as Joel: Calhoun County,
* AL Probate Minute Book A, pages 188-189
* Deed Book A, Vol. 2, pages 166-167 - Calhoun County, AL
* Census records, Calhoun County, AL
* "A Valley Heritage", by Morris Penny, (about families who lived in the valley of Nances Creek, AL)
* Copies of newspaper articles by researcher and correspondent, Lenore Martin, in Calhoun County, AL. (dated in the 1970's before her death).
* Also indicates that Louanne Lederer is the keeper of records which include Joel and Lucinda's Bible, Joel's War of 1812 military record, * Lucinda's applications for widows' pension and bounty land, court papers verifying the marriage record of Joel and Lucinda, plus many more documents with older dates that my collection.CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 9 children.
DESCENDANTS: Following information provided to T.Mason by "David E.Harris" <harrisd@flash.net> on 5Jan2001. REFERENCES:
1) Borden Family Bible
2) War of 1812 Records, File #WC21864. Served in Jesse Rainey's TN Vols.
3)Benton County, Alabama Wills
4)Benton/Calhoun Marriage Records
5)Benton Co.,Al Land Records
6)Cemetary Surveys in Limestone Co.,Tx.& Calhoun Co.,AL.
7)1830 Census,Carroll Co.,Ga.,1850 & 1860 Census for Benton Co.,AL.
Data for children followed.BIOGRAPHY: The Jacksonville News, 1Jun1977, "Joseph Borden of Nance's Creek Was Prominent Settler". ... Joel Borden came to these Creek Indian lands in 1818 and early became appointed a justice of the peace. Settling further north in Carmichael's beat were his close kinsmen Eli and John Borden (Burdin), numberous Wheelers and Alexanders, in an area later to be known as Borden Springs. WILL: filed Aug. 16, 1866, recently published in "Records of Benton (Calhoun) County Estates," Vol I by the Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society, shows as heirs, the widow Lucinda, Joseph, administrator, sons Eli, who lived in Wheelock, Robertson Co., Texas, and James, whereabouts unknown. Of the daughters there was Margarette, wife of George W. Anderson, Nance Jane, who married William J. Dickinson in 1847, and Mary Ann, who married James M. Andrews in 1850; also the daughter of deceased son George - Carrie - who resided with maternal grandparents, the Elijah Kerrs in White Plains.
Joel's Land Warrant # is 4001, Benton Co.,Al. His physical description was as follows: 5'-6" tall,red hair,with dark eyes,fair complexion. Joel is probably buried in Nance's Creek,Al. area. Nance's Creek Baptist Church is located on his original land. Son, Joseph gave the land to church.
Served CSA in Comp C, 5th Al. Batt. Was shot thru the face, near Richmond, Va. Hospital released him to go home to die. He made it to Calhoun Co., Al. near his sister Margaret's house when found.
Possibly died in Monroe Co.,TN
REF: 1830 Bledsoe TN Deed Book F,p160. REF: 1841 living in Marion Co.TN. REF: Marshall's "Desc Keith & Borden",p4.
Martin and his father died from the effects of the Bubonic Plague which spread over southern Germany in 1634-35. There were 604 deaths in Ebingen, a town of less than 2000 population.
RESEARCHER-DESCENDANTS: Information graciously provided by e-mail from Klaus Langer <klang-mail@gmx.de> to T.Mason in Apr 2001. Klaus lives lives in the area of Wurttemberg in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg.
