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Margaret Jane Prewitt

Female 1847 - 1871  (23 years)


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  1. 1.  Margaret Jane Prewitt was born 1 Nov 1847, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (daughter of John Welch Prewett and Elizabeth Cooper); died 17 Sep 1871.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 11451

    Margaret married Edward Isaac Hagler 26 Oct 1865. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Prewitt L Hagler was born 26 Jan 1868; died 3 May 1948.
    2. John Wiley Hagler was born 21 Oct 1869; died 3 Jan 1914.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Welch PrewettJohn Welch Prewett was born 20 Feb 1793, Knox, Tennessee, USA (son of Abraham Pruitt and Margaret Ann White); died 14 Mar 1878, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; was buried , Northport, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 85083297
    • Name: John Welch Prewitt
    • Reference Number: 11442
    • Residence: Alabama, USA
    • _MILT: 1812; Corp. MTD, Gunmen - War of 1812
    • Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
    • Burial: 1878; Corp. MTD. Gunen, War of 1812 - buried with him are 4 unmarked graves in Prewitt area/Prewitt (Hagler) Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

    Notes:

    Married cousin. Spelled Pruett and Prueit. Prewitt..One source says John was landowner at Tuscaloosa, AL and the richest man in the state. He had 300 slaves "Early Pioneers of Tuscaloosa, AL.
    Census : 1830 Tuscaloosa Co., Al
    1840 Tuscaloosa Co., Al pg. 227, John W. Pruitt ,3 M 10-15, 1 male 40-50, 1 F under 5; 1 F 10-15, 1 F 30-40.

    1850 Tus. Co. Al, p. 237, #658 John W. Prewitt 59 TN Farmer 10000, Elizabeth 40 GA, Isaac 17 AL, Jacob 15 AL, Susan13, John 9, William 6, Margaret 2, Samuel T. Johnson 17

    1870 Tus. Co. Al #94 John W. Prewitt 77 TN, Elizabeth 61 GA.

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    From the Montgomery Advertiser 3/3/2009

    NORTHPORT -- At the end of a narrow, gravel road on the edge of Lake Tusca­loosa is the final resting place of at least 300 slaves.
    Many of the graves are un­marked, while some are identified by names scrawled on crude sand­stone markers.

    The Old Prewitt Slave Cemetery dates back more than 180 years, but since the 1970s has been nestled right against the bank of Lake Tuscaloosa.

    Directly across the lake from the slave cemetery is the Prewitt-Hagler Ceme­tery, the burial place of about 20 of Tuscaloosa Coun­ty's earliest residents, in­cluding John Welch Prewitt, a slaveowner who fought in the War of 1812.

    When the lake was im­pounded to provide an ade­quate source of drinking wa­ter for Tuscaloosa, it formed a deep boundary between the slaves and those who once owned them and blocked public access to both historic cemeteries.

    Tuscaloosa resident and Prewitt slave descendant James "Wood" Wilson has obtained permission from two private landowners to access the Prewitt Slave Cemetery.

    But now, he is trying to en­sure the public can get to the slave burial ground for years to come.

    "You've got to give the public rights to access this cemetery," Wilson said.

    Before his death at the age of 85 in March 1878, John Welch Prewitt, had amassed an estimated 6,000-acre plantation just north of what is now Northport.

    But now, because of the lake and the sale of property from one private landholder to another, the Old Prewitt Slave Cemetery is no longer freely accessible to the pub­lic. Private property must be crossed to get there.

    And the Prewitt-Hagler Cemetery is completely landlocked, with its only public access point coming not over land but by water. A privately owned forest en­closes the cemetery's other borders.

    Earlier this month, Wil­son took his plea to the Tus­caloosa County Commis­sion, and the county's Engineering Department and legal team are looking for answers.

    Mike Henderson, the county's engineering coor­dinator, said he's nearing a possible resolution that he intends to take to Jim Ad­kins, who owns the land east of the slave cemetery, and Mike Musgrove, owner of the land on the cemetery's north side.

    One question that Hender­son is trying to answer is whether the County Com­mission ever abandoned Old Byler Road, which leads from Bull Slough Road to the edge of Lake Tuscaloosa.

    Adkins' driveway paral­lels the Old Byler Road road­bed, and he has placed a gate at the edge of his property to keep out trespassers and others who used to hang out at the edge of Lake Tuscaloo­sa on the land he now owns.

    "People were coming out here every night," Adkins said of his reasons for the gate.

    But the gate is a barrier to Wilson and others trying to get to the cemetery. Now, he is using a makeshift dirt road that cuts across Mus­grove's property.

    Musgrove said he takes no issue with Wilson getting onto the cemetery, but he and his wife -- both lawyers -- are concerned about the liability that comes with granted unfettered access across their land.

    "It's kind of a unique situ­ation," Musgrove said. "I'm not denying them access. I'm allowing them to use my property because I don't want to let the cemetery go bad."

    He's also unsure whether the cemetery is considered public or private.

    Although it was used to bury the slaves of John Welch Prewitt, most of it is now on land owned by Edwi­na H. Aldridge, according to county land records.

    But the white cemetery across the lake isn't listed in any one person's name. In­stead, that parcel of land is owned by Hagler Cemetery, according to county records.

    County Attorney Robert Spence said the county gov­ernment's only duty is to make sure access to a ceme­tery isn't blocked to those entitled to be there.

    "I don't think we have an obligation to go out there, mark off the cemetery and build a road to it," Spence said.

    Spence cited a section of state law that mandates that the owners of land on which a private cemetery rests must give access to "family members, friends, or descen­dants of deceased persons buried there; any cemetery plot owner; and any person engaged in genealogical, his­torical, or cultural research ..."

    The public, including the casual history buff, is ex­cluded.

    But that's not enough for Wilson, who said he wants to make sure future generations can freely come see what some consider to be the largest slave cemetery in Alabama.

    Nor is it enough for Eloise Prewitt, the great-great-great granddaughter of John Welch Prewitt, who has been involved with restor­ing the slave cemetery since the 1990s.

    She has never made a sim­ilar request for the Prewitt-Hagler Cemetery because the difficulty of accessing it has preserved it, she said.

    "It is totally hidden from the world," she said, "and that is the reason that ceme­tery has stayed intact all these years."

    But the slave cemetery, which carries obvious his­torical significance, is not in the same condition it was a century ago.

    And with enough public attention, she and Wilson believe it can be preserved for centuries to come.

    "I've never had anybody come to me and say, I want go to John Welch Prewitt's grave ...,'" Eloise Prewitt said. "But the slave ceme­tery, it is very historic and it needs to have public access."

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    Buried:
    Prewitt-Hagler Cemetery

    John married Elizabeth Cooper 10 Apr 1838, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of James Cooper and Deborah Owen) was born 20 Apr 1810, Wilkes, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Cooper was born 20 Apr 1810, Wilkes, Georgia, USA (daughter of James Cooper and Deborah Owen).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 7846

    Children:
    1. John Thomas W Prewitt was born Abt 1841, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; died 28 Oct 1863, Pea Patch Island, New Castle, Delaware, USA.
    2. William Cooper Welch Prewitt was born 9 Sep 1843, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; died 3 Aug 1864.
    3. 1. Margaret Jane Prewitt was born 1 Nov 1847, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; died 17 Sep 1871.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Abraham Pruitt was born 1763, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA (son of William Pruitt and Mary Martin); died Jul 1793, Pruitt's Knob, Barren, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 11520
    • Birth: 1763, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
    • Birth: 1763, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
    • Birth: 1763, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
    • Death: 1793, Tennessee, USA
    • Death: 1793, Barren, Kentucky, USA
    • Death: 1793, Barren, Kentucky, USA
    • Death: Jul 1793, Barren, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    killed in East Tennessee warfare

    Abraham married Margaret Ann White 5 Nov 1783, Goochland, Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Lilly White, Sr and Margaret (Unknown)) was born 1766, Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died , Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Margaret Ann White was born 1766, Rowan, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Lilly White, Sr and Margaret (Unknown)); died , Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 14849

    Children:
    1. 2. John Welch Prewett was born 20 Feb 1793, Knox, Tennessee, USA; died 14 Mar 1878, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; was buried , Northport, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
    2. William White Pruitt was born 1786, Greene, Tennessee, USA; died 1843, Lawrence, Alabama, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Pruitt was born 1790, Greene, Tennessee, USA; died 1834, Franklin, Indiana, USA.
    4. Nancy Ann Pruett was born 1787, Greene, Tennessee, USA; died 24 Sep 1843.

  3. 6.  James Cooper

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 42263

    James — Deborah Owen. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Deborah Owen

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 42264

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Cooper was born 20 Apr 1810, Wilkes, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Pruitt was born 1714, Frederick, Maryland, USA (son of James Henry Pruitt and Mary Ross); died 1817, Madison, Alabama, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 11558
    • Residence: 1815, Madison, Alabama, USA

    William married Mary Martin 1747, Caroline, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Martin and Mary Knight) was born 1722, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; died 28 Jul 1812, Madison, Madison, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Martin was born 1722, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Thomas Martin and Mary Knight); died 28 Jul 1812, Madison, Madison, Alabama, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 9109
    • Birth: Abt 1722
    • Death: Bef 1817

    Children:
    1. 4. Abraham Pruitt was born 1763, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died Jul 1793, Pruitt's Knob, Barren, Kentucky, USA.
    2. Levinah Pruitt was born 1766, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died 1863, Washington, Virginia, USA.
    3. Rebecca Pruitt was born 1760, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died , Arkansas, USA.
    4. Martin Pruitt was born 15 Jul 1752, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died 4 Feb 1844, Madison, Illinois, USA.
    5. Isaac Pruitt was born 1763, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died 1 Nov 1843, Jackson, Alabama, USA.
    6. William Pruitt was born 1761, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died Abt Jul 1783, Tennessee, USA.
    7. Mary Jane Pruitt was born Abt 1767, Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died Abt 1820.
    8. Jacob Pruet was born 1761, Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died 14 May 1845, Winston, Alabama, USA; was buried , Haleyville, Winston, Alabama, USA.
    9. Fuller Pruitt was born , Yadkin Valley, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1830.

  3. 10.  Thomas Lilly White, Sr was born 1712, North Carolina, USA; died 21 Feb 1803, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA; was buried , Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 83579585
    • Reference Number: 16123

    Notes:

    Buried:
    White Family Cemetery

    Thomas — Margaret (Unknown). Margaret was born 1725. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Margaret (Unknown) was born 1725.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 16124

    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret Ann White was born 1766, Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died , Mississippi, USA.
    2. Thomas Lilly White, Jr was born 1757, North Carolina, USA; died 1812, Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA; was buried , Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA.
    3. Benjamin White was born 1759, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Reuben White was born 1761, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Lucy White was born 1762, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Joseph White was born 1764, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Rachel White was born 1767, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Mildred White was born 1768, North Carolina, USA.
    9. Susannah White was born 1770, North Carolina, USA.
    10. Agnes White was born 1772, North Carolina, USA.
    11. Urstley White was born , North Carolina, USA.