I found a great web-site where I was able to directly pin-point the area in Bibb County where Jacob Dominick and his family purchased land from the federal government. I knew, per the land records I had copies of, that their property was in Township 23-N, Range Number 10-E. I was able to find a map of Bibb County on Marv Hamm's Genealogy Home Page that shows the different townships and ranges. Then, if you click on your ancestor's quadrant, it returns a complete list of the land patents granted in that quadrant. I found my Dominick's in addition to some other family names that have been associated with the Dominicks (Collier, Lightsey).
What a great find!
http://marvhamm.com/bibb_county_homesteads.html
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Federal Land Records - Jacob Dominick
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I happened upon some federal land records for Jacob Dominick associated with the Land Grant act of 1820. The records were issued out of the land office of Tuscaloosa. He purchased 2 plots of land in Bibb County. The certificates (shown below) were issued in November 1830 which was just a year prior to his death. I am not sure exactly when Jacob moved to Bibb County, AL from South Carolina, but my guess is that it was around this time period.
Catherine Dominick purchased land out of this same office in Sep of 1839 (after Jacob's death).
Catherine Dominick purchased land out of this same office in Sep of 1839 (after Jacob's death).
Martin Dominick (son of Jacob Dominick)
As listed in my post dated January 3, 2010, one of Jacob's sons listed in his will was Martin Dominick. Martin Dominick is buried at Mt. Hermon Church cemetary in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. You can view the tombstone via the following link:
http://magnolia.cyriv.com/DynamicTree/Cemetery/Search/BuDtl.asp?BID=10131
According to his tombstone, he was born on 25 Oct 1821 and died on 10 Dec 1898. However, other records I have (mainly local histories and work of other family historians) indicate that his death date was the 16th of December instead of the 10th.
http://magnolia.cyriv.com/DynamicTree/Cemetery/Search/BuDtl.asp?BID=10131
According to his tombstone, he was born on 25 Oct 1821 and died on 10 Dec 1898. However, other records I have (mainly local histories and work of other family historians) indicate that his death date was the 16th of December instead of the 10th.
Tip on searching in Ancestry.com
Last night, I did some searching on ancestry.com and learned a few things. First of all, this time, instead of doing a general search on my ancestor through the main search screen, I did a search from my ancestor from the tree screen. I was able to much more easily comb through the results returned because ancestry.com applied some filters for me.
I was searching for records on Martin Dominick, Jacob Dominick's son. I already had his birth and death dates in my tree and knew that he was born and died in Alabama. I selected Martin Dominick from my tree and clicked the option to search records. I then modified the search criteria that ancestry completed for me and asked to do an exact match on place (Alabama) since I knew he had not lived anywhere other than Alabama.
I then looked at the results and instead of just clicking on the usual stuff (census records, etc), I decided to review some of the Court, Will and Land records and was shocked to actually get some hits. I don't know why I was that surprised; it’s just that I had never really used ancestry for that kind of look up before.
Anyway, I found some tax records and and US land grant records! I will post the results of my record search on another post but just wanted to share this tip.
I was searching for records on Martin Dominick, Jacob Dominick's son. I already had his birth and death dates in my tree and knew that he was born and died in Alabama. I selected Martin Dominick from my tree and clicked the option to search records. I then modified the search criteria that ancestry completed for me and asked to do an exact match on place (Alabama) since I knew he had not lived anywhere other than Alabama.
I then looked at the results and instead of just clicking on the usual stuff (census records, etc), I decided to review some of the Court, Will and Land records and was shocked to actually get some hits. I don't know why I was that surprised; it’s just that I had never really used ancestry for that kind of look up before.
Anyway, I found some tax records and and US land grant records! I will post the results of my record search on another post but just wanted to share this tip.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Who was Jacob Dominick's father?
To date, I am still trying to determine who the father of Jacob Dominick was. Several trees on ancestry.com list his father as being John Dominick, of German descent. However, I haven't found any trees that list the source for this information.
Family tradition indicates that Jacob Dominick migrated to Bibb County, AL from South Carolina. I did locate a John Dominick on the 1790 South Carolina census in Newberry County. He shows up on page 62. This census shows 1 male 16 years and older, 3 males under 16 years and 3 females. There is also a Henry Dominick listed in Newberry County at the same time.
In addition, a Johannes Dominick shows up on the Caldonia Passenger list compiled by Janice Gartman Lee as immigrating into Charles Town, SC on the ship Caldonia in the fall of 1752. He is listed as travelling with a wife and 1 child, Michael 3 years.
If anyone has any information on any of these Dominick's, let me know!
Family tradition indicates that Jacob Dominick migrated to Bibb County, AL from South Carolina. I did locate a John Dominick on the 1790 South Carolina census in Newberry County. He shows up on page 62. This census shows 1 male 16 years and older, 3 males under 16 years and 3 females. There is also a Henry Dominick listed in Newberry County at the same time.
In addition, a Johannes Dominick shows up on the Caldonia Passenger list compiled by Janice Gartman Lee as immigrating into Charles Town, SC on the ship Caldonia in the fall of 1752. He is listed as travelling with a wife and 1 child, Michael 3 years.
If anyone has any information on any of these Dominick's, let me know!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Jacob Dominick
The line that I have been busy working on lately is the Dominick line. The earliest descendant I have discovered associated with my direct line is Jacob Dominick who settled in Bibb County, AL. I am not sure of his date of birth but he must have died sometime in the fall of 1831. His will is dated September 20, 1831 (Bibb County, AL Admr. Record Bk. D, page 33).
According to Alabama Records, Volume 47, the Alabama State Intelligencer newspaper reported on October 22, 1831 "Died lately near Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama Mr. Jacob Dominick, a worthy and esteemed citizen."
Another record appears in the courts (file #135) dated April 2, 1832 where his wife Catharine Dominick is appointed guardian to his "infant orphan" children (defined as children under the age of 14): Jefferson Dominick, Martin Dominick and Jacob Dominick.
Back to his will. His will references his wife Catherine and the following children:
According to Alabama Records, Volume 47, the Alabama State Intelligencer newspaper reported on October 22, 1831 "Died lately near Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama Mr. Jacob Dominick, a worthy and esteemed citizen."
Another record appears in the courts (file #135) dated April 2, 1832 where his wife Catharine Dominick is appointed guardian to his "infant orphan" children (defined as children under the age of 14): Jefferson Dominick, Martin Dominick and Jacob Dominick.
Back to his will. His will references his wife Catherine and the following children:
- Nancy Collier (married to Robert Collier)
- Mahala
- Jefferson
- Martin
- Elizabeth
- Jacob Leonard
His wife, David Kersh and William Frost are named as the Executrix and Executors of his estate.
Welcome to my blog
Welcome to my genealogy blog! I will be using this blog to document the results (or lack thereof as it is in many cases) of my genealogical research associated with many lines of my family tree.
The surnames for which I am currently doing active research are:
Before I go any further, I have a confession - I have "genealogy - A.D.D." Yes that's right, I have short attention span when it comes to any one line on my family history. When I hit a road block associated with one family line, I will often put that line aside and return to an old one or start a new one. That being said, if you are looking for my research for a particular line, be sure to use the tag/label cloud to filter out the line you are following.
One other apology, I am a working mom - so I apologize in advance for the lack of frequent posts!
The surnames for which I am currently doing active research are:
- Gontarek (migrated from Poland, settled in Minnesota)
- Dominick (descendents from Jacob Dominick of Bibb County, AL)
- Townsend (descendents of Joseph Townsend who originally settled in Overton County, TN. Descendents eventually migrated to west TN - specifically, Parsons, TN)
- Deaver (descendents of Joshua Deaver who settled in Rockbridge County, VA)
Before I go any further, I have a confession - I have "genealogy - A.D.D." Yes that's right, I have short attention span when it comes to any one line on my family history. When I hit a road block associated with one family line, I will often put that line aside and return to an old one or start a new one. That being said, if you are looking for my research for a particular line, be sure to use the tag/label cloud to filter out the line you are following.
One other apology, I am a working mom - so I apologize in advance for the lack of frequent posts!
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