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Swancot Area recall of early settlers and Blackwell lineage
The article recalls Swancot’s old settlement core near Limestone and Madison counties, highlighting the Collier and Blackwell families. It traces Blackwell genealogy back to 1636 Virginia and notes burial sites and ties to Steptoe Pickens, with diverse old homesteads now vanished and several family graves preserved nearby.
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John Knox
Tennessee
Old Triana
Goose Pond
Swancot
Limestone
County Line
Swancott
Limestone County
Alabama
Blackwells
Virginia
St. Joseph’s Parish
Blackwell
Mooresville
Tom Ashford
Albert Blackwell
Decatur
Steptoe Pickens
Capt. McClellan
Samuel Blackwell
Elizabeth
John Steptoe
Northumberland County
Steptoe Pickett
William H. Blackwell
Thomas Collier
W. E. Collier
William Henry Blackwell
Eliza Wyatt
Bouldin C. Blackwell
Mary Collier Blackwell
George Couper Blackwell
Mary C
Aubrey St. Aubin
Mary
Colliers
Albert Sidney Blackwell
Country Club
Albert
Morgan County
Augustus Slaughter Blackwell
Eleanor Collier
Thomas
Mary Collier
Eleanor
Molly Collier
Joseph Blackwell
Charles
Cromwell
Walnut Lodge
St. Stephens
Samuels
Samuel IV
Samuel
Mary Tyler Blackwell
William Henry
Bouldin
Wyatt
Richard
North Alabama
Albert Lee