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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 226
[The speculation and sorting of the puzzles of history is at end. The focus returns to the information provided by Alva Jacobs.] The Jacobs Family Land as Told by Alva Jacobs The family trees for Zera and Dock presented earlier will help the reader to sort out the family relationships between the property owners. However, other family information is relevant. Some of the other family land transactions are illustrated from the following page from the General Index to Real Property for Madison County. I h;; General Index to Real Property^ No. 1- REVERSE -1810-1919 TO WHOM MAM CtmNAKIE WrrCTMHCT mrrt -.imh BVKHAMb A B CB E rn H 1 J K L M M U „|r"?w |UME" rwirrrjn MAKEIl RM? nr iHsrnuNtiir ■brt B"?k •t4 MwrM ** f** T"? • • Jacoba j Martha. J John A Myrlok al Heed D 114 193 1916 2? 3 lJf do j Minnie 1 Wattle Tlrmone al Deed 0 114 39? 1917 15 5 1-1 do Burrell Estill Jacobs al Dead D 115 544 1918 Indef do Butwell Rick Sam II Levy al Deed "? 116 317 1918 Kst of Geo Jacobs do Frank Janes H L JUytl al Agmt Ml sc 1 259 1919 do J 0 John Guthrie by Hag al Deed D 116 528 1919 14 2 2-1 9 5 1-1 do Arthur Robt E Spraglne al Deed D 120 256 1919 16 5 1-W Dock 17 5 1-W do Frank ■Jams L C Sugg al Deed D 121 50 1919 10 5 1-ff 1 1 1 Jacobs family private land transactions (purchases) in Madison County. Frank Jacobs had, in his own name, a large amount of property. He married Addie, who also had property??"so the property shown as owned by Frank and Addie belonged to husband and wife. According to Alva Jacobs, they had no children and were considered “well off” in regard to their economic status. Frank Jacobs owned the most land. In addition to Parcels D-195 in the vicinity of Horton School, he owned land to the northwest of that area, E-245A on the north side of what is shown as Cedar Hill Church (D-189) and D-168, which, has the Simpson Cemetery in the southeast corner. The northwest corner of D-168 is bordered by another good-sized parcel owned by James Jacobs. Further to the east, between what is now Redstone Road and Buxton Road, Frank Jacobs owned a small parcel (E-224) and a larger one further to the east, Parcel E-230. He also owned E-245A. Alva said Frank Jacobs had a lot of tenant farmers. 226 - (4259)