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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 242
Where Pearl Lived
Pearl Higginbotham grew up in Pond Beat. The Hortons owned land in Pond Beat going back to the time of Jack Horton, Pearl's great grandfather who was a White slave owner.
Pearl's sister Ophelia (March 1892-1902).
He gave land to each of his children by Amanda Jacobs, whom he emancipated. Pearl's father was born in 1887. The Hortons have owned land in Pond Beat since the time of Jack. Pearl commented that the house they lived in and the land “belonged to Jack Horton.” The Army Real Estate Map shows Yancy Horton Sr. as the property owner of Parcel F-264. It seems that Yancy Jr. took his young bride back to the farm where he grew up.
The U.S. census for 1900 shows Yancy Jr. at age 12 living at home with his parents, Yancy and Sophie.
1900 Madison County, Alabama Federal Census, E.D. 107, Sheet 21, Whitesburg Precinct 6. OPHIELA
The census of 1900 shows that living with Yancy and Sophie Horton were children Grover (age 15), Yancy Jr. (age 12) and Ophelia (age 8). This indicates Pearl's sister was named after her Aunt Ophelia. A boarder was also listed in the household, FultonTurner, age 21.
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