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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 343
Patsy Kinney said that through her Jamar ancestors she is related to the Jamar family in the local area who is Black. She had telephoned a Jamar descendant who is Black and suggested that, since they were related, they meet each other, but the person she called said she had a busy schedule and such a meeting had not occurred.
A Glimpse into Land Ownership on RSA
The deed of gift copied below shows Richard Jamar and his wife, whose name appears to be written Saro W. (Sarah) Jamar, in 1857, already owned land on land in the area that would in time become known as Pond Beat. They gave land in Sections 29 and 32 to Thomas Jamar for “$1.00, love, affection and blood relationship on April 29, 1857.
RICH." RD JA:ZR &
SARD.:. JA.'MR
TO
THOMAS JAMAR
DEED OF GIFT
Datod; Anril 29. 1857
Reg; Oct. 26, 1857
Deed Rae: BB.afre 252 Cons: $1.00, leva, affection and blood rclntlonshid Ack: A ril 29. 1S59 ~------
Before: Thomas Carter, j.? Gen.Ack. of both Grantors and Sep. Ack. of . ife are in the Alabama Statutory form
Have bargained, sold, aliened, conveyed and given unto the said Thomas Jamar the following tract or parcel Df land in the above named County and State, vizi??"
Title Abstracts files, Madison County Records Center ("Archives") at Public Library in Huntsville
The first page of the a Deed of Trust (Deed Rec. GG, page 203) dated March 11, 1867 is copied on the following page to show land transfer of land from Thomas Jamar and his wife Sebell Jamar to Thomas J. Owen, Senior.
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