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Farming For A Better Future, page 220
(Left) 1960, Revised 1976, USGS/TVA Topographic Map of Moulton, Moulton, Alabama Quadrangle percentage of African American households overall hovered around 40%. African American households were at a low by 1940, when 36% of the 336 households of east Moulton were African American. The number of landowners and the long-term occupation of farmland makes Moulton even more significant. From 1900 to 1940, there were, on average, more than 48 African American landowning farmers in the east Moulton district. In 1900, there were 44 landowners, or 15% of all African American households. Common surnames include Preuitt, Gibson, Priest, Fitzgerald, and Hodges. By 1910, there were 47 landowners, 17 of which owned their farm in 1900. Additionally, the Warren and Alexander families owned multiple farms. The most landowners were recorded in 1920 - 61 of the 158 African American households were landowning farmers, but they still only represented about 16% of the African American households. Of those 61 landowners, 20 of them had owned in 1910 and two had owned their farm since 1900. After 1920, the number of African American landowners dropped to 46 and remained there until 1940. Many of the same families and individuals continued to own their east Moulton farms. In 1930, 25 of the 46 landowners previously owned their farm in 1920; nine owned in 1910; and Thomas Fitzgerald owned his farm since at least 1900. Of the total 46 (Below) (Top) Excerpt of 1920 Census Record Showing Richard “Rich” and Carrie (Cora) Alexander Owning a Farm (National Archives and Records Administration via Ancestry.com) (Middle) Excerpt of 1930 Census Record Showing Cora Lee Daniels Alexander Owning a Farm (National Archives and Records Administration via Ancestry.com) (Bottom) Excerpt of 1940 Census Record Showing Booker T. (B. T.) Alexander and His First Wife, Hattie, Owning a Farm (National Archives and Records Administration via Ancestry.com) ■ COMMUNITIES CEMETERIES CHURCHES PLANTATIONS SCHOOLS * Indicates a Historical - Non-Extant Resource - (4748)