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Descendants of Solomon Palmer

Generation No. 3

6. SOLOMON³ PALMER (JOHN², SOLOMON¹) was born April 02, 1787 in Jackson County, Georgia, and died May 27, 1867 in Village Springs, Blount Co, Alabama. He married ELIZABETH HENDERSON 1811, daughter of DANIEL HENDERSON and HANNAH WILSON. She was born 1796, and died March 22, 1855 in Village Springs, Blount Co, Alabama.

Notes for SOLOMON PALMER:
Solomon was born in Georgia, lived in South Carolina and Kentucky, married Elizabeth Henderson in Tennessee and had by the time he was thirty moved his wife and family to Alabama (1818).
Maj. Solomon's Diary states that Elizabeth's father was Daniel Henderson and that her mother was Hannah, daughter of James Wilson, signer of Declaration of Independence.

Solomon and Elizabeth who came to Alabama in 1818 eventually had 12 children, the youngest of whom is another Solomon, our Diary author. Solomon (and presumably Elizabeth) were Methodists and his name is on the deed for the Remlap [AL] (Palmer spelled backwards!) Methodist Church in 1837 and was a trustee of the then Hanover Church. Both Solomon and his wife are buried in the Hanover Churchyard.

Their two eldest children, Henderson Daily Palmer and Malina A. Palmer (who married William S. Box in 1831) moved to Texas. The eldest was Rev. H. D. Palmer, titled "the first Methodist minister west of the Mississippi" married Jane R. Wilson in Nacogdoches TX in 1843. Maj. Solomon states that Malina moved to Texas shortly after her marriage. This would have been around the time Texas was a Republic (1836-1845) so this would mean that both Henderson Daily Palmer and Malina A. Palmer Box were among the earliest Texas pioneers. Three of Solomon children married Cowdens and two married Hanbys, at least 3 sons served the Confederacy, one of whom died. Two children died in infancy. A very typical early 19th century family; children born 1 or 2 years apart, two dying in infancy, a large inter-knit family of early pioneers, the eldest of whom had left home before the youngest had been born. Eventually members were scattered to two other states; by the time Maj. Solomon is born, Henderson and Malina were in Texas; Malina, Louisa and Nancy were married. In time, Emaline and Green moved to Arkansas. By the end of the Civil War, only Henderson (TX), Louisa, Perry, James, Emaline (ARK), and Solomon were still living.

Solomon died at age 80 in 1867 from a horse-kick. He was apparently vigorous enough not to have written a will in expectation of dying because he died interstate. His eldest son on the scene, Perry, was his executor. The appraisal and sale papers of Solomon personal property show him possessed of over 50 books - an encyclopedia, dictionaries, histories, philosophies and religious texts, as well as volumes on farming, biography, law and even on travel. Included also were 6 guns, various pieces of furniture, including 10 bed quilts, 4 blankets and feather beds, pillows and bolsters, various farm tools and bushels of rye, dried apples and peaches, onions, potatoes, peas, wheat and corn along with 50# of lard and 60# of bacon. Livestock included 2 steers, 15 hogs, 13 sheep, 8 heifers, a bull, yoke of oxen and a wagon as well as a horse and man's saddle, the lot valued at $1500.

Solomon and his wife Elizabeth first came to Alabama in 1818, but didn't settle in Blount Co. until the mid 1820's. Blount Counties first settlers came in 1818, so the Palmer's, while early, were not the first. I do not know why they went from Tennessee to the Shelby Co. area first, nor do I know why they then moved north to Blount Co. Solomon is listed on the 1850 AL census rolls as a farmer so presumably he came looking for farmland. Since they had been in Hickman Co. TN first, they apparently caught "Alabama Fever". One author likens this to a folk migration which would not be exceeded until the California Gold Rush of 1849; pioneers streamed out in such numbers that travellers were never out of sight of wagon trains of settlers going to Alabama. Coming from Tennessee as the Palmers did they followed the Great South Trail which led from Nashville TN almost straight south, crossed the Tennessee River just south of the Alabama Tennessee line and continued due south to what is now Birmingham and then went a little southwest on to Mobile AL bisecting the present county of Bibb south of Birmingham. When they arrived they had to build shelter.

Solomon and Elizabeth's third child, John Wilson Palmer had been born Hickman Co. 1816 (and died 1816) and their fourth child, Louisa, was born Bibb Co. AL on Christmas 1818. Their sixth child, Perry, was born in 1824 in Shelby Co. AL. Solomon and his wife Elizabeth Henderson were definitely settled by 1826 in Blount Co. AL, just north of present day Birmingham when 7th child, James Wilson Palmer was born.

Children of SOLOMON PALMER and ELIZABETH HENDERSON are:

	i.	HENDERSON DAILY⁴ PALMER, b. January 28, 1812, Hickman Co, Tenneessee; d. February 17, 1869, Nacogodoches, Texas; m. JANE R WILSON, March 29, 1843, Nacogodoches, Texas.
	ii.	MALINDA A PALMER, b. November 29, 1813, Hickman County, Tennessee; d. 1852, Texas; m. WILLIAM S. BOX, December 18, 1831, Blount County, AL; b. January 01, 1813; d. WFT Est. 1830-1902.
	iii.	JOHN WILSON PALMER, b. May 26, 1816, Hickman Co, Tenneessee; d. September 13, 1816, Hickman Co, Tenneessee.
	iv.	LOUISA PALMER, b. December 25, 1818, Bibb Co, Alabama; d. 1897; m. (1) ROBERT D COWDEN, December 05, 1836; b. 1814; d. WFT Est. 1815-1904; m. (2) ROBERT D COWDEN, December 05, 1836; b. 1814; d. WFT Est. 1815-1904.
16.	v.	NANCY B PALMER, b. September 20, 1821; d. October 30, 1862, buried Remlap.
	vi.	PERRY PALMER, b. January 01, 1823, Shelby Co, Alabama; d. 1895, Buried Remlap Cemetery, Blount Co, Al; m. CYNTHIA COWDEN, March 21, 1844; b. 1826; d. Buried Remlap Cemetery, Blount co, Al.
	vii.	JAMES WILSON PALMER, b. December 27, 1826, Village Springs, Blount Co, Alabama; d. May 28, 1899; m. ELIZABETH CAROLINE HAMBY, March 06, 1850.
17.	viii.	EMMALINE L PALMER, b. October 12, 1828; d. July 15, 1909.
	ix.	JEREMIAH PALMER, b. June 20, 1831, Village Springs, Blount Co, Alabama; d. December 13, 1831, Village springs, Blount Co, Alabama.
	x.	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PALMER, b. March 31, 1832; d. January 15, 1857; m. I D HAMBY, 1856.
	xi.	GREEN M PALMER, b. March 06, 1836; d. November 1861, Memphis, Tennessee.
18.	xii.	SOLOMON PALMER, b. August 23, 1839, Village Springs, Blount Co, Alabama; d. May 15, 1896, Birmingham, AL.

7. JOHN L.³ PALMER (JOHN², SOLOMON¹) was born 1802, and died 1846 in Webster County, Ky. He married MARTHA. She was born 1811, and died 1859 in Webster County, Ky.

Notes for JOHN L. PALMER:
John L Palmer was a native of Kentucky. At an early day they moved to Tennessee, and remained until 1840, when they returned to Kentucky and settled in what is now Webster County, In 1846 the father left for Texas, but died on the way, aged forty-four. The mother died in 1859, aged forty-eight.

Children of JOHN PALMER and MARTHA are:

	i.		SILAS⁴ PALMER.
	ii.		JAMES D PALMER, b. December 31, 1832, Henry County, Tennessee; m. MARTHA J MOONEY, June 30, 1863, Knott County, Kentucky.

Notes for JAMES D PALMER:
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,1885,
Webster Co.

JAMES D. PALMER, Webster County, county surveyor, was born December 31,
1832, in Henry County, Tenn. He is a son of John L. and Martha (Doris)
Palmer, natives of Kentucky. At an early day they moved to Tennessee, and
remained until 1840, when they returned to Kentucky and settled in what is
now Webster County, In 1846 the father left for Texas, but died on the
way, aged forty-four. The mother died in 1859, aged forty-eight. Our
subject in youth received a good education. At the age of eighteen he
taught one session, after which he took up surveying, which profession he
has since followed, and on the organization of Webster County, he was
appointed surveyor; after serving ten years he resigned, but is now serving
his third term. He owns a farm of eighty acres, one mile northeast of
Providence, on which he resides. He was married, in 1863, to Martha J.
Mooney, of Webster County. Five sons and one daughter have blessed their
union.

Palmer Doris Mooney
=
Henry-TN TX

8. JOHN³ PALMOUR (SOLOMON² PALMER, SOLOMON¹) was born August 16, 1786 in Wilkes County, Ga, and died September 06, 1847 in Dawson County, GA. He married NANCY BOON 1808 in South Carolina, daughter of RATLIFF BOON and NANCY HARRIS. She died September 09, 1829 in Hall County, Ga.

Children of JOHN PALMOUR and NANCY BOON are:

19.	i.	ELIZABETH⁴ PALMOUR, b. April 14, 1812; d. December 18, 1899, MO.
20.	ii.	LUCINA PALMOUR, b. August 29, 1816; d. August 29, 1896.
21.	iii.	RADCLIFF BOON PALMOUR, b. April 10, 1818; d. July 25, 1896.
22.	iv.	SILAS BOON PALMOUR, b. October 03, 1820; d. August 29, 1888, Dawson County, GA.
23.	v.	NARCISSA PALMOUR, b. May 20, 1822; d. January 22, 1897.
	vi.	SARAH MATILDA PALMOUR, b. 1825; m. JAMES TALLEY.

Notes for SARAH MATILDA PALMOUR:
It is stated that they moved to Arkansas in 1861.

24.

vii.

JOHN PALMOUR, b. June 10, 1829; d. April 15, 1914, Dawson County, GA.

9. SIMEON³ PALMOUR (SOLOMON² PALMER, SOLOMON¹) was born January 03, 1789 in Wilkes County, GA, and died February 05, 1833 in White County, Ga. He married RHODA SITTON Abt. 1810 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. She was born Abt. 1790 in South Carolina, and died Aft. 1840 in Georgia.

Notes for SIMEON PALMOUR:
Simeon Palmer was born on January 3, 1789 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was only three years old when his family moved to South Carolina in the Pendleton District. Simeon married Rhoda Sitton in South Carolina about 1810. Simeon must have remained in South Carolina longer than his brothers before he moved to Habersham County, Georgia where he died.

Land transactions in South Carolina are as follows:
1. Solomon West sold to Simeon 350 acres on Cain Creek on May 2, 1814.
2. Simeon and Silas sold to Naman Curtis for $970, 133 acres on the west side of Keowee River on 12-18-1818.
3. Simeon sold 413 acres to Thomas Collins on Cain Creek on 2-3-1823.
4. Simeon sold to John Palmer 100 acres on the waters of Whetsone Creek on 12-4-1827. Simeon is referred to as of Pendleton and John of Rabun County, Ga.

Simeon is buried in the Freeman Cemetery near Cleveland, Georgia. His grave is marked by a large field stone that was rounded and contained the following inscription: "Simeon Palmour died Feb 5th 1833 Age 44 yrs & by his side his little son & Dav. (daughter) Sally & her little son".

This cemetery is now in a housing development and it will probable disappear in a few short years. The tomb of Aaron, son of Simeon is stated to have been buried here but there is no marker standing which would indicate that this is true. His tomb probably was destroyed by the children of the neighborhood, as will be the rest of these unless something is done to protect the graves and give them the reverence they deserve.
Note: On March 9, 1997 I visited this cemetery and was pleased to find that Guy Larry Palmer and one of his brothers have placed a stone for Aaron and Simeon as well as gravel over the entire tombs. They looked great.

Children of SIMEON PALMOUR and RHODA SITTON are:

25.	i.	SOLOMON C.⁴ PALMER, b. 1814.
	ii.	SON PALMER, b. Abt. 1815.
	iii.	SALLY PALMER, b. Abt. 1816.
26.	iv.	RHONDA MALINDA PALMOUR, b. October 15, 1816, Pendleton District SC; d. December 1843.
27.	v.	AARON N. PALMER, b. Abt. 1818, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. Bef. May 17, 1860, White County, Ga.

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