My Family Tree

BIOGRAPHY: Pvt. in 47 AL infantry- Confederate States of America during Civil War. (dubious - they mustered from Cusseta, AL - kdd)
1830 TN Fed Census, Anderson Co, Clinton Twp, p 172A.
1840 AL Fed Census, Jackson Co, Northern District, p 51A.
1850 AL Fed Census, Jackson Co, District 21, fam 389, p 131B.
1870 AL Fed Census, Jackson Co, Subdivision Two, fam 383, p 94A

"The Times-Argus" of Selma, AL 19 Jul 1878 in "News of Alabama" -
"There is but little hopes of the recovery of Capt. W. H. Prince of Paint Rock Valley."
[kdd: Yes - died the day before! ]

Headstone in Prince Cemetery, Jackson Co., AL has dates and "son of Jessie and Delilah Prince."

Submitted by Ron Prince in the "The Heritage of Jackson County, Alabama":
"William Henry Prince was a prominent land owner and prosperous farmer in Paint Rock Valley until his death in 1878. He served as the captain of a Jackson county company in the Alabama State Militia during the Civil War and was known to his neighbors as "Cap'n Billy" in relation to his Civil War rank.
He formed a Home Guard with my g-g-grandpa George Washington Hinshaw during the Civil War. There is more written about this Home Guard under the name of George Washington Hinshaw."
[kdd: probably appointed 1st Lt to the militia in 1851 ]

1850 Agricultural Census:
William H. Prince, 20, 90, 400, 8, 225 where items are:
1. Owner
2. Acres of Improved Land
3. Acres of Unimproved Land
4. Cash Value of Farm
5. Value of Farm Implements and Machinery
13. Value of Livestock