Frequency & Distribution

According to the on-line Telephone Directory in March 2001, there are 88 telephone subscribers with the surname Anderton in the State of Alabama.

There are two entries in the Database for Alabama:

18th & 19th Century Andertons from VA to TN & ALA by Sally

I found out about 2 years ago that my Great-grandmother was named Caryann Anderton born in Alabama. I have been trying to find out when she died and where she is buried.

James Anderton was born in 1760 in Virginia. He married Phebe Chaney and later Peggy Morris in 1794 in Jefferson Co. Tennessee. They had the following children:
John Anderton b. 1797 in TN
James Anderton b. 1799 in TN
William Andertonb. 1802 in TN
Jemima Anderton b. 1804 in Blount Co., Alabama.

James Berry Anderton Jr. b. 1799 in TN married Mary Polly Cantrell in TN and had:
William Anderton b. 1819 in ALA
??? b. 1820 in ALA
James Berry Anderton III b. 1822
Caryann Anderton 1824 in Blount Co. ALA
(My great-grandmother - she married Benjamin C. Morris)
Plesant Monroe Anderton b. 1825 in ALA
??? b. 1828 in ALA
F. ??? 1830
Clement C. Anderton b. 1833 in ALA
??? b. 1835 in ALA
??? b. 1837 in ALA
Thomas Anderton b. 1840 in ALA.

Andertons from Alabama to Tennessee, Arkansas & Texas by Louvenia Carter Shreveport

Sarah Jane (Sallie) Willcutt, daughter of Lewis Willcutt and Rachel Amoson, was born in Alabama about 1832. She married Clement C. Anderton.

Clement was born in Alabama about 1833. He was the son of James B. Anderton and Mary [--?--]. He married Ellen Tidwell 5 March 1854. Clement Anderton and Ellen Tidwell had one child, James Monroe "Dick" Anderton. He was born in Blount County, Alabama 22 March 1855. Dick died 1 November 1935 in Dallas, Texas. He was buried in Garland, Texas.

In August 1857, Clement and Ellen Anderton sold 120 acres of Blount County land to William R. Jones. Sometime before the 1860 census, Clement married Sarah/Sally Willcutt. It is assumed that Ellen Tidwell Anderton passed away. In 1860, C.C. Anderton lived in Morgan County, Alabama, in an area served by the Ivy Bluff post office. He was a 24 year-old wheel wright born in Alabama. He owned no real estate, but his personal property was worth \\$100. Living in his household were Sarah, a 25 year-old housewife; James M., age 5; and Rebecca C., age 1. All were born in Alabama. Heads of adjacent households were James B. Anderton and Thomas M. Anderton.

In 1862, Clement Anderton and Thomas M. Anderton of Morgan County gave James B. Anderton of Lawrence County power of attorney to sell land for them. The 240 acres of land, located a few miles south of Oneonta, was sold to R.L. Ingraham of Blount County for \\$1200.

The 1870 census found the Clim Anderton family in Lawrence County, Alabama. At age 34, Clim was a farmer. His household included Sarah Jane, age 38, who was keeping house; James M., age 15; Rebecca, age 11; Louise L., age 8; Mary E., age 6; and William, age 2. All were born in Alabama.

By the time of the 1880 census, the C.C. Anderton family had moved further north to Fayette County, Tennessee. At age 46, C.C. was a farmer. His household included wife Sallie, age 48, housekeeper; daughter Mary, age 16; and three boarders Henry Monroe, age 33; Eliza Monroe, age 9; and Minnie Monroe, age 6. The Andertons were all born in Alabama, as were their parents. Heads of neighboring households were Wm. Cross and Robert Cox.

The Andertons and Coxes settled near Atlanta, Texas before 1920. Descendants of the Andertons say the family also lived in Arkansas before they went to Texas. Sarah died 19 January 1925 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas. She and Clement C. Anderton had the following children:

i. Rebecca Caldonia Anderton was born in Alabama 31 August 1859. She married Robert T. Daniel Cox 6 September 1874. Robert was born 26 September 1853. He was the son of Roderick Cox and Elsie Nichols. Robert Cox was listed in the 1880 census as head of a household in Fayette County, Tennessee. He was a 32 year-old farmer. His household included wife Rebecca, age 31, housekeeper; son Alfred, age 2; daughter Rosa, born August 1879; servant Eliza Nixon, age 18; and mother Elsey Cox, age 75. The census recorded that all the household members were born in Tennessee except Elsey who was born in Alabama. Heads of neighboring households were A.J. Phillips and C.C. Anderton. Robert died 30 June 1926 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas.
He was buried 30 June 1926 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, Laws Cemetery. Rebecca died May 1931 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas.

ii. Eliza Anderton was born 1861. She married Mr. Nixon before 1880.

iii. Mary Ellen Anderton was born in Alabama 1864. She married Will Bowden.

iv. William Anderton was born in Alabama 1868.

Sources:

Mrs. Sallie Anderton, Death Registration Certificate volume 2, page 13
(19 January 1925), County Clerk's Office, Cass County, Texas, Linden, Texas.
Lewis Wilcut household, 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Fayette County, Alabama, 15 Division, page 76a, line 18, Micropublication M432, Reel 5, National Archives, Washington, DC.
Janet Baker Burks, compiler, Morgan County, Alabama 1860 Federal Census (Tyler, Texas: privately printed, no date), 40.
Clim Anderton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Morgan County, Alabama, sheet 20, dwelling 243, family 243, Micropublication 593, Reel 22, National Archives, Washington, DC.
Robert Cox household, 1880 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Fayette County, Tennessee, enumeration district [ED] 22, sheet 42, dwelling 417, family 417, Micropublication T9, Reel 1253, National Archives, Washington, DC.
C.C. Anderton household, 1880 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Fayette County, Tennessee, Enumeration District 22, sheet 42, dwelling 418, family 418, Micropublication T9, Reel 1253, National Archives, Washington, DC.
Ruth Anderton, "Anderton," e-mail message to Amelia E. Willcutt, 23 March 1999.
Descendants of Sarah Jane Willcutt, GEDCOM supplied 15 May 1996 by Louvenia Carter Shreveport, LA.

Websites that include Andertons of Alabama:

Pleasant Monroe Anderton was in "Holloway’s Cavalry" in the American Civil War.

Berry, John & Reuben Anderton were in the "Blount County Hornets" in the American Civil War.

William Anderton married Nancy Perham on 4th December 1820 in Blount County Alabama marriages before 1825

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