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“…navigable rivers…”

Cummins, E. H. (1982). A summary geography of Alabama, one of the United States, p. 5.

“…green seed cotton…”

Cummins, E. H. (1982). A summary geography of Alabama, one of the United States, p. 11-12.

“In 1818…”

Cummins, E. H. (1982). A summary geography of Alabama, one of the United States, p. 12.

“The Louisiana Purchase…”

Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, pp. 40-41, 61.

“…ten thousand of them…”

Cummins, E. H. (1982). A summary geography of Alabama, one of the United States, p. 22.

“The fate of the Creeks…”

Cummins, E. H. (1982). A summary geography of Alabama, one of the United States, p. 23.

“…New Philadelphia…”

Cummins, E. H. (1982). A summary geography of Alabama, one of the United States, p. 19.

“He bought slaves…”

There is some surmising happening here. David Westcott’s activities from 1817 to 1820 all seem geared in a particular direction—leaving South Carolina, marrying, and establishing a plantation in Alabama. He first visits New Philadelphia, which will become Montgomery, and by 1820 he has a home. It seems a small inference to suggest that he would be investing in land, enslaved people, and employees in the years prior to his moving permanently to Alabama.

“He returned to Charleston…”

Glick, J. W. (1991). The story of James D. Westcott and his ancestors & descendants as it appears in the book Waistcote, Westcoatt, Wastcote, Westcot, Wescoat, Westcott, Wescott, Wescote, Westcoat, Wasgatt, Wesket, Yescut, Wisgitt, etc. Clayton, N.J: J.W. Glick, p. 808.

“Their son Samuel…”

Glick, J. W. (1991). The story of James D. Westcott and his ancestors & descendants as it appears in the book Waistcote, Westcoatt, Wastcote, Westcot, Wescoat, Westcott, Wescott, Wescote, Westcoat, Wasgatt, Wesket, Yescut, Wisgitt, etc. Clayton, N.J: J.W. Glick, p. 807.

“Westcott sold his final…”

Glick, J. W. (1991). The story of James D. Westcott and his ancestors & descendants as it appears in the book Waistcote, Westcoatt, Wastcote, Westcot, Wescoat, Westcott, Wescott, Wescote, Westcoat, Wasgatt, Wesket, Yescut, Wisgitt, etc. Clayton, N.J: J.W. Glick, p. 807.

“…New Philadelphia had combined…”

Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 78.

“Eliza was eighteen…”

This is a slight inference derived from the date of Eliza’s first and second sons’ births, and the date of the Westcotts’ departure from South Carolina.

I’m very grateful to Gerald Thompson, a descendant of the Westcott family, for having made his extensive genealogical materials about the family available to me. Thompson is in possession of a great trove of photos and documents, and has done extensive work to recreate the history of the family.

“…a thick caravan…”

HODGSON, A. (1824). Letters from North America, written during a tour in the United States and Canada. London, Vol. 1, p. 138.

“…long lines of slaves…”

Martineau, H. (1837). Society in America. London: Saunders and Otley, Vol. 1, p. 216.

“…the occasional failed pioneer…”

Martineau, H. (1837). Society in America. London: Saunders and Otley, Vol. 1, p. 216.

“Congress had allocated $10,000…”

Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 72.

“…topographical engineers…”

Chase, M. I. (1936). The old Federal Road in Alabama. Birmingham, unpublished thesis for Master of Arts program, Birmingham-Southern College, p. 75.