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Note: N3446 1860 census, Conecuh (Escambia) Co., Brooklyn, Alabama, HH.356 Tobitha Fukeway, age 60, farmer, b. in Georgia Elizabeth, 23 James, 27 (My g-gf) Next household: John 25 and Esther (his wife) 24, with Tabitha's younger children: among others: Jackson, 5
1870 census: Parkers Beat, Escambia Co., Alabama, HH#77 (3 households before the other Fuquas. In the household of Wiggins, Joseph, age 40, Cattle Finder or Tender: Fuqua, Andrew, 14, laborer, b. Alabama Could he have been named ANDREW JACKSON? That makes really good sense, because Andrew Jackson was a hero in that day. As a matter of fact, Tabitha's father, John Barrow, is thought to have settled in Oak Grove, Florida as a result of passing through there with Jackson and his forces. He may well have been a family hero.
1880 census, Holmes Co., Florida, pcnt. 1, HH#130: Fuqua, Andrew age 26 farmer b. in Alabama as were both parents Martha, age 40, wife b. in Alabama John, age 1 son b. in Florida Tobitha Fuqua, age 60 mother b. in Alabama, as were both parejnts
1900 Shoal River Pcnt., Walton Co., Florida, HH#65 Andrew Fuqua, May 1853, age 47, m. 23 years, b. Alabama as well as father, mother b. Georgia (correct for Tabitha), teamster, could read and write Martha, wife, May 1850, age 50, b. Florida, had 2 children, but 1 still living John, son, June 1879, 21, single, b. Florida
Is the following the same Andrew Jackson Fuqua>? I have found Andrew J. Fuqua receiving two land patents in Santa Rosa Co., Florida in 1897. Accession/Serial #: FL0920__.292 Patentee: ANDREW J FUQUA State: FLORIDA Acres: 79.94 Issue Date: 5/25/1897 Land Office: Gainesville Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392) Document Numbers Document Nr.: 12950 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 27104 Accession/Serial Nr.: FL0920__.292 SENW 18/ 1-N 28-W FLSanta Rosa NESW18/1-N 28-W FL Santa Rosa
I won't know for sure that this is our Andrew until I get the actual application, but the location is due south of where the Fuquas lived in Escambia Co., Alabama. We do find him later in neighboring Walton Co.
That Tabitha had a son named Andrew is apparent in the 1880 Holmes Co. census, where she is shown living with him and called "Mother". Looking back at the 1860 Conecuh Co. census, the closest child to his age is Jackson. The 1870 census was the one, though, that convinced me Jackson and Andrew were the same. There he was, Andrew, age 14, living in the Wiggins household and just 3 households from all his brothers and sisters. There was no person named Jackson in the entire area. The Jackson of the 1860 census was shown as 5 years old, so the age was right.
Andrew Jackson was a special hero to Tabitha Barrow Fuqua's family. Historians suggest that her father, John Barrow, was part of Jackson's troops that came through south Alabama and north Florida. When the military service was completed, it is said that some of them came to north Florida and settled in the area where they passed through. John Barrow, Tabitha's father, settled in the Oak Grove area and had a ferry across the Yellow River. This ferry is said to have been in the spot where Jackson and his troops crossed the river. Barrow has been called "the first white man" in the Baker area (where I live, and ten miles south of Oak Grove).
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