This article is part of the continuing case study into the roots of former slave Jefferson Clark of Leon County, Florida. To catch up on the previous articles, read “Summary of the Jefferson Clark online case study.” The first two articles in this research segment can be read here: part one and part two.
In the second part of this series, we identified the Tubb families living in South Carolina in 1800 and Tennessee in 1820. Because much of the 1810 federal census of Tennessee has been lost, no families were able to be identified there.
The following families appeared in the 1830 federal census, living in Alabama:
- George Tubb, Jackson Co., Alabama
- John Tubb, Jackson Co., Alabama
- William Tubb, Sr., Jackson Co., Alabama
- Daniel Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- Elisha F. Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- George Tubb, Jr., Perry Co., Alabama
- George Tubb, Sr., Perry Co., Alabama
- James Tubb, Jr., Perry Co., Alabama
- James Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- James Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- Jeremiah Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- Joel C. Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- John Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- Nancy Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- Richard Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- William Tubb, Perry Co., Alabama
- William Tubbs, Walker Co., Alabama
Included among these families are two of George W. Tubb’s brothers, Elisha F. Tubb and Richard Tubb, both living in Perry Co., Alabama. It seems likely that one of the other men living in Perry County was George W. Tubb’s father.
Several of the names repeat in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. While we cannot conclude that these were the same men without further analysis, the recurrence of names combined with the migration route suggests that at least some of these men likely belonged to a single extended family that traveled from Greenville, South Carolina, to Perry County, Alabama.
- George Tubb: Greenville, South Carolina (1800); Dickson Co., Tennessee (1820); Jackson Co., Alabama, (George Tubb, Sr.) Perry Co., Alabama, and (George Tubb, Jr.) Perry Co., Alabama (1830)
- James Tubb: Greenville, South Carolina (1800); Stewart Co., Tennessee, (James Tubbs) Smith Co., Tennessee, and (James Tubbs Jr.) Smith Co., Tennessee (1820); Perry Co., Alabama, and (James Tubb, Jr.) Perry Co., Alabama (1830)
- Jeremiah Tubb: Greenville, South Carolina (1800); (Jeremiah Tubbs, Jr.) Hickman Co., Tennessee (1820); Perry Co., Alabama (1830)
- John Tubb: Greenville, South Carolina, and (John Tubb, Jr.), Greenville, South Carolina (1800); (John Tubbs) Smith Co., Tennessee, and (John Tubbs) Hickman Co., Tennessee (1820); Jackson Co., Alabama, and Perry Co., Alabama (1830)
- Willliam Tubb: Greenville, South Carolina, (William Tubb, Jr.) Greenville, South Carolina, (Wm. Tubb Jr.) Greenville, South Carolina, and (Wm. Tubbs) Pendleton District, South Carolina (1800); Stewart Co., Tennessee, (William Tubb, Sr.) Stewart Co., Tennessee, (William Tubbs) Smith Co., Tennessee, (William Tubbs) Hickman Co., Tennessee, and (William Tubbs) Humphreys Co., Tennessee (1820); Perry Co., Alabama, (William Tubb, Sr.) Jackson Co., Alabama, and (William Tubbs) Walker Co., Alabama (1830)
The next installment of this series will detail how to use the tickmarks in the federal census to identify George W. Tubb’s father.
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