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Curtis Howton was born May 20, 1796 Virginia, USA and died May 31, 1868 Alabama, USA He is buried in the Old section of the Mud Creek Cemetery, Jefferson county, Alabama. He was the son of Jonathan Howton, and he married to Dorcas (Franklin) Howton.
At the close of the Civil War, he set free 37 slaves as required by law.
One of Owen Franklin's sisters, Dorcas by name, married Curtis Howton, the progenitor of a prolific and useful family in South Jefferson. Mr. Howton was a very peculiar man and therefore interesting. Many laughable stories are told of him. His good wife once prepared enough provision to supply him on a trip to market, provisions for about one week. On the rough roads his box of provision kept falling off his wagon. Provoked by this, he stopped and ate the entire week's supply. The spring in the hollow where he stopped is known until this day as Hog Hock Hollow.
Another view of his eating capacity is seen in the survival even to this day of the name of Howton Sop- meaning brown ham gravy of which he never tired, and the quantity was never too great. (3)
Old Curt Howton came from Kentucky on a ground slide, perhaps the first Howton in Jefferson County, was the father of John, Lew, Carroll, and Wilk. (3)
1796 |
May 20, 1796
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Dickenson County, Virginia, United States
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1818 |
May 6, 1818
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Hopkins County , Kentucky, United States
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1820 |
May 9, 1820
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Hopkins, Kentucky, or, Alabama, United States
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1822 |
March 7, 1822
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Alabama, United States
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1824 |
July 30, 1824
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Jefferson County, AL, United States
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1826 |
June 27, 1826
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Alabama, United States
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1828 |
October 25, 1828
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Mud Creek, AL, United States
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1831 |
March 9, 1831
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Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America
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1833 |
June 17, 1833
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