Overview Location Date Constructed/ Founded Associated Surnames Historical notes Associated Slave Workplaces Associated Free Persons Associated Enslaved Persons Research Leads and Plantation Records Miscellaneous Information References Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

Boligee, Greene Co., AL

Date Constructed/ Founded

1816

Associated Surnames

McKee, Gould

Historical notes

Hill of Howth was the first house erected in Boligee, Greene County, AL. It was built by Colonel John McKee in 1816.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Thornhill Plantation (Greene Co., AL)

Associated Free Persons

• Col. John McKee (b.1771-d.1832) - builder of Hill of Howth

• William Proctor Gould - owner

• Eliza Chotard Gould - wife of William P. Gould

• Sarah Williams Gould Gowdy - daughter of William P. and Eliza C. Gould; married James Innes Thornton of Thornhill Plantation (m.1870)

Associated Enslaved Persons

• none reported yet

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Greene County Alabama (part of AL GenWeb) magnolia.cyriv.com/GreeneAlGenWeb/Geography/Boligee/Boligee.asp
• Wikipedia: Thornhill (Forkland Alabama) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornhill_(Forkland,_Alabama)

Users Researching This Workplace

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