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Margaret Mims [Female]

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Robert Jemison, Jr. (1802 -71) was major bridge builder, owner of flourand saw mills, toll ro ads, a foundry, surface coal mines, a stage line,six plantations, and more than five hundre d slaves.

Senator Jemison served the state of Alabama well in many capacities andfor many years. A prac tical and pragmatic man, he trained many of hisslaves with marketable skills learned on his p lantations a nd in hismills and factories. In January 1861 he argued forcefully againstsecedi ng from the Union at the Secession Convention in Montgomery.However, when the vote went again st him, he responded to his duty to hisstate, ultimately serving in the Confederated Senate.

One of the leadership hallmarks of Jemison's tenure as a State Senator inAlabama, was as Chai rman of the Ways and Means Committee. During thistime he led the state out of a finanical cri sis in 1847.

Jemison was a major advocate for the construction of a hospital for thehumane treatment of th e state's mentally ill. Largely through his effortsTuscaloosa was selected as the site for th e Bryce Hosp ital.

Jemison spared no expense to build the Italianate style mansion for hisfamily, once home of T he Friedman Library, but now on the NationalRegister of Historic Place and known as The Jemis on-Van de Gr aaffMansion, located on the corner of Greensboro Avenue and 13th Street inTuscal oosa, Alabama.

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Spouse:
Priscilla Cherokee Taylor Jemison (1812 - 1886)*

Children:
Cherokee Mims Jemison Hargrove (1838 - 1903)*

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Mary "Polly" Jennings was given one negro girl named "Mart" in herfather's will of 1821.

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Married captain William plane, killed at battle of Sharpsburg. HelenPlane was the originato r of the Stone Mountain Memorial outside AtlantaGeorgia. At the time she was the leader of t he United Da ughters of theConfederacy.

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Priscilla Cherokee Taylor Jemison, wife of Robert Jemison, Jr., was thedaughter of Greenberr y and Elizabeth Taylor, who settled around 1810 inCherokee Indian territory in what is now no rthwestern Al abama.

According to family history, the Taylors befriended the Cherokees andwhen the chief's daughte r fell ill and tribal medicine failed, the chiefasked Elizabeth to nurse the girl back to hea lth. The dau ghter survived,and the chief later returned the favor by taking the Taylors int o hisvillage when the Choctaws went on a rampage.

The grateful Taylor family asked the chief how they could thank him forsaving their lives. B y naming their first daughter "Cherokee," hereplied. The Taylor's first daughter had alread y been baptized Elizabeth,but when their second daughter was born in 1812, they named her Pri scillaCherokee.

After the Choctaw scare, the family moved to a more densely populatedarea in what is now Clar ke County. Priscilla was educated at a femaleacademy in Tuscaloosa, the city where she met he r future hus band, RobertJemison, Jr. Sadly, Priscilla's father was killed and her mother was injured in an accident prior to their daughter's wedding.

True to family tradition, Priscilla and Robert Jemison named theirdaughter Cherokee, and th e name has now passed down through sixgenerations.

Family links:
Spouse:
Robert Jemison (1802 - 1871)

Children:
Cherokee Mims Jemison Hargrove (1838 - 1903)*

Burial:
Jemison Family Cemetery
Northport
Tuscaloosa County
Alabama, USA

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