Title
Gravestone for Robert Jemison Jr. and Priscilla C. Jemison
Subject
Cemeteries
Jemison, Robert, Jr., 1802-1871
Jemison, Priscilla Cherokee Taylor, 1812-1886
Description
The gravestone for Robert Jemison Jr. and Priscilla C. Jemison stands in the Jemison Cemetery in Northport, AL. The headstones state:
Robert Jemison,Jr. born in Georgia Sep 4, 1802 died at Tuscaloosa, Ala. October 16, 1871
Priscilla C. Jemison born in Alabama on Apr 16, 1812 died at Tuscaloosa, Ala. May 30, 1886
Robert Jemison, Jr. was one of the most prominent, wealthy and powerful citizens in Alabama and in Tuscaloosa’s early days of development. More than just a plantation and land owner, Jemison was a lawyer, politician, industrialist, civic leader and exceptional individual in many aspects of life.
Robert Jemison first came to Tuscaloosa in 1822 at the age of twenty. Early accounts show that he was born in about 1802 in Lincoln County, Georgia. Except for some time spent in Pickens County, Jemison made Tuscaloosa his permanent home after 1836.
Between 1840 and 1850, he served seven years in the Alabama House of Representatives, and served in the state Senate from 1851 until 1863. Among his achievements as a legislator was putting the state’s finances in order after the failure of the State Bank.
While serving as a State Senator, Jemison led the way to the establishment and later development of Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa.
In 2005, he was inducted posthumously into the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of Fame by the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama. http://www.tuscaloosachamber.com/the-chamber/hall-of-fame-new
Priscilla Cherokee Taylor Jemison, wife of Robert Jemison, Jr. was the daughter of Greenberry and Elizabeth Taylor, who settled around 1810 in Cherokee Indian territory in what is now northwestern Alabama.
According to family history, the Taylors befriended the Cherokees and when the chief's daughter fell ill, the chief asked Elizabeth to nurse the girl back to health. The girl survived, and the chief later returned the favor by taking the Taylors to his village when the Choctaws went on a rampage.
The grateful Taylor family asked the chief how they could thank him. By naming their first daughter "Cherokee," he replied. As the Taylor's first daughter had already been baptized Elizabeth, they named their second daughter, born in 1812, Priscilla Cherokee.
Priscilla was educated in Tuscaloosa where she met her future husband, Robert Jemison, Jr. They had one daughter, Cherokee Mims Jemison Hargrove, 1838-1903.
Additional information can also be found at www.findagrave.com
Robert Jemison,Jr. born in Georgia Sep 4, 1802 died at Tuscaloosa, Ala. October 16, 1871
Priscilla C. Jemison born in Alabama on Apr 16, 1812 died at Tuscaloosa, Ala. May 30, 1886
Robert Jemison, Jr. was one of the most prominent, wealthy and powerful citizens in Alabama and in Tuscaloosa’s early days of development. More than just a plantation and land owner, Jemison was a lawyer, politician, industrialist, civic leader and exceptional individual in many aspects of life.
Robert Jemison first came to Tuscaloosa in 1822 at the age of twenty. Early accounts show that he was born in about 1802 in Lincoln County, Georgia. Except for some time spent in Pickens County, Jemison made Tuscaloosa his permanent home after 1836.
Between 1840 and 1850, he served seven years in the Alabama House of Representatives, and served in the state Senate from 1851 until 1863. Among his achievements as a legislator was putting the state’s finances in order after the failure of the State Bank.
While serving as a State Senator, Jemison led the way to the establishment and later development of Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa.
In 2005, he was inducted posthumously into the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of Fame by the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama. http://www.tuscaloosachamber.com/the-chamber/hall-of-fame-new
Priscilla Cherokee Taylor Jemison, wife of Robert Jemison, Jr. was the daughter of Greenberry and Elizabeth Taylor, who settled around 1810 in Cherokee Indian territory in what is now northwestern Alabama.
According to family history, the Taylors befriended the Cherokees and when the chief's daughter fell ill, the chief asked Elizabeth to nurse the girl back to health. The girl survived, and the chief later returned the favor by taking the Taylors to his village when the Choctaws went on a rampage.
The grateful Taylor family asked the chief how they could thank him. By naming their first daughter "Cherokee," he replied. As the Taylor's first daughter had already been baptized Elizabeth, they named their second daughter, born in 1812, Priscilla Cherokee.
Priscilla was educated in Tuscaloosa where she met her future husband, Robert Jemison, Jr. They had one daughter, Cherokee Mims Jemison Hargrove, 1838-1903.
Additional information can also be found at www.findagrave.com
Creator
Betty Slowe
Source
Betty Slowe
Date
March 23, 2017
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
2330
Coverage
Northport (AL)
Original Format
Photograph