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TRUELOVE RESEARCH AND THE FAMILY OF CALLA DONA TRUELOVE
William Truelove and his wife Melinda (BIRD) TRUELOVE first show up in census
records 1830, Marion County, Alabama. We believe William to be the son of Landon
TRUELOVE of Burke Co. N.C. William lists his birthplace as N.C. in 1797. 1830 Alabama
census shows:William Truelove
By 1840 the census reads:
William Truelove1 male 0-5
1 male 5-10
1 male 30-40
1 male over 30
1 male over 201 female 20-30
1 female 20-30
1 female over 20This has been hard to interpret. Where were the rest of the children? Certainly
several of them were not old enough to be out on their own. L.B. was only 17, Jonathan 12,
Rachel 2.
By 1850 most of the family was together. Margaret had married and left home and
L.B. and Jonathan were out on their own.1850 census Marion Co. Ala.:
William TRUELOVE
Melinda
John B.
Rachel E.
Caladona
VictoriaLB. TRUELOVE
53 Farmer,
44
28
12
11
7
27 FarmerB: N.C. 1 slave
B: N.C.
B: Ala
B: Ala
B: Ala (wrong-1845)
B: AlaB: Ala
Jonathan and John are nowhere to be found.
In the book, History of Marion Co., Ala. compiled in 1859 by the County Teacher,
p. 11 it says: The western part of the county seems to have been settled first and some of
the family names of the earliest settlers are still found here. Among these are the
TRUELOVES. p. 23; Names of Postmaster of Bexar P.O. and date of appointment: Lemuel
B. TRUELOVE, March 31, 1854.
By 1860 William and Melinda TRUELOVE disappear from record, probably both
died from one of the fevers common in that day. Son, Lemuel has taken over as Head of
household and took his younger sister in to live with him - Elizabeth (Rachel) Calidona and
Victoria. Also in the same household, Lemuel's wife Ann, daughter Mary age 5 and
Jonathan, not yet married.
1861 brought the Civil War and John was killed serving for the Confederacy.
Jonathan also went off to war and served until it was over, in many campaigns and musteredFINDERS KEEPERS
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Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.). Finders Keepers, Volume 11, Number 1, February 1994, periodical, February 1994; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355071/m1/25/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Johnson County Genealogical Society.