Tuscaloosa history link https://books.google.com/books?id=5e8xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA509&lpg=PA509&dq=fractional+section+21,+range+10+west+,township+21+South+tuscaloosa&source=bl&ots=_tK_Y9Tlx_&sig=Zj5v-ExccmIg3ijYLduKAsDwSpI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmrrHc1OTPAhVIyT4KHYbADk8Q6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://genealogytrails.com/ala/tuscaloosa/history2.html
http://www.tuscco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TuscaloosaEarlyDays-39.pdf
I found this important advertisement for a town lot auction in the Friday, January 26, 1821 issue of the Mobile Gazette and General Advertiser. This ad announced the public auction of Newtown lots which were located in the section of land west of present-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue (32nd Avenue). Everyone living in the Tuscaloosa area were squatters so the folks who bought land and this January, 1821 auction were the first land owners in the present-day town of Tuscaloosa. The original city survey was not completed until the spring of 1821.
" TUSCALOOSA
On the second Monday in January next, will commence the sale at Public Auction, of LOTS in the town, situated on the southern fraction of section 21(ed. note: The original city of Tuscaloosa is located in fractional Section 22. Queen City Ave., 15th Street and MLK, Jr. Ave. follow the old section lines.),Township 21, Range 10, West, lying below and within a quarter mile of the Falls of the Black Warrior. The nature of the surrounding country, and the advantages of the site itself, with respect to the beauty of the situation, number and excellence of springs, convenience of landing, suitableness for business, &c. &c. are so generally known as to render a minute description of them unnecessary.
The above mentioned property was granted by Congress to the American Asylum for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, and sold by that institution to the present proprietors.
Terms, one third cash; one third at the end of one years, and the remaining third at the end of two years.
The sale will take place on the premises.
Wm. M. Marr
G. Saltonstall
J. Partruk , Commissioners
Tuscaloosa,(Alabama) Nov. 9, 1820" http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/7388
http://genealogytrails.com/ala/tuscaloosa/history2.html
http://www.tuscco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TuscaloosaEarlyDays-39.pdf
I found this important advertisement for a town lot auction in the Friday, January 26, 1821 issue of the Mobile Gazette and General Advertiser. This ad announced the public auction of Newtown lots which were located in the section of land west of present-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue (32nd Avenue). Everyone living in the Tuscaloosa area were squatters so the folks who bought land and this January, 1821 auction were the first land owners in the present-day town of Tuscaloosa. The original city survey was not completed until the spring of 1821.
" TUSCALOOSA
On the second Monday in January next, will commence the sale at Public Auction, of LOTS in the town, situated on the southern fraction of section 21(ed. note: The original city of Tuscaloosa is located in fractional Section 22. Queen City Ave., 15th Street and MLK, Jr. Ave. follow the old section lines.),Township 21, Range 10, West, lying below and within a quarter mile of the Falls of the Black Warrior. The nature of the surrounding country, and the advantages of the site itself, with respect to the beauty of the situation, number and excellence of springs, convenience of landing, suitableness for business, &c. &c. are so generally known as to render a minute description of them unnecessary.
The above mentioned property was granted by Congress to the American Asylum for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, and sold by that institution to the present proprietors.
Terms, one third cash; one third at the end of one years, and the remaining third at the end of two years.
The sale will take place on the premises.
Wm. M. Marr
G. Saltonstall
J. Partruk , Commissioners
Tuscaloosa,(Alabama) Nov. 9, 1820" http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/7388
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