To Dated : April 05, 1811
William Fine, Certificate No. 489
Tract Book (Madison Co. Ala.)
SE 1/4 Section 13, Township 4 South, Range 1 West
159.16 acres.
(Comment: William Fine was married to Catherine Sivley 27 Mar 1807, daughter of Jacob & Alcy Sivley.)
These grants were for a block of land probably given for services these men gave as soldiers. They were for three quarters of section 13 of the Township 4,South, Range 1. No mention of the disposition of the northeast quarter above.
I have highlighted the area of these land grants above.
The yellow square is the one for Andrew Sivley which was the northwest quarter.
The bluish purple square is the one for father Jacob Sivley which was the southwest quarter.
The greenish square is the one for son-in-law William Fine which was the southeast quarter.
This is a 1909 map of Huntsville so it does not relate to the period of these grants, but the location is the same. Notice the land belongs then to W.F. Garth above. This map shows he landowners in the various section quarters. Believe the Garth family purchased this land sometimes after the Sivley family died, sold out or moved away. William Fine sold his interest and moved to Giles County and later on to Crawford County Arkansas where he & his wife Catherine Sively lived the remainder of their lives and died there. One daughter of William & Catherine Fine who was Elizabeth married into the Coffee family, a prominent south Maury County named Calvin Coffee, the son of Nathan & Elizabeth Gilbreath Coffee.
Section 13 as the location of the Sivley Cemetery.
Notice the Merrimac Village is located just northwest of these land grant locations. The Red/Blue snaky north/south line is the Huntsville Spring Branch or Canal which flows from Big Spring in the center of Huntsville. Huntsville grew up around that spring and today it is a major Park & commercial center.
Deed from William & Catherine Sivley Fine selling for $600 to the Jacob Sivley Heirs. Selling about 1/2 of the above (Green square) Land Grant.
