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Charles Daniel Lucas Jr
30 Jun 1771 – 31 May 1853
| Birth | 30 Jun 1771 |
| Death | 31 May 1853 |
| Added by | Jimmy Lucas on 23 Jun 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131750959 |
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Supposedly Charles Daniel Lucas came to Alabama on a hunting expedition, went back to So. Car. and moved his family to Tuscaloosa Co. prior to 1830- it is definitely known that he settled in Tuscaloosa Co. as he is listed in the Tuscaloosa Co. census records of 1830 and 1840. He was also a Deacon of Springhill Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa Co. in 1830 and 1840. He was supposedly a man of large build(6ft4 to 6ft6) and great strength. Aunt Polly Holliman, his daughter, used to tell of his killing a panther with his bare hands. His grave was dug open about the year 1870 by grave robbers, possibly searching for skeletons for medical schools but were scared off and his remains re-interred. The grave is located on a high hill in a wooded area 7 miles west of Fayette. Hwy 159 towards Gordo, left on Co. Rd 100, Left on Walnut Lane Road. Near second house on right. His grave is surrounded by 6 Indian graves. Charles Jr. earned his living 'stock dipping' and as a Federal Indian agent. Newtonville, Alabama straddled the line between the territory of the Chickasaw (north) and the Choctaw (south). By 1836, all these land claims were extinguished. In a dreadful and, even in that day, controversial act, most of the Native Americans remaining were removed to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). With the dispersal of the tribes, the Federal government sold the land to immigrant families from the south east U.S. - the Hollimans, Lucases and other associated families. Charles Lucas, Jr. claimed to be ‘black Dutch', a term at the time to obscure one's possible Indian ancestry but this has not been proven, only speculated. He was a man of large stature (6'4" - 6'6") and had great strength. It has been passed down through generations that Charles Daniel killed a panther with his bare hands. His burial site is in southern Fayette County, Newtonville area off of County Road 100 (Walnut Lane). At one time this land belonged to Charles Jr. and his home was not far from the burial site. His grave is on a ridge line, over looking a ravine. The site is an Indian burial ground as he chose to be buried with his friends." Much of this is from Glenda Norris. Charles Daniel Lucas Jr was her 4th great grandfather, Charles Daniel Lucas Jr. whose daughter, Mary 'Polly' Lucas married Uriah Holliman, a son of Cornelius Holliman.
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