Anderson Abercrombie

b. 28 August 1786, d. 21 February 1867
  • Anderson Abercrombie was born on 28 August 1786 in Hancock County, Georgia.
  • He married Sidney A. Grimes on 24 February 1819 in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, or possibly Greene County, Georgia.
  • Was administrator of the estate of his father, Charles Abercrombie.
  • The following appeared on 30 December 1828 in the Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser: Penitentiary.-- Governor Forsyth has appointed Mr. Anderson Abercrombie of Hancock county, Principal Keeper of this Institution. . . .
  • The following appeared on 30 July 1838 in the Macon Georgia Telegraph: The anticipations of the friends of an independent treasury will be fully realized; in a very short time the majority in the United Statees in favor of the sub-treasury system, will be overwhelming. In Alabama the re-action has commenced, under the most favorable auspices. From the Montgomery Advertiser . . . We also have recently been informed that Mr. James Abercrombie, a gentlaman once possessing unbounded influence in the county, and now a candidate for the legislature from Russell county, is the avowed advocate of the bill proposing to establish an Independent Treasury. . . .
  • Anderson Abercrombie and Sidney A. Grimes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Russell County, Alabama. Other members of the household included James Jackson Abercrombie, Everard H. Abercrombie, Josephine Abercrombie, Mary F. Abercrombie, Robert S. Abercrombie, Miriah Louisa Abercrombie, Wiley W. Abercrombie and Florida Abercrombie. Apparently Wiley is identified as Leroy in this census.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • Anderson Abercrombie and Sidney A. Grimes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Girard PO, Russell County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Robert S. Abercrombie, Mary F. Abercrombie, Florida Abercrombie and Wiley W. Abercrombie.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Anderson Abercrombie died on 21 February 1867 at age 80 in Russell County, Alabama.
  • His wife Sidney A. Grimes became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 19 Mar 2011

Family: Sidney A. Grimes b. circa 1800, d. circa 1876