Jonathan Howell Alderman
Jonathan Howell Alderman appears in household 176 of the 1900 Barney census as the head. Open the household dossier.
Family and settler connections
George Alderman
Path: George Alderman → Jonathan Howell Alderman
Grade: Strong Probable
Evidence: The 1880 census places George and Nancy Alderman in Jonathan H. Alderman's household as his parents; the 1850 census places Jonathan in George's household. Huxford's arrival roster names George Alderman among the 1827 settlers and the broader antebellum roster documents the family in the future Brooks geography.
Open issue: An original probate or parent-naming deed for George > Jonathan would raise the lineage step to original-record supported; George's exact arrival year remains retrospective.
Evidence grades
- Census- or vital-record supported: recent parent-child steps are named or placed in compatible households by census, marriage, death, or comparable records.
- Secondary-supported: a compiled genealogy supplies one or more early generations while local records independently establish the people involved.
- Strong probable: the relationship is well supported, but one part of the settler claim still lacks direct settlement-era proof.
Each generation is judged separately. Marriage, surname, proximity, or a shared household does not by itself establish descent.