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One of the fIrSt families to plant their roots in.:arlyFayette County was the . The Poes settled around the Ne ea in 1825.
These early Poes were the descendants of the Simon Poe whose will was fLIed in OIatham Co'.!!1ty, North Carolina. in 1793.
AIter Simon's death the Poes moved Southward into Anson County, North Carolina. They are found here on the 1810 and
1820 census.	.
In 1825 the- Poes began the long rugged journey into Alabama's wilderness. The oldest member  f this group was major James Poe, the son of the older Simon Poe.
Major James Poe fought in [ilc Revolutionary War. His wife died before the move to Alabama. With Major Poe were his two known sons, their familes. and the children of Major Poe's deceased brother, Stephen Poe.
Major Poe died in 1827 at the age of 76 years. He was buried on the Poe I&nd thus beginning the Poe Family Cc metcr} near Newtonville. Shortly after 1900 this cemetery was destroyed and lurned into a cow pasture.
Major Poe's two known SODS were Simon
Poe  875) and James Poe, Jr. (born . 1797>' These sons both married McMillians, one being the aunt of the other.
In 1826 Simon Poe entered the first Poe land grant at Newtonville. This grant was for a large sum oC land. In fact Simon became the largest land owner oC that area. Simon and his first wife, Margaret McMillian, were the parents of two sons and five daughters. Both  ns and three of the girls moved on to Arkansas. One girl remained in Alabama and moved to Pickens County. Simon's second child, Mary Ann, married Edward Lowery.
AIter living in the Newtonville area for several years with their family of se\'en
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