Born ‎ May 25, 1807 at Fairfield Co. S.C. , died ‎ Apr 26, 1879 at Green Co., Ala.‎, 71 years
South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965

Name: Ann Weston
Spouse: Joel E. Pearson
Marriage Date: 19 May 1829
Source: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol 2, 1-4

Born ‎ Sep 08, 1802 at Fairfield Dist., SC , died ‎ May 21, 1868 at Green Co., AL ‎
1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Joel E Pearson
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1802
Birth Place: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Occupation: Physician
Value of Property: 6000.00
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Southern District, Pickens, Alabama
Family Number: 775
Household Members: Name Age
Joel E Pearson 48 SC
Ann Pearson 40 SC
Mary G Pearson 18 SC 1832
Martha C Pearson 16 SC 1834
Ann M Pearson 14 SC 1836
Henrietta B Pearson 12 AL 1838
Francis W Pearson 7 Al 1843
Adella A Pearson 3 AL 1847

Loyd W Bailey 24 NC Overseerer
Michael Ball 24 Germany Gardener
Robert Weston 15 brother in law
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1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Joel E Pearson
Age in 1860: 57
Birth Year: abt 1803
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Southern Division, Pickens, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Vienna
Value of real estate: 18,000.00 50,000.00
Household Members: Name Age
Joel E Pearson 57 MD
Ann Pearson 52
Henrietta Pearson 21 1839
Frank W Pearson 15 1845


Joel P Mcgraw 24 MD
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Moved to Alabama in 1836. Was a doctor and was electd Senator in August 1851. Shown on 1850 census of Pickens County, Ala.

See History of Pickens County, al. by Carl Elliott for his family.
John Pearson Family Bible says he was born 9/18/1802.
At one time Dr. Joel Pearson was Medical Purveyor for the Confederate States Army in Tennessee.
Gen. Braggs Army. He was a scholarly and exceedingly attractive man. This from: A Short Sketch of the Pearson Family by W. W. DIXON (Facts About Fairfield). On file in Winnsboro, S.C. DAR Museum.

The following found in a book (Title not recorded) found in Aliceville, Ala. Public Library (Aug. 2002)
"May 24, 1868, in Sumpter County, Dr. Joel E. Pearson, born in Fairfield District, he was highly educated and came to Pickens County in 1837 where he practiced until............when he joined the Confederate Army as surgeon of a Calvary Regiment, was transferred to Hospital Department in 1863 and remained until November of 1865. Served Pickens County as Senator and in House of Representatives of Alabama Legislature. Moved to Sumpter in 1866.