Sometime after about 1963, My dad, "Ben Hill" got the genealogy bug, (he was about 50 years old, at the time); he decided to gather information on my mother's family. My mother's father was Richard "Lud" Givens, son of William Sherman Givens and Alice Matilda Kolmetz.
Here are some of the things that my dad wrote in his notes after talking to Angelyn Givens Taylor, I think. Angelyn was married to Mr. Taylor of Taylor Auto Parts, a successful string of stores in the Southeast.
"Was birthplace [of Robert Givens] Alabama or Mecklenburg, NC? [Was birth year around 1812 or 1802?]
This according to notes of Angela Taylor.
Alternative spelling for "Sally" Stewart, was surname: Stuart. She was called "Sally" but also "Rebecca".
1850 Walton Co. Census lists birth year as 1812 and birth place as AL.
Tradition: Sally was a Creek Indian. The three brothers all spoke the Creek language.
This tradition was repeated to me on the 6th of October, 2001, by Odom Millard Givens at his home in Laurel Hill. He said that Sally was 100% Creek and that some of his family had tried to document that previously.
Margaret Hill Harris
