Abstract
Alexander Beaufort Meek was born in Columbia, South Carolina, March 17, 1814, the son of a methodist minister. While he was still young his parents migrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, taking him with them. Although inclined to be indolent, learning came easily to the boy. Proof of this is that at a tender age he memorized the entire Old Testament. At age nineteen he was graduated from the University of Alabama (1833), and at twenty-two was awarded a master’s degree from the same school. Meanwhile, in 1835 he had begun the practice of law in Tuscaloosa.
Recommended Citation
Mahon, John K.
(1959)
"The Journal of A. B. Meek and the Second Seminole War, 1836,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 38:
No.
4, Article 5.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol38/iss4/5
