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(Alabamians have always helped each other in times of crisis - this is one example) The Can't Get Away Club A local relief society organized…
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This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants St. Stephens – First And Only Capital Of The Alabama Territory The…
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Dismals Canyon is located in the town of Phil Campbell in the northwestern part of Franklin County, Alabama. Several outlaws have allegedly hidden in the…
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Catoma Creek Falls near old Montgomery, Alabama Wheeling, Winn Parish, Louisiana November 27th, 1858. To J. J. Hooper, Esq: Dear Sir: My health has…
This letter was not expected to be published, but being casually shown to the writer of this introduction, he solicited and obtained them for…
EARLY LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA (Published in 1921) Lauderdale County was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial legislature, February 6, 1818. The name…
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The first substantial white settlement in what is now Gadsden was a village called "Double Springs".This was begun by a mixed American Indian and…
Early Days and People of Marshall County, Alabama One of the first white men to settle in Madison County was a Scotchman named John…
WILLIAM BOYD, JR. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1783-1855) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen William Boyd was a Junior he was born March 22,…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below..... (Indian trading houses were…
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Some Early Towns In Alabama This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) available at…
CHARLES GRANDISON GUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1806 NC – d. 1883 Brazil) Montgomery County, Alabama Charles Grandison Gunter was born in Chatham, County, North…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of this book…
THOMAS BIVIN CREAGH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1788-Feb. 1842) Ireland, Virginia, Wilcox County, Alabama (Copyrighted excerpt from The Grand Masters of Free & Accepted Masons of…
SAMPSON W. HARRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Feb. 23, 1809 – April 1, 1857) Georgia, Washington D. C., Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of…
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EARLY SETTLERS IN HUNTSVILLE BY JUDGE THOMAS JONES TAYLOR transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol I, N. 3, Fall Issue 1930 Before…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
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Injured, robbed, and traveling on foot and still they made it to Alabama in 1791 This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA…
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