On Thomas Kemp, who was hanged for sheep stealing: Here lies the body of Thomas Kemp, Who lived by wool, but died by hemp; There's…
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This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I…
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SCROLL DOWN TO READ MORE (Excerpts transcribed from The Democrat-Reporter, Linden, Alabama, Dec. 8, 1892) NOTICE LAND OFFICE IN MONTGOMERY Dec. 3rd 1892 I,…
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I recently ran across these interesting fox hunting photographs at the Alabama Department of Archives and History taken in Barbour County, Alabama in the 1930s.…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ MORE (Excerpts transcribed from The Democrat-Reporter, Linden, Alabama, Dec. 8, 1892) MARENGO COURTS Circuit Court – Hon. Jas. T. Jones,…
Excerpt from 1946 canning cookbook What is Flat Sour? Three vegetables, most generally canned, are tomatoes, corn and peas. Classified by length of processing…
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SCROLL DOWN TO SEE PERSONAL NEWS (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) REMAINS OF ISAAC ROSER DISINTERRED On Jan. 30…
On a tombstone in New Hampshire: Richard Jenkins here doth lay (Lately removed from over ye way), His body's here – his soul's in…
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SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) W. G. TROUTMAN (Now E. E. TROUTMAN) did a…
(WARNING! This WPA interview may have words offensive to readers today. We have transcribed the words exactly as written. Please consider the time and…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) Some men realized that a profit could be made moving the Native-Americans to the Indian Territory. Companies…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) OUR MERCHANTS The Business Men of Leighton From 1872…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) CHURCH NOTES Rev. Peter Wager, of the Episcopal church,…
Buttermilk pie is believed to be originally from England, but now it is a popular pie of the Southern United Staes. The basic filling…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) A Revival of Religion in Progress – Leighton Visitors…
Marvin Malley Champion Biography and Genealogy (1909- 1992) Wilcox County, Alabama Marvin Malley Champion was born August 9, 1909 in Sunny South (Wilcox County),…
WILLIAM OWEN BALDWIN, M.D BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818 - 1886) Montgomery County, Alabama William Owen Baldwin, physician, was born August 9, 1818, in Montgomery…
JAMES AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-1908) Randolph, Marshall and Etowah County, Alabama James Aiken, lawyer and judge, colonel 13th Alabama infantry, C. S. Army,…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Treaties And Native-American Land Titles On June 16, 1802, the Creek Indians ceded…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) COLBERT COUNTY DIRECTORY Judge Eighth Judicial Circuit – H.…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The removal of the Choctaws in 1831 became a model for other tribes to be moved to…
Courtship of Miss Clay in the news of 1886 BECOME A PATRON TODAY and read all the stories SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . .…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) ANNOUNCEMENTS (Political Advertisements) FOR TAX COLLECTOR We…
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