First cotton gin was established in Alabama before statehood

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

George Howell April 27, 2014
The name I have seen in many other places was Andrew Ellicott, not Elliott.
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1. Donna R Causey April 27, 2014
  Thank you for the correction. It must have been a typo where I found the information.
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Syble Cranford July 11, 2015
Great History of Early Alabama territory. Would love to have a copy of this book. Thanks for posting. Enjoyed the reading and the History.
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Ernest Fite July 11, 2015
Maybe Andrew Ellicott was the commissioner.
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ellicott
Ernest Fite, PE & LS
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acy wilson July 12, 2015
In Buck’s Al. There is a large stone marking the line, it’s called Ellicott stone.He was from Bucks,PA and I have often wondered if the spot on Hwy 43n was named after him. There’s an Alabama Power Generating plant there and that about it.
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Sallie Alston August 17, 2016
What about Eli Whitney ??
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Mike Green August 24, 2017
They will be after any eli Whitney tributes next.
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1. Karen Mellema August 24, 2017
  LOL Whitney just improved on it.
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Janis Gilbreath Martin August 24, 2017
Thanks for sharing
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Janey Whitten Sabel August 25, 2017
TY!
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