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PATRON – Biography: Basil Manly Allen born December 20, 1858

BASIL MANLY ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858-1924) Jefferson County, Alabama Basil Manly Allen was born December 20, 1858, in Carolina County, Virginia, the son…

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 8 the Talladega Indian was always the implacable enemy of the Georgian.

PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VIII INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA After De Soto had left his trail of…

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 7 – First welcome speech ever made on Alabama soil was voiced in Talladega county

PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VII The Indian occupancy of Talladega county began in those primeval ages, "whereof…

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PATRON – A robbery, the fire department, a double murder and schoolhouse make news in Girard, Alabama in 1909

(Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) SOMETHING FROM A "CITIZEN" EDITOR JOURNAL: In regard to the article in Wednesday's Ledger…