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Journal of James A. Tait For The Year 1813

JOURNAL OF JAMES A. TAIT FOR THE YEAR 1813.1 (Diary entries from the 25th of August 1813 to the 25th of March 1815). Edited by Peter A. Brannon James A. Tait was born at Cokesbury College, Maryland, September 8, 1771) He died on his plantation at Dry Forks, Wilcox County, Alabama, February 10, 1855. Mr. […]

November 4-13, 2022 is the date for peanuts in Dothan – home of the National Peanut Festival since 1938

[The location of the National Peanut Festival is at the fairgrounds on US Highway 231 South.  According to the National Peanut festival website: “The National Peanut Festival, the nation’s largest peanut festival, is held in Dothan, Alabama each fall to honor local peanut farmers and to celebrate the harvest season.” Located in the southeast corner […]

Secret political society – Union League of America

UNION LEAGUE OF AMERICA (This has been transcribed verbatim from: History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 2 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen – Please remember the time period and be aware of offensive language) UNION LEAGUE OF AMERICA is a secret political society, which originated in the Northern States in […]

1826 Frontier Evangelist Henry Bryson – Part II

FRONTIER EVANGELIST THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BRYSON (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 42, Nos. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer 1980) PART II Extracted Alabama Travels of Henry Bryson 1826 SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA This day I came on down to John Seely’s and here spent the night 5 miles below Willson Hill. Willson’s […]