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Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama. It was once part of the territory of the Creek Indian lands and was originally known…
The Elks Club was originally formed in New York as the Jolly Corks from the theatrical profession. Elks Club house in Mobile ca. 1900…
JOHN G. AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803 -1865) Tuscaloosa and Baldwin County, Alabama John Gaston Aiken, lawyer, was born November 29, 1803, in South…
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Great book for genealogists as a reference book as well—from Alabama's first historian! Pickett's History of Alabama: And Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the…
Dueling occurred everywhere in the United States, including Alabama from its earliest history until about 1861, notwithstanding stringent laws against it as a way…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Tecumseh expected a reward from the King of England It's a long journey from the region…
A Forgotten Hero of the Cross REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before…
Did you know that when the capital of Alabama was moved to Montgomery in 1847, the building burned to the ground only two years…
These biographies are also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) AND First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume…
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF COLONEL ALBERT JAMES PICKETT BY COL. MICHAEL LEONARD WOODS1 Montgomery (Alabama) PART I (Albert James Pickett has been given the title…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer ABRAM MORDECAI BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1755-1849) Montgomery and Tallapoosa County, Alabama Abram…
(Old Houses in Perote, Bullock County, Alabama and anecdotes about their owners) REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi…
Sixth part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By…
Many pioneers from the Eastern states of the United States traveled to Alabama during the Great Migration West after the Mississippi Territory was opened…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. Georgia…
REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Cotton has always been the…
(This is a reprint of HISTORY OF PICKENS COUNTY, ALA. By Nelson F. Smith, written in 1856 - it has many early settlers names.) Alabama…
Excerpt from REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Perote cemetery and school A short distance south of the…
Even though it encompasses only 64 acres, Mooresville can boast to being the oldest incorporated town in Alabama and has a connection with two Presidents…
Happy Birthday! RICHARD FORSEY BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1795-1855) Madison County, Alabama by Lavone Johnson Anglen Richard Forsey was born October 01, 1795 in Somerset,…
(This has been transcribed from Chapter Two of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Our mail facilities in the…
Where the State of Alabama Began Washington County, Alabama was created June 4, 1800 by proclamation of Governor Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi Territory.…
Serving God and Community since 1905...Celebrated 110 years in 2015 By Shannon Hollon In September 1819 a beautiful valley in Alabama was settled by…
Tecumseh FAREWELL TO THE CHEROKEES (transcribed excerpt from Recollections on North Alabama by James Edmounds Saunders (1806-1896) Even when Tecumseh harangued every tribe, with…
SECOND MT. OLIVET REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) First Church…
[There appears to be some question as to who was actually the first merchant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama according to this article written in the…
[Politics in Alabama were contentious in Alabama's early days as this story reveals] (The article above has been transcribed (with spelling and grammar mistakes)…
Much of the wealth and refinement of early days in Alabama could be found in Huntsville and Madison County. Few parts of the state equal Huntsville…
![PATRON -Troy once burned to the ground in 1901 and was rebuilt, now it’s a thriving college town [see vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/History-of-Troy-640x453.jpg)
![PATRON + The oldest incorporated town in Alabama has connections to two US Presidents [old photographs & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Historic-Mooresville-220x140.jpg)
![PATRON + Many secrets are in the old houses of Huntsville, Alabama [see film & pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Leroy-Pope-home-1939-220x276.jpg)