Click here to see the paperback version of Alabama Footprints Confrontation is on sale for $5.49 (List price $12.97) just in time for Christmas…
The population in the new Alabama Territory increased so rapidly between 1817 and 1818, that by the time the second session of the territorial…
Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Alabama is named after a large, underground karst spring, referred to by the indigenous Cherokee and Chickasaw as "the…
General Sam Dale gives an eyewitness account of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh's visit to Alabama in 1811 Scroll down to read story The Shawnee chief,…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
Happy Birthday! REV. NATHAN ASHBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1810-1887) Monroe and Montgomery County, Alabama Ashby, Rev. Nathan, of Montgomery, was born in Fredericksburg, Va., August 5, 1810.…
Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! WILLIAM OWEN BALDWIN, M.D BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818 - 1886) Montgomery County, Alabama William Owen Baldwin, physician, was born August…
"OLD CLAY BANK CHURCH" Emmie Martin Hunt Ozark, Alabama One of the most interesting spots in Dale County is, "Old Clay Bank Church." More…
Jefferson County, Alabama was once a part of Blount County...here are some early citizens UPDATED! The following description of early Jefferson County, Alabama, written…
The Alabama Territory Through An 1819 Visitor's Eyes Justus Wyman, the author of this description of Alabama, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, September 16,…
Patron+ member story -- This story can also be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: A Collection of Lost & Forgotten Stories Click …/ to see how to…
MAJOR SAMUEL M. TATE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1817 – 1892) Jefferson County, Alabama Major Samuel M. Tate was born in Middle Tennessee in 1817.…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! LOUIS WEISS WYETH BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1812-1889) By…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake The Native American Chief Tecumseh arrived in Alabama in 1811…
(Imagine what it was like traversing Alabama alone when it was a wilderness. You can hear the tension in Richard Breckenridge's words as he…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer THOMAS ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1810 SC – d. ?) Talladega…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer BOLLING HALL, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1813-1897) Autauga and Elmore County, Alabama…
The fifth volume of our popular Alabama Footprints series IMMIGRANTS covers the Great Migration into Alabama. Dramatic stories of the challenges and struggles people faced…
NEIL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818 – 1886) Coosa County, Alabama. (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer,…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband, was an early pioneer of Alabama. In…
Patron+ Edwin D. King, founder of Howard College, kept a small country tavern on side of the road Patron+ Member Story THE HISTORY OF…
Have you ever noticed this marker near Wetumpka, Alabama? It was the originally the seat of justice for Montgomery County, Alabama. The County seat…
Happy Birthday! EDMUND ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1816-1885) Dallas County, Alabama Edmund Anderson was a Presbyterian minister. He was born on Feb. 20, 1816,…
Happy Birthday! DR. JOSEPH RILEY SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1905) Jefferson County, Alabama Dr. Joseph Riley Smith, Sr., of Elyton, Alabama, was born Feb.…
Relationship with the Indians The relations of the settlers of Cherokee County with the Cherokees in the country were very friendly. Many of the…
Happy Birthday! JOSEPH GLOVER BALDWIN GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY (1815 – 1864) Sumter County, Alabama Joseph Baldwin was a Virginian, born January 21, 1815 in…
Happy Birthday! ANDREW BARNWELL MILEY, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1896) Covington County, Alabama Andrew Barnwell Miley was born January 20, 1818, in Barnwell, Barnwell…
Ghost town of Blakeley, Alabama On April 9, 1865, at 5:30 p.m, following an eight-day siege, the Battle of Blakeley was fought near Mobile,…
Clarke County is a very early county in Alabama, existing since 1812. The Mathews Cabin was built in the 1830s by pioneers Josiah and Lucy…
This Patron+ -member story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants The War of 1812 confirmed the separate existence of the…
![Cherokee County – a site where the ‘Trail of Tears’ Indians were placed in a stockade [film & photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherokee-Rock-village-220x165.jpg)
