CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (from History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Alabama, 1939 by Mattie Thomas Thompson) Clayton became the county seat of Barbour…
THE RED MAN'S HOME THE WHITE MAN'S EDEN By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number One Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Alabama was…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
Captain Sam Dale - Alabama Pioneer An episode of the Creek Indian War, November 12, 1813. Following Fort Mims massacre, numerous depredations were made…
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,…
This story can also be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: A Collection of Lost & Forgotten Stories After the opening of roads through the…
(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…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake The Native American Chief Tecumseh arrived in Alabama in 1811…
THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes "Vive La Bagatelle." MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom…
(The following story is the first section of a news article written in 1817 which is descriptive of Mobile, Blakeley, St. Stephens and Jackson,…
(Continued TOWNS IN THE ALABAMA TERRITORY) (The following story is the second section of a news article written in 1817 which is descriptive of…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain…
November 1819 Term of County of Cahawba Minutes This was published in 1st edition of THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL (It has been copied as it…
This was published in 1st edition of THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL (It has been copied as it was written in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL) Intermediate Court…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants The War of 1812 confirmed the separate existence of the United States…
Have you ever noticed this marker near Wetumpka, Alabama? It was the originally the seat of justice for Montgomery County, Alabama. The County seat…
SAMUEL BAINS LETTER Fort Deposit* November 25th 1813 Dear Christiana I wrote to you about the 12th Since, then I have heard that…
Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee, he died from a fever in Alabama in 1815, while traveling through the state. Of Course, the…
CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA EARLY DIFFICULTIES By Benjamin Franklin Riley (transcribed from History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a detailed record of events...pub. 1881) "The…
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…
![PATRON – Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama was settled as early as 1818 [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/clayton-courthouse-square-e1409424915296.jpg)
![PATRON + “Where shall I fly to, in God’s name?” – story of Indian attack in Alabama [photographs, video]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Log-cabin-in-Tuscumbia-that-once-served-as-a-stage-coach-stop-by-photographer-Carolyn-Highsmith-Library-of-Congress-220x147.jpg)
![PATRON + Conecuh County pioneers consumed moldy cornmeal [vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Caleb-Johnston-house-rear-1835-220x198.jpg)
