Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a…
One historic small community in Alabama had three names, Crocketsville, Crawford and Tuckabatchee. Named Crockettsville in honor of Davy Crockett The community of Crockettsville…
The University of the State of Alabama was opened on April 18, 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the state's capital at the time, and many…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE SHEPHERD HAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1913) Talladega County, Alabama George Shepherd Ham was a respected and well-to-do farmer living near…
Happy Birthday! MEREDITH THOMPSON AKERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831-aftr. 1921) Marion County, Alabama Meredith Thompson Akers, farmer, was born March 9, 1831, at Redeville,…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Turkey Town was where treaties were formed HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part II Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote…
Happy Birthday! JOHN MONROE ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834 - 1904) Calhoun and Montgomery County, Alabama John Monroe Anderson, a planter, was born March…
Cherokee County, Alabama - Religion and the Law HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part IV Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the following history…
(This has been transcribed from Chapter Two - Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Great excitement in Jefferson County…
General Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing…
SPRING HILL COLLEGE Mobile, Alabama Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama is the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast is also the third oldest…
His biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI GEORGE LEE ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1839- d. 1862)…
Today, LaGrange College is a private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college, affiliated with the Methodist Church in LaGrange, Georgia. LaGrange College actually opened…
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following…
Auburn, located in Lee County is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2014 population of 60,258. It is a college town, home…
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in…
Buccaneers attacked the first white settlers of Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part V Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
CHAPTER TWELVE by By HON. E. A. POWELL (transcribed from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) WHAT…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOSEPH A. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-1887) Chambers and Dale County, Alabama Joseph A. Adams was an editor and publisher. He was…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1835-1894) Colbert County,…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer (biography continued below) Happy Birthday! WARREN RANDOLPH BELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1908)…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI THEODORE ACKLAND/ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833 - 1870) Madison…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III along with several other Abercrombie families in Alabama. Robert Hayden's…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Mr. Editor:—It was my intention when I wrote No. 8 of Reminiscences…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! HENRY MARTYN CALDWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1836 – 1895) Butler…
THOMAS DUNN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY 1798-1838 Wilcox County, Alabama Thomas Dunn, a son of Benjamin and Susannah Dunn, was born in Georgia around 1798.…
MOUNT IDA County Road 11, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE…
ORANGE VALE OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) A few miles on…
This transcribed story was written by a true pioneer of Chamber County, Alabama for the local newspaper. REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS…
![Do you know which school [click to see films & pics] in Alabama still exists after four moves, two fires, the Civil War, and a name change?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/one-room-schoolhouse.jpg)
![[Vintage photographs] from a very old community in Alabama that had three names.](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tukabahchi-masonic-lodge-interior-e1410131212949-220x158.jpg)
![PATRON + The oldest college in Alabama and oldest Catholic College in Southeast [film & pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/interior-of-St.-Josephs-chapel-spring-hill-college-220x146.jpg)
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