The only road was the McIntosh Trail ORGANIZATION By J. M. K. GUINN1 Number Three Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 The time…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part II A short time before the organization of Chambers County, a…
William Garrett (born 1809), the author of this excerpt, was appointed Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, in November 1837 and continued to serve…
The University of the State of Alabama was opened April 18, 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the state's capital at the time and many pioneers…
Dr. Jack Shackelford Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 03, Fall Issue 1956 Part II Dr. Jack Shackelford, a pioneer of Alabama, moved…
Dr Jack Shackelford, a pioneer of Alabama, moved to Shelby County, Alabama in 1818 after he served in the War of 1812 on Andrew Jackson's…
Several mills were built on the many creeks in Coosa County On Hatchett Creek (in Coosa County) were a number of mills. There was…
SELWOOD PLANTATION OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) Far off the beaten…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part I That portion of East Alabama formerly occupied by the Creek…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
FIRST COURTHOUSE A LOG CABIN JAIL BUILT IN 1839 By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Seven Under…
REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part IV and Part V I find that I made a mistake…
First Court at Wedowee, Alabama Held in an Indian Chief's Wigwam RANDOLPH COUNTY SEAT MOVED TO WEDOWEE By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for…
JOHN HUNT By Robert C. Hunt, Chattanooga, Tenn. The first white man known to have settled in the Huntsville area was an Indian trader…
(CONTINUED from Part I) (This was transcribed by the Alabama Historical Society and printed in 1901 in their magazine as follows) THE MISSION OF…
It is hard to understand why the driver of this carriage did not stop to assist the women he hit. The Astor House was the…
Magnolia Grove, located at 1002 Hobson Street in Greensboro, Alabama is a historic site and museum located in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama that is…
This story is an excerpt from Alabama Footprints Volume V - VIII The story below reveals the close friendship Francis Scott Key shared with Alabama…
CREEK DIFFICULTIES (Newspaper Transcribed extract from Voice of Sumter (Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama) May 17, 1836 We must speak plain on this question. It…
OLD CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (Transcribed From Smartt, Eugenia Persons...History of Eufaula, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, printers, 1930, c1933.) The town of…
This story has been transcribed from the Niles's Weekly Register, Volumes 54-55 June 23, 1838 ALABAMA COTTON FACTORY The Tuscaloosa Monitor of the 30th…
This small community in Barbour County had 400-500 residents and four churches in pioneer days. A local historian, Margaret Clayton Russell, talked about Batesville in…
Patron - Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama legal notices from April 11, 1839 (Transcribed extract from Bellefonte Courier and Jackson County Republican, April 11, 1839)…
Bellefonte, Alabama is now a ghost town but once a vibrant community in 1839 as can be seen from these names of letters at…
Last of the Creeks, and brutal murders took place in Alabama during April 1839 THE LAST OF THE CREEKS The following affecting picture of…
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 True Blues of Montgomery, Alabama The enrolment (sic) of the individuals whose names are anexed (sic) below, for the purpose of tendering their services…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer ROBERT FINDLEY JOHNSON (1839 - 1909) BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA…
One historic small community in Alabama had three names, Crocketsville, Crawford and Tuckabatchee. Named Crockettsville in honor of Davy Crockett The community of Crockettsville…
There has been some incorrect information concerning the Bibb plantations in Limestone and Madison County. The corrected information is taken from THE HISTORIC HUNTSVILLE…
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