Slaves for sale and new grocery open in Pickens County in 1855 (CONTINUED BELOW) (Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama…
SAMUEL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1879 North Carolina, Montgomery County and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WALTER MELVILLE "MEL" DRENNEN Biography and Genealogy ( 1859-…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V SAMUEL EARLE GREENE Biography and Genealogy (b. 1853 d.…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JAMES BASS COBBS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1925) Jefferson and…
WHEN I WAS LITTLE (Please note - this was written many years ago about Civil War days - Many parts may be offensive today readers…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI ELI FORREST DENSON, M. D. (b. 1853 - d.…
The abstracts and more can be found in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV Alabama Marriage Notices from the 1852 South Western Baptist Newspaper …
Established by members of the Methodist Church East Alabama Male College was an educational institution of high grade, established by members of the Methodist…
On July 4, 1850 at a hot July 4th celebration at the Washington Monument, President Zachary Taylor died five days later on July 9,…
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[Do you love ghost stories and tall tales. This tall tale about Sturdivant Hall is told in a film by the late but great…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN JAMES HUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-aft. 1904) Dallas, Clarke, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama and Florida John James Hunter, of Sylacauga,…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! ANDREW ALFRED DEXTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1809 - 1854) Montgomery,…
On October 5, 1853, Autaugaville citizens were planning to elect Officers for their town (Transcribed extracts from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V Now in EBook, Paperback and Hardback - Great gift!…
Continued from Part III (This has been transcribed from The Alabama Historical QuarterlyThe Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 03 & 04, Fall and…
The Alabama Cherokee Sequoyah invented the Cherokee alphabet and after 1829, the Cherokee people printed a weekly paper. HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY,…
JOHN WESLEY ALSTORK, D. D., LL. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-1920) Talladega and Montgomery County, Alabama John Wesley Alstork was a bishop…
THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part IV June 26, Buford left the Territory on…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V Since he was a Grand Master of Masons, his…
THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part III By May 7th the colonists had scattered…
Warning: This excerpt includes some vocabulary and harsh words that would not be used today. Please remember the times in which it was written.…
There were several plank roads in Alabama before the advent of the railroad. They have disappeared now. Plank roads were short-lived in Alabama A…
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…
From Birmingham Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama May 14, 1874 Duval and Roberts Editors WHY SHAD APPEARED IN ALABAMA RIVERS Mr. William Gesner, of Birmingham,…
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Old Southern University Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama Old Southern University was built in 1857 by Mullins and Hall of Selma, Alabama. It was owned…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer BENJAMIN WILSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1773-1852) SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA After…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. JOSEPH HAYES ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1850-1938) Madison County,…
![PARTON +Did you know that Auburn University [old photographs] was almost located in Greensboro, Alabama?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Auburn-Ala.-U.D.C.-Unveiling-Memorial-Tablet-on-Historic-Scene-ca.-1890-220x138.jpg)
![PATRON + Kathryn Tucker Windham [film] tells the ghost story of John Parkman who haunts beautiful Sturdivant Hall in Selma, Alabama](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sturdivant-hall-e1423004115469-220x135.jpg)
