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Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition -presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters…
Blue Mountain in Calhoun County, Alabama was once a supply and training center for Confederate soldiers. Blue Mountain is located in the northern suburbs…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book …
TO TUSCALOOSA AND BEYOND: A UNION CAVALRY RAIDER IN ALABAMA, MARCH-APRIL 1865 Edited by Edward G. Longacre (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
The following facts and information concerning the boats on the Alabama river, that have sunk or been burned since the war, was prepared by…
The majority of the population of Macon County, Alabama was African American in the 1880s when Lewis Adams, a former slave, was an important…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1854-1920) Tuscaloosa, Alabama Note: Follow the linked articles to see all the other connections this…
There are many unidentified Confederate soldiers photographs at the State of Alabama Department of Archives and History. I'm including a few below to see…
On April 12, 1865 the Civil War ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his command to U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant at…
(This has been exactly transcribed as written in 1944 in The Alabama Historical Quarterly) LAST CONFEDERATE REUNION What will probably prove to be the last…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? Click on the link at the end to inform the Alabama Department of Archives and…
(Below are some photographs with information I discovered while doing some research that might be beneficial to other researchers. Subscribe to the daily email…
(TRANSCRIBED FROM The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 02, No. 03, Fall Issue 1940) RECOLLECTIONS OF WILLIAM L. YANCEY By Joel Barnett (The letter reproduced…
More old photographs discovered of Confederate veterans. These have been identified. Sign up for our Daily Email of recent posts at the bottom of this…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JOHN COLEMAN CARMICHAEL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1930) Jefferson County,…
Legend states that during the year 1862 when the Civil War was being fought, many people buried their gold for safekeeping in Shipp's Pond. …
While doing research for stories, I frequently run across many photographs of people, (identified and unidentified) including the Confederate veterans below which may be of interest…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VI 1 John Martin Crook Calhoun County John Martin Crook was born about 1810…
In 1844, there was a disagreement about the center of Cherokee County [see film] HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA1 Part VII In…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VIII1 Henry Mitchell Gay Randolph County A son of Gilbert Gay, he was born…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part V 1 John Cochran Barbour County Son of a farmer in Cocke County, Tennessee,…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part II - 1 William Hodges Barnes Chambers County Upper left corner, William H. Barnes,…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part III- 1 John S. Brasher Blount County Although little is known of his family,…
The people of Bullock County, Alabama were very creative when it came to survival as this invention to bring water down from the mountain shows.…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V JAMES P. STILES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1860- d.…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer GOVERNOR CHARLES HENDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-1937) Pike County, Alabama Charles Henderson…
The city of Atmore is located in the southwest corner of Escambia County, Alabama. It was settled in 1870 and incorporated in 1907. (continued…
REV. MOSES COLLEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1839 – aft. 1896) Talladega County, Alabama Rev. Moses Colley, of Talladega, son of Rev. Boney Sawyer, who was…
RECIPES FROM 1867 ALABAMA NEWSPAPER COFFEE CAKE – One cup of butter, one of sour cream, one of coffee, five eggs, one cup of…
TWIN OAKS PLANTATION "Now called Everhope" (between Clinton and Eutaw on Alabama State Route 14, Greene County, Alabama) Spread over 8 acres, with the…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V JOHN ASA ROUNTREE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1867 AL…
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST -BIOGRAPHY: [rare 1898 video] Dr. William Crawford Gorgas born October 3, 1854 – photograph](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Copy-of-ets-toast-to-International-Beer-Day-4-640x309.jpg)
![UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Gunpowder explodes in warehouse at Mobile and destroys half the town. [pictures & list of wounded soldiers]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/explosion-mobile-220x138.jpg)
![The Last Confederate Reunion in Alabama was held in September 1944 – all the men were in their 90s [see story & photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Confederate-last-known-reunion-in-the-state-220x201.jpg)
![Here is the house of the orator from Alabama argued for secession prior to the Civil War [story and film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/yancey-dogtrot-sign-220x268.jpg)
![“This was an ingenious way to get water” in Bullock County in the early days – [old photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Railroad-To-Spring-Showing-Water-Pouring-Into-Bucket-Octavia-Adkinson-House-Wilson-Road-2-e1401580505955-220x298.jpg)
