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This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII REV. COL. BENJAMIN B. LAMAR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT Part I By Rev. J. D. Anthony From a clipping from the Gadsden Times (Transcribed from…
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(Local news excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) INTENDED FOR LAST ISSUE BETHEL WEST Mrs. R. Hawkins returned…
Captain Sam Dale - Alabama Pioneer An episode of the Creek Indian War, November 12, 1813. Following Fort Mims massacre, numerous depredations were made…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, November 22, 1879 – The first part of this story has been cut diagonally and some…
This article and more abstracts are also available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: April 2, 1874 (Transcribed from the April 2,…
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The National Holiday which is known today as Veterans Day was called Armistice Day before 1954. The change in the name came about due…
Homecoming Day at the University of Alabama began when the University's first Alumni Homecoming was held in 1920 on Armistice Day. This joint celebration…
(Local news excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) E. Dayton Espey is on a business trip to McCullough.…
Trains by Inez McCollum I grew up across the street from a railroad track. When we had guests and a train would pass by…
The qualifications of Mr. Brown as principle brought him a good patronage, as he had more of the essential acquirements for a teacher than…
Click to see an enlargement of this Map of 1875 Huntsville with names of property owners (Library of Congress) {Interesting story about what Doctors…
BLOUNT COUNTY SHERIFF & MORTGAGE SALES (Transcribed extracts from Blount County News-Dispatch, Blountsville, Alabama, March 19, 1879) To satisfy a fi-fa in my hands,…
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(Transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) OLD MILL HILL Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Gresham delightfully entertained a host…
This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA JOSEPH RADFORD WATTERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
When the building of steamboats was still in its infancy, one Alabamian built floating palaces, as fine and as fast as money could produce.…
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This transcription is also in the Ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: Some excerpts of articles and stories about local people and events mentioned in…
Oh, What Games We Played by Jean Butterworth Fall is here! When the first little bit of cool air hit my face early one…
Athens was incorporated by an act of the Territorial Government Dec. 19,1818. The Masonic Hall in the town had a cornerstone that was laid in…
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(Transcribed from the Geneva County Citizen, Geneva, Alabama, January 30, 1895) DENTAL NOTICE Drs. J. R. and Denl Adair have removed their office to…
JAMES MCCARTNEY BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1783-1831) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen James McCartney was born November 6, 1783. James was named as…
Cherokees exterminate the Black Cherokees before Europeans arrive CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT Part II By Rev. J. D. Anthony From…
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(Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) (Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA…
JOURNAL OF JAMES A. TAIT FOR THE YEAR 1813.1 (Diary entries from the 25th of August 1813 to the 25th of March 1815). Edited…
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