HISTORY OF BUTLER COUNTY, ALABAMA Butler County was created by the first session of the state legislature, December 13, 1819. Its territory was taken…
News about local people in Butler, Choctaw County, Alabama June 11, 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) Mr. Robert Edwards,…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
News from around Alabama from the May 28, 1874 Birmingham Iron Age Whooping cough is prevailing in Gadsden. Gadsden, Alabama The Gadsden Times of…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER X Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Mobile, Decr. 29th, 1816 To His Excellency Governor Bibb Sir, Having held two commissions since during the war, and my last promotion as…
Mobile's MoonPie drop was listed as one of seven weird items that will drop on New Year's Eve in the Los Angeles Times of…
EARLY GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Settled by the Russell family The locality of Greensboro was settled in 1816 by a large family connection named Russell,…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) STATE NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Reports from all parts of the State of…
STELLA HOUGHTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 29, 1802 – April 25, 1844) Tuscaloosa/Tuskaloosa County, Alabama Miss Stella Houghton, who was born in Lynden, Vermont,…
This interesting bit of trivia about Madison County was published on August 13, 1932, edition of the Times Daily (Florence, Alabama) FURNISHES PROBATE JUDGES…
Some TEAGUE, Court records for Benton (now Calhoun) County, AL (Emailed to www.alabamapioneers.com by a reader) April 26, 1839 (Filed) Elijah S. Teague…
JEREMIAH CLEMENS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 28, 1814 – May 21, 1865) Madison County, Alabama Jeremiah Clemens, lawyer, and author, U. S. senator, was…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII WILLIAM PEACE GADDIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841-1899) Elmore…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October1, 1915) GRAND BAY NEWS NOTES Congratulations to our friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fletcher,…
Unlockthis story. Click to see how to Become a Patronand read thousands of lost and forgotten Alabama stories (Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII CHARLES LEWIS GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1798-1851) Montgomery,…
Today is the Alabama Theater's birthday! The Alabama Theater opened on the night of Monday, December 26, 1927. Lane Carter, a writer for the Birmingham…
A LETTER FROM AUBURN Correspondence of the Republican Written 1859 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956. Mr.…
PATRON – Socials, Schools, baseball and church news from St. Elmo, Alabama 1915 (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1,…
Local News from around Six Mile in Bibb County, Alabama December 25, 1879 (Transcribed from The Bibb Blade (Six Mile, Alabama) December 24,…
On December 25th, 1824, Governor Israel Pickens sent his letter of invitation to General LaFayette: State of Alabama Executive Department Cahaba December 25th 1824…
SOME ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER 8-21-50 Died in Marion on Tuesday, July 30th AUGUSTUS R, infant son of E. A. BLUNT…
The film below, entitled, Steel in the Magic City by Spark Media includes historic images of 1930s Birmingham, and is an Alabama Pioneers exclusive. Steel in…
Tuscaloosa was not united (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was the…
Days Gone By in Alabama by Peggy Sue Harmon In reading Jean Butterworth’s article on her Christmas family tradition, my memories were stirred (even…
THE BIG GULLY AND THE RAVINE (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who…
UNION CHURCH NEWS (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) Fred Freeland is suffering an attack of marelia (malaria?).…
MATRIMONIAL MUSSES AT MOBILE A Breezy Elopement and a Hilarious Grass Widow. (Transcribed from The Montgomery Advertiser June 21, 1890) Mr. Ulmer and Mrs.…
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