Click here to see the paperback version of Alabama Footprints Confrontation is on sale for $5.49 (List price $12.97) just in time for Christmas…
Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into…
(From the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss of…
Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820) is the Cottingham family mentioned in the best-selling novel, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans…
(Transcribed from the Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, Mississippi – September 10, 1818) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS, by an act of…
During the "Alabama Fever" period of United States history, early settlers migrated to Alabama from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and…
A few years ago, with many genealogical facts in hand, I made a research trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in search of…
We Needed those jobs by Shannon Hollon My GGrandfather Dunbar Campbell was born 12/1/1899 in Scottsville Ala. (Bibb County).He was the son of Dr.…
This is a beautiful State Park south of Birmingham and a wonderful place for a picnic or outing. They have saved and restored many…
Here are some interesting photographs from the Alabama Department of Archives and History from Bibb County, Alabama. Do you know any of the missing…
Do you know anything about these photographs? Brown Bros. Saw Mill No 2 near Randolph Ala ca. 1900 Collection of Duke and Weeks…
Happy Birthday! ORANGE ALBRIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1822-1915) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Orange Albright, a farmer, was born August 15, 1822, at Danielsville, Madison County,…
Happy Birthday! REV. JOHN WESLEY STARR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1808 - 1870) EARLY BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEER The history of John Wesley Starr was…
Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia, USA and died 19 April 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He had a…
JOSIAH GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1883) Bibb and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Josiah Gorgas was born July 1, 1818, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was graduated…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! ABSALOM PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1793-1845) Bibb County,…
FRONTIER EVANGELIST THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BRYSON (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 42, Nos. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer 1980) PART…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JOHN C. D. 'MAT' TROTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! MORGAN HOWARD SUBMITTED BY JACQUE OTTS (1821 NC-1850…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! FRANKLIN POTTS GLASS GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY (1858- 1934)…
Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo…
(Transcribed from the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss…
Happy Birthday! BENJAMIN CUDWORTH YANCEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (April 27, 1817- October 24, 1891) South Carolina, Georgia, Bibb, Cherokee and Coosa Counties, Alabama (Excerpt…
DORANTON PATTON NEWTON LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1812 – 1873) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Doranton Patton Langston was born during 1812 in Tennessee, the fourth…
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION The Capt. Sam Bursts her Boiler and Goes Down (Transcription from Bibb Blade November 26, 1884 in Bibb County Heritage Association…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FARRINGTON ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama At Aldrich, Alabama was one of the handsomest residences in…
Happy Birthday! DR. GEORGE ARMSTRONG HILL, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-1911) Talladega County, Alabama One of the most prominent citizens of Talladega County,…
Patron – Shackleford – Counterfeiter in Bibb County convicted A COUNTERFEITER CONVICTED Joe Shackleford, of Green Pond, Bibb County (Excerpt transcribed from THE BLADE-ENTERPRISE…
My Historical Fiction series Tapestry of Love and the novel Discordance is based on and inspired by the Cottingham family. Ribbon of Love is the first…
Happy Birthday! JOEL BARTON LOWERY (b. March 6, 1834 – d. November 9, 1909) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Joel Barton Lowery was born March…
Happy Birthday! MANLY ENOS WEAVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Feb. 16, 1866 Bibb County, AL Sep 21, 1930) Bibb County, Alabama “Rev. Manly…
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