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(Excerpt transcribed from BRIEF HISTORY OF BIBB COUNTY by S. L. Johnson, The Centreville Press) If one will look at a map of Bibb…
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JOSIAH GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1883) Bibb and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Josiah Gorgas, father of William Crawford Gorgas who cured malaria on the Panama Canal,…
MORGAN HOWARD SUBMITTED BY JACQUE OTTS (1821 NC-1850 Bibb County, Alabama) Morgan Howard was son of Edmond and Elizabeth Howard (Ref: Will of Edmond…
(From the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss of…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) THE PASSING THRONG Mr. E. W. deGraffenried of Greensboro, is in the…
Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into…
SOME TERRY FAMILIES OF ALABAMA includes a compilation of documented genealogy records, notes and brief biographies of JAMES TERRY (1727- 1799) Alabama descendants, DAVID…
SAMUEL MERNARY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Dec. 10, 1853 - d. aft. 1900) Dallas, Shelby and Chilton County, Alabama Samuel Mernary Adams, a…
(Transcribed from the Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, Mississippi – September 10, 1818) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS, by an act of…
DISASTER AT MARVEL (transcribed from -Blocton Enterprise, Thursday, 26 October 1916 On last Saturday afternoon about 2:42, a terrific explosion occurred at Marvel mines,…
Here are some interesting photographs from the Alabama Department of Archives and History from Bibb County, Alabama. Do you know any of the missing…
This is a beautiful State Park south of Birmingham and a wonderful place for a picnic or outing. They have saved and restored many…
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DAVID SCOTT Biography and Genealogy (April 5, 1803- August 8, 1868) Perry, Tuscaloosa/Tuskaloosa, and Bibb County, Alabama. David Scott, merchant and manufacturer, was born…
Marriage & Death Notices in the July – September 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been…
July 1821, Bibb County, Court Records (This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Summer 1985. It has been copied as it was written in THE…
A few years ago, with many genealogical facts in hand, I made a research trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in search of…
Do you know anything about these photographs? Brown Bros. Saw Mill No 2 near Randolph Ala ca. 1900 Collection of Duke and Weeks families…
Bibb County, Alabama was settled around the time that Alabama became a state. The biographies in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol.…
Don't waste time researching genealogy others have completed. This book is filled with genealogy research, notes and sources of information on Alexander Grancer Cobb's…
Marriage & Death Notices in the April- June 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been copied…
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…
During the "Alabama Fever" period of United States history, early settlers migrated to Alabama from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and…
[The Cahaba River has been an integral part of the growth of Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.] Originally located on the west side In 1828,…
The Arnold Family has been in Alabama since the early days of statehood. This compilation includes notes, sources and information found on descendants of…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
John Green was born Jan 17, 1768, in South Carolina, son of Benjamin Green. The Greens ran a tavern in Chester Co, PA. They…
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