During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The…
LETTER WRITTEN IN 1885 - FROM MISSISSIPPI FROM S.M. SMYTHE Recollections of One of the Earliest Settlers of Calhoun county Baldwin, Miss., May 11,…
JOHN MONROE ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834 - 1904) Calhoun and Montgomery County, Alabama John Monroe Anderson, a planter, was born March 3, 1834,…
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama shipped cotton goods to China in 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October 20, 1883) ANNISTON AND CHINA…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI OLIN M. ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1930) Calhoun County,…
ROBERT BENJAMIN BURNS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-aft. 1904) St. Clair, Benton and Talladega County, Alabama Robert Benjamin Burns, was a merchant of Lincoln, Alabama,…
Borden Springs, east of Piedmont, Alabama was part of Calhoun County until 1866, when it became part of Cleburne County, Alabama. The area is…
Some Descendants of Shadrack Woolley (1752-1809) with Notes & Sources Read the sample pages of the book instantly in your browser with the FREE Amazon.com's Kindle…
Click to see how to Become a Patron and read all the stories on Alabama Pioneers! Greenwood, at the junction of the Old Anniston-Gadsden Road…
[This is the transcription of a letter written in 1885 back to a newspaper in Alabama that tells the location and names of some Alabamians who moved to…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III MAJ. MILES WASHINGTON ABERNATHY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1801-1877)…
REV. AUGUSTUS A. BATTLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860 - aft. 1896) Calhoun, Talladega, Russell County, Alabama Rev. Augustus A. Battle, of Hurtsboro, Russell County, the son…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM JASPER ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-1913) Calhoun County,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOSEPH A. GABOURY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852 -1915)…
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…
(Many people in Alabama changed their views on slavery as this story reveals)The Alabama County of Calhoun was created by the legislature December 18,…
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