CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA EARLY DIFFICULTIES By Benjamin Franklin Riley (transcribed from History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a detailed record of events...pub. 1881) "The…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) When Little Warrior was killed, the letter he was carrying from the British at Malden to…
Legend states that during the year 1862 when the Civil War was being fought, many people buried their gold for safekeeping in Shipp's Pond. …
Happy Birthday! DR. ANDREW JAY, Jr. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1851-1903) Conecuh County, Alabama Dr. Andrew Jay, Jr. of Evergreen, Alabama was born at Jay…
Wilson Ashley Biography and Genealogy (1796 – 1866) Conecuh County, Alabama Captain Wilson Ashley, planter, was among the most useful of Conecuh's sons. He…
DR. JOHN WATKINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1775-1854) (transcribed from History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a detailed record of events...pub. 1881) By Benjamin Franklin…
Our Alabama pioneers had to struggle to put a meal on the table in the early days. (The following transcription is from History of…
OLD BIGGS SETTLEMENT CEMETERY by Sherry S. Johnston As I walked among the gravestones in the old Biggs Settlement Cemetery, there were many names…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I COL. WILLIAM BARRETT TRAVIS (Hero of the Alamo) BIOGRAPHY…
Conecuh County Early Days by Rev. B. F. Riley In the latter part of 1815, the first permanent settlement, by the whites, was made…
Conecuh Country was originally a part of the Creek Indian lands, ceded by the treaty of August 9, 1814. Its territory was later reduced…
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