NOTE: Coosa County was a large county in 1877. It included the present-day counties of Elmore, The physical features of Coosa differ very much…
Coosa and Cahaba coal fields (Written in 1910) The discovery and original crude workings of various of the mines in the Coosa and Cahaba…
{Coosa County was a very large county in the center of the state in early Alabama. The following is an excerpt from Rev. George…
Happy Birthday! FRANCIS MARION KING BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec.25, 1832-Nov. 13, 1911) Talladega and Coosa county, Alabama Francis Marion King was one of…
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24,…
{The following article is an exact transcription from HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY BY REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER CHAPTER VII SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES) The M. E. Church, South, is…
Read this story as well as many others in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories The daughter-in-law of Peter the Great - Did…
This is an excerpt from a book The History of Coosa County, Alabama written by Rev. George E. Brewer before 1922. Please consider the time period when it…
FREDERICK FORNEY FOSCUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (September 11, 1819 - March 3, 1906) Virginia, Texas, and Coosa, Marengo, Monroe Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THOMAS PINCKNEY JOHNSTON BIOGRAHPY and GENEALOGY (1869-1926) Coosa, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama Thomas Pinckney Johnston was a popular mayor of the…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (August 10, 1814 – July 28, 1863) (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev.…
(Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887) Campbell, Lovelady, and Downing were appointed commissioners for Coosa County, Alabama…
(Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS CONTINUED Mrs. George Elmer Crowell and little daughter, of Sylacauga, visited…
(Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS CONTINUED Mrs. Henderson of Jackson's Gap, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Maggie Adams Hatton Biography and Genealogy (1879 - 1939) Elmore…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. WILLIAM GARRETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (May 6, 1809 - 1910) Tennessee,…
(Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS Mrs. S. H. Pope spent Saturday in Alex City. Fletcher Brown…
(Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) WALDEN-REAVES (REEVES) WEDDING WEDNESDAY OCT. 4, 1905 Miss Elma Walden and Mr.…
EBENEZER POND BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (May 3, 1799- June 3, 1878) Vermont, Georgia, Macon, Montgomery, Elmore and Coosa Counties (Excerpt from History of Coosa…
Happy Birthday! BENJAMIN CUDWORTH YANCEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (April 27, 1817- October 24, 1891) South Carolina, Georgia, Bibb, Cherokee and Coosa Counties, Alabama (Excerpt…
During World War II, many people moved to nearby Sylacauga to work in the defense plant. They came from all over the nation and the area was…
COL. THOMAS WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1825 – 1903) Virginia, Elmore and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev.…
NEIL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818 – 1886) Coosa County, Alabama. (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer,…
SAMUEL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1879 North Carolina, Montgomery County and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
JOHN G. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – aft. 1852) (ca. 1800 – aft. 1852) Texas, 1North Carolina, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from…
DR. NATHAN BOZEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 26, 1825 - 1861) Louisiana, New York, Georgia, Butler, Montgomery, and Coosa Counties, Alabama. (Excerpt from History…
JAMES H. WEAVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – ca. 1880s) Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
SETH PADDOCK STORRS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – October 1854) Georgia, Coosa and Autauga Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
Happy Birthday! THOMAS VERDINE KNIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1948) Coosa & Talladega County, Alabama Thomas Verdine Knight, of Sylacauga, was a farmer and general…
WILEY/WYLIE W. MASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-1870) Georgia, Coosa and Macon Counties (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans…
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