ALONG THE CORDUROY ROAD The old home place stood among large oak trees at the top of a hill, more of a rise actually,…
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A tragedy occurred in Cahawba, Alabama on October 7, 1820, that was reported in New York (This story has been transcribed from The Evening…
WILLIAM HARDIE BOYNTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1936) Dallas and Talladega County, Alabama William Hardie Boynton was one of the popular and public-spirited citizens of…
EDMUND ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1816-1885) Dallas County, Alabama Edmund Anderson was a Presbyterian minister. He was born on Feb. 20, 1816, in South…
NATHANIEL HENRY DAWSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1829 - 1895) Dallas County, Alabama Nathaniel Henry Dawson was the son of Lawrence E. Dawson and Mary…
HORATIO GATES ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792-1862) Dallas, Clarke and Marengo Counties, Alabama Horatio Gates Allen was born at Essex County, Mass on February…
JESSE WILSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1776-1820) SHELBY & DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA Montevallo is the thought to be the oldest settlement with its first white…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM BURFORD ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-1931) Dallas and…
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MARTHA (HAZARD) STORRS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1828-1911) Dallas and Shelby Counties, Alabama Martha Aylett Hazard was born 1828 in Dallas County, Alabama to John…
LOUIS J. ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1922) Perry and Dallas County, Alabama Louis J. Adler, a merchant, was born June 24, 1856, in Milwaukee,…
Happy Birthday! SAMUEL FITTS ALSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859-1922) Dallas and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Samuel Fitts Alston was born January 6, 1859, in Selma…
REV. G. J BROOKS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1896) Dallas, Madison, County, Alabama, Missouri, Texas Rev. G. J. Brooks of Selma, Ala., son of…
ELISHA WILSON HOLLAND BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1844-1929) Shelby County, Alabama A well-known citizen of Shelby County was Elisha Wilson Holland, a member of the mercantile firm…
(Transcribed from the Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, Mississippi – September 10, 1818) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS, by an act of…
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO: News clipping - Thomas Henderson, Enoch Parsons & Jesse Beene vs. Joseph Wilson - Cahawba, Alabama Oct. 16, 1819 Transcribed…
SKETCH OF PETTUS' BRIGADE. By Gen. Edmund Winston Pettus,1 Of Selma. (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) Head Qrs. Pettus Brigade,2 Camp near Dalton, Georgia…
Have you ever heard of the ghost who pulled his coffin in Marion Junction, Alabama? This story involved many respectable, local citizens of the…
Zebulon Butler, an early settler of the Valley Creek Community in Selma, Alabama built a mill on the swift-rushing waters of Valley Creek to…
Sturdivant Hall By Joe McKnight As a pre-teen growing up in Selma, AL., I once broke into Sturdivant Hall, an ante-bellem mansion which these…
SAMUEL BEEKMAN ALISON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-1963) Dallas County, Alabama Samuel Beekman Alison, physician, was born August 12, 1867 at Carlowville, Dallas County, Alabama,…
Selma in Dallas County, Alabama is well-known for it's history as a center for civil-rights struggles, but Dallas County also plays an integral part…
GREEN UNDERWOOD (1799-1852) Dallas County, Alabama Green Underwood (Apr. 22, 1799 Spartanburg, SC – d. Oct. 6, 1852 Dallas Co., AL) was a pioneer…
DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA VARIOUS COURT RECORDS From Minutes of Probate Court of Dallas Co., Alabama: Book A p. 5: JOHN B. BATES was administrator…
Names of many African-Americans who attended Selma University from 1884 - 1895 This excerpt has been transcribed from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of…
(It's amazing how far this historic house was moved and still remained intact!) Historic Molette Plantation house, Dallas County The historic Molette Plantation house…
An Act established by the Legislature in 1819 made it unlawful to cut down or kill trees without written permission of the commissioners in Old Cahawba,…
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