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Tombstones on the grave of wives Maria, wife of Timothy Brown Aged eighty years, And died in the confident hope of a better life.…
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…
Slaves for sale and new grocery open in Pickens County in 1855 (CONTINUED BELOW) (Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Some of this land…
Many pioneers from the Eastern states of the United States traveled to Alabama during the Great Migration West after the Mississippi Territory was opened…
Andrew Thomas, Jr. was born around 1759 in South Carolina. It is believed he married Sarah (last name unknown) about 1790. Andrew moved to…
The University of the State of Alabama was opened April 18, 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the state's capital at the time and many pioneers…
John Washington Mackey was an early pioneer of Perry County, Alabama is believed to have been the son of John G. and Mary Mackey…
Many deaths occurred in the State of Alabama in the year 1926 from the Spanish flu epidemic when the Alabama Freemasons were flourishing. This…
During the "Alabama Fever" period of United States history, early settlers migrated to Alabama from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and…
JOHN T. 'SQUIRE' BOYD, an early pioneer of Perry County, Alabama is believed to have been the son of Robert and Rosannah (Stewart) Boyd…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE PERSONAL NEWS (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) CITY NOTES News of a Week Condensed for…
Do you collect only names and dates of family ancestry? Then you are missing the most enjoyable part of genealogy. By uncovering facts and…
Have you heard this story in your family history? There were three brothers who came to America. One went north, one went south and…
John Green was born Jan 17, 1768 in South Carolina, son of Benjamin Green. The Greens ran a tavern in Chester Co, PA. They…
Sometimes biographical information about people in Alabama can be found in the strangest places. Many books are out-of-print so we are gathering information we…
Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 1, No. 1, Spring Issue 1930 that may be of interest to…
BIOGRAPHIES OF NOTABLE & SOME NOT-SO-NOTABLE ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME VII is the seventh book of Alabama pioneers biographies. A good deal of the information comes from source…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 REMAINS OF MRS. RAY INTERRED The remains of Mrs. W. M. Ray who died in…
When I began my my personal genealogy quest, I often spent days in courthouses, libraries and cemeteries as well as considerable expense copying records…
This inexpensive genealogy book may help with information on an Alabama ancestor. Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume IV is the fourth volume of Notable…
Daniel Milton James, son of William or Thomas James was born around 1760 in North Carolina. He married Rebecca Mossle (b 1770 NC – d.…
“Valley Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church in Valley Grande, Alabama, United States. The two-story red brick church building was built in…
John Ball was born 1675 in Stafford Co., Virginia and died 1722 in Stafford County, Virginia. He married Winnifred Williams on Mary 9, 1713…
Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 1, No. 4, Winter Issue 1930 that may be of interest to…
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Do you have the surname JOHNSON in your family tree? This Revolutionary War soldier may be your ancestor. Moses Johnson was a soldier in…
James Acton, Sr. was born 1746, Longnor, Shropshire, England and died Elizabeth McCraft (b. 1750 Scotland – d. 1823 Garrard, Kentucky, USA). James died…
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Tod Robinson was a very early pioneer in Alabama. He arrived in Alabama even before it was a state with the father of noted…
