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THOMAS CHALMERS McCORVEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852 - 1932) Monroe and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Colonel T. C. McCorvey was born in Monroe County on…
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp.324-327) Alabama was credited on…
CONFEDERATE GENERAL, OFFICERS FROM ALABAMA 1861-1865 (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I. pp.324-327) Alabama was credited on…
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(Continued transcription from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama, August 10, 1921 – info on Byron Ard, Will Kirkland, and Ab Borders) A tribute…
In the Southeast corner of Geneva County, Alabama is a small town by the name of Bellwood. Located in the northern part of Geneva,…
(Continued transcription from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama August 10, 1921 – info on Joe Acker, Mike Sollie, and Harry Martin) A tribute…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. When her husband died in 1813, she…
(Continued transcription from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama August 10, 1921– info on Steagall family) A tribute to some outstanding citizens in Ozark,…
Some Funny Tombstones - Grave marker in Covington, Virginia "I made a lot of deals in my lifetime ... But I sure went in…
An Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) HOME MADE LUXURIES AND NECESSITIES MEDICINES…
A tribute to some outstanding citizens in Ozark, Alabama (Transcribed from Southern Star, Newton, Dale County, Alabama August 10, 1921 written in 1921– info…
In 1815, several worthy citizens left the upper district of South Carolina and moved to the State of Tennessee, and early in 1817, immigrated…
This biography is included in the Books Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II and First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I RUEL…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) AND SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
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(Newspaper clipping from The Ashland Progress, Ashland, Alabama)
[This funny story from 1937 reveals how popular automobiles had become over horse riding] No Riders! (from The Tuscaloosa News - July 2, 1937)…
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Glazed Louisiana Yams 1 can yams 7 T. margarine 3 T. lemon juice 3 T. honey or 4 1/2 T. brown sugar 1/ 1/2…
MASTIN HILL HANSARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1904) Talladega county, Alabama Mastin Hill Hansard was one of the leading farmers of Talladega county. He…
Sometimes it is funny seeing life through the eyes of a child. A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination,…
Beautiful excerpt from Journal of seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in early 1800s 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh…
Cusseta Treaty opened land East of the Coosa In 1819, Alabama had been admitted as one of the States of the Federal Union. That…
CEMETERY DOCUMENTATION by SHERRY S. JOHNSTON Years ago, when I first started this journey of researching, documenting and writing about cemeteries, I started off…
Third part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By…
(Do you know who the first governor of Alabama was? You may be surprised.) THE FIRST BRITISH GOVERNOR IN ALABAMA Major Robert Major Over…
I discovered the following article by Allene Sumner in the January 1, 1930 edition of The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Oh, how times have changed.…
The troops from Tennessee that invaded the Creeks in 1812, marched through Madison County, on their way to way to Baird's Bluff Depositi and made…
(Continued from Part I) THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part II On the…
