Gen. Bedford Forrest was involved with the railroad in Greensboro, Alabama after the Civil War RAILROADS1 There has been but one railroad in Greensboro…
Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a…
The news in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 30, 1930 – included the following stories. SEARLES MAN DIES OF KNIFE WOUND IN HEART Dave Hudson,…
(Transcribed from Alabama Beacon, Greensboro, Alabama, May 20, 1843) We notice in the Wetumpka, Argus that Hon. Dixon Hall, Esq. late Senator from Autauga,…
Happy Birthday! BURWELL GIDEON ABERNETHY Biography and Genealogy (1844- 1907) Jefferson, Hale and Marengo County, Alabama and Tampa, Florida Dr. Burwell G. Abernethey, physician,…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE SMITH ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847- 1923) Marengo, Lowndes, Hale County, Alabama George Smith Anderson was born February 5, 1847, at…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853- 1913) Perry County, Alabama William Francis Hogue, lawyer and legislator, was a member of…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JEFFRIES A. BLUNT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861- 1942) Perry and Hale County, Alabama Jeffries A. Blunt is the Son of the late…
Happy Birthday! BASIL MANLY ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858-1924) Jefferson County, Alabama Basil Manly Allen was born December 20, 1858, in Carolina County, Virginia,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM E. W. YERBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1940) HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA William E. W. Yerby was born Oct. 10, 1864, at Greensboro,…
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Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer CHARLES S. WHELAN, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841-1898) Hale and Jefferson…
Old Southern University Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama Old Southern University was built in 1857 by Mullins and Hall of Selma, Alabama. It was owned…
Have you ever heard of the town of Advance in Alabama? The pictures below were taken in July 1936 of some rural grocery…
WATERWORKS OF GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 (Published in 1908) It is a far cry from “the old oaken bucket that hung in the well”…
GREENSBORO, ALABAMA EARLY FIRE COMPANIES1 (published 1908) The first Fire Company organized in Greensboro was on the 28th of February, 1868, on which date…
Communication with the outside world was slow coming in Greensboro, Alabama1 Telegraph Lines In 1869, the citizens of Greensboro donated a thousand dollars to induce…
Building of the Courthouse and Jail in Greensboro1 (published 1908) On January 30th, 1867, the Legislature passed an Act creating Hale County. It was…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Greensboro.1 (Published in 1908) The earliest records of this church were lost, and have never been in the possession of the…
Mayors Diligent search has failed to disclose a satisfactory list of the names of those who have served as Mayor of Greensboro, but we…
OLD GREENSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY1 Published 1908 In December, 1839, a meeting was held in the Greensboro Lyceum (in Hale County, Alabama) by the subscribers…
Today Magnolia Grove, located at 1002 Hobson Street in Greensboro, Alabama is a historic site and museum located in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama that…
Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught…
One of the largest artesian well in the world was reported to be on the "Goodrum Place", a plantation that was owned by the…
NEWSPAPERS IN EARLY GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (Story Published in 1908) The Halcyon As early as 1824, and presumably earlier, there was a newspaper published in…
DIVISION OF GREENSBORO IN THE EARLY YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE1 A few years prior to 1830, Greensborough was divided into three imaginary wards, known…
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