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PATRON + Reverend Daniel S. Burtrick’s 1838 Journal

(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8)1 Reverend Daniel S. Burtrick was present in 1838 when the Cherokees were confined to the stockades and…

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AARON SMITH (1720- 1776) fought in American Revolution & was massacred by Indians

Aaron Smith born (1720 – 1776) and his brother, Captain John Carraway Smith fought in the American Revolution and were captured and held at…

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On November 7, 1839 General George Culvert, the head Chief of the Choctaw Nation, died

Note from Donna Causey:Β Everything written below is an exact transcriptionΒ (with possible misspellings) from theΒ From Cahawba Democrat (Cahaba, Alabama) February 1, 1840, so it was…

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A description of the Surrender of Creek Chief William Weatherford written in 1898

SURRENDER OF WEATHERFORD ByΒ WilliamΒ GatesΒ Orr,1Β of Okolona, Miss. (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) Okolona,Β Miss.,Β Feby. 22, 1893. Mr. H. S. Halbert,…