Happy Birthday! JOHN BURRUSS SALE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1876) Lawrence County, Alabama (Personal Comments about John Burruss Sales are from James Edmound Saunders who…
HANCE CUNNINGHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.ca. 1790 SC-d. ca. 1828 AL) Lawrence County, Alabama The first sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama was Hance McWhorter…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JOHN WHITE, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1778-1842) Lawrence, Talladega Counties,…
WILEY GALLAWAY, Esq. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792- 1864) Morgan and Lawrence County, Alabama. Wiley Gallaway b. 1792 and his brothers, Levi, Anderson, Brittain, Nathan…
Lawrence County was created by act of the Territorial Legislature of February 4, 1818, before Alabama became a state. Formed from territory acquired by…
Rocky Hill Castle was built by James Edmonds Saunders, the author of Early Settlers of Alabama, which was published by his granddaughter after his…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer CROCKETT McDONALD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1801-1857) Lawrence County, Alabama Crockett McDonald…
Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo…
CHARLES GIBSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – May 30, 1883) Lawrence County, Alabama In 1818, Charles Gibson, son of John Gibson, moved with…
Happy Birthday! REV. JOHN ALLAN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1788-1843) By Lavone Johnson Anglen Reverend John Allan wrote an autobiography of his life which was…
Happy Birthday! Photograph by Dee Billings Gonzales on Findagrave.com EDWARD BERTON ALMON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-1933) Lawrence and Colbert County, Alabama Edward Berton…
Happy Birthday! DANIEL NELSON COOPER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1911) LAWRENCE and MADISON and MARION COUNTIES, ALABAMA Daniel Nelson Cooper was born at Mount Vernon,…
This story was written in 1858 by Gen. Thompson Simpson Woodward of the Alabama militia. He was in Alabama from very early days. WINN…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE C. ALMON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-1911 Lawrence and Franklin County, Alabama George C. Almon was a lawyer and probate judge. He…
Happy Birthday! MATTHEW CLAY, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1795-1827) Lawrence County, Alabama Matthew Clay (b. March 25, 1754 Halifax Co., Virginia – d.…
Happy Birthday! LLEWELLYN JUDSON CARDEN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1842-1910) Shelby County, Alabama Llewellyn Judson Carden was the treasurer of Shelby County, Alabama, with residence…
JOHN GREGG BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-1850) Lawrence County, Alabama John Gregg was the third County Court clerk. His father Samuel had been…
JOHN GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1792 - d. 1864) (from Franklin, Tennessee to Lawrence Co., Alabama) The father of Judge William C.…
DAVID W. HUNTER (b. ca. 1800 - 1855) AMBROSE HUNTER (b. ca. 1800 - 1852) Early Pioneers of Lawrence County, Alabama David and Ambrose…
THE HODGES PIONEERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY COL. FLEMING HODGES, SR. (b.1792 – d. 1827) COL. WILLIAM MASON HODGES (b. ca. 1793 – d. 1835)…
BENJAMIN SYKES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.ca. 1745) Lawrence County, Alabama In early times there came a colony of them from Greenville County, Va.,…
HUGH M. WARREN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1800) Lawrence County, Alabama The third sheriff of Lawrence County resided first in Madison and was…
JOHN ALEXANDER GRUGETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1774 – ca. 1826) Lawrence County, Alabama Major John Alexander Grugett was a contractor and completed the…
JOHN GALLAGHER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1796- 1839) Lawrence and Mobile Counties, Alabama John Gallagher, an Irishman, lived in Moulton, Lawrence Co., Alabama as…
EDMOND PIERCE ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1800 VA d. 1827 Winchester, TN) Lawrence County, Alabama Edmond Pierce Anderson was an early pioneer and…
BOLLING CLARK BURNETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1797-1862) Lawrence County, Alabama The fourth sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama was Bolling C. Burnett was born in…
Happy Birthday! JUDGE HENRY ANDERSON MCGHEE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec. 17, 1810- 1901) Lawrence County, Alabama, Texas Judge Henry McGhee, son of Merriman McGhee…
CALEB OWEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY ( 1759 - 1842) Lawrence County, Alabama Caleb Owen, of Welch ancestry from Camden, SC married Mary Nabors, of…
Happy Birthday! JOHN HARRIS RENO/RENEAU BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1764-1848) Lawrence County, Alabama John Harris Reno was born December 2, 1864, to Rev. William…
PETER W. TAYLOR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1794-d. Nov. 8, 1836) Lawrence County, Alabama Peter Taylor was the first judge elected by the…
