Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey,…
BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION AT FIRST WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY. Clipping from Montgomery Advertiser, October 7th, 1900 The reception at the Jeff Davis House on…
You've probably heard the story of the robbers, Bonnie and Clyde, but have you ever heard of the Blonde Bandit? This story reminds me…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume II- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
This photograph from the Alabama Department of Archives in History states that this is a John Whitfield of the same period of time. It describes…
An amazing news story about postal theft in Montgomery, Alabama May 23, 1825 (This story has been transcribed from The Evening Post (New York,…
In September of 1817, when Alabama was still a Territory, land speculators flocked to Alabama due to the assertion of the fertility of the…
John Wilkes Booth was in the first play held at the Old Montgomery Theatre The old Montgomery Theatre described here became the Webber Department…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! This may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 01, Spring Issue 1956 GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Montgomery, Alabama 1825 Gerrard Hansford, a free colored…
This story is excerpt from Alabama Footprints Volumes V-VIII: Four Books in One CHANDELIER FALLS IN ALABAMA CAPITAL by Hon. E. A. Powell The…
INCORPORATION OF MONTGOMERY TOWN An Act to Incorporate the Town of Montgomery, in the County of Montgomery. Passed December 3, 1819. Sec. 1. Be…
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING A NEWSPAPER, TO BE ENTITLED THE MONTGOMERY REPUBLICAN Aware, that my new and difficult employment, will subject me to…
EARLY LANDOWNERS IN INDIAN SESSION OF 1814 Ts. 16, 17, 18, 19, Rs. 18, 19, 20 Loftin-----Sec. 23, T. 18, N. R. 18 E.…
Happy Birthday! CHARLES HOOKS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (1768- 1843) Montgomery County, Alabama Charles Hooks is buried in Montgomery county, about twenty miles from the…
I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing an extraordinary lady who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Ramsey High School, and went on to…
Not a Fairy Tale Does the title of this story sound like a fairy tale or too far-fetched to be true? It really happened in the…
(This excerpt has been transcribed from a book titled RECOLLECTIONS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA -Original data: Robertson, W. G.. Recollections…
Happy Birthday! COL. CHARLES TEED POLLARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1805 - 1888) Montgomery, Alabama (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 01, No. 04,…
Happy Birthday! JOHN FRANKLIN GABLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867 -1946) Montgomery, Alabama John Franklin Gable was a Baptist minister. He was born August 21,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! STANLEY HUBERT DENT, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1869-aft. 1938) BARBOUR, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA Hon. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr, attorney at law…
Happy Birthday! REV. NATHAN ASHBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1810-1887) Monroe and Montgomery County, Alabama Ashby, Rev. Nathan, of Montgomery, was born in Fredericksburg, Va., August 5, 1810.…
Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! WILLIAM OWEN BALDWIN, M.D BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818 - 1886) Montgomery County, Alabama William Owen Baldwin, physician, was born August…
Happy Birthday! JOHN CRAWFORD ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1863-1940) Greene, Marengo and Montgomery County, Alabama John Crawford Anderson, lawyer, circuit judge and chief justice…
Happy Birthday! MICHAEL CODY, JR. (b. 1862 - aft. 1900) BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY BARBOUR and MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA Michael Cody Jr., president of the…
Happy Birthday! SIDNEY JOHNSTONE CATTS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1863 AL d. 1936) Governor Of Florida. Sidney Johnstone Catts was born near Pleasant…
The population of Pike Road in Montgomery County remained small until 1918 when it suddenly grew to a booming city with a population of…
