EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews 1899 THE SOUTHERN STAR, MAY 31, 1899 The Dowling family History first dawns on…
EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews 1899 THE SOUTHERN STAR, MAY 17, 1899 To overcome and to conquer the many obstacles…
EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews 1899 After the War Between the States When the war closed those who had survived…
EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews 1899 The Cooley Trail This country when first found by the early settlers was open,…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM WICKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (1760-1852) Barbour and Pike County, Alabama William Wicker was born Dec. 22, 1760 in…
The Prices on these items have certainly changed in one-hundred years. Mason jar with snap-on lid 1920 (Library of Congress) VINEGAR OF THE FOUR…
QUILTING PARTIES (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by Lois Lynn 11/12/1936 Quilting parties…
Scroll down to read story SINGING SCHOOLS (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by…
BRUNDIDGE PIKE COUNTY, ALABAMA BRUNDIDGE is a town in the southeastern part of Pike County. The population was 2,076 at the 2010 census, down…
Happy Birthday! JEFFERSON DAVIS GAFFORD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1861 - 1904) Butler and Pike county, Alabama Jefferson Davis Gafford was for twenty years…
EUFAULA, ALABAMA The First Store (from:History of Eufaula, Alabama: the bluff city of the Chattahoochee By J. A. B. Besson - 1875) The First…
Happy Birthday! CHARLES WESLEY HILLIARD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1837-1905) Pike County, Alabama Charles Wesley Hilliard, one of the best-known physicians of the State of…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! EZRA RICHMOND BRANNEN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1869-1916) Bullock…
Mossy Grove Schoolhouse by Amanda Gallatin The Mossy Grove School House Restaurant in Troy is a popular dinner spot with a long history. Locals…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer GOVERNOR CHARLES HENDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-1937) Pike County, Alabama Charles…
In early frontier Eufaula, Alabama, there were but few stores in the town, and not many dwellings, all of them were constructed of rough…
Happy Birthday! JOSEPH WARREN HARRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1912) Pike County, Alabama Joseph Warren Harris, of Troy, Alabama, was born Dec. 9, 1847, near…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM CALVIN OATES BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY GOVERNOR of ALABAMA (b. 1833 - d.1910) William Calvin Oates, of Montgomery, Ala., brave in war,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! VAN BUREN AUGUSTUS GIBSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-1928) Pike County, Alabama Van Buren Augustus Gibson, of Troy, Alabama, was born Oct. 30,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! RICHARD UMPHREY McLURE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-1938) Pike County, Alabama Richard Umphrey McLure was for many years a prosperous farmer of Troy,…
ARISTO APPLING WILEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1848 -d. aft. 1901 ) BARBOUR, PIKE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY Hon. Aristo Appling Wiley congressman from the second…
Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama. It was once part of the territory of the Creek Indian lands and was originally known…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JAMES HAMILTON EDWARDS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-1922) Pike County, Alabama James Hamilton…
AN EXCERPT FROM EARLY HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY ALABAMA (Covering the period from 1821 to 1900) 1 By MRS. MARGARET PACE FARMER2 EARLY CHURCHES…
AN EXCERPT FROM EARLY HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY ALABAMA (Covering the period from 1821 to 1900) 1 By MRS. MARGARET PACE FARMER2 Jonathan A.…
AN EXCERPT FROM EARLY HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY ALABAMA (Covering the period from 1821 to 1900) 1 By MRS. MARGARET PACE FARMER2 Pike County,…
Do you still make Parker house rolls for dinner? I had an heirloom recipe that had been handed down in the family, but it…
THE DUMB SUPPER (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by Lois Lynn 11/12/1936 The…
"I (Rev. R. W. Brooks) am not only a retired Baptist minister but also a Justice of the Peace, railroad agent, Express agent, Postmaster,…
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