Prior to 1800, many colonists loyal to the throne of Britain immigrated to north and south Alabama to escape involvement in the Revolutionary War…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD HARSH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Sep. 1860 - 1934)…
He should have stayed home by Shannon Hollon My maternal GGGrandfather was Charles Monroe Campbell MD (1867-1939) he graduated from the Tennessee Medical College(…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III along with several other Abercrombie families in Alabama. Robert Hayden's…
THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming Written ca. 1901 West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part I By the Kansas-Nebraska…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. JOSEPH HAYES ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1850-1938) Madison County,…
In this corner...Jiujitsu Joey from Gatlinburg Tennessee by Shannon Hollon A few years ago we traveled to Gatlinburg Tennessee for a little family getaway…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) In 1782, in an attempt to…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) continued below... Tennessee settlers had lived…
Robertson & Phillips My ancestors on one side of the family are Robertsons. I have traced them back to the 1200’s in Scotland. On…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee, he died from a fever in Alabama in 1815, while traveling through the state. Of Course, the…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Tennessee Responds To The Call On the 18th day of September, the people of Nashville assembled…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM BURFORD ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-1931) Dallas and Perry County, Alabama William Burford Alexander was born August 26, 1853, at Oak…
Happy Birthday! JESSE J. ALLDREDGE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831 - 1870) Blount County, Alabama Jesse J. Alldredge was a lieutenant-colonel, Confederate States Army, and…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM ALEXANDER BURNS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-aft. 1904) Limestone, Calhoun, Talladega County, Alabama William Alexander Burns was the manager of the Sylacauga…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! MASTIN HILL HANSARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1904) Talladega county, Alabama Mastin Hill Hansard was one of the leading farmers of Talladega…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! HUGH GRAHAM DARBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1927) Talladega County, Alabama…
Happy Birthday! SIDNEY JOHNSTONE CATTS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1863 AL d. 1936) Governor Of Florida. Sidney Johnstone Catts was born near Pleasant…
Happy Birthday! EDWIN VALDINA CALDWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1845-1016) Shelby County, Alabama Edwin Valdina Caldwell was a leading citizen of Shelby county, Alabama. He…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! THOMAS BENTON NESMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1832-1897) Lamar,…
Called the Singing River The Cherokees who lived in the northwestern corner of Alabama called the river that flowed through their territory “Unashay” —…
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! MORRIS ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1855-1922) JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA Morris Adler, a coal mine operator, was born April 4, 1855, at Jonesboro,…
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…
JAMES M. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1790- 1856) Marshall and Madison County, Alabama James M. Adams, of Marshall, was a young lawyer, and…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Happy Birthday! DR. GEORGE ARMSTRONG HILL, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-1911) Talladega County, Alabama One of the most prominent citizens of Talladega County,…
Happy Birthday! FRANK O. WALSH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1873-aft. 1930) Montgomery, Alabama Frank O. Walsh, of Montgomery, Alabama was a master mechanic on Atlanta…
LEVI WELBOURNE LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1816-1892) Madison, Shelby, Talladega Counties Levi Welbourne Lawler, business man, was born Oct. 4, 1816, in Madison County;…
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