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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V ROBERT FINDLEY JOHNSON (1839 - 1909) BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
Patron - Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama legal notices from April 11, 1839 (Transcribed extract from Bellefonte Courier and Jackson County Republican, April 11, 1839)…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part III At the election held for the organization of Chambers County…
The garden spot of Jefferson County, Alabama - Do you know where it was in 1887? That part of Jefferson County where the first…
BENJAMIN ALLSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY' (1833-1900) Served as a Colonel 4th Alabama Infantry, CSA Benjamin Allston was a Episcopal clergyman and colonel, C. S.…
There has been some incorrect information concerning the Bibb plantations in Limestone and Madison County. The corrected information is taken from THE HISTORIC HUNTSVILLE…
JEFFERSON BILL ELLIOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Jefferson Bill Elliott was a farmer and leading citizen of Columbiana, Alabama. He…
GEORGE SHEPHERD HAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1913) Talladega County, Alabama George Shepherd Ham was a respected and well-to-do farmer living near Sylacauga. He was…
This story has been transcribed from the Niles's Weekly Register, Volumes 54-55 June 23, 1838 ALABAMA COTTON FACTORY The Tuscaloosa Monitor of the 30th…
One historic small community in Alabama had three names, Crocketsville, Crawford and Tuckabatchee. Named Crockettsville in honor of Davy Crockett The community of Crockettsville…
Bellefonte, Alabama is now a ghost town but once a vibrant community in 1839 as can be seen from these names of letters at…
ALFRED NEWTON ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831-1901) Tallapoosa County, Alabama Alfred Newton Adams was a physician, born July 17, 1831, in East Alabama, and…
CHARLES WESLEY HILLIARD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1837-1905) Pike County, Alabama Charles Wesley Hilliard, one of the best-known physicians of the State of Alabama, was…
JOHN T. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833- 1906) Talladega County, Alabama John T. Adams, was a senior member of the firm of John T.…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
[This is quite a story that reveals what travel was like in 1830] THE TRIP by BUD and TERRY ANDERSON Excerpted and paraphrased by…
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DR. WILDS SCOTT DuBOSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Wilds Scott DuBose, was a physician of standing and good practice…
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24,…
Excerpt about early days of Auburn, Alabama transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By…
"The Creek Nation was once one of the largest and most powerful Indian groups in the Southeast." Much of their land was lost as…
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This is an excerpt from a book The History of Coosa County, Alabama written by Rev. George E. Brewer before 1922. Please consider the time period when it…
JAMES AIKEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-1908) Randolph, Marshall and Etowah County, Alabama James Aiken, lawyer and judge, colonel 13th Alabama infantry, C. S. Army,…
THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes "Vive La Bagatelle." MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom…
The True Blues of Montgomery, Alabama The enrolment (sic) of the individuals whose names are anexed (sic) below, for the purpose of tendering their services…
Dr. John R. Drish House, also known simply as the Drish House, is a historic plantation house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is considered by…
Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a…
Note: Tom Hendrix, the man who created this incredible wall died on Feb. 24, 2017, at age 83, but his spirit lives on in the…
The University of the State of Alabama was opened on April 18, 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the state's capital at the time, and many…
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