13 comments

  1. Angela Atkins

    Does anyone have that book?

  2. Kearney Hall

    And by early 1830′ my family moved into Sumter County from NC.

  3. Jo Ann Gray

    This is sick how they removed the Indians off of there land,for the white mans benefit. The Indians should have been able to live there also. It was there’s to begin with. The Indians were the ones done so badly far as I’m concerned

    1. Daryl E. Ratterree

      Should be Their’s not Theres.

  4. Richard Haynes

    I wouldn’t mind buying 10-15 acres of good land, with utilities available, with good water on it in Bibb. If you know of any land that’s available….shoot me an email. [email protected]

  5. Harold Wilson

    Elaine Smith Wilson

    1. Sean Jackson

      I’m descendants of Wilson from Brent, Al. My great-great grandparents were John and Malinda Wilson. My Great=Grandmother was their daughter Bertha.

  6. Greensboro was first named the Russell Settlement, and then Troy, Alabama – Alabama Pioneers

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  7. Bibb Genealogy

    The Indian Removal Act also contributed to the expansion of slavery across the South. In fact, my enslaved ancestors were brought into Alabama as a result of “Alabama fever” – the land grab that followed.

  8. Clay Goodwin

    Just awesome. Self sufficiency

  9. Lynne Milstead McWhorter

    #myhometown

  10. Tammy Traywick

    Yes, my ancestors did!

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