GLENNVILLE PLANTATION Glennville, Russell County, Alabama Glennville Plantation was built 1842-44 by Col. Americus Mitchell who came to the town of Glennville, just to the north of the plantation in 1841 and settled on land which had been granted to John Mitchell, his grandfather, for Revolutionary War services. These photographs taken by photographer Alex Bush […]
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PATRON + Glennville – a history of the people of by-gone days with pictures of some of their houses
GLENNVILLE, ALABAMA (Transcribed From Smartt, Eugenia Persons..History of Eufaula, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, printers, 1930, c1933. – Some of the homes mentioned may no longer be standing) McDonald – Smartt House by W. N. Manning, Photographer, May 16, 1935. – 315 North Randolph Street, Eufaula, Barbour County, AL (Library of Congress) In the […]
PATRON – Open Gates, a broken arm and news from Glennville, Alabama in 1909
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) ANNIE KATE BOOKER BROKE HER ARM Annie Kate, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Booker, happened to quite a painful accident Tuesday afternoon while playing on the school ground. She was accidentally pushed to the ground and her right arm broken between […]
UPDATED WITH FILM Glennville Plantation – beautiful interior photographs and film of a time forgotten
Glennville Plantation also known as Elmoreland is truly a beautiful mansion. Click on this link and scroll to the bottom of the page to see more vintage pictures of Glennville and click to learn about the area’s connection to Auburn University. GLENNVILLE PLANTATION (Also called Elmoreland) Glennville, Russell County, Alabama Amazing staircase Glennville Plantation was built 1842-44 by […]
UPDATED WITH PODCAST -An inspiring true-life story about the author of History of Eufaula, published in 1930 – Part I
An inspiring unedited true story from the author of History of Eufaula, published in 1930 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . True Life Story of Eufaula’s Outstanding Writer Eugenia Persons Smartt Author of “History of Eufaula” Published 1930 Written March 8, 1939 by Gertha Corric Federal Writers Project (WPA) She has had every odd […]
PATRON – There is a connection between this old pla film] ntation mansion and Auburn University. [old photographs film]
The beautiful plantation mansions of Glennville, Alabama have a connection with Auburn University. Glennville was named for Rev. James E. Glenn who came to Alabama as a Methodist missionary around 1833. He and his brother Thompson Glenn arrived in Glennville in 1835, only to have to evacuate during the Indian uprisings of 1836 at which […]
PATRON + Auburn, Alabama – home of Auburn University – See names & pictures of early days
Auburn, located in Lee County is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2014 population of 60,258. It is a college town, home of Auburn University. The city’s unofficial nickname is “The Loveliest Village on the Plains,” taken from a line in the poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: “Sweet Auburn! loveliest village […]
PATRON + Do you know who started the first pecan grove in Alabama? Here is the answer
Barbour County is well-known for its pecan trees and it is probable that the first pecan grove in Alabama was planted about 1836-7 in the village of Glennville in Barbour County. Glennville later became part of Russell County, Alabama. (See film Glennville plantation) BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA, and PECANS (Transcribed from History of Barbour County, Alabama, […]
PATRON + Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XV
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XV 1 Thomas Tipton Smith Henry County A native of Tennessee, Thomas Tipton Smith was born in Sumner County, November 18, 1819, and died at Smithville, Henry County, Alabama, February 10, 1886. He was the son of John Skelton and Jane Cosby Smith, both Virginians […]
PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Benjamin Harrison Screws was born April 11, 1843
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII BENJAMIN HARRISON SCREWS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-1905) BARBOUR COUNTY Benjamin Harrison Screws was born at Glennville, Barbour (now Russell) County, Alabama, April, 11, 1843 the son of Benmaine Screws of Glennville, and his wife Mourning Jones Drake. His brother […]
PATRON + Perote grew rapidly in the early days of Bullock County, Alabama
Excerpt from REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Churches and School As the population of Perote increased the citizens main interest was the church and school. Two churches were erected, Methodist and Baptist. The Presbyterian Church was five miles to the north […]
PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: James Abercrombie was born February 17, 1782
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. James Abercrombie’s descendants can be found in the book Some Descendants of Charles Abercrombie (1742 -1819) with Notes & Sources JAMES ABERCROMBIE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1782-1861) Monroe, Russell, Montgomery and […]
PATRON – A young child’s death and news from Rutherford —- February 1909
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD George Daniel, the little eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jackson, died at the home of his parents, 270 Fifth street, Phenix, Wednesday night at 11 o’clock after a short illness of stomach trouble. The funeral took […]
BIOGRAPHY: William Johnson Boykin born Nov. 8, 1861 – photograph
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM JOHNSON BOYKIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1931) Russell County, Alabama William Johnson Boykin was an attorney in Gadsden, Alabama and a member of the famous Boykin family, which traces its ancestry back to Edward Boykin, the first American ancestor, who came to Virginia from Caernarvonshire, Wales, a short time prior to April 20, […]