SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS From Will Book B, Sumter Co., Alabama: Will of LUCY A. ADAMS. p. 292. All property to my husband…
NATHANIEL HENRY DAWSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1829 - 1895) Dallas County, Alabama Nathaniel Henry Dawson was the son of Lawrence E. Dawson and Mary…
MICHAEL JEFFERSON BULGER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (February 13, 1806 – September 11, 1900) Tallapoosa County, Alabama Michael Jefferson Bulger, planter, planter, brigadier general, C.…
In 1860, parents were given these instructions for Parents sending their sons to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. PAGE 1 Unlock thousands…
Excerpt from The Alexander Outlook, Alexander City, Alabama, Oct 7, 1892, tells about the early days Alexander City Something of the town we live…
The early settlers of Alabama found themselves surrounded but the dense forest had to be felled and the fields cultivated. From History of…
GEORGE AMASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Sumter County, Alabama b. ca. 1820 George Amason was a planter and a native of this State, details of…
Revolutionary War Soldiers received considerable bounty land in Alabama but many never lived on it. After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered…
Ghost stories or a part of Alabama's past. Below are three unedited stories from 1939 written by a WPA writer who interviewed three African-Americans…
(Transcribed from The Monroe Journal, Monroeville, Alabama, January 5, 1867) Chancery Court decrees 1867 MASTER'S SALE In pursuance of decrees of the Chancery Court…
This advice was published in the Jacksonville Republican in Benton, County, Alabama in 1837 and has been transcribed exactly as written. It is still…
In 1883, there was an attempt to burn the Woodstock Hotel in Anniston, Alabama in 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October…
This Alabama county, the home of a prominent Alabamian was established, abolished and went through three name transitions. First known as Jones County Known…
Photograph of Masonic Female Institute, Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama 1939 Manning Hall. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1850. Related name: State of Alabama…
NOTES FOUND ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA J. Hugh LeBaron 100 South Rosebud Lane Starkville, MS 39759 [email protected] 1 JOHN LOCKHART…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below Three countries, England,…
CODFISH BALL Boil one cup of codfish with four good-sized potatoes. When done mash potatoes and fish together, Add good-sized piece of butter and…
DR. AMOS LEMUEL VAUGHAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1923) SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA Dr. Amos L. Vaughan, physician and surgeon, who resided at Cuba, Ala., was…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume I - See Table of Contents below The following business…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
HORATIO GATES ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792-1862) Dallas, Clarke and Marengo Counties, Alabama Horatio Gates Allen was born at Essex County, Mass on February…
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(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) John G. Burnett was involved in the Indian Removal in 1838-39 as a Private in Captain Abraham…
GENERAL ROBERT E. STEINER i BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Ranking Military Officer of Alabama (Published in 1921) Butler County, Alabama An Alabamian by birth, prominent in the affairs of…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Sharecropping came into wide use in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877). The South had been devastated by war and planters…
Lafayette did not dance on his visit to Cahaba, Alabama Lafayette in Cahaba, Alabama by Jack Kytle (WPA Alabama Federal Writer's Project) Written in…
From Colorado Bill Jenkins. Died June 13 1901 He done his damn'dest damn'dest. Angels could do no more From a churchyard in Rothesay Erected…
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Photograph Alex-Bush-Photographer-February-4-1937 Lawler-House-County-Road-11-Talladega-Talladega-County, Alabama PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XVIII The comparative strength of whig and democrat in…
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