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Col. Saunders built the haunted mansion, Rocky Hill Castle

JOIN US Discover, Share, and support our endeavors to preserve lost and forgotten stories Get the FREE patreon/alabamapioneers.com app Rocky Hill Castle was built by James Edmonds Saunders, the author of Early Settlers of Alabama, which was published by his granddaughter after his death. Ancestors Saunders was born May 7, 1806 in Brunswick County, Virginia. […]

Did you know that Chief Ross became homeless?

(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) When Chief John Ross returned home (from Washington D. C.) in 1832, he discovered a man he did not know at his house. Believing him an unknown employee, Ross told him to feed his horse and put him away for the night. Instead, the […]

Creeks Despair Leads To Second War

(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Tensions between the Creek Indians and white settlers became so strained in May 1836 that a second Creek War broke out. Some refer to this war as more of an uprising than an actual war. SUPPORT ALABAMA PIONEERS BECOME AN ALABAMA PIONEERS PATRON Tap […]

Some Early Towns In The Territory of Alabama

Some Early Towns In Alabama This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) available at Amazon.com Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama Though, not a part of the United States until 1813, Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. During its first 100 […]

Many of Andrew Jackson’s men settled in Alabama

Many of Andrew Jackson’s men settled in Alabama (written in 1910) Of the men with (Andrew) Jackson, mustered out just after this affair, (the Creek War) Major William Russell was one. He was Jackson’s commander of scouts; had seen service with him through Talladega, Emuckfau, and Tohopeka, and was, like his chief, a Tennessean. The […]