Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XIV 1 Henry C. Sanford Cherokee County A son of Hezekiah P. and Priscilla Sanford, Henry C. was born on May 20, 1808, in Greenville District, South Carolina and died on May 28, 1888, in Cherokee County, Alabama. Attending school only ten months, Sanford was […]
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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 21 – More sketches of early bar members (continued)
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1826 Frontier Evangelist, Henry Bryson – Part I
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TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Engraving Trades on Tombstones?
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Did you know that some early settlers & speculators of Alabama land conspired with the British?
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Alabama Power Company – origins date back to experiments in Attalla
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This mansion in North Alabama is steeped in Civil War history
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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. […]
Refugees from Scotland traveled to the American Colonies before the Revolutionary War
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B. B. Comer Bridge was the only remaining bridge of the original 15 toll bridges
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Some bios. (N-Z) of Alabama White men associated with Indian life
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News transcriptions from Abbeville, a colonial settlement in East Alabama
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BIOGRAPHY: Billups Jackson Gayle was born June 30, 1857 – photograph
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News notes Transcribed From The Alexander Outlook, Alexander City, Alabama, Oct 7, 1892, reveal much about the people
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Weather has been a destructive force in Alabama over the years – See stories and pictures
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Northern Alabama furnished most of the state officers in the early days of Alabama
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Is your Albertville, Alabama ancestor mentioned in this newspaper from October 23, 1919?
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Mill for sale, death, and money lenders were in the news in Albertville on October 23, 1919
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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 […]
BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Amos Jarman (Nov. 9, 1789 – 1873)
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May 14, 1874 – News in Tuscaloosa Destructive weather, opening of a mill & house fire
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Gen. Woodward tells of coming to Alabama Governor’s aid during a fistfight in this letter written Nov. 1858
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Biography: Benjamin Cudworth Yancey (1817-1891)
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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 […]
Alabama Folklore, Part II – Native American legends – the Alabama Pocahontas and Seas that Mourn
Noccalula Falls near Gadsden ca. 1930s (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part I) Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to record the life and culture of Americans during the Great Depression era. Many were employed in Alabama. In 1937, this excerpt was part of an essay written about Alabama Folklore. The […]
Convicts of Alabama – State Penitentiary November 1846
CONVICTS OF ALABAMA STATE PENITENTIARY, November 1846 (from Ancestry.com -transcribed by Steven Jackson) As a general rule of the early Alabama frontiersmen, the administration of justice was best left in the hands of the local citizens, or when available, with county officials. Even in the county seats, justice was swift and harsh, as the towns […]
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 […]
PATRON – Biography: Miles Clayton Allgood born February 22, 1878
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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 […]
PATRON+ Trail of Tears – An Observer Writes His Memories
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