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Biography: William ‘Bill’ Traylor born April 1, 1854
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Biography: Dr. John Watkins born 1775
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Query: Eason family of Sand Mountain, Alabama
EASON FAMILY SAND MOUNTAIN by Dale Henson My great-grandmother, Celia Delwoth Eason (born 1848) moved to Sand Mountain, Alabama from Newton County, Georgia with her parents, Abraham Eason, Jr and Mary Granville, in 1857. They settled on a farm in the old “Sockfoot” area, now Hustleville near Short Creek. Her future husband, James Leonard Henson, […]
PATRON + Fitzpatrick, Alabama was a transformed town in 1885
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Alabama Folklore, Part III – The Earth Shake, White Folklore, – Famous Brigande
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Amazing find – 1932 film of the Alabama aftermath of a massive tornado outbreak that killed possibly 300 people in Alabama on March 21, 1932
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Historic tornado outbreak killed about 275 people
HISTORIC TORNADO OUTBREAK ALABAMA March 21-22, 1932 (FROM: DARKEST HOURS by Jay Robert Nash) On March 21, 1932, Marion, Alabama was the first town struck in one of the most destructive series of tornadoes to wreak havoc across seven states. From this point at least a dozen vicious twisters ravaged the tornado belt, as they […]
UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Madame Wooster cared for the sick in Birmingham & had a romance with John Wilkes Booth is honored at UAB
[The Lou Wooster Public Health Award at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Public Health is presented annually by the University of Alabama School of Public Health to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations who are unconventional public health heroes. – This is who it is named after] LOUISE CATHERINE WOOSTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY […]
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 […]
PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 26 continued – Civil War
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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 26 – Talladega Mountain Rangers
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On December 4, 1888, a riot took place Birmingham, Alabama, resulting in many deaths
A tragedy took place on December 4, 1888, in East Lake in Birmingham, Alabama THE HAWES RIOT by Chas. D. Franklin Editorial Department (WPA Alabama Federal Writer’s Project) Written in 1930s The Hawes murders furnished early Birmingham its most sensational crime and also the most bloody deterrent to mob action that ever occurred in this […]
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 + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 25 – Flower of the Country in Arms -Civil War
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PATRON -Biography: Frank P. O’Brien (1844-1910) – photograph
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The south is known for front porches, but Brantley, Alabama has been dubbed “the front porch capital of the south”
Brantley was established on 40 acres of property purchased from Thomas H. Wyatt by the Brantley Land Company. It was first called Sasserville, then Marcus and finally renamed Brantley after T. K. Brantley. Brantley, Alabama is 25 miles southwest of Troy, and about 10 miles south of Luvern in Crenshaw County, Alabama. Population in 1910—-803; […]
PATRON – Biography: Thomas Bivin Creagh, (1788- Feb. 1842)
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PATRON – Biography: General George Whitfield Crabb born February 22, 1804
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PATRON – Local and Personal News from Lanett, Alabama on February 17, 1916
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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 16 Taxes of today are light as compared with the olden time
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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 18 – the 1840s names of early citizens & more
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Alabama Convention proceedings and members of the Democratic and Anti-Know-Nothing Party
(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC and ANTI-KNOW NOTHING CONVENTION, Held in Montgomery, Jan. 8, 1856 Pursuant to notice, and in accordance with the call heretofore made, the delegates from the several counties to the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing State Convention, assembled in the hall […]
Problems developed when the State of Alabama was organized
ALABAMA BECOMES A TERRITORY After the war of 1812, and with the defeat of the Creek Indians, land in Alabama became open to new settlers seeking an opportunity in the Mississippi Territory. They came from many states. Some of the first settlers of Alabama came from Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Wagon […]
The Early Alabama Railroad Scandal Part I
“Willis Valley Railroad was charted in February 3, 1852 as a company to build a railroad from the point on the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad, at or near the farm of JAMES HAMPTON through the county of Dekalb and the Georgia line to intersect the Georgia and Tennessee Railroad at some convenient point in […]
PATRON – Boys with Pops, Deaths, and Visitors
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BIOGRAPHY: Isaac Abercrombie born 1748
More information about Isaac Abercrombie can be found in the books A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I and ISAAC ABERCROMBIE, ALABAMA PIONEER, Six Generations of Descendants ISAAC ABERCROMBIE Isaac Abercrombie was born in Scotland in 1748. He is first found in America in 1769 acquiring land in Laurens County, […]
Sunday as a sacred day from early days in Mississippi Territory
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN ALABAMA Sunday, the first day of the week, has been recognized as a sacred day since the very earliest days of the Mississippi Territory. On March 12, 1803, the Legislative council and House of Representatives of that Territory, of which the present State of Alabama was then in part the eastern half, […]
PATRON – Undelivered letters near Huntsville, Alabama in 1818
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BIOGRAPHY: Elizabeth Cruise was born October 9, 1816, and lived 99 1/2 years
Discover, Share, and help us Preserve our lost and forgotten stories. Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Unlock all Alabama Pioneers stories Alabama Pioneers members see thousands of stories, biographies, and nostalgic items like this Biography and Genealogy October 9, 1816 – April 20, 1916 Holland – Bibb County, Alabama Obituary Centreville Press 1916 – In […]