PATRON – Shackleford County, Texas is named after a pioneer of Shelby County, Alabama

1830's Alabama history GENEALOGY LAWRENCE COUNTY SHELBY COUNTY

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Ron Johnson June 6, 2017

My 3 Great Grandfather , Col. Isaac M Johnson, is the one who purchased Jack Shacklefords property in Shelby County. It is located along Highway 119 in the Cahaba Valley area. Allan Cemetery is on the property with his home having been on a knoll near the creek just south of it. The cemetery was originally known as Johnson Cemetery having been started at the death of Isaac’s wife and two sons from Yellow Fever in 1835, Oak Mountain State Park contains Shackleford Gap located near the North Trail Head and Shackleford Point which is marked as the highest point. It is located on the White Trail 2-3 miles from the trail head.

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Ramona Haley June 7, 2017

Jim Shackelford

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