Tag: 1800’s

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BIOGRAPHY: Abram Mordecai Revolutionary War soldier born October 24, 1755 – photographs

Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer ABRAM MORDECAI BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1755-1849) Montgomery and Tallapoosa County, Alabama Abram…

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PATRON + The oldest incorporated town in Alabama has connections to two US Presidents [old photographs & film]

Even though it encompasses only 64 acres, Mooresville can boast to being the oldest incorporated town in Alabama and has a connection with two Presidents…

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PATRON + The 1st time nominee of the Democratic party was defeated – the winner refused to treat voters to BBQ, and other treats

[Politics in Alabama were contentious in Alabama's early days as this story reveals] (The article above has been transcribed (with spelling and grammar mistakes)…

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PATRON + Beautiful excerpt from the Journal of the seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in the early 1800s

Beautiful excerpt from Journal of seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in early 1800s 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh…