Colonel Nathaniel Scott petitioned Auburn's Masonic Lodge (Auburn Lodge #76) to sponsor a female educational center in town. Auburn Masonic Female College became the…
Newspapers located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History are a great source of genealogy information. INDEX TO MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA, NEWSPAPERS In…
First Protestant Minister and Early settlers of Washington County, Alabama (Excerpt from: The Great Southeast or Clarke County and its Surroundings, pub. 1882 by…
THE BOWIE LETTERS, 1819 and 1821 Edited by Virginia K. Jones Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960…
Photograph of Samuel Pickens, bro. of Israel Pickens -served as Comptroller of the Alabama treasury 1819 to 1829 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)…
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were maimed during the War Between…
From Germantown, PA Here lies the dust of Louisa Orr, whose soul is now a little angle in Heaven Another mistake? Here lies Peter…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956 - 1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) STEALING THE YANKEE'S…
This story is also an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) available at Amazon.com On Little River,…
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO: News clipping - Thomas Henderson, Enoch Parsons & Jesse Beene vs. Joseph Wilson - Cahawba, Alabama Oct. 16, 1819 Transcribed…
LIST OF VOTERS AT AN ELECTION HELD AT NOTASULGA, MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA, ON THE 6th. OF AUGUST 1849 H. H. Armstrong Elijah Harrolson N.…
SKETCH OF PETTUS' BRIGADE. By Gen. Edmund Winston Pettus,1 Of Selma. (Transcription from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2, 1898) Head Qrs. Pettus Brigade,2 Camp near Dalton, Georgia…
HISTORIC VISIT BY INEZ MCCOLLUM A few years ago, I made a special effort to attend the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Historical Association. …
Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama The town of Jackson in Clarke County, Alabama is holds an annual fall festival. See Fall Festival for more information Home…
(Works Progress Administration interview from 1938 - transcribed exactly as written.) ISAAC JOHNSON: CAJAN TURPENTINER Happy Hill Community Near Chatom, Ala. 11/29/1938 by Jack…
(Continued from Part III - The author Gen. William F. Perry was the first superintendent of education in Alabama) THE GENESIS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION…
EARLY MACON COUNTY RECORD1 We the undersigned managers & clerks do certify that an election held at the house of Joseph P. Clough for…
(Works Projects Administration interview from 1938 We have transcribed the words exactly as written. Please consider the time and culture of the day) Lucy…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) THE STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court Regular Term, Dec.…
(U. S. Lands Records, Copies filed in Alabama Department Archives and History.) ORIGINAL TRACTS OF LANDS IN VICINITY OF MONTGOMERY WHICH WERE PATENTED AND…
Scroll down to read story COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE By Levin Vinson Rosser1 of Carrollton (Transcribed article from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Volume 2,…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Letters of Administration on the Estate of Sarah…
QUILTING PARTIES (Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) author from Pike County, Alabama) Written by Lois Lynn 11/12/1936 Quilting parties…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court, Regular Term, Dec. 11,…
Located in the slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the southern part of the country, northeast of Birmingham. This town was first known…
JACOB ROSS GREEN Biography and Genealogy 1810 - 1875 South Carolina, St. Clair & Calhoun County, Alabama Jacob Ross Green was born about 1810…
WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1854-1920) Tuscaloosa, Alabama Note: Follow the linked articles to see all the other connections this great man…
BAD MAN IS FATALLY SHOT Sheriff Hill and Deputies Try to Arrest Much Wanted Man and Shoot Him Sheriff O. B. Hill, accompanied by…
The following interesting miscellaneous photographs can be found at The Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the link to see and download…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of the person she interviewed and some words may be…
