Tag: GENEALOGY

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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Tod Robinson, Sr. born Dec. 21, 1766

This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable  Alabama Pioneers Volume I  and Alabama Pioneer Tod Robinson (1776-1838) Biography, Genealogy with Notes  …

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 21 – More sketches of early bar members (continued)

PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXI (Continued) J. T. MAY J. T. MAY was a Methodist preacher who…

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 8 the Talladega Indian was always the implacable enemy of the Georgian.

PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VIII INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA After De Soto had left his trail of…

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 7 – First welcome speech ever made on Alabama soil was voiced in Talladega county

PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VII The Indian occupancy of Talladega county began in those primeval ages, "whereof…

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PATRON – A robbery, the fire department, a double murder and schoolhouse make news in Girard, Alabama in 1909

(Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) SOMETHING FROM A "CITIZEN" EDITOR JOURNAL: In regard to the article in Wednesday's Ledger…

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PATRON – December 14, 1901 – Tuscaloosa elephant piano Montevallo murder, Bank runner missing, and Lawrence Co. murder, and more

(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) MONTEVALLO MURDER Walter S. Cary, attorney, was shot and killed Friday…