Excerpt from The story of coal and iron in Alabama by Ethel Armes, Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, 1910 John R. Gamble John R. Gamble was the son of an Irish soldier of the Revolution, Robert Gamble, who was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. J. R. Gamble, mustered out of Jackson’s […]
CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA EARLY DIFFICULTIES By Benjamin Franklin Riley (transcribed from History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a detailed record of events…pub. 1881) “The year 1816 was noted as being one of sore privation to the heroic families of Conecuh County, Alabama, who had confronted the perils of these forest wilds, nerved alone by the […]
Excerpt transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama March 13, 1840) COMMITTED To the Jail of Bibb County, on the 11th October, 1839, a negro boy by the name of DENNIS, who says he belongs to James Hawkins of Mississippi, – said boy is about 18 or 19 years of age, stout built, dark complexion, […]
POPOVERS One cup flour, one cup sweet milk, one egg, generous pinch salt. Beat all together with an eggbeater five minutes. Bake in Muffin rings in quick oven. PUFFS FOR DESSERT One pint of milk and cream, the whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one heaping cup sifted flour, one scant cup […]
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