This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) By the time of the American Revolution, white men loyal to the Crown lived in two small settlements of the British Province of West Florida. The settlements were on the Gulf Coast and Natchez, Mississippi. Being situated so […]
Photograph of Old School House at Mardis house in Talladega 1939 (Library of Congress) (2) PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXI During the mid-years of the century, the professional man dressed the part. The silk hat, and the Prince Albert coat were as much a portion of the lawyers […]
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII– Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book SOME GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Location of Greene County, Alabama License for JOHN M. BATES to marry ELIZABETH PATTON issued 11 Aug. 1824. There is […]
GINGERBREAD One-half cup butter, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup sour milk or cold water, one and one-half cups flour, two eggs, not beaten; One tablespoon ginger, one teaspoon soda. Bake The secret of having it light and tender is in beating the soda and molasses together thoroughly and in not beating the […]
Be careful when you start looking for cemeteries in the deep woods. This is one reason why. A woman in KY, an avid cemetery hunter did what no gal should do. She had heard about a cemetery in the woods long sought after and went by herself. It was way off the beaten path. She […]
John Pool was a Revolutionary War Soldier and early pioneer from South Carolina who first settled in Shelby County, Alabama then later moved to the Brush Creek area of Perry County, Alabama early in the history of the state. Many of the families intermingled through marriages. For more information about family connections see A Collection […]
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