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First cotton gin was established in Alabama before statehood

This story and many more are available in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1)  The First Cotton Gin in Alabama In 1797 a ferry was established by Samuel Mims across the Alabama (River), and on by Hollinger, an old resident among the Indians, across the Tombeckbee.(Tombigbee)  The route of travel […]

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PATRON+ Driven From The Land Of Their Birth

(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The following story is an excerpt from Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by E. G. Richards. I promised in my last to write in my next article on what I considered caused the war between the Creek tribe of Indians and the United States in […]

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PATRON – Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852

Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 ( transcriptions) [No. 84.] AN ACT To divorce certain persons therein named. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That in pursuance to the decrees […]

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PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: They died in an unusual way

These tombstones reveal the unusual way the people died: Albany, New York Henry Edsel Smith Born 1903 – Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down……it was Uniontown, Pennsylvania Cemetery Here lies the Body of Jonathan Blake Stepped on the Gas Instead of the Brake   […]

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