HISTORY OF JEFF DAVIS HOUSE (Montgomery Advertiser, October 7th, 1900) The Alabama Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy will convene in the city of Opelika Tuesday, May the first, in annual assembly. A brief historical sketch of the frame dwelling house corner of Lee and Bibb Streets in this city known as the Jeff […]
(Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, June 21, 1900) PRELIMINARY TRIAL Of Mrs. Gardner and Festus Caddell The preliminary trial of Mrs. Lilly Gardner and Festus Caddell charged with the murder of Mrs. Mamie Caddell was held on Monday before Justice Tom Holmes and Judge W. L. Pratt at the court house in Centreville. […]
CONVICTS OF ALABAMA STATE PENITENTIARY, November 1846 (from Ancestry.com -transcribed by Steven Jackson) As a general rule of the early Alabama frontiersmen, the administration of justice was best left in the hands of the local citizens, or when available, with county officials. Even in the county seats, justice was swift and harsh, as the towns […]
Our ancestors did not have access to medical treatment like we have today and came up with many home remedies. This is a very interesting one since it seems to cure everything…I wonder if the gin helped the most, but I don’t think I want to try it. Roots are important "Mandrake root one ounce, dandelion […]
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