Politics grew heated in 1892 during the election for governor. Reuben F. Kolb was a candidate for a coalition of Jeffersonian Democrats, against Thomas Goode Jones, the incumbent Democratic governor. From the Calera Journal News, Shelby County, Alabama, August 13, 1892 THE SITUATION IN BIBB From private and public sources we get information from […]
The early Baptist Church in Alabama1 by S. W. Wilson The settlement of the first Baptist in Alabama is believed to have been in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century just following the Revolutionary War. We do know that a group of Baptists settled over on the Mississippi River in 1780 and there was […]
Abstracts from Bibb Blade January 1883 THE BIBB BLADE MIND, MUSCLE, AND PLUCK SIX MILE, BIBB CO., ALABAMA, JANUARY 18, 1883 We call especial attention to the advertisement of Mr. J. A. JONES of-ering (sic) for sale a splendid tract of land near Six Mile Bridge. This tract has on it a fine […]
(Are you looking for your British ancestry? Here are some tips on how to research them.) Tips on British Ancestry….(from British Origins of American Colonists 1629-1775 – William Dollarhide) "Some National sources for surnames in the British Isles —Telephone Books and Directories, available at libraries —International Genealogical Index- Family History Library at Salt Lake City, Utah […]
No comments:
Post a Comment