One historic small community in Alabama had three names, Crocketsville, Crawford and Tuckabatchee. Named Crockettsville in honor of Davy Crockett The community of Crockettsville was settled at about the time Russell County was formed in 1832. Among the first settlers were Jerry Sagar and Green Sewell. It was named in honor of David “Davy” Crockett […]
Peter A. Brannon was a pharmacist chemist, 1900-1910. He spent the remainder of his career with the Alabama Department of Archives and History, serving as curator, 1910-1941; archivist, 1941-1955, and as director, 1955-1967. In his lifetime, he wrote many historical articles about Alabama. The following transcribed story by him was a paper prepared for […]
SOME EARLY SETTLERS AND NOTABLE MEN OF AUTAUGA COUNTY ALABAMA PHILLIPS FITZPATRICK was a representative to the General Assembly in 1819, 1820 AND 1822. C. A. DENNIS was a representative to the General Assembly in 1819. HOWELL ROSE was the first Senator from Autauga County, Alabama in 1819. DUNKLIN SULLIVAN served as Senator from […]
From a tombstone in Oxford, N. H.: To all my friends I bid adieu; A more sudden death you never knew: As I was leading the old mare to drink, She kicked and killed him quicker’n a wink An Epitaph in a Churchyard in Seven Oaks, Kent, England: Grim Death took me without any warning, […]
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