CAPT. TENNENT LOMAX LETTERS TO HIS SISTER, ELIZA, 18481 Orizaba Mexico March 27th 1848 Dear Sister I have been astonished with no letter either from you or Dr. G. has reached me since my arrival in Mexico—but the reception of your message through Mr. Baker has removed in part this state of feeling—I deeply sympathise […]
Col. Newton N. Clements was a popular public servant from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899)
SOME SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS From Will Book B, Sumter Co., Alabama: Will of LUCY A. ADAMS. p. 292. All property to my husband BENJAMIN H. ADAMS, for his lifetime; at his death, a family of negroes to my brother, HARDY C. FLUKER. Executor, BENJAMIN H. ADAMS. Dated 19, Dec. 1855.Witnessed by JAMES L. […]
This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: “Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones, Who eat while he was able; But once o’erfed, He dropped down dead, And fell beneath the table. When from the tomb, To met his doom, He rises amidst sinners; Since […]
(Some legal notices transcribed from The Monroe Journal Monroeville, Alabama January 5, 1867) SOME ALABAMA DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABNEY (b. 1692-d. 1766) Check the GEDCOM of GEORGE ABNEY in the Sample at the beginning of this book to see if this is your family line. Many transcribed deeds, church minutes, cemetery records, endnotes, anecdotal stories […]
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