Saturday, July 11, 2020

Anne Newport Royall – Escaping the Tories, Lawrence County, Alabama...

 
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Anne Newport Royall – Escaping the Tories, Lawrence County, Alabama

Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain William Royall, a gentleman farmer who served in the American Revolution. When he died in 1813, she was left penniless after a brutal court battle with her dead husband’s relatives, Anne […]

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PATRON + Camp Ground Bethlehem Church, Graham, Alabama dates back to 1852 – with link to cemetery survey

History of Camp Ground Bethlehem Church, Graham Alabama by Mrs. W. M. Caskey Mississippi  of Calif.  in 1979 The Old Brockville Camp Ground Bethlehem Methodist Church, which is one hundred years old (1959) and seven years has stood the test of time over the years. Many chapters would be filled with joy and happiness, while […]

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PATRON – Muster Company D, Spanish-American War from Montgomery, Alabama 1898

Photograph of the Masts from two Spanish-American Warships, installed on the lawn of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama ca. 1901 (Alabama Department of Archives and History) COMPANY D, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898* Anderson, Chas. F., Montgomery Captain Elmore, Vincent M., Jr., Montgomery 1st Lieut Allen, Chas. A., Jr., Montgomery 2d Lieut. Powell, T. Judkins, Montgomery 1st […]

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PATRON + SATURDAY SECRET: Best Time for Painting a house with lead paint from 1874

BEST TIME FOR PAINTING HOUSE (Transcribed from The Iron Age, Birmingham, March 5, 1874) The best time for painting the exterior of buildings is late in autumn or during the winter. Paint then employed will endure twice as long as when applied in early summer or hot weather. In the former it dries slowly and […]

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