Thursday, September 17, 2020

Col. Saunders built the haunted mansion, Rocky Hill Castle...

 
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Col. Saunders built the haunted mansion, Rocky Hill Castle

Rocky Hill Castle was built by James Edmonds Saunders, the author of Early Settlers of Alabama, which was published by his granddaughter after his death. Ancestors Saunders was born May 7, 1806 in Brunswick County, Virginia.  His ancestor, Edward Saunders, “Chirurgeon," was already seated in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1658; and, in 1669, as one […]

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PATRON + The city of Hamilton in Marion County, Alabama was first known as Toll Gate & was site of the first toll road

Hamilton is located in the center of Marion County along Andrew Jackson’s Military Road which was carved out of the wilds of Alabama by volunteer soldiers from Tennessee in order to create a short cut between New Orleans to Nashville. The soldiers were returning home from victory over the British at New Orleans in 1815. […]

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PATRON – Jan 3, 1855, Probate Court Notices Pickens County, Alabama

(Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jan 3, 1855) PROBATE COURT NOTICES State of Alabama} Court of Probate Pickens County} November Term 1854 To whom it may concern: James Nance Executor of Pleasant Lee, has this day filed his account current and vouchers for a final settlement of said estate. The […]

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PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS: Young children practiced speech with mirrors in 1937

Speech and Voice Are Important Points by Olive Roberts Barton From Tuscaloosa News, Aug 2, 1937 When our children grow up, we want them to be able to hold their own with the best, and to take their place in any social stratum, comfortably and easily. Not Snobbish This is not being snobbish, but merely […]

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