ALABAMA BECOMES A TERRITORY After the war of 1812, and with the defeat of the Creek Indians, land in Alabama became open to new settlers seeking an opportunity in the Mississippi Territory. They came from many states. Some of the first settlers of Alabama came from Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Wagon […]
(Transcribed from the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss of Property Houses, Fencing Destroyed Many Farmers Left Without a Panel of Fence From different sources we gain information of one of the most destructive storms that has ever visited this […]
(Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jane 3, 1855) MASONIC CELEBRATION CARROLLTON LODGE NO. 214, celebrated the 27th of December in a manner becoming the name of that ancient and time-honored order. At 10 o’clock, a procession was formed at their Lodge room which proceeded to the Methodist church; D. A. […]
Have you ever heard or read about Milly, who was alone in the wilderness of Montgomery, Alabama in 1792? Many streets in Montgomery are named after her. Discover other lost and forgotten stories in our Alabama Footprints series of books available in Paperback or Ebook at many retail and online bookstores. Some of Donna R. […]
JOHN TUBBS, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1758 – 1836) Perry County, Alabama. This excerpt is from A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I More information about John Tubbs, Sr. can be found in the books (ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume II) (ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII) JOHN TUBBS, SR. John Tubbs, […]
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