On March 24, 1937 the old Jefferson County Courthouse was being torn down. The original cornerstone was removed and a mechanic used an acetelyne torch to unfasten a copper box taken from the 2,000-pound stone placed there 49 years earlier. Some of the things found inside included” Two Bibles A copper plate with the names […]
The life of a Methodist preacher during the early days of Alabama was very hard. “SCRAPS” RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone This excerpt has been transcribed from The Athens Post, May 2, 1867 Page 2, Column 2. Part IX We gave in our last number a very vague […]
Great family book for Alabama researchers! Ebook form only at this time, but it can be downloaded to your computer or other electronic device with Free apps from Amazon. Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume III This is the third volume of Notable and Not-so-Notable Early Alabama Pioneers. Biographies included in this book […]
(Transcribed from The Citizen-Examiner (Hayneville, Alabama) May 31, 1871 BANKRUPT SALE VALUABLE LANDS LYING IN LOWNDES COUNTY In the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama– in Bankruptcy in the matter of Wm. E. Alexander. Pursuant to a decretal (?) order of the District Court of the United States, for […]
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