PATRON+ Limestone County – Scraps XI -The Baptist church started Athens State University with a female academy in the early days of Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ Limestone County – Scraps XI -The Baptist church started Athens State University with a female academy in the early days of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 April, 2021 “SCRAPS” RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone Excerpt of transcription from The Athens Post, May 16, 1867. Page 2, Column 2 Part XI The First Baptist Church built in this county, is believed to have been the “Baptist Meeting House” on Round Island Creek, on Mr. Richard Henderson’s plantation, some three […] Read more → PATRON – John Cook Hendon Family Bible: Pickens/Marion Counties, AL Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 April, 2021 Contributed by: Adrienne Thompson John Cook Hendon m. Mary Ann Reynolds 1/11/1848 in Pickens Co., Ala. BirthsJohn Cook Hendon, (son of Rev. Benjamin Morris Hendon, Baptist Minister and his wife, Aly Clements), 4/1/1829Mary Ann Reynolds 10/24/1828 in Pickens Co., Ala., (dau. of George Reynolds and his wife, Martha Stewart) Their children: (all b. Pickens Co., […] Read more → There were many Revolutionary War soldiers in Alabama – here are biographies of a few Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 April, 2021 After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. No bounty land was available in many of the Original Thirteen colonies because the states lacked enough vacant land to support the policy so the government looked to the frontier in the western domains for […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe