The Inauguration of Governor Bagby in 1837 written by William Garrett1 At the general election, this year, Mr. Arthur P. Bagby of Monroe, was elected Governor, over Mr. Samuel W. Oliver, of Conecuh (County). Both of these gentlemen had presided over the House of Representatives as Speaker, with ability, and either, it was conceded, would […]
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 VI The first family that ever lived in what is now the town of LaFayette was that of John Atkins. Mr. Atkins was a resident of West Point, Ga., at the time the selection of the county site for Chambers County was made. […]
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. IV come from many sources. A good deal of the information comes from source books written when the subjects were still living. Additional information and/or documentation on any of the subjects has been included at the end of each biography This is […]
Some News From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama 5/21/1885 Nineteen Oxen Lost Mr. W. J. Morgan, of Walker county, was in the city last Friday, and said that a singular thing had happened to a party of country men on Mulberry river. It seems that five men were coming to the city bringing produce, […]
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