Anne Newport Royall – A letter written in 1817 describes the frivolity of Huntsville, Alabama & meeting with Major Rose...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Anne Newport Royall – A letter written in 1817 describes the frivolity of Huntsville, Alabama & meeting with Major Rose Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 May, 2021 Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. When her husband died in 1813, she traveled Alabama for the next four years and wrote letters to her friends about the evolution of the young state. The letters were published as a book entitled […] Read more → PATRON – Anderson declared vengeance on Frierson in Lawrence County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 May, 2021 Anderson went after Frierson Lawrence County, Alabama) written ca. 1890s by Col. Edmond Saunders Rufus K. Anderson, Esq., came to Moulton about 1825 from Tennessee. He was a handsome man, dressed well, and had genteel but distant manners. Our people somehow didn't give him much encouragement, and after a year or two he left Lawrence […] Read more → PATRON + Chickasaw Chiefs – family stories of Levi and George Colbert Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 May, 2021 (Transcribed and unedited excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell. The Chickasaw Colberts of Colbert County by WPA writer Susan Russell ca. 1934 George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Chiefs for whom Colbert County was named, were not full blooded Indians yet their decisions were (the) final word in matters […] Read more → Many of these men received free bounty land in Alabama after the Revolutionary War Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 May, 2021 After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. The practice of awarding bounty land for military forces had been a long-standing practice in the British Empire in North America. Land was a commodity in generous supply. ALABAMA REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS VOL III  is […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

The early Inn-keepers of Lawrence County had difficulty making money...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward The early Inn-keepers of Lawrence County had difficulty making money Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2021 The Inn-keepers (Lawrence County, Alabama) written ca. 1890s by Col. Edmond Saunders The Innkeepers of Moulton (Lawrence County, Alabama) have been numerous, and they have followed each other in quick succession like scenes in a panorama. One reason of this incessant change was that each found, in spite of the closest economy, that no money […] Read more → PATRON – Men's faces were clean-shaven in the early days of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2021 Style of Dress in Early Times (Lawrence County, Alabama) by Col. Edmond Saunders written ca. 1890s The young men in full dress wore blue cloth coats with metal buttons and swallow tails, and vests sometimes embroidered on the edges. The pants were tight about the hips and knees and loose below—of cloth in the winter […] Read more → PATRON + An incident from Reconstruction Days in Greensboro, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2021 An incident from Reconstruction Days in Greensboro, Alabama1 Published 1908 During Reconstruction Days after the Civil War, there were three companies, containing three hundred soldiers, camped in the town, with the object of keeping "order," and seeing to it that affairs were conducted as the general government at Washington thought they should be. Three Federal […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Job Cannon was born 1766 in Pennsylvania and has descendants in Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Job Cannon was born 1766 in Pennsylvania and has descendants in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2021 Job Cannon was born August 5, 1766, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. His parents were believed to be John (February 16, 1727, SC – d. Jan 19, 1794, NC) and Martha (Alexander) (b. ca. 1733 – d. Oct 8, 1799) Cannon. The Birds’ Nest, U.S. Route 43, Vilula, Perry County, AL (Library of Congress) Job Cannon […] Read more → PATRON + Could you walk eight miles each day to get to your job like this? Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 STORY OF A WPA WORKER1 Written Feb. 15, 1939 by Marie Reese (Transcribed and unedited from original) Personal Interview of Corrie Rogers (Colored) Ex-CWA and WPA worker Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama Corrie was a small woman with straight black hair with a slight natural wave and keen black eyes. She was a gingerbread color and […] Read more → Are you researching ancestors in Lawrence County, Alabama? This may help Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 Lawrence County was created by act of the Territorial Legislature of February 4, 1818, before Alabama became a state. Formed from territory acquired by the Cherokee and Chicasa (Chickasaw) cession of 1816. The early settlers of the county came from Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Many of the early settlers of Lawrence County were veterans or […] Read more → Biography: Col. James Edward Saunders (1806 -1896) Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 COL. JAMES EDMONDS SAUNDERS BIOGRAHPY and GENEALOGY (May 7, 1806 – 1896) Lawrence County, Alabama James Edmonds Saunders was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, 7th of May, 1806. His ancestor, Edward Saunders, " Chirurgeon," was already seated in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1658; and, in 1669, as one of the justices for the county was […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON – Clement Comer Clay moved to Alabama to escape legal problems...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON – Clement Comer Clay moved to Alabama to escape legal problems Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 Clement Comer Clay came to Madison County from Tennessee. Though from a prominent family, Clay left Tennessee for Huntsville in 1811 with “enough cash to last a few days, two horses, a change of clothes, a few law books, a brace of pistols and a rifle, and a personal slave….his immediate intention was to establish […] Read more → PATRON – Touring Alabama in 1820, 1821 – Part IV Letters written home by Adam Hodgson Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 Touring Alabama in 1820, 18211 Written ca. 1820 by Adam Hodgson Part IV Natchez, State of Mississippi, 6th May, 1820. I mentioned in my last letter, that after crossing the bay on Sunday morning to go to church, I was disappointed to find no Protestant place of worship. I had travelled hard to reach Blakeley […] Read more → PATRON + The character of the early settlers to Alabama was of high quality Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 The State of Society (Lawrence County, Alabama) by Col. Edmond Saunders written ca. 1890s The State of Society in a country depends on the material as well as moral causes, and these must be considered together in forming a correct estimate of the character of a people. Majority of settlers from good circumstances Most new […] Read more → Can you believe it took until 1953 for Alabama to ratify woman's right to vote? Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 Women’s Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the United States. In the United States, women were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States was certified as law. Women’s […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe