This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even more stories! https://www.alabamapioneers.com/unlock-the-secrets-to-alabamas-past/ The Battle Of Burnt Corn When Little Warrior was killed, the letter he was carrying from the British at Malden to the Spaniards at Pensacola which requested that the Spanish […]
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could be recorded. The program was named the U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project and it gave employment to historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers. This is one of those […]
Did you know that Alabama created the first state department of archives and history in the United States? It was founded in 1901 and "became a model for many other states."1 Three cultural interests became the motivating interest to establish the department. Interest in improved education to foster a better informed and more civic-minded citizenry. […]
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part III At the election held for the organization of Chambers County on the 4th of March, 1833, in addition to the county officers heretofore named, there were also elected three persons called Court House Commissioners, whose duty it was, under a special […]
Michael Bates, who died in Newberry District, South Carolina, was born Georg Michael Bez on 11 May 1743 in Mägerkingen, a town in the Landkreis (county) of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This pioneer’s descendants are scattered throughout the United States including Alabama. Some of his Alabama descendants surnames include ALLEN, ATCHERSON, ATKINSON, BAILEY, BATTLE, BATTLES, BAUGH, […]
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