Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia, USA and died 19 April 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He had a son, William Lynch Cochran, who was a Baptist minister and pioneer in early Alabama. Brierfield Baptist Church, Hwy 139, Brierfield, Bibb County, Alabama (Library of Congress) Some Bibb County, Alabama Descendants of […]
This interesting transcribed article about Randolph County, Alabama town names was written in 1896 for the Randolph Toiler. RANDOLPH’S COUNTY SEAT NAME CHANGED FROM WEDOWEE TO MCDONALD By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Eight We told you in number seven series that Wedowee had been changed to McDonald […]
Touring Alabama in 1820, 18211 Written ca. 1820 by Adam Hodgson Part III Arrived at Fort Dale We arrived in the evening at a few palings which have dignified the place with the appellation of Fort Dale, where travellers are accommodated tolerably on a flourishing plantation. Our landlord was an intelligent man; and among his […]
John Frederick Shaeffer was born Aug 17, 1774 in Lexington District, SC and died October 24, 1859 in Perry County, Alabama. He married Magdalina Eichelberger in South Carolina. After her death in South Carolina, he moved to Perry County, Alabama where he married Priscilla Hopkins Dec. 14, 1841, daughter of John Hopkins and Elizabeth Autry. […]
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