Beautiful excerpt from Journal of seventh governor of Alabama reveals their courtship in early 1800s 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama’s seventh Governor, left a journal which her descendants preserved for more than a century before publishing it. Governor and Mrs. Gayle were the parents of Mrs. Amelia Gayle Gorgas, who was for […]
This biography is also in the books Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME I EDMOND PIERCE ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1800 VA d. 1827 Winchester, TN) Lawrence County, Alabama Edmond Pierce Anderson was an early pioneer and a merchant in Moulton, Lawrence County, […]
GREENSBORO, ALABAMA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1 (Published 1908) The first sermon ever preached in Greensboro by a Presbyterian minister was some time prior to 1822 when Mr. Hunter delivered a discourse. Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Ala ca. 1890 (Alabama Department of Archives and History) Presbyterian erected a house of worship in 1823 In 1822, Rev. James Hillhouse came […]
Firsts in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 Ribbon Cane The first genuine ribbon (or sugar) cane ever successfully planted in Hale county was cultivated seven miles Northeast of Greensboro by Rev. A. R. Ramey. In 1873 he brought fifty stalks from Citronelle, Ala., and planted it. The next year he had a quantity of stalks to sell to […]
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