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 […]
Happy Birthday! TRUMAN HEMINWAY ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1932) SHELBY, JEFFERSON, DALLAS COUNTY Truman Heminway Aldrich was a mining engineer in Alabama. He was born at Palmyra, Wayne County, N. Y., October 17, 1848; son of William Farrington Aldrich and Louisa Eugenia (Klapp) Aldrich; grandson of Charles Aldrich and Olive (Farrington) Aldrich of Menden, […]
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS (Transcribed exactly as published in The Alabama Times, Wetumpka, Alabama August 21, 1840) When Caesar was advised by his friends to be more cautious of the security of his person, and not to walk among the people without arms or anyone to defend him, he always replied to the admonitions, “He that […]
Are you researching ancestors in Lawrence County, Alabama? This may help. 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. […]
Posted by Patricia Westgate Sayko on 17 October, 2021
Strange Happenings in Genealogy Research by Patricia Westgate Sayko I had been searching for the parents of a man in my lineage and thought we knew the answer, but we could not locate them in the state where they were supposed to be. I was walking along the bookshelves in a historical Library & found […]
Happy Birthday! REV. J. C. CURRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-aft. 1896) Shelby, Marion, and Montgomery County, Alabama Rev. J. C. Curry, of Mount Meigs, Montgomery county, the son of Rev. Philip and Venus Curry, was born in Marion, Ala., October 17, 1852. He was baptized at Felix, Ala., by Rev. D. R. Willis in 1873. On […]
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