Completed in 1940 with Works ProgressAdministration Funds (WPA), Alabama’s World War Memorial Building houses the Alabama Department of Archives and History today. The dedication of the building on Flag Day in 1940 included a visit from representatives of the five largest Native-American tribes who once resided in Alabama and were now living in Oklahoma. Since they […]
A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME II includes genealogical information from Brush Creek area of Perry County, Alabama. Books make great gifts! Marion, Perry county, Alabama ca. 1935 by photograher Evans Walker (Library of Congress) Many people settled in Alabama for a time when the Mississippi Territory opened, then moved further west. This is a […]
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. No bounty land was available in many of the Original Thirteen colonies because the states lacked enough vacant land to support the policy so the government looked to the frontier in the western domains for […]
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I AND FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME I – Both now in paperback & hardcover for gift giving! JONATHAN BURFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1793-1849) Lawrence County, Alabama Jonathan Sherman Burford was born about 1793 in North Carolina, son […]
No Spirituous Drinking or Dancing Parties… by Jean Butterworth "No Venomous Spirituous Drinking or Dancing Parties," I read as I quickly scanned the papers I held in my hand. I received in the mail one day a large envelope. Curious to know what the heavy envelope contained, I torn into it. What I found were […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HENRY CLINTON LEA BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1804-1854) Perry County, Alabama Henry Clinton Lea was born in Hancock County, Georgia in October 7, 1804. He graduated from the University of Georgia. His parents were Temple Lea and Nancy Moffett who married on October 8, 1797 in Hancock County, Georgia. His grandparents were George Lea […]
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