Gee’s Bend in Wilcox County, Alabama was originally a Plantation. “The plantation was started by Joseph Gee and passed to his nephews Sterling and Charles Gee upon his death, along with 47 slaves. The brothers then sold it to their relative Mark H. Pettway in 1845 to settle a $29,000 debt. About a year later, the […]
Very thought-provoking soliloquy written by a woman about life two years after the War Between the States! This really provides insight into the state of a young woman’s mind in 1868. (Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, October 1, 1868) A YOUNG LADY’S SOLILOQUY (Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, October 1, 1868) Useless, aimless drifting through life, […]
When Leland Barton and Mamie Cork were married in the little Wesley Chapel Church in 1897, the father of the groom presented the bride with a hand carved dough bowl he had shaped from a huge cedar tree in his front yard. Scraps from the dough would be cycled back into a smaller batch […]
Save yourself hours of research and expense on early Ackers who settled in the southern part of the United States. WILLIAM ACKER FAMILY and SOUTHERN DESCENDANTS includes all my research in a compilation of genealogy records of William Acker, Sr. (1710 Germany -1793 NJ, USA). He had many southern descendants in the USA. Many transcribed deeds, […]
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