(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) O. P. Williams, a citizen of Nashville, was around fifteen years old when the Cherokees were driven out of Georgia, and he described the scene in Nashville to a reporter in American Historical Magazine (1897)1 "I was about fifteen years old at that time, and I remember distinctly […]
Early pioneers held in high esteem Arley is located in the heart of Winston County, Alabama. Some early settlers in the area around 1832 were Byrd McDonald, James Blevins, Thomas Calvert, and John Hawkins. "The early pioneers are to be held in high esteem for their native skill, ability, ingenuity, and raw courage. The longevity […]
Bullock County was formed on December 5, 1866, from Pike, Barbour, Macon and Montgomery Counties. Perote is a very old town in Bullock County, Alabama. Perote grew rapidly in the 1850s so that by 1860 the community was thriving with several doctors, stores, a carriage factory, a Masonic lodge, and a school. The community's fortunes fell following the war […]
The biographies of the Alabamians in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. 2 come from many sources. A good deal of the information comes from source books written when the subjects were still living. Additional information and/or documentation on any of the subjects has been included at the end of each biography. This is Volume […]
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