When pioneers moved to new locations, they often traveled in groups and intermarried with those they traveled with on their journey. This was the case with early settlers in Shelby County, Alabama and created many intertwining relationships. Shelby County Alabama Pioneers Volume I reveals the connections between the ACTONS, BAILEYS, CLOWER, CROWSON, LEES, NABORS, NELSON, […]
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI DIXON HALL REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (b. 1755 VA. d. 1820 AL) Autauga County, Alabama Dixon Hall was a Revolutionary War soldier and the elder brother in a family that included one older sister and four younger brothers. He was born […]
The Bountiful Bearden’s… A family’s journey in the American South by Shannon Hollon Our first Bearden in America was Jacob Bearden b.1660 in England and came as an indentured servant to work the tobacco plantations of Virginia. In 1744 his son Francis Bearden b.1690 was hung in Williamsburg Va. for the theft of 350lbs of […]
This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Exploration, Lost and Forgotten Stories by Donna R. Causey and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS – Volume I – IV: Four Volumes in One (Volume 1-4) For sixty-five years the French held the territory which now includes Alabama. The population of their colony in 1712 was about four hundred. […]
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