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PATRON + Fayette and Marion County -A story of a street killing by a man who escaped punishment...

 
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PATRON + Fayette and Marion County -A story of a street killing by a man who escaped punishment

(This article has been exactly transcribed (with misspelled and grammar mistakes) from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA that was printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER THREE by By HON. E. A. POWELL But leaving, for the time, the wild animals and such, let us look at the political aspects of […]

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"Politics were never dull" in the early days of Fayette Co., Alabama

(This article has been precisely transcribed (with spelling and grammar mistakes) from  FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA which was printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886)  FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER FOUR by By HON. E. A. POWELL Going back to the earlier days, I will notice the Congressional elections of 1831 and 1833. In […]

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PATRON – Gilmer estate, John N. Montgomery estate, James S. Lindsey estate and other legal news 1856 Clarke County, AL

(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) LAND FOR SALE The undersigned, as Administrator of the Estate of R. H. Gilmer, deceased, late of Clarke county, Ala., will sell at public Auction to the highest bidder, on Monday the 11th day of February, 1856, before the Courthouse door at Grove […]

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Six generations of Isaac Abercrombie of Perry County, Alabama

Isaac Abercrombie was a pioneer of Perry County, Alabama (born 1748 Scotland – died 1825 Alabama) This book is a compilation of six generations of his descendants. It includes sources such as wills, deeds, Bible records, etc. Many descendants moved west to Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas. The Birds’ Nest, U.S. Route 43, Vilula, Perry […]

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PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Many tornadoes have taken the same path through Tuscaloosa according to this 1880 anecdote

NOTE: This anecdote about storms in Alabama was written in March 1880. Col. E. A. Powell, of Tuscaloosa, read by request, a very entertaining paper, which told of his experience and recollections of the Storms that have visited this portion of the State. Within his recollection, six of these cyclones have crossed the road leading […]

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