PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Grandma’s Spring Ritters Recipe – I’m not sure I want to try it

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Grandma's Spring Ritters Recipe – I'm not sure I want to try it Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 July, 2022 (Our ancestors did not have access to medical treatment like we have today and came up with many home remedies. This is a very interesting one since it seems to cure everything…I wonder if the gin helped the most.) Grandma’s Spring Ritters Mandrake root "Mandrake root one ounce, dandelion root one ounce, burdock root one […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON+ Surprise Attack in 1813...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ Surprise Attack in 1813 Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 July, 2022 Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Surprise Attack The people in Fort Mims were singing, playing games, and going about their daily routines, and the soldiers were completely off their guard on the 30th of August, 1813. The drum announced dinner at noon and this was the signal Red Eagle was waiting for. […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Asa Castellow Alexander born July 21, 1760 Revolutionary War Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 July, 2022 This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI  ASA CASTELLOW ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Revolutionary War Soldier (1760-1834) Dale County, Alabama Asa Castellow Alexander was born July 21, 1760, in Georgia, the son of Samuel Alexander Jr. (1733-aft. 1791) and Bethia Castellaw (1734 – aft. 1792). (Some researchers […] Read more → PATRON – Confusing shooting and homicide took place in Walker County in 1886. Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 July, 2022 Local and Personal news from Jasper, Alabama January 6, 1886 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, January 6, 1886) Mrs. E. Musgrove has been quite sick for the past week. Mr. W. W. Worthington is to move into his new store soon. Miss Sallie Spear is […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Photographs and information of five Confederate generals...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Photographs and information of five Confederate generals Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 July, 2022 Below are four brigadier-generals who served in the Civil War for the Confederacy. We are publishing photographs of interest to researchers on Alabama Pioneers. To ensure you do not miss any photographs, subscribe to the daily email at the bottom of this page. Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A. (1825-1869) Photomechanical print from the Confederate […] Read more → PATRON – Prisoner escapes from a lynching, Walker Springs local news and more from South Alabama, 1887 Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 July, 2022 Stories and local news from South Alabama 1887 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama, October 1, 1887) WALKER SPRINGS (Correspondence of the Alabamian Walker Springs, Ala. September 30, 1887 Messrs. Thos. B. Gwin, J. C. Gwin and J. N. Jones left Wednesday to attend […] Read more → PATRON+ Chickasaws Were Always Allies Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 July, 2022 (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The Chickasaws had long been allied with the Choctaws, and there is a tradition that many centuries ago they dwelt together as one people, as they are people of the same Indian stock (Muskhogean). In 1805, 1816 and 1818, the Chickasaws ceded all their lands north of Mississippi, […] Read more → PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Old recipes – Onions with cottage cheese, peanuts? Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 July, 2022 Have you ever tried these recipes with onions? Peeling onions  Onions and Cottage Cheese 10 medium onions 1 carton cottage cheese ½ pint cream Salt and pepper to taste Slice and boil onions until tender, drain and add other ingredients. Heat, but do not boil. Serves 6. Creamed Onions and Peanuts Allow 2 medium sized […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: 1872 Split Rolls recipe for dinner...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: 1872 Split Rolls recipe for dinner Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 July, 2022 RECIPE FOR SPLIT ROLLS (from an 1872 newspaper) SPLIT ROLLS One egg well beaten; one tablespoonful of sugar; one yeast cake dissolved in a cup of warm milk; two teaspoonfuls of salt; flour enough to make a stiff batter; set to rise; when risen, work in a large spoonful of butter, and flour enough to […] Read more → PATRON – Decatur had a telephone system, Gulf city would have electric lights again in 1887 Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 July, 2022 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama, October 1, 1887) STATE NEWS The Troy Normal school opened with thirty normal pupils, besides two hundred and fifty in other departments. The Congressional politicians in the First District are warming up to their work. The contest, with […] Read more → PATRON – Legal notices, Proof of residence with witness names and Davis settlement in Walker County 1886 Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 July, 2022 Legal notices like these from Walker County, Alabama are a good source for family research SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, January 6, 1886) NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT The State of Alabama, Walker County. In Probate Court, December Term, 1885. Came this day Thomas Davis administrator the […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Married again after death? Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 July, 2022 The following Epitaph, from the Churchyard at North Shields, England, has been the subject of much laughter on account of its absurdity: In memory of James Bell, of North Shields, who died 16th Jan., 1763, aged 42 years. Margaret, widow of the above said James Bell, died Dec. 30, aged 49 years. She was wife, after, to Wm. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON – School-age children census, Militia drill, & new -Newspapers in Jacksonville, Alabama 1855...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON – School-age children census, Militia drill, & new -Newspapers in Jacksonville, Alabama 1855 Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 July, 2022 Potential schools and militia drills were in the news in Jacksonville, Alabama Nov. 1, 1855 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from THE AMERICAN EAGLE, Jacksonville, Alabama, Nov. 1, 1855) NOTICE TRUSTEES Gentlemen, the time to take the number of children of the educational age has arrived, and instructions have been received […] Read more → PATRON – Death of Col. Rufus Lankford and news from Winn & Cunningham, Alabama in 1887 Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 July, 2022 Some local Clarke County, Alabama news from 1887 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama, October 1, 1887) On Wednesday morning, a telegram to Mrs. A. C. Taylor of Jackson brought the sad intelligence of the death of Col. A. Rufus Lankford. He died at […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Small town – Do you live in one? Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 July, 2022 Do you agree with at least ten of these statements? Then you must live in a small town Historic Tuscumbia, Alabama 2010 by Carol Highsmith You can’t walk for exercise because every car that passes offers you a ride. You dial a wrong number and talk for 15 minutes anyway. The local paper devotes half […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe