First cotton gin was established in Alabama before statehood...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward First cotton gin was established in Alabama before statehood Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 March, 2020 This story and many more are available in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1)  The First Cotton Gin in Alabama In 1797 a ferry was established by Samuel Mims across the Alabama (River), and on by Hollinger, an old resident among the Indians, across the Tombeckbee.(Tombigbee)  The route of travel […] Read more → PATRON+ Driven From The Land Of Their Birth Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 March, 2020 (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The following story is an excerpt from Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by E. G. Richards. I promised in my last to write in my next article on what I considered caused the war between the Creek tribe of Indians and the United States in […] Read more → PATRON – Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 March, 2020 Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 ( transcriptions) [No. 84.] AN ACT To divorce certain persons therein named. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That in pursuance to the decrees […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: They died in an unusual way Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 March, 2020 These tombstones reveal the unusual way the people died: Albany, New York Henry Edsel Smith Born 1903 – Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down……it was Uniontown, Pennsylvania Cemetery Here lies the Body of Jonathan Blake Stepped on the Gas Instead of the Brake   […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person in 1825 and well-remembered Barber in Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person in 1825 and well-remembered Barber in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 March, 2020 GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey, Esqr., to Maria George, daughter of Buckner and Elizabeth George, of Montgomery County. This man sometime later located in Montgomery and ran the following advertisement: “GERRARD HANSFORD, the first and stationary […] Read more → PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 26 – Talladega Mountain Rangers Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 March, 2020 PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVI By the seventh of October, 1861, Alabama had furnished fully twenty-seven thousand men to the Confederate cause. Thirteen regiments being cavalry; sixty of infantry; three of mounted infantry; six battalions, and twenty batteries. Before the close of 1863 nearly nine thousand of these […] Read more → PATRON – Alabama Bible Records: Bailey and Tarlton Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 March, 2020 This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book Alabama Bible Records Bailey and Tarlton Bailey & Ruth Tarelton Bible Records, Escambia, Alabama The New Testament Of Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ Translated out of The […] Read more → AUTHOR SUNDAY – Saturdays in Town in the Country and 'Big Jim Folsom' [films and old photographs] Posted by Becki McAnnally on 8 March, 2020 Saturdays in Town in the Country by Becki McAnnally My husband and I both remember a time when you went to "town" on Saturdays. There were lots of good reasons to go to town…buy groceries , shop the clothing stores, see your friends and relatives, and catch up on all the gossip. But there were […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Donation Parties – Have you ever heard of them?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Donation Parties – Have you ever heard of them? Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 March, 2020 Donation Parties – Have you ever heard of them? Donation Parties by Maude Dreisbach Editorial Dept. (WPA Alabama Federal Writer’s Project) Written in 1930s The Mountain and Hill people are, for the most part, a friendly folk, fond of social meetings and amusement. They like parties, each an occasion for merriment. Surprise parties known as […] Read more → PATRON+ Chief John Ross appealed to Supreme Court Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 March, 2020 Photograph of Chief John Ross – Chief John Ross 1843 Print shows John Ross, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, with right hand on a paper that states “Protest and Memorial of the Cherokee Nation Sept. 1836” (Library of Congress) (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Native-American groups affected by the […] Read more → PATRON – Genealogy notes about the Mobley Family of Dallas and Hale Counties, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 March, 2020 This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume II- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of the book   Genealogy notes about the Mobley Family of Dallas and Hale Counties, Alabama The will of ABNER C. MOBLEY is recorded in Will Book B. pp. 281-4. It is […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – how to wash feathers, remove machine grease & clean oil-cloths Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 March, 2020   Our ancestors found ingenious ways to clean, and renew almost everything as can be seen from these instructions from a 1890s book. To Take Out Machine Grease Cold water, a tablespoonful of ammonia and soap, will take out machine grease where other means would not answer on account of colors running, etc. Cleaning Oil-Cloths […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Some Early Towns In The Territory of Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Some Early Towns In The Territory of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 March, 2020 Some Early Towns In Alabama This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) available at Amazon.com Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama Though, not a part of the United States until 1813, Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. During its first 100 […] Read more → PATRON + Pizitz Department Stores – started by a man who arrived in America without a dollar in his pocket Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 March, 2020 Do you remember Pizitz Department Stores in Alabama? The Pizitz chain was founded as a family business of its flagship building in downtown Birmingham. Pizitz was sold to McRae’s in December 1986, and all former Pizitz stores became McRae’s. On March 8, 2006, most McRae’s stores were converted into Belk stores, with three stores excluded. Locations in Tuscaloosa and Gadsden, Alabama were retained […] Read more → PATRON – Alabama Bible Records: John C. Bush – Decatur, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 March, 2020 This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book John C. Bush Decatur,  Alabama Pioneer Transcription from the Family Bible of Charles Robert Bush and Alice Alabama Rodgers Bush [Transcribed by John Charles Bush, who has possession […] Read more → PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: Can you believe people actually asked these questions? Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 March, 2020 These are excerpts of actual correspondence received by the Family History Department of the LDS Church in Utah. So funny! Our 2nd great-grandfather was found dead crossing the plains in the library. He and his daughter are listed as not being born. I would like to find out if I have any living relatives or dead relatives or […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe