Job Cannon was born 1766 in Pennsylvania and has descendants in Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Job Cannon was born 1766 in Pennsylvania and has descendants in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2021 Job Cannon was born August 5, 1766, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. His parents were believed to be John (February 16, 1727, SC – d. Jan 19, 1794, NC) and Martha (Alexander) (b. ca. 1733 – d. Oct 8, 1799) Cannon. The Birds’ Nest, U.S. Route 43, Vilula, Perry County, AL (Library of Congress) Job Cannon […] Read more → PATRON + Could you walk eight miles each day to get to your job like this? Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 STORY OF A WPA WORKER1 Written Feb. 15, 1939 by Marie Reese (Transcribed and unedited from original) Personal Interview of Corrie Rogers (Colored) Ex-CWA and WPA worker Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama Corrie was a small woman with straight black hair with a slight natural wave and keen black eyes. She was a gingerbread color and […] Read more → Are you researching ancestors in Lawrence County, Alabama? This may help Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 Lawrence County was created by act of the Territorial Legislature of February 4, 1818, before Alabama became a state. Formed from territory acquired by the Cherokee and Chicasa (Chickasaw) cession of 1816. The early settlers of the county came from Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Many of the early settlers of Lawrence County were veterans or […] Read more → Biography: Col. James Edward Saunders (1806 -1896) Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 COL. JAMES EDMONDS SAUNDERS BIOGRAHPY and GENEALOGY (May 7, 1806 – 1896) Lawrence County, Alabama James Edmonds Saunders was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, 7th of May, 1806. His ancestor, Edward Saunders, " Chirurgeon," was already seated in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1658; and, in 1669, as one of the justices for the county was […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON – Clement Comer Clay moved to Alabama to escape legal problems...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON – Clement Comer Clay moved to Alabama to escape legal problems Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 May, 2021 Clement Comer Clay came to Madison County from Tennessee. Though from a prominent family, Clay left Tennessee for Huntsville in 1811 with “enough cash to last a few days, two horses, a change of clothes, a few law books, a brace of pistols and a rifle, and a personal slave….his immediate intention was to establish […] Read more → PATRON – Touring Alabama in 1820, 1821 – Part IV Letters written home by Adam Hodgson Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 Touring Alabama in 1820, 18211 Written ca. 1820 by Adam Hodgson Part IV Natchez, State of Mississippi, 6th May, 1820. I mentioned in my last letter, that after crossing the bay on Sunday morning to go to church, I was disappointed to find no Protestant place of worship. I had travelled hard to reach Blakeley […] Read more → PATRON + The character of the early settlers to Alabama was of high quality Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 The State of Society (Lawrence County, Alabama) by Col. Edmond Saunders written ca. 1890s The State of Society in a country depends on the material as well as moral causes, and these must be considered together in forming a correct estimate of the character of a people. Majority of settlers from good circumstances Most new […] Read more → Can you believe it took until 1953 for Alabama to ratify woman's right to vote? Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 Women’s Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the United States. In the United States, women were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States was certified as law. Women’s […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Rev. William Lynch Cochran left many descendants in Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Rev. William Lynch Cochran left many descendants in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 May, 2021 Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia, USA and died 19 April 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina.  He had a son, William Lynch Cochran, who was a Baptist minister and pioneer in early Alabama. Brierfield Baptist Church, Hwy 139, Brierfield, Bibb County, Alabama (Library of Congress) Some Bibb County, Alabama Descendants of […] Read more → Randolph's County Seat was changed from Wedowee to McDonald due to one man Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 May, 2021 This interesting transcribed article about Randolph County, Alabama town names was written in 1896 for the Randolph Toiler.  RANDOLPH’S COUNTY SEAT NAME CHANGED FROM WEDOWEE TO MCDONALD By J. M. K. GUINN1 Written for The Randolph Toiler, Wedowee, 1896 Number Eight We told you in number seven series that Wedowee had been changed to McDonald […] Read more → PATRON – Touring Alabama in 1820, 1821 – Part III Letters written home by Adam Hodgson Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 May, 2021 Touring Alabama in 1820, 18211 Written ca. 1820 by Adam Hodgson Part III Arrived at Fort Dale We arrived in the evening at a few palings which have dignified the place with the appellation of Fort Dale, where travellers are accommodated tolerably on a flourishing plantation. Our landlord was an intelligent man; and among his […] Read more → Many Alabama pioneers settled in Perry County including John Frederick Shaeffer Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 May, 2021 John Frederick Shaeffer was born Aug 17, 1774 in Lexington District, SC and died October 24, 1859 in Perry County, Alabama. He married Magdalina Eichelberger in South Carolina. After her death in South Carolina, he moved to Perry County, Alabama where he married Priscilla Hopkins Dec. 14, 1841, daughter of John Hopkins and Elizabeth Autry. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON + Immigrants Bring Their Prejudices To Mississippi Territory...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + Immigrants Bring Their Prejudices To Mississippi Territory Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 May, 2021 This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even more stories! https://www.alabamapioneers.com/unlock-the-secrets-to-alabamas-past/ Immigrants Bring Their Prejudices To Mississippi Territory During the autumn of 1803, numerous emigrants and men of enterprise pressed forward to the Mississippi Territory in anticipation of the […] Read more → PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Oatmeal Coffee? I wonder if Starbucks has tried it? Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 May, 2021 DISHES FOR THE INVALID (Recipes below are from the perfect Woman 1903 by K. T. Boland) TOAST WATER- Toast slightly a piece of bread and add to it boiling water, if preferred sweeten. It may be flavored with lemon or orange peel. BARLEY COFFEE – Roast barley until well brown and boil a tablespoonful of […] Read more → PATRON + The Conjure woman of Sumter County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 4 May, 2021 The Conjure Woman of McCainville1 By G. L. Clark September 21, 1936 Sumter County, Alabama I have had the experience, good or bad, of coming in contact with the Negroes of the Black Belt in such a way as to learn some of their beliefs. Several months as foreman of a road gang taught me […] Read more → Did you know that Foley, Alabama has a secret tunnel under the city – watch the [video] and see why [old photographs] Posted by Donna R Causey on 4 May, 2021 (You may have traveled through the picturesque city of Foley many times on your way to a Gulf  Coast vacation. Did you know the downtown area has a mysterious tunnel?) The Foley Tunnel John Snook owner of Gulf Telephone Company made a tunnel from the Magnolia Inn and his company across the street.  There were also […] Read more → PATRON – Success in finding the Hall family! Posted by Donna R Causey on 4 May, 2021 Update: We are so excited for Lizbeth. She has found her Hall family through the query below! I am looking for information on the Hall family. I have DNA that verifies Johnny Gayle Hall was my father. The family line of Johnny Merle Hall. I know the Hall family settled in Madison County for generations. […] Read more → Perry County was settled before Alabama became a state and was originally a much larger county in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 4 May, 2021 Many people settled in Alabama for a time when the Mississippi Territory opened, then moved further west. Perry County was a much larger county in the early days of Alabama. Many early settlers can later be found in neighboring counties which were originally part of Perry County. A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe