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Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Have you signed up for our FREE daily newsletter? Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2022 Stay on top of all Alabama Pioneers’ stories, videos, and pictures! Sign up for the Alabama Pioneers FREE newsletter emailed to you daily. Get the Daily Update from Alabama Pioneers Don’t miss out on Alabama history, get our daily updates in your email.   Name Email *   Subscribe Don’t miss a single story! Sign […] Read more → Have you read all these lost and forgotten stories about Alabama? Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2022 We have thousands of stories on www.alabamapioneers.com that are only visible to Patron/Patreon members of alabamapioneers.com. Click and join Patron members today and see ALL the posts. Become a Patron! BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! The first four Alabama Footprints books have been combined into one book, ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS […] Read more → Many Alabama colonial ancestors embraced the Quaker faith and were persecuted for their beliefs Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2022 Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition –presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters in this fictional story are based on the Cottingham of Bibb County, Alabama ancestors. Actual court records dating back to the early 1630’s create historical accuracy in this action-packed novel.  Ribbon […] Read more → PATRON – A List of Names on Letters remaining at Post Office at Grove Hill, Alabama, Jan. 31, 1856 Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2022 (Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) A LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Postoffice at Grove Hill, Clarke county, on the 31st of December, 1855, which will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not taken out before the 1st of April, 1856. A Anderson, Mrs. Sarah Austill, […] Read more → Have you ever heard the story about a ghost lady dressed in white on the old Bayview Bridge in Jefferson County? Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 May, 2022 Did you see her? Most people who have lived in Jefferson County, Alabama for a while have heard the ghost story about the ‘lady of the lake’ at Bayview bridge.  The way the bridge was constructed caused tires to make strange noises when you crossed it and high school boys use to take their girlfriends across […] Read more → AUTHOR SUNDAY – The first Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Birmingham area was located where English Village in Mountain Brook exists today Posted by Jean Butterworth on 8 May, 2022 TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUMS ARE NO MORE! by JEAN BUTTERWORTH It was announced in the Birmingham News that as of June 1, 2011 that the Public Health Departments across the state of Alabama would no longer offer routine Tuberculosis skin test for employment or college admission. Testing for Tuberculosis would still be offered to people who are […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

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

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + Fayette and Marion County -A story of a street killing by a man who escaped punishment Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 May, 2022 (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 […] Read more → "Politics were never dull" in the early days of Fayette Co., Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 May, 2022 (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 […] Read more → PATRON – Gilmer estate, John N. Montgomery estate, James S. Lindsey estate and other legal news 1856 Clarke County, AL Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 May, 2022 (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 […] Read more → Six generations of Isaac Abercrombie of Perry County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 May, 2022 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 […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Many tornadoes have taken the same path through Tuscaloosa according to this 1880 anecdote Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 May, 2022 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 […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Many pioneers to Shelby County, Alabama had intertwining relationships...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Many pioneers to Shelby County, Alabama had intertwining relationships Posted by Donna R Causey on 1 May, 2022 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, […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Alabama pioneer, Dixon Hall, was born 1755 in Virginia and a Revolutionary War soldier Posted by Donna R Causey on 1 May, 2022 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 […] Read more → AUTHOR SUNDAY – The Bountiful Bearden's… A family's journey in the American South Posted by Shannon Hollon on 1 May, 2022 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 […] Read more → PATRON + Alabama Belonged To France For Sixty-five Years Posted by Donna R Causey on 1 May, 2022 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. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Part V Mexican War Reminiscences by Judge Zo. S. Cook...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Part V Mexican War Reminiscences by Judge Zo. S. Cook Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 April, 2022 To say that there was suffering for water goes without saying… MEXICAN WAR REMINISCENCES Part V By Judge Zo. S. Cook (These several contributions cover the period of February to April, 1897, and were made to the Wilcox Progressive Era, published at Camden) Article 5 We remained stationed at this camp till about the first […] Read more → PATRON + Battelle, now a ghost town in Alabama, had a furnace that was moved to India in 1917 Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 April, 2022 Battelle is now a privately owned ghost town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States, but on “Thursday evening, November 25th, 1915, Battelle had on her ‘Sunday Best’ according to W. H. Bays. (Excerpt Transcribed from The Fort Payne Journal, Fort Payne, Alabama)The occasion was that of Thanksgiving, 1915. The citizenship of Battelle and vicinity had […] Read more → PATRON – Genealogy Notes of the PHILEN Family of Wilcox County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 April, 2022 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 of the Philen Family of Wilcox County, Alabama From Minutes of Probate Court, Book 5: p. 159. June 14, 1845. WILLIAM F. FOUNTAIN, JOSHUA PHILEN & SIDNEY […] Read more → PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS – Cool Air In Cellar May Do Work Of Ice Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 April, 2022 Most Essential Part of Keeping House in Summer Miniature Iceless Refrigerator is Made by Inverting an Unglazed Earthenware Flowerpot in a Dish or Pan or Water Keeping food cool is an essential part of summer housekeeping. With ice and a well-made ice chest, difficulties are few, but without them other methods are necessary. We must […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe