Monday, May 9, 2022

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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 […]

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Have you read all these lost and forgotten stories about Alabama?

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 […]

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Many Alabama colonial ancestors embraced the Quaker faith and were persecuted for their beliefs

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 […]

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PATRON – A List of Names on Letters remaining at Post Office at Grove Hill, Alabama, Jan. 31, 1856

(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, […]

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Have you ever heard the story about a ghost lady dressed in white on the old Bayview Bridge in Jefferson County?

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 […]

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AUTHOR SUNDAY – The first Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Birmingham area was located where English Village in Mountain Brook exists today

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 […]

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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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Monday, May 2, 2022

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

 
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Many pioneers to Shelby County, Alabama had intertwining relationships

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, […]

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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Alabama pioneer, Dixon Hall, was born 1755 in Virginia and a Revolutionary War soldier

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 […]

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AUTHOR SUNDAY – The Bountiful Bearden's… A family's journey in the American South

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 […]

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PATRON + Alabama Belonged To France For Sixty-five Years

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. […]

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

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

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

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 […]

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PATRON + Battelle, now a ghost town in Alabama, had a furnace that was moved to India in 1917

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 […]

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PATRON – Genealogy Notes of the PHILEN Family of Wilcox County, Alabama

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 […]

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PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS – Cool Air In Cellar May Do Work Of Ice

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 […]

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