He wanted to split Dale County in two, even if it had to be done with a broad axe [old pictures]...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward He wanted to split Dale County in two, even if it had to be done with a broad axe [old pictures] Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 January, 2020 This is a letter and information about two towns that no longer exists,  Honeytown & Hawridge {see picture below of students ca. 1900 of Haw Ridge school) in Coffee County, Alabama and some people who lived there as well as how Coffee county developed out of Dale County.  Section of old deserted house. Coffee County, Alabama 1939 (Marion […] Read more → PATRON – Alabama Bible Records: Willie Mae Windham Dawson – Escambia, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 January, 2020 Willie Mae Windham Dawson’s Bible Records, Escambia, Alabama This Bible was the first Bible my mother owned as an adult. The cover has long been gone and only threads hold the Bible together. The info it contains was copied from her mother’s Bible, my grandmother, into this Bible. Info within ( ) was added by […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: The one who dies with the most ancestors wins and other thoughts about history and genealogy. Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 January, 2020 Some fun thoughts about genealogy and history. I like the first and last one best. The one who dies with the most ancestors wins!   Everybody’s ancestor could not have fit on Columbus’ ships Sure a real job would be nice, but it would interfere with my genealogy After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Mahan boys and their comrades – early pioneers to Bibb and Shelby County...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Mahan boys and their comrades – early pioneers to Bibb and Shelby County Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2020 Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into small crowds, “and,” writes Kevin Cunningham Mahan for this record, “rather than tackle the job of running boats on the Mississippi up stream, they decided to follow the not any too […] Read more → PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 13 – Prices paid for Native American land Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2020 Photograph Mardis-House-U.S.-Highway-231-Talladega Alex-Bush-Photographer-February-4-1937 (Library of Congress) PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XIII Probably it will be a matter of interest to give a brief glance at the prices paid for land bought from the Indians, and a few of the names of the vendors of notable Tracts. Fos Hatchie […] Read more → PATRON – Police arrest four in Gibbs' Robbery in Alabama City 1932 Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 January, 2020 Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 POLICE ARREST FOUR IN GIBBS’ ROBBERY Merritt Williams and Erwin Martin and Two Women Held: Police Work Fast The arm on the law moved fast Wednesday when Alabama City police nabbed Merritt Williams 22, Erwin Martin 25, and Ruby and Lucile Jones as […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

The last major battle fought on Alabama soil with the Native Americans was near Midway in present-day Bullock County, Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward The last major battle fought on Alabama soil with the Native Americans was near Midway in present-day Bullock County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 January, 2020 The area which makes up Bullock County, Alabama belonged to the Creek Indians until the treaty of Fort Jackson ceded the western half of it to the Federal government. Around twenty years later, the Cusseta treaty gave the eastern half of the future county.  “It was in this section that an Indian village, Tchona nagi […] Read more → PATRON – Queries from the past – Abel, Bryan, O'Bar, Manning, Rogers, Reid, Calvert, Posey, Roberts, Walker, Collins, Perry, Gunter, Farris Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 January, 2020 GENEALOGICAL INQUIRIES FROM THE PAST Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946. The authors of these queries have probably passed on but they still may provide clues for researchers today. MANNING—Ancestry of Hillary Manning who married Sarah Lewis in North Carolina in 1779 and of Elijah L. Manning who […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – This is how our ancestors dealt with removing stains from marble Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 January, 2020 Marble has been used as a building material for centuries, but sometimes it gets stained. This is how our ancestors dealt with stain removal from marble in the 1890s. How To Remove Stains From Marble Mix together one-half pound of soda, one-half pound of soft soap and one pound of whiting. Boil them until they […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Florence Alabama October 6, 1905 – Suicide of a prominent citizen....

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Florence Alabama October 6, 1905 – Suicide of a prominent citizen. Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 January, 2020 WARNING: This transcribed news article is graphic. HEADLINES FROM THE FLORENCE TIMES DAILY October 6, 1905 KILLS HIMSELF IN DESPONDENCY Old and Highly Respected Citizen Suicides by Shooting Through Head Mental Faculties Undermined by Continued Ill Health Prompts Fatal Act Saturday morning the people were shocked by the news that passed from one to the […] Read more → What is the strangest thing you ever ate? Posted by Inez McCollum on 24 January, 2020 (I never thought about this before, but I bet it happens a lot.) A Pastor has to eat some strange meals. Here are some examples. And He Ate It Anyway! I have been very fortunate with edible food, have had no really unpleasant incidents.  My late husband is a different story.  As a young pastor […] Read more → PATRON + Description of Avondale Mills, Stevenson, Alabama – from 1939 Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 January, 2020 (Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) AVONDALE MILLS Ollie Rudder (white) Stevenson, Alabama Interviewed by Mr. Johnson (white) Written by Jennie Sue Williams (WPA Author) Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Alabama February 15, 1939 The Avondale Cotton Mill located in Stevenson, Alabama, is one of […] Read more → PATRON – Etowah County, Alabama Legal Notices, and politics March 17, 1932 Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 January, 2020 Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NON-RESIDENT NOTICE J. H. Stewart, Complainant vs. Ida Stewart, Defendant, Circuit Court at Gadsden. In Equity. In this cause, it is made to appear to the Register by the affidavit of J. H. Stewart, Complainant, that the defendant, Ida Stewart is a non-resident […] Read more → PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: I trace family history so I will know whom to blame Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 January, 2020 Searching through records in dark attics and basements and wandering through old cemeteries for a trace of an elusive ancestor can be challenging. A good laugh now and then always helps. Here are a few of my favorites.   Genealogist caught trying to chop down family tree! Genealogists never die they just haunt cemeteries. Genealogists: […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe