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

PATRON + The mystery of Hal’s Lake – Clarke County, Alabama – how it got its name...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + The mystery of Hal's Lake – Clarke County, Alabama – how it got its name Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 May, 2021 There has been a mystery how Hal’s Lake in Clarke County got its name. The mystery of Hal's Lake Clarke County, Alabama Believed to be written by WPA Alabama writer Mary A. Poole 1939 During the 1930s Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and […] Read more → PATRON – Touring Alabama in 1820, 1821 – Letters written home by Adam Hodgson Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 May, 2021 Touring Alabama in 1820, 18211 Written ca. 1820 by Adam Hodgson In the course of the year 1820, and the spring of 1821, I made an extensive tour through Upper and Lower Canada and the United States of America, traversing the latter through Maine and Louisiana, through Alabama, and back again through the States of […] Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST – University of Alabama was burned a week before the end of the War Between the States – [see story and pics] Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 May, 2021 Southern Cadets in Action (This letter has been transcribed from The Century 1890 – Volume 39 – Harvard College Magazine Monthly) In his sketch of” The West Point of the Confederacy,” published in The Century Magazine for January, 1889, Mr. John S. Wise says: “At a later period of the war it [the Virginia Military […] Read more → Sometimes biographical information is hidden deep in old books Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 May, 2021 Sometimes biographical information about people in Alabama can be found in the strangest places. Many books are out-of-print so we are gathering information we find about individuals and publishing them in a series of books. BIOGRAPHIES OF NOTABLE AND NOT-SO-NOTABLE: Volume VI is the sixth volume of a set of Biographies on Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Some beautiful songs of World War II – Do you remember them?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Some beautiful songs of World War II – Do you remember them? Posted by Joyce Ray Wheeler on 2 May, 2021 SONGS OF WORLD WAR II written August 2009By Joyce Ray Wheeler He says it's a song they sang when marching.  Even after all of these years, sometimes he whistles it and sometimes, if I insist, he'll sing the words usually when we're riding in the car: I've got a six pence, a jolly, jolly six pence.I've […] Read more → Are you looking for a good book to read? Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 May, 2021 Share this news with your friends! We are excited to announce that we have combined all three novels from the best-selling Tapestry of Love series into one book! All three books, Ribbon of Love, Faith and Courage, and FreeHearts have been re-edited to correct typos, etc. and the entire series has been republished in one book so […] Read more → PATRON – Horse thieves and gambling were prominent during the early days of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 May, 2021 Horse thieves and gambling during the early days (Lawrence County, Alabama) by Col. Edmond Saunders written ca. 1890s In old times we had, also, a confederacy of horse thieves, which gave the people much trouble. The league was well organized, as you will perceive by the following story: A Mr. McDaniel, who lived near Oakville, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe