Friday, April 15, 2022

PATRON+ Voluntary removal of Native Americans was slow...

 
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PATRON+ Voluntary removal of Native Americans was slow

(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Despite all efforts by the federal government, few Native-Americans, except for the Choctaws, voluntarily moved to the new land. A report from the office of Indian affairs for 1836 summarizes the status of Indian emigration. The number of Indians who had emigrated to their […]

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Simpson Manuscript Details of when Capitol Building burned, & temporary quarters sought

  Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala, Printers CAPITOL DESTROYED BY FIRE The second session of the Legislature, to meet in the Capitol at Montgomery, assembled on the 12th of November, 1849, and in one […]

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[Vintage photographs] from a very old community in Alabama that had three names.

  One historic small community in Alabama had three names, Crocketsville, Crawford and Tuckabatchee. Named Crockettsville in honor of Davy Crockett The community of Crockettsville was settled at about the time Russell County was formed in 1832. Among the first settlers were Jerry Sagar and Green Sewell. It was named in honor of David “Davy” Crockett […]

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

PATRON – Some early settlers and notable men of Autauga County, Alabama...

 
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PATRON – Some early settlers and notable men of Autauga County, Alabama

SOME EARLY SETTLERS AND NOTABLE MEN OF AUTAUGA COUNTY ALABAMA PHILLIPS FITZPATRICK was a representative to the General Assembly in 1819, 1820 AND 1822. C. A. DENNIS was a representative to the General Assembly in 1819. HOWELL ROSE was the first Senator from Autauga County, Alabama in 1819. DUNKLIN SULLIVAN served as Senator from Autauga […]

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PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Old Fashioned Banana Pudding

¾ cup sugar 2 tbs. flour ¼ tsp. salt 3 eggs, separated 2 cups milk 1 tsp. vanilla vanilla wafers sliced bananas 3 tbs. sugar Combine sugar, salt, and flour. Beat three egg yolks and mix with milk. Add to dry mixture and cook over low or medium heat until thickened. Add vanilla. Layer vanilla […]

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PATRON – Names of many African-Americans who attended Selma University from 1884 – 1895

Names of many African-Americans who attended Selma University from 1884 – 1895 This excerpt has been transcribed from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 The Selma University, with one exception, is the source of our greatest blessing. It is simply impossible to estimate the good that has come to Alabama Baptists […]

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Simpson Manuscript – Moving details about the State of Alabama's government moving to Montgomery

  Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala,, Printers THE GOVERNMENT ON WHEELS The deed and the certificate of the action of the City Council (of Montgomery) were submitted to attorneys and were pronounced ample for […]

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PATRON + Baptist Church arrived in Alabama after the Revolutionary War

The early Baptist Church in Alabama1 by S. W. Wilson The settlement of the first Baptist in Alabama is believed to have been in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century just following the Revolutionary War. We do know that a group of Baptists settled over on the Mississippi River in 1780 and there was […]

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

PATRON + An amazing letter from John Gayle, Alabama’s 7th Governor to his future wife...

 
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PATRON + An amazing letter from John Gayle, Alabama's 7th Governor to his future wife

EXCERPT FROM JOURNAL OF MRS. GOVERNOR JOHN GAYLE 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama’s seventh Governor, left a journal which her descendants preserved for more than a century before publishing it. Governor and Mrs. Gayle were the parents of Mrs. Amelia Gayle Gorgas, who was for many years librarian of the University of […]

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A brutal massacre occurred in Clarke County during the Creek War of 1813

More details of this massacre can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation KIMBALL/KIMBELL-JAMES MASSACRE in Clarke County, Alabama A brutal massacre occurred on September 1, 1813, in Clarke County, in which the Creeks under the Prophet Francis cruelly murdered 12 members of the Kimball and James families. In the fall of 1813, the settlers in […]

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PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Genealogy Tips…Are you looking for British Ancestry?

(Are you looking for your British ancestry?  Here are some tips on how to research them.) Tips on British Ancestry….(from British Origins of American Colonists 1629-1775 – William Dollarhide) "Some National sources for surnames in the British Isles —Telephone Books and Directories, available at libraries —International Genealogical Index- Family History Library at Salt Lake City, Utah […]

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Simpson Manuscript – There was once a question of rebuilding the capitol building in Montgomery after the disastrous fire.

  Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala,, Printers THE QUESTION OF REBUILDING. On the 4th day of January, 1850, Mr. R. H. Baker, of Russell, introduced a bill in the House providing an appropriation to […]

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

PATRON + This Alabama town set an example for the nation in this 1943 film and glimpse of the past...

 
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PATRON + This Alabama town set an example for the nation in this 1943 film and glimpse of the past

The film below presents Sylacauga as the shining example of how to best handle the large population.

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BIOGRAPHY: Samuel S. Graham (ca. 1800 – aft. 1854)

SAMUEL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1879 North Carolina, Montgomery County and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans Brewer, 1887) Though he never held office except for a time that of Assistant State Geologist, yet Samuel S. Graham, son of Archibald, and brother of John […]

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Have you heard the latest from the Alabama Grist Mill?

A grist mill in pioneer days was the place to hear all the news so ALABAMA GRIST MILL seemed to be the perfect name for our Podcast. This is a new medium for us to share lost & forgotten stories as well as historical events happening around Alabama today. Click below to hear an episode […]

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