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

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ Voluntary removal of Native Americans was slow Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 April, 2022 (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 […] Read more → Simpson Manuscript Details of when Capitol Building burned, & temporary quarters sought Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 April, 2022   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 […] Read more → [Vintage photographs] from a very old community in Alabama that had three names. Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 April, 2022   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 […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

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

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON – Some early settlers and notable men of Autauga County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY – Old Fashioned Banana Pudding Posted by Donna R Causey on 13 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → PATRON – Names of many African-Americans who attended Selma University from 1884 – 1895 Posted by Donna R Causey on 13 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → Simpson Manuscript – Moving details about the State of Alabama's government moving to Montgomery Posted by Donna R Causey on 13 April, 2022   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 […] Read more → PATRON + Baptist Church arrived in Alabama after the Revolutionary War Posted by Donna R Causey on 13 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

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

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + An amazing letter from John Gayle, Alabama's 7th Governor to his future wife Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → A brutal massacre occurred in Clarke County during the Creek War of 1813 Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Genealogy Tips…Are you looking for British Ancestry? Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 April, 2022 (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 […] Read more → Simpson Manuscript – There was once a question of rebuilding the capitol building in Montgomery after the disastrous fire. Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 April, 2022   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 […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

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

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + This Alabama town set an example for the nation in this 1943 film and glimpse of the past Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 April, 2022 The film below presents Sylacauga as the shining example of how to best handle the large population. Read more → BIOGRAPHY: Samuel S. Graham (ca. 1800 – aft. 1854) Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → Have you heard the latest from the Alabama Grist Mill? Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 April, 2022 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 […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe