Alabama Pioneers

[...] post William Weatherford surrendered to save his people from starvation appeared first on Alabama Pioneers. [...]

[...] , but neither ... Read More The post Biography: James McCartney born 1783 appeared first on Alabama Pioneers. [...]

[...] – an 1885 Letter from an Alabama Confederate Soldier residing in Texas appeared first on Alabama Pioneers. [...]

[...] ... Read More The post Biography: Mortimer Harvie Jordan, Sr. born 1844 appeared first on Alabama Pioneers. [...]

[...] First settlement in Jefferson County, Alabama was a garden spot That part of Jefferson County where the first settlement was made, and which seems likely to be diverted into a great [...]

[...] After several years’ residence there, (Jefferson County, Alabama) Williamson Hawkins moved to the farm four miles west of Birmingham, where Mr. [...]

[...]   Jefferson county was created by an act of the legislature December 13, 1819. The territory from which this [...]

[...] (The following has been transcribed from Chapter Two of  Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) The territory which [...]

[...] by 1858 about Alabama Indians by Gen. Woodward to historian Albert J. Pickett) Wheeling, Winn Parish, LA. April 25th, 1858. Col. Albert J. Pickett Dear Sir: — Your letter of the 23d ... Read More [...]

[...] WHEELING, WINN PARISH, LA. June 13th, 1858. J. J. HOOPER, Esq.: : Dear Sir: — Some time in April last I directed a [...]

[...]  Woodward was a brigadier general of the Alabama militia. He died in 1861. WHEELING, WINN PARISH, LA., August 12th, 1858. ... Read More The post Gen. Thomas S. Woodward writes Col. [...]

[...] Wheeling, Winn Parish, Louisiana November 27th, 1858. To J. J. Hooper, Esq: Dear Sir: My health has been bad of late — [...]

[...] (This has been transcribed from Chapter Two  of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Our mail facilities in the early history of [...]

[...] (This has been transcribed from Chapter Two – Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) About the year 1836 great excitement was caused in [...]

[...] (The following has been transcribed from Chapter Two of  Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) The territory which constitutes the county of [...]