Download or read book Fear God and Walk Humbly written by James Mallory and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed journal of local, national, and foreign news, agricultural activities, the weather, and family events, from an uncommon Southerner Most inhabitants of the Old South, especially the plain folk, devoted more time to leisurely activities—drinking, gambling, hunting, fishing, and just loafing—than did James Mallory, a workaholic agriculturalist, who experimented with new plants, orchards, and manures, as well as the latest farming equipment and techniques. A Whig and a Unionist, a temperance man and a peace lover, ambitious yet caring, business-minded and progressive, he supported railroad construction as well as formal education, even for girls. His cotton production—four bales per field hand in 1850, nearly twice the average for the best cotton lands in southern Alabama and Georgia--tells more about Mallory's steady work habits than about his class status. But his most obvious eccentricity—what gave him reason to be remembered—was that nearly every day from 1843 until his death in 1877, Mallory kept a detailed journal of local, national, and often foreign news, agricultural activities, the weather, and especially events involving his family, relatives, slaves, and neighbors in Talladega County, Alabama. Mallory's journal spans three major periods of the South's history--the boom years before the Civil War, the rise and collapse of the Confederacy, and the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War. He owned slaves and raised cotton, but Mallory was never more than a hardworking farmer, who described agriculture in poetical language as “the greatest [interest] of all.”

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Download or read book Descendants of Joshua Jones of Alabama and Solomon King of North Carolina 1771 1994 written by Nadine Young Billingsley and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest known ancestor, Leonard Jones (1745-1839), came to America with his son, Joshua Jones (1771-1842), in 1787/88. Both were born in Wales. Leonard's second wife was Nancy Jenkins, whom he married 1792 in Summer Co., Tenn. Joshua married Sarah Morris in 1796 at St. Paul's Parish, Richmond Co., Georgia. He died in Blount Co., Alabama. Sarah Morris (1774-1860) was born either in South Carolina or England possibly a daughter of William Morris. They had nine children. Descendants live in Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Indiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and elsewhere. Solomon King (ca. 1805-aft. 1880), believed to be the son of Joseph King and Zilphy Powell, was born in North Carolina and died in Buncombe Co., N.C. He married ca. 1825 Rosanna (Rhonde) Miller (ca. 1806-1870/80). They had nine children. Descendants live in North Carolina, Alabama, Texas and elsewhere.

Download or read book Varner Families of the South Varner written by Gerald Hubert Varner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Genealogical Helper written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Magic in Stone written by Ruth Beaumont Cook and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylacauga—Alabama’s “Marble City”—is blessed with an abundant natural resource that nurtures both its economy and its cultural heritage. Thirty-five miles long, at least four hundred feet deep, and more than a mile wide, the Sylacauga Marble Belt yields crystalline white marble frequently compared to the Parian marble treasured by Greek sculptors and the Italian Carrara marble often chosen by Michelangelo. Artisans have quarried Sylacauga marble for tombstones since the early 1800s, and architects prized it for years as dimension stone for buildings like the United States Supreme Court. In the early 1900s, Giuseppe Moretti and Gutzon Borglum both chose this marble for magnificent sculptures. When granite, better able to withstand industrial pollution, overtook marble as the preferred architectural stone in the 1930s, Sylacauga’s quarry owners shifted their focus to the production of ground calcium carbonate (GCC), a fundamental ingredient in manufactured products from toothpaste, foodstuffs, and disposable diapers to paints, caulks, and sealants. Many cringe at the idea of blasting and grinding marble into fine powder, but GCC is a vital factor in the local economy. Thankfully, the Magic of Marble Festival, first held in 2009, has revitalized interest in the artistic value of Sylacauga marble, inspiring sculptors from across the United States and masters from Italy to apply their skills to cream-white blocks of this beautiful stone and share their creativity with thousands of residents and visitors each year. This is the story of quarry pioneers, investors, artists, and artisans. It's also the story of their families, who fondly remember their lives along the edge of “the hole” that provided for them.

Download or read book Everton s Genealogical Helper written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society written by Alabama Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Union Catalog of the History and Genealogy Resources Available at the South Georgia Regional Library System s Special Collections the Valdosta State University Special Collections and the Lowndes County Historical Society Library South Georgia Regional Library System written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of Alabama written by Marie Bankhead Owen and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on T.M. Owen's history of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography published in 1921.

Download or read book Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Alabama written by Annie R. White Mell ("Mrs. P. H. Mell".) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Alabama Quilts written by Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 James F. Sulzby Book Award from the Alabama Historical Association Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682–1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory through the Second World War—a period of 268 years. The quilts are examined for their cultural context—that is, within the community and time in which they were made, the lives of the makers, and the events for which they were made. Starting as far back as 1682, with a fragment that research indicates could possibly be the oldest quilt in America, the volume covers quilting in Alabama up through 1950. There are seven sections in the book to represent each time period of quilting in Alabama, and each section discusses the particular factors that influenced the appearance of the quilts, such as migration and population patterns, socioeconomic conditions, political climate, lifestyle paradigms, and historic events. Interwoven in this narrative are the stories of individuals associated with certain quilts, as recorded on quilt documentation forms. The book also includes over 265 beautiful photographs of the quilts and their intricate details. To make this book possible, authors Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff and Carole Ann King worked with libraries, historic homes, museums, and quilt guilds around the state of Alabama, spending days on formal quilt documentation, while also holding lectures across the state and informal “quilt sharings.” The efforts of the authors involved so many community people—from historians, preservationists, librarians, textile historians, local historians, museum curators, and genealogists to quilt guild members, quilt shop owners, and quilt owners—making Alabama Quilts not only a celebration of the quilting culture within the state but also the many enthusiasts who have played a role in creating and sustaining this important art.

Download or read book Reprint written by Alabama Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Waters Family History written by Patsy Waters Abel and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chilton Family of Virginia Kentucky Alabama and Texas written by Christine Chilton Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Chilton married Sarah and had one daughter, Sarah. He married his second wife, Ann Bayne Owsley, daughter of Thomas Owsley and Mary Middleton, before 1765. They had two children, Mary and Thomas. George died before 1771 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky and Texas.