Montgomery County Archives — Alabama Genealogy

1859-60 City Directory of Montgomery Alabama

Prior to the Civil War, a partnership called Mears & Turnbull compiled a directory for the city of Montgomery, Alabama and had it printed in 1859 by the Advertiser Book and Job Printing Office in Montgomery. The Montgomery Advertiser started publication in Montgomery in 1858 and still publishes a daily newspaper today. This city directory then would be one of the earliest examples of non-newspaper items published by this division of the company. Table of Contents Abbreviations, p. 21 Additions, Changes, &c., p. 101 Bible Society, p. 107 Business Directory, p. 83-98 Chess Club, p. 108 Churches, p. 106 City …

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1866 City Directory of Montgomery Title Page

1866 Directory of the city of Montgomery

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Perry & Smith Company at Montgomery Alabama printed in 1866 a directory of the city of Montgomery including “historical sketches of Alabama soldiers.” The historical sketches were actually of their units, not individual soldiers and the names mentioned comprised mostly officers and higher enlisted men. The directory itself can be found on pages 3-28 interspersed with various advertisements from Montgomery businesses who sponsored the publishing. I expect that all of the people listed in the directory are white. Table of Contents Alphabetical Directory of Inhabitants of Montgomery, p. 3-28 Government of Alabama, p. 29 City Government, p. 29 Supreme Court …

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1862 Alabama Salt List

To understand the Alabama Salt Lists, one must first grasp the significance of Salt as a factor in the Civil War. To do this, the reader must transport himself back in time. Back to the period of the Civil War. Back to a time when life was much simpler and Salt was a definite necessity. To impoverished individuals and families, salt, a basic necessity of life, was extremely difficult to come by cheaply beginning in 1862. Alabama developed a system by which they purchased salt and distributed it to the poor directly, and others who could distribute it to the poor, in order that the people of Alabama would have sufficient salt for their usage. While doing this, Alabama developed lists of people who received the salt. This is such a list.

Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery County

Beulah Knight born September 13, 1893 died March 25-1969 Joanne K. Wilson born June 14, 1950 died December 2, 1983 Sarah E. M. Goodman born July 14, 1920 died March 18, 1977 Daisy Goodman born December 27, 1900 died May 11, 1985 Malinda Sharp died January 9, 1962 Allen Sharpe SR. Born October 4, 1877 died January 22, 1981 Alice Hamilton born July 12, 1907 died August 30, 1967 Will Evans born December 25, 1901 died March 11,1961 Sopia Williams died January 12, 1926 Lizzie Malone died July 6, 1947 (buried in the same grave as Sopia) Rose Collins Born …

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