The 1893 article chronicles the life of William H. Gasque, a dedicated public servant and probate judge in Baldwin County, Alabama. With his extensive service in court and legislative roles, Gasque significantly contributed to the county’s progress, successfully mitigating its debt, and improving infrastructure through personal efforts.
This Acker Family Bible is taken from a transcription on the microfilm in the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT. Earnest J. ACKER Family Record Page 1 Births E. J. ACKER Feb 20 1879Eliza Josephine ROBERTS Oct 12th 1876Jeddi Davis ROBINSON March 21st 1893Joe William ACKER Oct 30th Sunday 1904Amy Lucile ACKER Jan 14 1907Claude Randal ACKER June 9th 1909Ernest George Davis ACKER Jan 12th 1913Carrie Pearl ACKER Dec 9th 1914Ollie and Ola ACKER June 4 1917 Deaths Carrie Pearl ACKER Apr 28 1917Ola ACKER Feb 2 1920Ollie ACKER Feb 3 1920 Marriage Certificate This is to certify that Earnest J.
This record features a comprehensive list of the identified free blacks living in Talladega County, Alabama, in 1850. The 1850 census incorporated free blacks into the standard census records, while enslaved individuals were accounted for in a separate slave census. Out of the 23 million individuals counted across the United States during the 1850 census, a mere 500,000 were recognized as free blacks.
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Images and transcription for pages 1 through 3 of the 1860 Mortality Schedule for Marengo County, Alabama.
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The Spanish took a number of censuses during their periods of colonial control (1565-1763 and 1783-1821). The following is an extraction of the 1789 census for the area known as Tombigkee District or Tombigbee District.
Genealogists and local historians will find a wealth of information in old newspapers. The weekly “gossip” columns, wedding and death announcements, court and legal documents, and even the classified advertisements are filled with the names of old Tuscaloosa area residents. The names can be compared with census records and can help family historians document the lives of their relatives. The local businesses, clubs, schools and churches of post-Reconstruction Tuscaloosa were especially important social services, and the newspaper accounts of their activities and memberships are invaluable research sources. The usefulness of a Gazette item to genealogists can vary from zero to
Aimwell is located about four miles from Sweetwater. To get there from Sweetwater on Hwy. 10, go west about a mile and one half, to the intersection of country road 17. Turn right or north and go about three miles, the church and cemetery are on the right or east side of the highway.