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Wikipedia Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 20,000 undergraduate students, and a total of over 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the M...
Old Rosemere Cemetery: On July 23, 1869, the City of Opelika purchased ten acres of land for a cemetery from Dr. A.B. Bennett for $100 an acre. On November 23, 1869, he accepted his choice of a lot in exchange for the debt. The earliest marked grave is dated September 25, 1854, for Nelson Clayton, the four year old son of H.D. & V.V. Clayton. This grave was moved from the Clayton plantation. 34...
This cemetery is off of Highway 280/431, Salem, Lee County, Alabama. Find a Grave USGW Archives
This cemetery is located on 4009 Lee Road 391, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. Find a Grave
Also known as Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery , Hopewell Cemetery is located in rural Lee County, about halfway between Phenix City and Auburn/Opelika and about 8 miles from the town of Salem. It is at the the intersection of Lee Co. Road 135 and Lee Co. Road 136. The mailing address is: 1993 Lee Rd 136 Opelika, AL 36804.
This cemetery is located on 85251 Highway 9, Ashland, Clay County, Alabama. Find a Grave USGW Archives
This cemetery is located on 909 Lincoln Road, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. It's also known as Greenwood Serenity Memorial Gardens . Find a Grave Billion Graves This Greenwood Cemetery is not to be confused with the Oakwood Cemetery, both in Montgomery. Geni Projects are available for both. Greenwood Cemetery is a very popular name and cemeteries with this name are in multipl...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Alabama. Official Website Jefferson County was established on December 13, 1819 by the Alabama Legislature. It was named in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson. In a study of lynchings in the South from 1877 to 1950, Jefferson County is documented as having the highest number of lynchings of any county in...
This subportal is part of the State of Alabama Portal . Wikipedia Please go to following link for further information: United States with Counties, Areas & Communities Project . Projects on Geni Cities Auburn Birmingham Huntsville Mobile Montgomery
Wikipedia The University of Alabama (Alabama or UA) is a public research university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, and the flagship of the University of Alabama System. Founded in 1831, UA is one of the oldest and the largest of the universities in Alabama. UA offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, Education Specialist, and doctoral degrees. T...
Important Note: As of 7/9/2024 this Project will be a Work in Progress(WIP). I (CLM) will have to format it but please continue to add profiles. Important Notice/Disclamer: This project is not endorsed by any Civil Rights Organization or persons mentioned in this project. This project is for genealogical and educational purposes only. Also, this project is an attempt at a comprehensive study o...
Dallas County was created by the Alabama territorial legislature on February 9, 1818, from Montgomery County. This was a portion of the Creek cession of lands to the US government of August 9, 1814. The Creek were known as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast. The county was named for Alexander James Dallas , US Secretary of the Treasury.. The county is traversed by the Alabama Ri...
Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and Madison County Counties. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River. The only such port in Alabama, it has long been integral to the economy for providi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.= Official Website =Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County. It was established in 1702 by the French as the first capital of colonial La Louisiane (New France). During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the Uni...
Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. It is one of only two counties in Alabama that border the Gulf of Mexico, along with Mobile County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 231,767. The county seat is Bay Minette. The county is named after senator Abraham Baldwin, though he never lived in what is now Alabama. Baldwin...
Barbour County was established on December 18, 1832, from former Muscogee homelands and a portion of Pike County. Between the years of 1763 and 1783 the area which is now Barbour County was part of the colony of British West Florida. After 1783 the region fell under the jurisdiction of the newly created United States of America. The Muscogee Creek Confederacy was removed to territory west of th...
Bullock County was established by act of the state legislature dated December 5, 1866, with areas partitioned from Macon, Pike, Montgomery, and Barbour counties. The boundaries were changed in February 1867. It was named for Sen. Edward C. Bullock . Prior to the arrival of white settlers, the future Bullock County was inhabited by Creek Indians. The Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ceded much of ...
Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA: Wikipedia Oakwood Cemetery was begun by donations of land from Andrew Dexter and General John Scott in the years 1817 and 1818 respectfully. The earliest part of the graveyard was known as Scott's Free Burying Ground, with Mary Pouncey Jones, 1790-1818 being the first recorded burial. Scott's Free Ground 1-6 are the original bur...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Pike County, Alabama. The area of present-day Pike County was inhabited by Native Americans from prehistoric times. Spain, France, and Great Britain all claimed the area, but except for scattered military outposts like Fort Toulouse near present-day Wetumpka, European inhabitants were concentrated along the Gulf Coast, with very few se...
The area now known as Dale County was originally inhabited by members of the Creek Indian nation, who occupied all of southeastern Alabama during this period. Between the years of 1764 and 1783 this region fell under the jurisdiction of the colony of British West Florida. The county, together with the surrounding area, was ceded to the United States in the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson, ending th...
This project is used to relate all units from Alabama who served in the Confederate Army. Wikipedia
Clay County was established on December 7, 1866, from land taken from Randolph and Talladega counties. Named after the famous statesman Henry Clay , the county seat itself was named after his estate in Lexington, Kentucky called "Ashland". The county was covered with a heavy growth of trees, and a part of the territory was occupied by the Creek Indians. The early pioneers acquired the lands by ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Walker County, Alabama. Official Website Walker County was established on December 26, 1823. It was named after Senator John Walker, who represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822. Adjacent Counties Jefferson County Blount County Tuscaloosa County Fayette County Marion County Winston County Cullman County
Official Website The town was founded in the postbellum era by the Bessemer Land and Improvement Company, named after Henry Bessemer and owned by coal magnate Henry F. DeBardeleben. He had inherited Daniel Pratt's investments. The mayor and councilmen voted to incorporate the city of Bessemer on September 9, 1887. Located 16 miles southwest of Birmingham, Bessemer grew rapidly and its promoters...
Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by the Elyton Land Company whose investors included cotton planters, bankers and railroad entrepreneurs. It sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North Alabama railroads including land formerly a part of the Benjamin P. Worthington Plantation. The first business at that crossroads was the trading post and country sto...