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Creator: Company of the Town of Demopolis Date: 1819 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> Town of Demopolis land deed dated April 21, 1819. The deed was received by Abner S. Lipscomb. Lipscomb would later serve as Alabama Chief Justice from 1823 to 1834. At the time that this deed was issued, Alabama was still a part of the Alabama Territory, not becoming a state until December 18... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1819 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: "Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, passed at its first session, which was begun and held in the town of Huntsville, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and ended the seventeenth day of December the same year." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Bibb, William Wyatt, 1781-1820 Date: 1811-11-28 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Before becoming Alabama's first governor in 1819, William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. This 1811 letter was written during Bibb's tenure as a U.S. Representative. Considered by some to have been a "war hawk", Bibb expresses in the letter his beliefs in a st... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Moore, Gabriel, approximately 1785-1845 Date: 1816-11-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Originally from North Carolina, Gabriel Moore (ca. 1785-1845) settled in Huntsville, in what was then part of the Mississippi Territory, in 1810. He entered public service around this time, being appointed tax assessor and collector. His duties included supervising the county census, which helped... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1814-10-07 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1818-1827 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: "Minutes of the [Tuscaloosa] County Court and Commissioners concerning laying out, alteration, maintenance, damages, etc. [for] all roads, ferries, and bridges in the County. Numerous references to frontier places and early settlers. Important early historical reference material." - William H. Br... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1818-08 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> Two documents dated 19 August 1818, Clarke County, Mississippi Territory, constituting a marriage indenture, essentially a marriage contract </p> <br> <p> The first document shows that the groom-to-be, John Drinkard, made a $200 bond that there is no impediment why he (Drinkard) should not ma... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1817-10-11 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Notable witnesses to the document were John L. Tindall (Tuscaloosa’s first doctor), Richmond Carroll (Tuscaloosa’s first blacksmith), and John Hodge (Tuscaloosa’s first elected sheriff). View Full Item at Samford University Library