Tuscaloosa County AL

Slave Narrative of Anna Baker

Interviewer: Mrs. Richard Kolb Person Interviewed: Anna Baker Location: Aberdeen, Mississippi Age: 80 Anna Baker, 80-year old ex-slave, is tall and well built. She is what the Negroes term a “high brown.” Her high forehead and prominent cheek bones indicate that there is a strain of other than the pure African in her blood. She is in fair health. “Lemme see how old I is. Well, I tells you jus’ lak I tol’ dat Home Loan man what was here las’ week. I ‘members a pow’ful lot ’bout slavery times an’ ’bout ‘fore surrender. I know I was a right … Read more

Baylor & Shortridge Receipt Book, 1822-1835

These are written notations of court judgements from Baylor & Shortridge Attorneys and cover the years of 1822-1835. Baylor & Shortridge were attorneys in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Hiram Shortridge was born in Kentucky and moved to Tuscaloosa in 1822.Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1793, and arrived in Tuscaloosa in 1822. Together these two men created the firm of Baylor & Shortridge. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was whom Baylor University was named after.

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Cemetery Records

Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Alabama Genealogy Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Cemetery Oregonia Baptist Church Cemetery Samuel Chambers Dunn Cemetery Utley Family Cemetery Hosted at Tuscaloosa County, USGenWeb Archives Project Coaling Cemetery, Coaling, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Enterprise Baptist Church Cemetery, Cedar Cove, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Flatwoods Baptist Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Friendship Baptist Cemetery, Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Al Grants Creek Cemetery, Old Section #1, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Grants Creek Cemetery. Old Section #2, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Grants Creek … Read more

Biography of Quitman U. Newell, M. D.

Dr. Quitman U. Newell, gynecologist and obstetrician, has followed the tendency of the age. toward specialization and in this branch of the profession has developed wide capability and power, bringing him to a prominent position in the ranks of the medical fraternity in St. Louis. He was born in Whistler, Mobile county, Alabama, June 14, 1886, and is a son of William H. and Minerva A. (Thompson) Newell. The father, a native of Louisiana, belonged to one of the old families of New York of Scotch-Irish descent. He became a pattern-maker by trade and had long followed that pursuit. His … Read more

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Census Records

  1830 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Census Free 1830 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial  1830 Tuscaloosa County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Hosted at Tuscaloosa County ALGenWeb 1830 Tuscaloosa County Census Hosted at Tracking Your Roots 1830 Tuscaloosa Co., AL Census (pdf) Hosted at Census Guide 1830 U.S. Census Guide 1840 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Census Free 1840 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial  1840 Tuscaloosa County, Census (images and index) $ 1810-1890 Accelerated Indexing Systems $ Hosted at Census Guide 1840 U.S. Census … Read more