Alabama
Historical Quarterly - Table of Contents
The Alabama Historical Quarterly was published from
1930 to 1982 by the Alabama
Department of Archives and History (ADAH). The table of contents is
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The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1930
Contents:
Announcement, Governor Bibb Graves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Alabama, Yellowhammer, a Poem, Elizabeth Winter Watts. . . . . . . . . 7
Alabamian's Creed, Walter B. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Mounds near Moundville, Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Rich Archaeological Remains of the Moundbuilders,
Marie Bankhead Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26
Alabama! Yellowhammer! Historical Sketch,
Elizabeth Winston Sheehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-33
The Ballad of the Yellowhammer, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan. . . . . 34-35
Governor Wm. J. Samford, Illustration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
William James Samford, a Sketch, M. B. O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-38
Thomas Chalmers McCorvey, a Sketch, M. B. O. . . . . . . . . . . . 39-40
The Highland Scotch Element in Early Settlement of Alabama,
T.C. McCorvey, LL.D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-49
Game and Fisheries Conserved in Alabama, Walter J. Knabe . . . . . 50-62
Recollections of the Plantations, John Witherspoon DuBose. . . . . 63-75
March, April, May, Poems, Kate Slaughter McKinney. . . . . . . . . . .75
Mobile County Cajuns, Laura Frances Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-86
Admiral Raphael Semmes, a Sketch, M. B. O. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-89
Alfred Iverson Branham, a Sketch, M. B. O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
The Sinking of the Alabama, Alfred Iverson Branham . . . . . . . . 91-98
Thomas Jones Taylor, a Sketch, M. B. O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .99-100
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor . . . . . . 101-111
The Alabama, a Poem, Miss Zitella Cocke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Albert James Pickett, a Sketch, M. B. O. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-115
Historic Homes, Maud Martin Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116-119
Butterflies, a Poem, Miss Zitella Cocke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches
of Its Chief Justices, John C. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . 121-123
History Repeated in a "Nineteenth Century Night,"
Mildred Reynolds Saffold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124-127
How the Violets Blow, a Poem, Miss Zitella Cocke . . . . . . . . . . 128
Mobile's Azalea Trail, Sam H. Lackland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129-130
The Iberville Historical Society of Mobile, Erwin Craighead. . . 131-137
Noon in Barbour County, a Poem, Lawrence Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Early History of Tuscaloosa, Thomas P. Clinton . . . . . . . . . 139-147
Genealogical Department, Mary R. Mullen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 148-149
Editorial, (Mrs.) Marie Bankhead Owen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-151
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer 1930
Contents:
Banner of Our State, Poem, Anne Southerne Tardy. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Alabama History in Monuments, Marie Bankhead Owen. . . . . . . . . . .10
Tawasa Plain, Poem, Anne Southerne Tardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Our State Flags, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
The Military Forces of Alabama, Thomas M. Owen . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Alabama National Guard, Frank S. Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Southern Emigration to Brazil, Peter A. Brannon. . . . . . . . . . . .74
Historic Homes, Augustus Martin Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Alabama's Poet Laureate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Recollections of the Plantation, John Witherspoon DuBose . . . . . . 107
The Sea is a Senorita, Poem, Martha Lyman Shilito. . . . . . . . . . 121
The Supreme Court of Alabama, John C. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . 122
"Good Old Days", C. G. Fennell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
McGillivray and the Creeks, Albert J. Pickett. . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Early History of Madison County, Thos. Jones Taylor. . . . . . . . . 149
Early History of Tuscaloosa, Thomas P. Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Genealogical Department, Mary R. Mullen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
The Billboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1930
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Alabama's Goldenrod, a Poem, Frances R. Durham . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Goldenrod, a Poem, Minna Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
The Goldenrod-Alabama's Floral Emblem, Historical Sketch,
Elizabeth Winston Sheehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191-197
The Aster and the Goldenrod, a Poem, Elizabeth W. Sheehan. . . . 198-199
Alabama History in Bridges, Marie Bankhead Owen. . . . . . . . . 200-217
Ode to the Bridge, a Poem, Mabry Arnold Batson . . . . . . . . . 218-219
Coal Barging in Alabama During War Times---1861-65,
Dr. W.H. Blake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-223
The State Forestry Department, Charles H. Schaeffer. . . . . . . 224-231
Historic Homes No. 3, "Belvoir," Mildred Reynolds Saffold. . . . 233-239
How the Tennessee Valley Became English, Oliver D. Street. . . . 240-250
The Poet's Corner, Mildred Goodrich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251-252
First Boat Trip Over Muscle Shoals---1828, George W. Swartz. . . 253-256
Johnson Jones Hooper, Annie May Hollingsworth. . . . . . . . . . 257-260
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261-270
A Century of Gold Mining in Alabama, George I. Adams . . . . . . 271-279
Southern Emigration to Brazil, Peter A. Brannon. . . . . . . . . 280-305
The Old Ginhouse Hill, a Poem, Annette Howard. . . . . . . . . . 306-307
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor . . . . . . 308-317
Proposing a "Historical Trail" Through Mobile &
Baldwin Counties, O.M. Phelps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318-323
Twenty-Five Years of Bird Sanctuary, Almira B. Butler. . . . . . 324-327
Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Fearless Man of Action,
by Charles Lee Lewis, A Review by May Harris. . . . . . . . 328-329
Genealogical Department, Mary R. Mullen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 330-332
The Billboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333-335
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 1930
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
To the Great Seal of Alabama, Poem, Samuel Minturn Peck. . . . . . . 341
The Great Seal of the State of Alabama, Thomas M. Owen . . . . . 342-349
The Great Seal of the State of Alabama, Poem,
Elizabeth Winter Watts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350-351
Alabama State Department of Archives and History,
Tyler Goodwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-366
Alabama's First Licensed Lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367-369
The Final Struggle for Democratic Control in North Alabama,
J.P. Dyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370-380
Alabama History in Bridges, No. 2, Thomas M. Owen, Jr. . . . . . 381-388
Colonel Charles Teed Pollard, Sketch, M.B.O. . . . . . . . . . . 389-393
Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394-405
The Indians of the Alabama Coastal Plain, Robert C. Macy . . . . 406-412
Dr. and Mrs. Macy, Sketch, M.B.O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413-414
Historic Homes, No. 4, The Pollard House,
Elizabeth Winston Sheehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415-421
Zitella Cocke, Poet, Sketch, M.B.O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422-423
The Mocking-Bird, Poem, Zitella Cocke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424-425
Fishing and Wishing, Poem, Zitella Cocke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Miss Peggy's Bonnet, Poem, Zitella Cocke . . . . . . . . . . . . 427-429
"Old Clay Bank Church," Emmie Martin Hunt. . . . . . . . . . . . 430-437
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw, of the Confederate
States Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438-452
The Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches
of its Chief Justices, No. 4, John C. Anderson. . . . . . . 453-455
The Cypress Swamp, Poem, John Proctor Mills. . . . . . . . . . . 456-457
The Birmingham Public Library, Lila May Chapman. . . . . . . . . 458-466
Southern Emigration to Brazil, Peter A. Brannon. . . . . . . . . 467-488
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor . . . . . . 489-505
Louisiana Purchase and Mobile, Harry Pillans . . . . . . . . . . 506-512
Then as Now Tax Assessments Was a Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . 513-514
Genealogical Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515-517
Billboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518-521
Index, Vol. 1, No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522-527
Index, Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1940
Contents:
Announcement, Governor Frank M. Dixon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hands, a Poem, Edith Tatum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Central Unit, Alabama World War Memorial Building. . . . . . . . . . . 8
Permanent Home for Department of Archives and History. . . . . . . . . 9
Alabama State Emblems, Marie Bankhead Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches of Its
Chief Justices---No. 5---Chief Justice John C. Anderson . . . . .23
Books About the South, Emily Sinclair Calcott. . . . . . . . . . . . .28
One of Lee's Flags of Truce, Judge Walter B. Jones . . . . . . . . . .36
The Poets on Fish Creek, Renwick C. Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw of the Confederate Army . . . . . . .52
Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist, Mildred Beale . . . . . . . . . .72
Early History of Madison County, Thomas Jones Taylor . . . . . . . . .86
Village Transcendentalist, a Poem, Mary B. Ward. . . . . . . . . . . .92
This House of Paradoxes, a Poem, Bert Henderson. . . . . . . . . . . .93
Billboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Genealogical Department---Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1940
Contents:
Dedication Hall of Flags---Marie Bankhead Owen . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The Supreme Court of Alabama, Its Organization and Sketches of its
Chief Justices---No. 6---Chief Justice Gardner. . . . . . . . . 124
Alexander Beaufort Meek, Pioneer Man of Letters---
Margaret Gillis Figh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The Care and Custody of Alabama Historical Materials---
David L. Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The Martin Marshall Book--Dr. Weymouth T. Jordan . . . . . . . . . . 158
The Genesis of the University, of Alabama--Thomas M. Owen, Jr. . . . 169
Charles Teed Pollard, Industrialist---Mildred Beale. . . . . . . . . 189
Confederate Pensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pettus Bridge---Marie Bankhead Owen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw of the Confederate Army . . . . . . 221
Later History of Madison County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Physicians of Alabama 1828. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Poems---
Entering Birmingham---Anne Southerne Tardy. . . . . . . . . . . 252
Remembering An English Grandfather--Louise Crenshaw Ray . . . . 252
Belated Heritage---Martha Lyman Shillito. . . . . . . . . . . . 254
A Letter From Yancey to his Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
A Letter from Jefferson Davis to William L. Yancey . . . . . . . . . 258
Genealogical Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1940
Contents:
State Archives Dedicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Address of Dr. R.D.W. Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Alabama Black Belt---Renwick C. Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Big Creek Baptist Church---Marion Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Fitzpatrick Bridge---Marie Bankhead Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Original Anecdotes about Napoleon Bonaparte---
Mobile Commercial Register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Survivors Constitutional Convention, 1901---
Judge Walter Burgwyn Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Martin Marshall's Book: Household Hints---Weymouth T. Jordan . . . . 318
Recollections of William L. Yancey---Joel Barnett. . . . . . . . . . 331
More Yancey-Davis Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Later History of Madison County---Thomas Jones Taylor. . . . . . . . 342
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw of the Confederate States Army. . . 365
Poems---
The Low Country---Mary B. Ward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
In Peace and Loveliness---Anne Southerne Tardy. . . . . . . . . 387
Painted Rock at Sunrise---Anne Southerne Tardy. . . . . . . . . 388
All Summer Long---Kathleen Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Singing and Decoration---Nan Connell Richardson . . . . . . . . 389
Counsel With a Wounded Heart---Louise Crenshaw Ray. . . . . . . 390
Golden Dross---Lucille Key Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Lament For a Cardinal---Louise Leyden . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Cheaha Mountain---Louise Leyden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
April---Louise Leyden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Genealogical Department Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 2, No. 4, Winter 1940
Contents:
Alas, Poor Yorick---Renwick C. Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
The Cajans at Home---Laura Frances Murphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
William Parish Chilton---Chief Justice Lucien D. Gardner . . . . . . 428
Journal of James Tait for the Year 1813---Edited by
Peter A. Brannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Canaan Baptist Church, Jefferson County---Bess Stout Lambert . . . . 441
Martin Marshall Book: Herb Medicine---Edited by
Weymouth T. Jordan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Letter from Jefferson Davis to General Beauregard. . . . . . . . . . 460
Original Anecdotes about Napoleon Bonaparte. . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Diary of Captain Edward Crenshaw, C.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Poems---
March of the Toltecs---Bert Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Dirge Out of Memory---Shirley Dillon Waite. . . . . . . . . . . 485
Night Gossip---L. Jane Moses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
In Dreamless Sleep---Shirley Dillon Wae . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Unto The Hills---Lucile Key Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Genealogical Department Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Later History of Madison County---Thomas Jones Taylor. . . . . . . . 493
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1941
Contents:
The William Rufus King Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Passing of the Old Montgomery Theatre---Frank P. O'Brien . . . . . . . 8
Colonel John McKee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Regulations Governing Student Life at the Judson Female Institute
During the Decade Preceding Civil War--A. Elizabeth Taylor. . . .23
Madam LeVert's Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
An Old Mother Celebrates Her Day---Minnie L. Lardent . . . . . . . . .69
Towns in the Alabama Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Poems---
Formula For Peace---Lucille Key Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Woodsy Road---Shirley Dillon Waite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Always I Shall Remember---Shirley Dillon Waite. . . . . . . . . .84
To An Unknown Sailor on Dauphin Island---Edith Tatum. . . . . . .84
An Old Hall Speaks---Edith Tatum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Genealogical Department Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
History of Autauga County---John Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1941
Contents:
Richard Clark Foster Memorial Tributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
After Forty-five Years Reunion of Class of 1896,
Alabama University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Other Days---Eliza J. Kendrick (Lewis) Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Maud McKnight Lindsay---Mary S. Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Carmel Presbyterian Church, Cherokee County---Margaret Stewart. . .. 235
Poems---
This Is My Land---Lucille Key Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Song for Day's End---Shirley Dillon Waite . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Memorial---Voila H. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Noccalula---Anne Southerne Tardy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Discovery---Maude McIver Rountree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Book Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Genealogical Department Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Martin Marshall's Book: Farming and Veterinary Practices . . . . . . 248
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, Fall and Winter 1941
Contents:
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Events Preceding Secession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
The Alabama Secession Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
History of the Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
The Alabama Secession Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Withdrawal of the Alabama Delegation from the Congress of the
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Withdrawal Speech of Jefferson Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Index of Vol. III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1942
Contents:
History of Coosa County, by George E. Brewer, Part I. . . . . . . . . 7
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 1942
Contents:
History of Coosa County, by George E. Brewer, Part II . . . . . . . 157
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 1942
Contents:
History of Randolph County, by J.M.K. Guinn. . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County,
by Hon. E.G. Richards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Historical Sketch of LaFayette, Alabama, by Anne Elizabeth Newman. . 446
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 4, No. 4, Winter 1942
Contents:
Fifty-five Years in West Alabama, by Hon. E.A. Powell. . . . . . . . 459
Cemetery Records, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 1943
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Inaugural Address of President Jefferson Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Early Ante-Bellum Marion, Alabama: A Black Belt Town,
by Weymouth T. Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Chief Justice Samuel Farrow Rice, by Lucien D. Gardner . . . . . . . .32
Sidney Lanier, by Elizabeth Haley Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Some Population and Agricultural Trends in the Alabama Black Belt,
1880-1930, by Glenn Nolen Sisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
University Cadet Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
The Part Indians Played in the Confederacy,
by Mrs. Elliott M. Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
General Stand Waite---Cherokee Indian, C.S.A.,
by Peter A. Brannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Spruce McCall Osborne, by Peter A. Brannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Other Days, by Eliza J. Kendrick (Lewis) Walker. . . . . . . . . . . .71
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1943
Contents:
Major John Pelham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Confederate Pension Law Amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
The Part My County Played in the Confederacy . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Post War America, by Harry M. Ayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Journal of Mrs. Governor John Gayle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Old Practice in Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Highlights of the Alabama Conference, by Norman McLeod . . . . . . . 191
St. Marks Catholic Church, by Marion Tortomase . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chief Justice Abram Joseph Walker, by Lucien D. Gardner. . . . . . . 207
Other Days, by Eliza J. Kendrick (Lewis) Walker. . . . . . . . . . . 209
A Note on P. Joseph Forster, Pioneer Alabama Printer,
by Douglas C. McMurtrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Alabama Newspapers and Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Description of the Original "Bottle Corps" at the
University of Alabama in 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Book Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1943
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Annals of Louisiana from 1698 to 1922, by M. Penicaut. . . . . . . . 261
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 1943
Contents:
Dear Alabama, Words by Robert Kennedy Hood, Music by M.H. Nichols . .362
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
The Roots of German National Socialism, by Davis F. Stakely. . . . . 369
The Greene County Library, Eutaw, by Emory Peebles Hildreth. . . . . 379
Officials of State Bar and Junior Bar, 1943-1944. . . . . . . . . . 392
A Time for Greatness, by Bert Henderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Church of the Nativity, Huntsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
A Pilgrimage to Mound State Park, Moundville,
by Peerce N. McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Wilson's Raid and Other Recital, by Samuel Walker Catts. . . . . . . 430
Autauga County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Richmond Pearson Hobson, by Joseph H. James. . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Genealogical Inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Roosevelt and the South, an Editorial from the
Richmond Times-Dispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1944
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Last Confederate Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
"The Confederate Veteran"---Judge Walter B. Jones. . . . . . . . . . .12
Robert E. Lee---Marshall Wingfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Origin of Slavery in America---Mattie F. Allison . . . . . . . . . . .32
Monument to Negro, Heyward Shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Sam Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
"Houston County in the Great Bend of the Tennessee"---
Oliver D. Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Changing Alabama---Mary S. Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Democratic Party Regulations Explained---Gessner T. McCorvey . . . . .64
A History of the Old French Gun of Demopolis---
Bessie Patterson Wilburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
History of Rock Spring Baptist Church---Anne Elizabeth Newman. . . . .77
Jeremiah Austill---An Autobiography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Life of Margaret Ervin Austill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Genealogical Inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1944
Contents:
State Officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
State Senators and Representators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Judicial Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
County Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Number of Regiments and in What Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
State Militia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1944
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
An Act Authorizing the Taking of the Census of the Alabama
Territory, passed by Legislative Council, Feb. 9th, 1818. .334-336
An Abstract of the Census of the State of Alabama, together
with the Assessments in each County for the year 1820 . . . 337-338
An Abstract of the Federal Census of Alabama for the year 1832. .339-340
Baldwin County Census Returns for 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341-345
Conecuh County Census Returns for 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346-368
Dallas County Census Returns for 1820. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369-395
Franklin County Census Returns for 1820. . . . . . . . . . . . . 396-415
Limestone County Census Returns for 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-474
St. Clair County Census Returns for 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . 475-493
Shelby County Census Returns for 1820. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494-506
Wilcox County Census Returns for 1820. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507-515
Map of Alabama, 1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 A
Map of Alabama, 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 A
Map of Alabama, 1840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 A
Map of Alabama, 1850 & 1960. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474A
Map of Alabama, 1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506A
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 1944
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1945
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sam Dale, from J.F.H. Clairborne, by Mrs. Pearl V. Guyton,
and Sketch by Thomas M. Owen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Robinson Springs Neighborhood, by May Harris . . . . . . . . . . .26
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Ante Bellum Times,
by Grace Lewis Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Alabama and Her Resources, by Mrs. T. Bowen Hill . . . . . . . . . . .60
Freemont Baptist Church, by Mrs. R.C. Brawner. . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Preserving County Records, by Maud McLure Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . .77
Historic Spots Preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Fort Morgan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Moral and Criminal Responsibility, by Peter Bryce. . . . . . . . . . .93
Gardens I Remember, by Mrs. Annie B. Williamson Fitch. . . . . . . . 111
Abrahams Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by John S. Tilley . . .117
Lee's Surrender at Appomattox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Genealogical Department Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1945
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Colbertians, by R.L. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Russia, by Anne Moss Mertins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
The Oldest Church in my Country, by Mrs. C.E. Roberts. . . . . . . . 233
The Oldest Church in my County, by Mrs. T.S. McDonald. . . . . . . . 236
The Oldest Church in my County, by Mrs. J.W. Rutland . . . . . . . . 238
State at Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Death of Distinguished Alabamian---Dr. Hunter D. Farish. . . . . . . 251
Fort Morgan in the Confederacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Steamboat Days on the Alabama River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
The Place of the Museum in the Life of Alabama,
by Peter A. Brannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Alabama Lawyers, 1945-1946, by Walter B. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Captain Andrew Pickens Love, by Robert L. Williams . . . . . . . . . 313
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Book Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Genealogical Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1945
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Frontispiece, Bust of Governor William C. Oates and granddaughter,
Mrs Thomas Leiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
William Calvin Oates, by Judge Walter B. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Two Confederate Surgeons, by Samuel W. Catts . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
General James H. Clanton, by Samuel W. Catts . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
John Fowler and His Flying Machine, by Joseph H. Lyons . . . . . . . 355
Buck's Pocket, by Clyde T. Roden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
State at Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Colbertians, by R.L. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Daphne Methodist Church, by Ed Ritter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Tribute to Mrs. L.J.N. Comings, by Mary Heath Lee. . . . . . . . . . 404
Century of Presbyterianism in South Pickens, by Wallace Parham . . . 407
Theodore O'Hara, by Annie Mae Hollingsworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Propaganda in Early Alabama Fiction, by Rhoda Coleman Ellison. . . . 425
Early History of Auburn, by Mary Reece Frazer . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Montgomery, State Capital a Century, The Democrat, Huntsville. . . . 446
Personal Reminiscences of Father Ryan, by Kate Coles Donegan . . . . 449
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
Book Reviews, by Emmett Kilpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Genealogical Inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 1945
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Sam Dale, by George H. Ethridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Texas Rangers, A Unique Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
The Most Historic House in my County, by Mrs. Frank Ross Stewart . . 494
Colbertians, by R. L. James. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
The Organization of the Confederate Navy, by Thad Holt, Jr.. . . . . 537
The Gallant Pelham, by Mary Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Letters of Hurieosco Austill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
General Albert Sidney Johnston, by Sarah Margaret Smith. . . . . . . 574
Life of William B. Bate, by Alice Crockett Webster . . . . . . . . . 576
Genius of the Southern Woman, by Mrs. C. E. Roberts. . . . . . . . . 580
Oscar W. Underwood and Henry D. Clayton,
by Dewey Wesley Grantham, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
The Riches and Responsibilities of the U. S. of America,
by Mrs. Nep Ferrell Cody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
The Liberal-Conservative Educator, by John T. Caldwell . . . . . . . 606
Modern Trends in Art, by Willie Copeland Couric. . . . . . . . . . . 613
Listen to the Mocking Bird, by Margaret Gillis Figh. . . . . . . . . 617
The Value of Poetry to Youth, by Miriam Ann Kirkwood . . . . . . . . 625
Bright in Mosaic, by Elizabeth Winston Sheehan . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .668
Genealogical Inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1946
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Frontispiece, Portrait of Admiral Raphael Semmes . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Confederate Cruiser, Sumter, by Virginia Clay-Clopton. . . . . . . . . 8
Rebel Raider, a review by the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
History in the Making, Frank M. Dixon's speech . . . . . . . . . . . .15
How the National Archives Can Aid Genealogist,
by Thomas M. Owen, Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
LaFayette's Visit to Georgia and Alabama, by Lucile Cary Lowry. . . 35
A French Exile in Alabama, by John Charles Dawson. . . . . . . . . . .41
Alabama Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Jefferson Davis Heirlooms Sold at Auction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Local News in Alabama, 1877-1879 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
The Fall of Maubilla, A Ballad of Alabama, by Thomas Dunn English. . .52
Historic Spots in Hale County, by Mrs. Jeff J. Powers. . . . . . . . .62
Annexation of West Florida Proposed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
The Locomotive, "William R. Smith" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Thomas Jefferson's Views of Democracy and the Negro,
by J.H. Scruggs, Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Marking Building Where Elmore and Yancey Had a Law Office,
by Judge Walter B. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
The Peel Confederate Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Troy, Alabama, by Amelia Weinberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
History of the Auburn Baptist Church, by Mary Reese Frazer . . . . . 116
Texas Rangers, San Francisco Chronicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Some Events Bearing Upon the History of Concord Baptist Church,
by S.W. Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Genealogical Inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer 1946
Contents:
The Ordnance Department of the Confederate State's Army,
by Robert P. Felgar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 8, No. 3, Fall 1946
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
History of Autauga County, by Shadrack Mims. . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Local History of Autaugaville, by Mrs. F.J. McNeal . . . . . . . . . 269
History of Methodist Episcopal Church at Autaugaville. . . . . . . . 279
Autauga County Cemetery Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Cherokee County, Alabama, by J.D. Anthony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1946
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Reminiscences of Talladega, by J.L.M. Curry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Early Celebrities of Talladega, by "Memorabilia".. . . . . . . . . . 369
Talladega in 1833, by Abner Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
The Early Days of the Medical Profession in Talladega County,
by Dr. J.L. Stockdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 1947
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Gen. John Herbert Kelly, The Boy General of the Confederacy,
by Miss Maud McLure Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A History of the Thirtieth Alabama Volunteers (Infantry),
Confederate States Army, by William Milner Kelly. . . . . . . . 115
Muster Rolls of the Thirtieth Alabama Volunteers From The Files
of The Military Division, Alabama Department of
Archives and History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1947
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Civil War Days in Huntsville, A Diary by Mrs. W.D. Chadick . . . . . 199
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 1947
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Vicksburg, by Wallace Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Alabama Memorials at Vicksburg, by Kathleen Daugette Carson. . . . . 352
General John H. Forney, by Mrs. Annie Forney Daugette. . . . . . . . 361
Diary of Dr. Joseph Dill Alison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
The Family Sorrows of Jefferson Davis, by Arthur Marvin Shaw . . . . 400
"Pioneer," The First Submarine Boat, by Stanley Clisby Arthur. . . . 405
John Gunter and His Family, by Carolyn Thomas Foreman. . . . . . . . 412
Commercial Horticulture in Alabama, 1900-1940, by Lyle Brown . . . . 453
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter 1947
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Chronicles of the Canebrake, by John Witherspoon DuBose. . . . . . . 475
The Alabama Historical Quarterly
Vol. 10, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 1948
Contents:
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Should be the Function of the States in our System
of Government, by Judge Watkins M. Vaughan. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Constitutional Convention of 1901 and Poll Taxes,
by Judge Walter B. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Early History of Pike County Alabama, by Mrs. Margaret Pace Farmer. . 26
Alabama's First Ladies, by Maud McLure Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Forestry in Alabama, by J.M. Stauffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Wild Life in Alabama, by Thomas A. Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Resume of Alabama State Park History, by J.L. Segrest. . . . . . . . .77
Old Homes in Talladega County, by Mary Welch Lee . . . . . . . . . . .81
The Alabama Room in Geneva, Switzerland, by Lois Brown Robbins. . . . 94
The Great or Broad Seal of the Confederate States of America . . . . .96
Early History of Southeast Alabama