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Ribbon of Love
Ribbon of Love is a beautiful romantic story of colonial America woven within the framework of history. Because so much of the story is based on actual people and events from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, it is like the print version of a docudrama. An Appendix at the end of the book delineates the facts from fiction by chapter. REVIEW FROM READER: After retiring as a college professor in 2010, I have become a serious genealogist and that makes early American history come alive for me. While Ribbon of Love is a novel, I found the history and descriptions to be on target and accurate. Ribbon of Love was a wonderful love story of Henry and Mary living and struggling to succeed as one of the f...
Faith and Courage
Based on historical accounts from founding days of colonial America and court records of early Virginia, Pre-Revolutionary War days come alive in this historical novel. After George Willson, witnesses the execution of King Charles II, he is forced to leave the woman he loves in 17th century England and flee to colonial Virginia on a perilous voyage to live with his sister Mary and her new husband Ambrose Dixon in the New World. To avoid starvation, George is forced to make a painful decision for his survival while Mary tries to make a new life with a man she does not love. Ridden with guilt, George and Mary's life is further complicated when one they love is accused of witchcraft. Tormented by his past, George seeks to find purpose in his life and along with his sister Mary's family, becomes involved in the Quaker religion.
ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Statehood
Once Alabama was admitted as a state of the United States of America on December 4, 1819, a great wave of immigrants from other states and countries came by flat-boats, pack-horses, covered wagons and ships to become the first citizens of the state. ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Statehood presents the times and conditions they faced in lost & forgotten stories which include: Who Controlled And Organized The New State of Alabama? Tuscaloosa Had Three Other Names Chandelier Falls & Capitol Burns Alabama Throws Parties For General LaFayette Francis Scott Key Was Sent to Alabama To Solve Problems
Alabama Footprints Pioneers
They felt the lure of the frontier and struck out for unknown territory that would become Alabama, bringing with them only very few implements to survive. From Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and many other states they came to settle in the newly opened Mississippi Territory. Alabama Footprints Pioneers continues the series with lost and forgotten stories of the earliest Alabama pioneers. Stories include; The Yazoo land fraud; daily life as an Alabama pioneer; the capture and arrest of Vice-president Aaron Burr; the early life of William Barrett Travis, hero of the Alamo; Description of Native Americans of early Alabama including the visit by Tecumseh; Treaties and building the first roads in Alabama.
Where Do I Start?
Filled with hints and tips to begin your family genealogy research. In this book, you will find on-line resources, how to do court house research, where to find birth, death, social security records free on-line, and 81 questions to ask when interviewing elderly relatives. The tips on how to break down the proverbial 'brick wall' and free on-line resources will help even experienced genealogists.
Discordance
Filled with drama, suspense, humor, and romance, DISCORDANCE continues the family saga from the Tapestry of Love series with the children of Mary Dixon who married Thomas Cottingham. Inspired by true events and the Cottingham family that resided in 17th century Somerset, Maryland and Delaware, colonial America comes alive with pirate attacks, religious discord, and governmental disagreements in the pre-Revolutionary War days of America. Orphaned at an early age, the Cottngham siblings face pirate attacks, illness, injuries, and the disappearance of a loved as they try to establish their lives in the wilds of early America. Will they prevail or be torn apart over the issue of slavery? As in the Tapestry of Love series, the author takes the reader back in time to the beginning days of America. DISCORDANCE: The Cottinghams will appeal to a wide-range audience.
Faith and Courage
Based on historical accounts from founding days of colonial America and court records of early Virginia, Pre-Revolutionary War days come alive in this historical novel. After George Willson, witnesses the execution of King Charles II, he is forced to leave the woman he loves in 17th century England and flee to colonial Virginia on a perilous voyage to live with his sister Mary and her new husband Ambrose Dixon in the New World. To avoid starvation, George is forced to make a painful decision for his survival while Mary tries to make a new life with a man she does not love. Ridden with guilt, George and Mary's life is further complicated when one they love is accused of witchcraft. Tormented by his past, George seeks to find purpose in his life and along with his sister Mary's family, becomes involved in the Quaker religion.
Alabama Footprints Confrontation
Prior to statehood, Alabama was a vast wilderness with a large Native American population. It is only natural that when new immigrants from other states arrived, conflicts over the land would arise. Soon, these small conflicts exploded into war. Alabama Footprints Confrontation is a collection of lost and forgotten stories that reveals why and how the confrontation between the Native American population and settlers developed into the Creek-Indian War as well as stories of the bravery and heroism of participants from both sides. Some stores include: Tecumseh Causes Earthquake Terrified Settlers Abandon Farms Survivor Stories From Fort Mims Massacre Hillabee Massacre Threat of Starvation Men Turn To Mutiny Red Eagle After The War
Alabama Footprints - Settlement
Before statehood, travelers to the future state of Alabama faced a formidable task as they threaded their way through the vast wilderness down paths of what was then mainly Native American land. Until 1806, rivers and Native American trails were the only means of communication in the Alabama region, but in that year Congress provided for the construction of the first two roads, the Natchez Trace and the Federal Road. Alabama Footprints: Settlement is a collection of lost and forgotten stories of the first surveyors, traders, and early settlements of what would become the future state of Alabama. Read about: A Russian princess settling in early Alabama How the early setters traveled to Alabama and the risks they took A ruse that saved immigrants lives while traveling through Native American Territory Alliances formed with the Native Americans How an independent republic, separate from the United States was almost formed in Alabama
Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable
Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo fame and Elisha Cottingham, the Alabama descendants from the Tapestry of Love, Historical Fiction Series by Donna R. Causey. The biographies of Alabama pioneers included in this book include: REV. JOHN WESLEY STARR (1806-1870) ELBERT SOULE STARR (1845-1908) JOHN WESLEY STARR, JR. (1830-1853) RICHARD ELLIS (1781 - 1846) JOHN WHITE, ESQ., (1778 - 1842) JOSEPH GLOVER BALDWIN (1815 - 1864) COL. JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH (1814 -1885) RICHARD HOPKINS PRATT (1827 - 1908) HOPKINS PRATT (1791-1841) MARY DICKERSON PRATT (1800-1882) ABSALOM PRATT (1793-1845) RICHA...
