Traces the emigration of two Revolutionary War soldiers, Able Kendrick and Lewis Turner, and portions of their families from Virginia to South Carolina, then through Georgia to Central Alabama and Shelby County Alabama. Several early families in this area are included.

Many old photos of family, school and church groups. Stories and anecdotes passed down through families, some are in the words of people that are now deceased, are combined with extensive research by the author of old newspapers, maps, and Bible, census, marriage, birth, death, land, cemetery and other records. Sources are noted.

This is a collection of genealogies of some of the very earliest Alabama settlers, many of whom arrived before Alabama attained statehood in 1819, and lived among the Indians until their removal in 1836. Most of the pioneers settled in the central Alabama area where the land was too poor to grow cotton, so the farms were generally small. Great prosperity did not come until later, when the vast mineral deposits under the red clay soil were exploited. Coming from several mid-Atlantic states and being of fairly diverse enthnic origins, some pioneers married Indian women, further expanding the diversity of southern heritage. Each family is treated in its own chapter in a pleasant narrative style that includes local history, biographical sketches and family legends, followed by genealogical information which is numbered in an outline-style format. Some family origins are traced back to Europe. The families covered include Ammons, Atchison, Bevill, Carter, Clark, Coburn, Cost, Dooley, Gibson, Harmon, Honeycutt, Horton, Kimbrel, Madoc, Porter, Thomas, Thompson, Seale, Smith, Sturdivant, Tyler and Wilkerson. Item #P1859

Important genealogical information on about 1000 families who lived in the hill country of west central Alabama prior to the Civil War. Assembled from cemetery records, newspapers, information from descendants, military and pension files, and census records. Item #P212

Genery's Gap lies half in Jefferson County and half in Shelby County Alabama. Covers the early pioneers who came from the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia. Item #P3008

Many early county newspapers did not survive. These notices are taken from five newspapers post-Civil War. They contain historical and genealogical information on the earliest settlers of Shelby County.
This publication contains numerous death, marriage, and probate notices from Shelby County. It also includes informative reports from across the region.

The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by. 128 pages/softcover.

This book is now out of print, however, the proceeds from the remaining books will go toward the preservation of the Historic Calera Presbyterian Church.

Every town should have its history written. In this book the author has tried to record what she has been able to find out about the history of Calera, Alabama. The town's history has, as it seems, two parts: the earlier period dominated by the railroad and lime industries with which this study deals primarily and the later period which saw the decline of the railroad trade and a diversification of business and industry. Because the earlier period seemed more vulnerable to the obliteration of time and because it is natural to start with beginnings, the author has chosen to concentrate on the history of Calera in the nineteenth century.