This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Danville’s Early Pioneers and Settlement Echoes
The Danville area recalls its early settlers and families who shaped Morgan County including the Simpsons, Puckett, Orrs, Speakes, and Lindsays. It notes Houston’s Store, the post office changes, and the rise of Danville with cemeteries and churches, plus the Muscle Shoals College era and a 1864 Masonic Lodge record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Dela
Moulton Valley
Morgan
Decatur
Houston
Robert Houston
L & N Railroad
Hartselle
James Cowan
Orrs
Speakes
Lindsays
Mark Lindsay
Morgan-Lawrence
Col. Saunders
John
Bishop) McFerrin
Lindsay
South Carolina
Kentucky
Dennis
North Alabama
Dennis Lindsay
Sarah
J. B. Speake
Jeff Lindsay
Capt
Warren
Ninth Alabama Cavalry
Gettysburg
Noel C. Graham
Mountain Home
Dr. Minor
Trinity
Jane Lindsay
Mary Lind
Jonathan Gibson Orr
Mattie Burleson Orr
William Minor Orr
Gibsons
Jonathan
Sarah Orr
Susan Gibson
Watkins Orr
Cynthia
Hopewell
Speake
Sarah B. Speake
Sam Lile
S. R. C. Adams
W. T. Dobbs
N. C. Adams
Carrie I. Simpson
M. F. Blackwell
Mary Frazier
Glenn Orr
Nettie Orr
Eldler Adams
John Kirby
Jas. W. Hargrove
N. A. Barret
J. C. Tidwell
J. K. Falk
Lovelady
A. G. Copeland
H. Basham
W. S. Tur Vest
W. E. Baker
M. S. Nelson
R. H. Jas. McDaniel
G. W. W. Craft
T. Taylor
J. J. Hendon
W. F. Barnet
B. Sheets
John Putnam