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Genealogy

Floyd family descendants have rich heritage here

There were two earlier columns, which focused on the Floyd relatives who settled in Pike and Covington County, Ala. A Floyd descendant made available recently ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, August 2, 2014 12:03 am

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John Fuqua family settled and homesteaded land in Salem

Today’s writing will be a further look at some of the later Fuqua descendants who lived previously and currently in Covington County. Within the family ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, July 26, 2014 12:00 am

Genealogy

Fuqua descendants settle in Covington County in 1850s

The area Fuqua family was reviewed in last week’s column, and later generations will be outlined today. In the last narrative, Absalom Fuqua, the ancestor ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, July 18, 2014 7:44 pm

Genealogy

Stokes descendants honor Rabren family at reunion

The descendants of Burrell Jackson and Cornelia Georgia (Hare) Stokes gathered for their annual reunion on June 28 in Andalusia, Ala., at Cedar Grove Church ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, July 4, 2014 12:00 am

Genealogy

Covington County’s Flemings were Irish descendants

Members of the Fleming family who resided for a time in Covington County are descendants of an ancestor, Samuel M. Fleming, who was a native ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, June 28, 2014 12:02 am

Genealogy

McLelland family settled, thrived in Fairfield community

Some years earlier the McLelland family of Covington County, Ala., was introduced. Today’s writing will be a feature of one line, which has descendants who ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, June 21, 2014 12:00 am

Genealogy

Confederate veterans J.M. Wishum and J.L. Potts honored in ceremony

A favorite project of members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy is to pay honor and tribute to veterans ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, May 17, 2014 12:00 am

Genealogy

Grantham family hails from England, came here before 1830

The Grantham family with a good number of descendants who have resided and are currently doing so in Covington County appears to be of English ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, May 9, 2014 8:06 pm

Genealogy

Coon family settled in Kinston, county

Two possible descriptions of the origin of the area Coon family are given in Ancestry.com records. One names an early ancestor as Heinrich (German for ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, May 2, 2014 8:50 pm

Genealogy

Courtney family descendants came to Covington circa 1900

The earliest ancestor found for the local Courtney family is John Hiram Courtney who was born in 1776 in the State of Virginia. By 1820 ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, April 26, 2014 12:00 am

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