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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Emigration and Immigration|U.S. Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Alabama_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' | ||
During the early 1700s, some French and Spanish families immigrated to the southern coastal area, but most pre-statehood settlers of Alabama came from the older southern states, especially [[North Carolina|North]] and [[South Carolina|South Carolina]] and [[Georgia|Georgia]]. Many of these were cotton planters of English or Ulster Scots origin. Many slaves were brought to the state. Most [[Indians of Alabama|American Indians]] were moved westward to [[Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] by 1839, but a few hundred [[Creek Indians|Creek Indians]] still live in southern Alabama. | During the early 1700s, some French and Spanish families immigrated to the southern coastal area, but most pre-statehood settlers of Alabama came from the older southern states, especially [[North Carolina|North]] and [[South Carolina|South Carolina]] and [[Georgia|Georgia]]. Many of these were cotton planters of English or Ulster Scots origin. Many slaves were brought to the state. Most [[Indians of Alabama|American Indians]] were moved westward to [[Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] by 1839, but a few hundred [[Creek Indians|Creek Indians]] still live in southern Alabama. | ||
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*Potter, Dorothy Williams. ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770–1823: Indian, Spanish, and Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1982. {{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL book 975 W4p.}} During the period from 1798 to 1819 Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory. These records list people going from the Mississippi Territory elsewhere, or coming into the Mississippi Territory from other states. The records also mention people who obtained passports from the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Cherokee Indian agencies to pass through their land. The book is well indexed. | *Potter, Dorothy Williams. ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770–1823: Indian, Spanish, and Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1982. {{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL book 975 W4p.}} During the period from 1798 to 1819 Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory. These records list people going from the Mississippi Territory elsewhere, or coming into the Mississippi Territory from other states. The records also mention people who obtained passports from the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Cherokee Indian agencies to pass through their land. The book is well indexed. | ||
What was it like to move from [[Virginia]] to Alabama in the early 1800s? Owen's journal of his trip is available online at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n100/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref>"John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," ''Publications of the Southern History Association,'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n100/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> | What was it like to move from [[Virginia]] to Alabama in the early 1800s? Owen's journal of his trip is available online at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n100/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref>"John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," ''Publications of the Southern History Association,'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n100/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref> | ||
How did your migrant ancestor find the correct destination in Alabama? Quite possibly they had a copy of Brown's book: | How did your migrant ancestor find the correct destination in Alabama? Quite possibly they had a copy of Brown's book: | ||