{"product_id":"settlements-along-short-creek-history-of-the-beulah-blessing-corbinville-double-bridges-and-mcville-communities-2nd-edition","title":"Settlements Along Short Creek: History of the Beulah, Blessing, Corbinville, Double Bridges and McVille Communities 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSettlements Along Short Creek is a history of local communities on Sand Mountain in North Alabama. The communities include Beulah, Blessing, Corbinville, Double Bridges and McVille. All of these communities are along Short Creek which runs across Sand Mountain, cascades down a beautiful falls and flows into the Tennessee River near Guntersville Alabama. Nearby towns that are mentioned in this book are Boaz, Albertville, Crossville, Kilpatrick, Collinsville and Guntersville. The history begins with Paleo-Indian artifacts that have been collected from around the communities, creeks and caves. The Indians were the first settlers into the area thousands of years ago. Many years later the Cherokee and Creek Indians would use Sand Mountain as a hunting ground. Digs by the University of Alabama Department of Archaeology in the 1960s uncovered many ancient artifacts corroborating recent findings of Paleo-Indian inhabitants. The book is full of photos, diagrams, and maps that detail these findings.\u003cbr\u003eThe book covers Andrew Jackson with his 5000 Tennessee Volunteers crossing the mountain on his way to defeat the Red Stick Creek Indians who had allied with the British during the War of 1812. The supply road he cut along a Cherokee creek path trail became a thoroughfare for new settlers in the early 1800's.\u003cbr\u003eThe book follows the Garrard and Pankey Family as they migrated from Europe during the French Huguenot persecution of the 16th century and how they made their way to Sand Mountain. The book also covers the migration of the Kuykendall family from Holland. A family of Dutch Reformed Christians seeking religious freedom and opportunity in New Amsterdam that would soon be called New York. They would also make their way to Sand Mountain as a pioneer family. The Garrard, Pankey, Kuykendall and Miller families would be some of the first to settle Sand Mountain before the Civil War. They would build their log cabins, schools and churches and clear forests for farm fields only to be called to the battlefields of the Civil War. The Sand Mountain communities had no slaves and many families were Northern sympathizers. Some churches were even a part of the underground railroad. Families had children that fought on both sides of the war. The book covers the war years with its horrors, troop movements through the community and complications of allegiance. It also covers the reconstruction years and the birth of many churches during that time period.\u003cbr\u003eChurch histories include Beulah Baptist, Chestnut Grove Methodist, New Macedonia Baptist, Corbinville Methodist, Union Methodist and Blessing Church of Christ. School histories covered are Beulah, Corbinville, McVille and Union. Family histories included are Blessing, Chambers, Cobb, Cochran, Corbin, Davis, Eason, Johnson, Gann, Garrard, Gore, Gorham, Henry, Holcomb, Kuykendall, Lacey, Greer, Miller, Pankey, Peppers, Sanders, Smith, Watts,Webb and Wells.\u003cbr\u003eThe book contains many family photos, documents and maps.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914115014847,"sku":"080a4a10-9b81-4caa-a45b-eb0d3ea18d18","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/ca519fd959a79853455c37c0b4347ab5.jpg?v=1785054747","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/settlements-along-short-creek-history-of-the-beulah-blessing-corbinville-double-bridges-and-mcville-communities-2nd-edition","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}