I haven’t posted here in some days because I recently took a research trip to Tuscaloosa, Alabama (I have deep roots there: my mother’s father was born there, with his families’ roots going back to the first days of that county) and to Clemson, South Carolina. I spent a day doing research at the West Alabama Heritage Learning Center in Northport, Alabama, as well as a very productive day doing research in the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson University’s Library, and have gathered a ton of information.