Prior to 1800, many colonists loyal to the throne of Britain immigrated to north and south Alabama to escape involvement in the Revolutionary War but with the defeat of the Creek Indians, land in Alabama became open to new settlers seeking an opportunity. Settlers came from Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina to Alabama The book is the second in a series of biographies of some of these early settlers. Pioneers included in this book are: REV. ANDREW BARNWELL MILEY (1818-1896) JOHN LEONARD (1782 -aft. 1850) JOEL C. LOWERY (1790 - 1881) JOEL BARTON LOWERY (1834-1909) HOPKINS LEE (1765-1834) ANTHONY P. HUTCHINS (ca. 1725 - 1804) THOMAS HUTCHINS (1730 - 1789) JOHN A. GOODSON (1790 - 1873) BAYLISS EARLE GRACE (1808 - 1887) JOHN ARCHER ELMORE (1762 - 1834) ROBERT BROADNAX (1792 - 1877) THOMAS MILES BRAGG (1793 - 1882) WILLIAM WYATT BIBB (1776-1820) JOHN DANDRIDGE BIBB (1788 – 1848) OLIVER STURGIS BEERS (1819 - 1882) SAMUEL WRIGHT MARDIS (1800 – 1836) JOHN GRAHAM (1792 - 1864) WILEY GALLAWAY, ESQ. (1792 - 1864) JOHN BURRUSS SALE (1818 - 1876) CALEB OWEN (1759 - 1842) PETER W. TAYLOR (1794 - 1836) RUEL MARSHALL EARP (1828 - 1908) JAMES HIRAM EARP, M.D. (1863 – aft. 1910) DANIEL W. WRIGHT (1759 - 1838) JOHN GREGG (1800 - 1850) WILLIAM RENEAU (1788 - 1852) HANCE MCWHORTER CUNNINGHAM (ca. 1790 – ca. 1828) CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM TOBIN (1827 – aft. 1914) WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BOWLES 91763 - 1805) CHARLES LITTLETON (1743 - 1848) STANLEY HUBERT DENT, JR (1869 – aft. 1938)