Welsh of Alabama

Do you have a Welsh story with
Alabama connections, a biography of
a Welsh settler in Alabama or a
Welsh ancestor who came to
Alabama? Share it with us for
publication on this page.

Many towns, cities & counties in Alabama
are named either by or for Welsh people.
Abernant, Adamsville, Allen, Berry, Bibb,
Brownville, Cardiff, Clayton, Daviston,
Dawson, Edwardsville, Fort Davis, Fort
Morgan, Guntersville, Harrisburg, Jasper,
Jefferson, Jones, Matthews, Morgan,
Morgan City, Montgomery, Morris, Owens
Cross Roads, Pisgah, Priceville, Prichard,
Powell, Reece City, Rehoboth, Rogersville,
Taylor, Thomasville, Weaver, and
Wilsonville.

List of Cities in America by State
(Courtesy of the Chicago Welsh Tafia)

John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville,
Alabama on June 1st, 1825. He was a
Confederate General and Calvary Officer
in the American Civil War. He led 2,460
troops in a daring raid, called Morgan's
Raid, racing past Union lines into Kentucky,
Indiana & Ohio in July of 1863. This was
the farthest north any uniformed
Confederate troops penetrated during the
war.

A few Famous Alabamian's of Welsh Heritage

William Wyatt Bibb - 1st Governor of Alabama
Thomas Bibb - 2nd Governor of Alabama
Thomas Jones - Governor
David Lewis - Governor
James Allen - Senator
Seale Harris - Physician, Researcher was crowned by his recognition of
spontaneous hypoglycemia
Mel Allen - Sportscaster for N.Y. Yankees
N. Jan Davis - Astronaut
J. F. Edwards - Astronaut
Linda Howard - Romance Writer
Annie Price - Attorney, 1st woman to serve on High Court in Alabama
Augusta Evans Wilson - Author, Civil war Nurse
Marie Owen - Author, Historian , Dir. of Al Dept of Archives & History
Dixie Bibb-Graves - Social & Political Services, First Alabama Woman
Senator
Hank Williams - Country Singer
Sonny James - Country Singer
Sam Phillips - Singer
Emmylou Harris - Singer
Rick Hall - Singer
Rose Maddox - Singer
Randy Owen - Country Singer (Alabama Band)
Jesse Owens - Athlete

Alabama Welsh Assoc.
Welsh of Alabama

George A. Davis a native of Dowlais
immigrated to America and settled in St.
Clair, PA and in 1888 moved to Alabama. He
managed Belle Sumter mines, and erected
the only known Welsh Church ever built in
Alabama, where the Reverend D. M. Lewis
preached in Welsh. Mr. Davis built the
church to serve a Welsh mining community.

Price History is HERE