Excerpt from the journal of Mrs. Sarah Gayle, recounting a "difference...between Albert Woodson and his wife's cousin Benjamin Gayle," which resulted in Woodson's death.
"Mrs. Sarah Gayle" is almost certainly Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle, first wife of Governor John Gayle. She is describing events that took place several years previous. The Maria and Levein mentioned in the account are the sister and brother of John Gayle. The "old Mrs. Gayle" is t...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/5165 |