This story about early Madison County was originally written for the the Madison County Bicentennial Celebration in 2008. The series consists of the following stories:

• The Early Settlers
• What's in a Name?
• Creek Uprising
• The Observations of Anne Royall
• Letters from 1820
• The Removal of the Cherokees
• Mary Lewis
• Early Civil War Years
• The War's End

Nancy is the author of the following books about Huntsville's past which are available at Harrison Brothers Hardware or Shavers Books:

• An Alabama School Girl in Paris, 1842-1844: The Letters of Mary Fenwick Lewis and Her Family
• Echos of the Past: Old Mahogany Table Stories
• Incidents of the War: The Civil War Journal of Mary Jane Chadick
• Free People of Color in Madison County, Alabama