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Photographer: Sandra Hughes Tidwell
Taken: April 17, 2021
Caption: A related nearby marker - Mooresville Incorporated November 16, 1818
Additional Description: This quite village was once a bustling town with doctors, lawyers, business houses, craftsmen, and shops, including a tailor shop where a future president, Andrew Johnson apprenticed for a time. Named for an early settler, Mooresville wa sthe first town incorporate by the Alabama Territorial Legislature. The building exhibit the various architectural styles of the 19th century. The 1840s Post Office is th elopes tin continual use in Alabama. There are two churches, the 1839 Brick Union Church were a future president James Garfield once preached a sermon. The Stagecoach Inn and Tavern dates to the 1820's. The Disney move "Tom and Huck" was filmed here in 1995. The entire village is listed on the Natl. Register of Historic Places.
Submitted: January 6, 2022, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p631875
File Size: 6.123 Megabytes

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