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Settlements & Settlers Topic
By Lee Hattabaugh, March 7, 2014
Pleasant Hill Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On South Clinton Street at East Forrest Street, on the right when traveling north on South Clinton Street. |
| | Front
Built abt. 1849 by Rev. Robert Donnell, a native of North Carolina, and his second wife Clara Lindley Donnell. He was greatly inspired by the Great Spiritual Revival of 1800 and became a Presbyterian circuit rider, one of the . . . — — Map (db m72159) HM |
| On Brownsferry Road (County Route 29) 0.2 miles west of Huntsville Brownsferry Road/Ripley Road (County Route 24), on the left when traveling west. |
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Side A
A church older than the county and state. First meeting house built in the fall of 1816, on Indian land, a few miles south of here along Round Island Creek. The first Govt. Land sales were in Feb. 1818 after treaties with the . . . — — Map (db m85422) HM |
| On Nick Davis Road (County Road 44) 0.5 miles west of Sanderson Road (County Road 127), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Born April 23, 1781 in Hanover Co. Virginia, married there to Martha Hargrave of a wealthy Quaker family. He served as U.S. Marshall and in other positions. Moved to Kentucky in 1808. Was a Captain in the War of 1812 and became a political and . . . — — Map (db m29284) HM |
| On County Road 49 east of Railroad Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Front The earliest settlers to this area moved across the Chickasaw boundary before 1810 and established the Sims and New Garden settlements. The area came to be known as Elkmont, for the once abundant elk, the Elk River and the "mount" on . . . — — Map (db m85426) HM |
| On New Garden Road at New Garden Road (County Route 98), on the right when traveling south on New Garden Road. |
| | (Side A)
Old New Garden Cemetery
This cemetery is one of the oldest in Limestone County and is listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register. Many of the areas earliest settlers are buried here including Patsy Elmore, widow of a . . . — — Map (db m73836) HM |
| On Pettusville Road (County Road 55) 0.2 miles north of Dunnavant Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Pettusville was named for Dr. Thomas Coleman Pettus (1816-1890) who came from Lunenburg Co., Virginia and purchased land that encompassed Bailes Hollow in the late 1840s. Dr. Pettus discovered seven "medicinal springs” deep in the hollow. The . . . — — Map (db m154186) HM |
| On Easter Ferry Road south of Morris Road (County Road 49), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Side A (North side) In the fall of 1806 a group of settlers led by William and James Sims, traveled from east Tennessee on flatboats down the Tennessee River and up the Elk River to this area. They landed near Buck Island and spread out . . . — — Map (db m85454) HM |
| Near Gardner Hollow Road west of Shoal Creek Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Gourdsville / Gilbertsboro
Gourdsville is the colorful place-name of one of the earliest settlements in Limestone County. It was little more than a camp of shanties established by intruders on the Chickasaw lands who were driven back to the . . . — — Map (db m132612) HM |
| Near Oakwood Lane at Old Highway 20, on the left when traveling south. |
| | VA native John Nelson Spotswood Jones, son of Rev. War Capt. Lewellen Jones, cousin of Martha Washington, and descendant of Rev. Rowland Jones of Williamsburg's Bruton Parish, built Druid's Grove near this site before 1820 and established the . . . — — Map (db m70235) HM |
| On Old Highway 20 at Mooresville Road on Old Highway 20. |
| | Front The town of Cottonport flourished in the early years of Limestone County. It was settled in 1818 and chartered in 1824. It was located approx. 1½ miles S.E. near the point where Limestone Creek flowed into the Tennessee River and . . . — — Map (db m85455) HM |
| On High Street north of Lauderdale Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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(Side 1)
Mooresville, Alabama
Incorporated November 16, 1818
Mooresville Post Office, c.1840, is the oldest operational post office in the state of Alabama. It has served the community form the same building since its . . . — — Map (db m89028) HM |
| On Buck Island Road (State Highway 99) north of Sugar Way, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Approximately 200 yards east of this site are the unmarked graves of Abner Alloway Strange, Sr., and other family members. (The markers were moved to Salem Methodist Cemetery in 1977.) A Sergeant in the Virginia Militia, Strange was at Yorktown . . . — — Map (db m32561) HM |
| Near Dupree Hollow Road (County Route 37) 1.4 miles north of Buck Island Road (Alabama Route 99), on the left when traveling north. |
| | The first known burial here is Nancy Vinson Christopher who died May 16, 1852. Many unmarked fieldstones are present that could mark older graves. The cemetery contains 52 identifiable burials with headstones. Five Confederate soldiers and one WWII . . . — — Map (db m71991) HM |
| On Huntsville Browns Ferry Road (County Route 24) 0.2 miles west of Cambridge Lane (County Route 93), on the right when traveling west. |
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A grand two story brick house built in the Federal style with a double tier pedimented Palladian portico. The house displays architectural features brought to Limestone County by early settlers from Southside Virginia, and adjacent North . . . — — Map (db m90915) HM |
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Build abt. 1858 by Schuyler Harris on land once owned by Henry Augustine Washington, a distant relative of the first president. Through purchases, marriages, and inheritance between the Washington, Harris and Pryor families, all . . . — — Map (db m85458) HM |
| On West Tuskeena Street (Alabama Route 21) at South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 97), on the left when traveling west on West Tuskeena Street. |
| | Founded in 1820 by settlers from the Edgefield, Abbeville, and Colleton Districts of South Carolina on property purchased from the U.S. Land Office at Cahaba. Officially named Hayneville in 1831 to honor South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne. . . . — — Map (db m68004) HM |
| On North Broad Street 1 mile north of U.S. 80, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Settled before 1820 by planters from South Carolina and Virigina. First called McGill's Hill, it was incorporated, 1832, as Lowndesboro in honor of William Lowndes. There was a brief skirmish here between Forrest's troops and Wilson's raiders, April . . . — — Map (db m70933) HM |
| On North Broad Street 1.1 miles from U.S. 80, on the left when traveling north. |
| | (Side 1)
Lowndesboro, Alabama
Lowndesboro developed from a small community of early settlers to a thriving township in the 1830’s. The settlers’ plantation interests were maintained in the lowlands along the Alabama River, while . . . — — Map (db m70934) HM |
| On U.S. 80 at County Road 7, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 80. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m81920) HM |
| On Presbyterian Court (U.S. 80) 0.7 miles east of County Road 9, on the left when traveling east. |
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By this former Indian path
Matthew Parham Sturdivant
came in 1808 as
first official representative
of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
in the territory of
the present State of Alabama,
a missionary from
the South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m78118) HM |
| On Auburn Street (U.S. 80) at Tysonville Road (County Highway 97), on the left when traveling north on Auburn Street. |
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Beginning in the mid-1930s during the Great Depression, the federal New Deal promoted Land Resettlement to move farmers across the nation off worn out soil to new farmland. The Resettlement Administration, and its successor the . . . — — Map (db m68000) HM |
| Near Old Federal Road (County Road 8) 0.1 miles west of Deer Run Trail, on the left when traveling west. |
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Shorter was originally called Cross Keys for the birthplace in South Carolina of an early settler, J.H. Howard. It was later named Shorter for former Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. The town embodies the memories of the proud Creek Indian . . . — — Map (db m85463) HM |
| On Westside Street at West Northside Street, on the right when traveling south on Westside Street. |
| | Tuskegee consists of 80 square miles and is the county seat of Macon County, Alabama. Tuskegee rests in the heart of the rural Alabama Black Belt and is 40 miles east of Montgomery. Tuskegee was founded by General Thomas S. Woodward in 1833 after he . . . — — Map (db m99679) HM |
| On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) at Hunter Road, on the left when traveling north on Huntsville Highway. |
| | Tennessee. Lincoln County. Established 1809; named in honor of MAJOR GEN. BENJAMIN LINCOLN of the Revolutionary Army. After service at Saratoga, he was put in Chief Command in the Southern Colonies. Later, he was Secretary of War under the . . . — — Map (db m30570) HM |
| On Lee Highway/John T Reid Parkway (U.S. 72) at Gurley Pike, on the right when traveling west on Lee Highway/John T Reid Parkway. |
| | Located on land owned by John Gurley, pioneer settler, and named for him. His son, Capt. Frank B. Gurley, became a Confederate hero as a member of the 4th Ala. Cavalry. The settlement that developed around the water tank on Memphis and Charleston . . . — — Map (db m30574) HM |
| On Gates Avenue at Franklin Street S.E. on Gates Avenue. |
| | Before statehood, the Alabama Territory had only limited rights of self government. Between July 5 and August 2, 1819, forty-four delegates from across the Territory convened in Huntsville to draft a constitution for statehood. Lawyers, merchants, . . . — — Map (db m26592) HM |
| On Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast at Burrit Drive Southeast, on the left when traveling north on Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast. |
| | Situated on 167 acres of some of the most scenic land in North Alabama, the museum and its grounds contain items of local and national interest.
This property was willed to the City of Huntsville in 1955 by Dr. William Henry Burritt . . . — — Map (db m27876) HM |
| On Lincoln Street Southeast at Randolph Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Lincoln Street Southeast. |
| | This church which had its origins in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was first mentioned at a meeting of the Presbytery on April 7, 1812. It became known as First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, Alabama. In 1828 the first building . . . — — Map (db m27782) HM |
| On Church Street Northwest at Holmes Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Church Street Northwest. |
| | Throughout much of the twentieth century, Church Street was the heart of a vibrant black community, filled with movement, color, and sound. Those who lived, worked, or visited there described it as "an experience."
The area was a bustling . . . — — Map (db m154264) HM |
| On Meridianville Bottom Road 0.1 miles south of Bolling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This unmarked cemetery site was discovered during the relocation of a section of Meridianville Bottom Road in July 2012. Though no marked graves are present, this might be a family graveyard associated with the early settlers of Madison County. . . . — — Map (db m154283) HM |
| On Westside Square, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Housed on this site in brick building
44 ft. x 54 ft
Chartered by Mississippi Territorial Legislature December 11, 1816
Commenced operations October 17, 1817, shortly thereafter made depository for Huntsville Federal Land Office funds. . . . — — Map (db m27785) HM |
| On Lincoln Street Southeast at Gates Avenue Southeast, on the left when traveling north on Lincoln Street Southeast. |
| | Organized June 15, 1818 by the Rev. Gideon Blackburn, D.D. One of the state’s oldest Presbyterian churches. This site was selected for the first church building, dedicated on Oct. 13, 1822. The second and present, sanctuary was dedicated on May . . . — — Map (db m121846) HM |
| On Pratt Avenue NE at Russell St NE, on the right when traveling east on Pratt Avenue NE. |
| | Part of the 1892 East Huntsville Addition created by local businessmen to revitalize Huntsville and attract industry in the post-Reconstruction period. Many streets recall those individuals - Pratt, Wellman, Ward, and Wells. Huntsville's first . . . — — Map (db m44597) HM |
| On Moores Mill Road at Old Gurley Road NE, on the left when traveling south on Moores Mill Road. |
| | Harris Hill Cemetery is located Sec. 17, T3, and R1E, on the south side of Highway 72 East at the intersection of Moores Mill Road and Highway 72 East in a large clump of trees on a small rise. This is the old home place and family graveyard of . . . — — Map (db m43878) HM |
| On Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast at Old Chimney Road Southeast, on the left when traveling north on Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast. |
| | (Front):Historic Viduta
"Viduta"-derived from Spanish "vida" meaning "life"
In a time when yellow fever, malaria, and cholera threatened, Dr. Thomas Fearn and his brothers Robert and George were drawn by the cool air and medicinal . . . — — Map (db m27795) HM |
| On Church Street Southwest north of Williams Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | City was scene of these "firsts" in Alabama:
1811 first town incorporated
1812 first Masonic Lodge chartered
1816 first bank incorporated
1819 first state constitution drafted
1819 first Governor inaugurated
1819 first session of . . . — — Map (db m27843) HM |
| | For whom Huntsville was named lived in a cabin near this spring about the year 1805. — — Map (db m27847) HM |
| On Northside Square at Eastside Square, on the left when traveling west on Northside Square. |
| | Made a county in 1808 by order of Governor of Mississippi Territory.
Area ceded 1805, 1806 by Cherokees, Chickasaws.
This was the first land in Alabama ceded by these great civilized tribes. — — Map (db m27848) HM |
| On Randolph Street Southeast at Greene Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west on Randolph Street Southeast. |
| | Methodist Society organized at Hunt’s Spring prior to formation of Madison County, served 1808-1820 by Flint Circuit traveling ministers. First Church built 1821 NW corner Clinton and Gallatin Streets. Present site acquired 1832, church completed . . . — — Map (db m27790) HM |
| On Panorama Drive Southeast at Skyview Drive Southeast, on the right when traveling east on Panorama Drive Southeast. |
| | Caroline (Cherokee) & William (Scotch-Irish) Schrimsher first of four generations to farm this 36 acres from 1880-1939. After World War II Wernher von Braun's team of scientists were brought from Germany to Ft. Bliss, Texas and then to Huntsville, . . . — — Map (db m154271) HM |
| On Boat Docks Road at W. Eugene Morgan Road, on the left when traveling south on Boat Docks Road. |
| | In 1807 pioneer James Ditto began operating a ferry with landings on both sides of the Tennessee River. Early settlers landed here in order to reach their lands in Madison County. James White, Salt King of Abingdon, Va., established a thriving port . . . — — Map (db m31971) HM |
| On Eastside Square, on the right. |
| | Here, President James Monroe was honored at a public dinner on June 2, 1819, while on a three-day visit to the Alabama Territory. Here, also, the First Alabama Legislature convened on October 25, 1819, while Huntsville was the first Capital. — — Map (db m27851) HM |
| On Echols Street near Adams Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | During the original Madison County Land Sales of 1809, LeRoy Pope of Petersburg, GA, secured among other purchases a majority of Section 36, Township 3, Range 1 West, the site of the future town of Twickenham, as Huntsville was originally known. . . . — — Map (db m32480) HM |
| On Randolph Avenue SE at White Street SE, on the left when traveling east on Randolph Avenue SE. |
| | Designated by the City of Huntsville, Alabama March 23, 1972. This district is a living museum of American architectural styles dating from 1814. It encompasses about one~half of the original Town of Twickenham, Huntsville's first official name. . . . — — Map (db m37841) HM |
| On Franklin Street SE at Williams Avenue SE, on the right when traveling south on Franklin Street SE. |
| | Designated by the City of Huntsville, Alabama March 23, 1972. This district is a living museum of American architectural styles dating from 1814.
It encompasses about one~half of the original Town of Twickenham, Huntsville's first official name. . . . — — Map (db m37843) HM |
| On California Street near White Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Designated by the City of Huntsville, Alabama March 23, 1972. This district is a living museum of American architectural styles dating from 1814.
It encompasses about one~half of the original Town of Twickenham, Huntsville's first offical name. . . . — — Map (db m85612) HM |
| On Front Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This building is a replica of Madison's first city hall and is constructed on the original site of the Madison Depot, it was build in the late 1800's while Capt. John Buchanan Floyd, a Confederate veteran, was mayor.
"The Roundhouse" served as the . . . — — Map (db m103054) HM |
| On Church Street near Front Street. Reported missing. |
| | Establish in 1856 as a shipping station on the Memphis and Charleston R.R., the town was platted on land owned by James Clemens and incorporated by vote of its citizens in 1869.
First officials included William R. Johnston, mayor, and five . . . — — Map (db m61625) HM |
| On Bibb Street north of Mill Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In memory of James Henry Bibb One of the founding fathers of Madison Station in November 1869. Erected by his grandson — — Map (db m44265) HM |
| On Metaire Lane north of Eastview Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This Federal-style farmhouse was originally part of a complex constructed in 1818 on property that is now owned by Redstone Arsenal. In 1818, James Cooper, a cotton farmer constructed a house for his bride, Charity. After Mr. Cooper's death, Charity . . . — — Map (db m40167) HM |
| On Pension Row at Arnett St, on the left when traveling south on Pension Row. |
| | Pension Row is representative of many small town African American neighborhoods. Once a thriving community with its own schools, churches, businesses, lodges, and recreation areas, it has been a part of Madison since Madison was incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m99420) HM |
| Near Whitehall Road west of Hughes Road, in the median. |
| | This site was the farm of Gilbert G. White Jr., his wife Nancy L. White, and family from 1947 to 2005. Mr. White lived here until his death in 1978. Gilbert G. White Jr. was a descendant of John White, Speaker of the US House of Representatives . . . — — Map (db m44268) HM |
| On Main Drive (Old Highway 431) south of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
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Originally known as Cloud's Town, this community was incorporated in 1832 as Vienna. It prospered as a market town before the Civil War. On May 29, 1864, the 12th Indiana Cavalry, commanded by Lt. Col. Alfred Reed, seized the town. They built a . . . — — Map (db m71347) HM |
| On New Hope Cedar Point Road at Cambron Road, on the right when traveling east on New Hope Cedar Point Road. |
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Side A
On July 19, 1847, Chistopher and Mary Harless Sears deeded two acres (with meeting house, brush-arbor, and camp-stand) to the Elders of the Walnut Grove Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for one penny. The Union Army . . . — — Map (db m71343) HM |
| On Ikard Road 0.3 miles north of Nebo Road, in the median. |
| | John Whitaker, born 1761 in Pitt County, NC, was a Revolutionary War Soldier and established this cemetery. He and his second wife Winnie sold their land in Pitt County in 1801 and migrated to Rowan County where Winnie died, then to Mulberry, TN . . . — — Map (db m71341) HM |
| On Winchester Road at Maysville Road, on the left when traveling south on Winchester Road. |
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Buckhorn Tavern
Located in Section 18, Township 2, Range 2 East, this site was an early wayside stop for pioneer settlers as they traveled the road from Winchester, Tennessee into Madison County. The tavern predates the creation of the . . . — — Map (db m155018) HM |
| On Winchester Road near New Market Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Settled by Pioneers early as 1806. Voting Precinct established 1827. Town incorporated 1837.
George Smith, major landowner of town site, built first log house and established mercantile business, 1814. John Miller excavated millrace, erected . . . — — Map (db m31657) HM |
| On 6th Street at Record Street, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street. |
| | Originally called “The Prairie” by the Chickasaw Indians who settled here, Triana was incorporated November 13, 1819 as the second town in Madison County. The community purportedly was named after Rodrigo de Triana, the crewman who first . . . — — Map (db m70237) HM |
| On U.S. 80 at Old Springhill Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 80. |
| | Exiled Bonapartists granted four Townships of land in this area by Act of Congress March 3, 1817.
Colonists founded Demopolis in 1817 and villages of Aigleville and Arcola soon thereafter.
Attempt to cultivate grapes and olives failed. After a . . . — — Map (db m38185) HM |
| On East Coats Avenue (Alabama Route 28) at South Main Street (U.S. 43), on the right when traveling west on East Coats Avenue. |
| | created Feb. 7, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Choctaw Indian Nation.
Named for Marengo, Italy, where Napoleon won victory over Austrians in 1800.
After Napoleon's defeat, some of his exiled officials came here . . . — — Map (db m72963) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 43) at East 8th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
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The Alabama Territorial Legislature established Marengo County in 1818. The “Town of Marengo” was then surveyed near the center of the county to serve as county seat. In 1824 lots were sold, and early French . . . — — Map (db m72971) HM |
| On 2nd Avenue (Alabama Route 28) 0.1 miles west of Alabama Route 25, on the left when traveling west. |
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(side 1)
About 1830, settlers from the Carolinas and Virginia came to this area in search of fertile land. They staked their claims to adjoining plantations adjacent to what became Thomaston. In 1890, Dr. Charles Brooks Thomas bought the . . . — — Map (db m72967) HM |
| On 11th Avenue (U.S. 43) at U.S. 278, on the right when traveling west on 11th Avenue. |
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City of Guin, Alabama: The Early Years
In 1889, Dr. Jeremiah Guin gave land to the Kansas City, Missouri & Birmingham Railroad to allow completion of its Memphis to Birmingham railway. The rails connected at Dr. Guin's farm, about Ľ . . . — — Map (db m96796) HM |
| On U.S. 278 at milepost 66, 0.2 miles north of Road 2, on the right when traveling north. |
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Side 1
Pikeville, designated as the first permanent county seat for Marion County, lies along General Andrew Jackson's Military Road. Earlier temporary county seats were mostly along the Tombigbee River in what was Mississippi when the . . . — — Map (db m96485) HM |
| On Military Street South (U.S. 278) at State Route 17, on the right when traveling south on Military Street South. |
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Side 1
Hamilton was established on November 17, 1882 and was named in honor of Capt. Albert James Hamilton. Hamilton was first known as "Toll Gate," named for a toll gate on the Jackson Military Road. The original county seat of Marion . . . — — Map (db m96479) HM |
| On Military Street South (U.S. 278) at 1st Avenue SW, on the right when traveling south on Military Street South. |
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Side 1
February 13, 1818 — Gin Port - west of Amory, MS on Tombigbee River
December 16, 1819 — Henry Grier House, near Columbus, MS - first designated courthouse
Late 1820-1822 — Military Ford Court - under . . . — — Map (db m96791) HM |
| On Orlando Street at National Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Orlando Street. |
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Side 1
{Map of Early Toll Gate Area
Hamilton, Alabama
County Seat Location}
Captain Albert J. Hamilton, Judge Terrell's son-in-law, petitioned the Alabama legislature for a new county seat election. Toll Gate won the . . . — — Map (db m96793) HM |
| On Bankhead Highway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Earliest visitors to the region now known as Winfield were bands of Chickasaw Indians who frequented this area as a hunting ground. The abundant wildlife of the Appalachian foothills made this area attractive to early hunters. After the Chickasaw . . . — — Map (db m85847) HM |
| On West Main Street (Alabama Route 205) west of Lombardy Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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(side 1)
Albertville, located in Marshall County in northeast Alabama, was named for Thomas A. Albert, one of the first area residents. It lies on Sand Mountain, a plateau approximately 25 miles wide and 75 miles long. Albertville was . . . — — Map (db m78706) HM |
| Near West Main Street (Alabama Route 205) at Lombardy Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The City of Albertville is named for Thomas Albert, buried here with his wife Sarah Sappington Albert and daughter Sarah. They had three other daughters -- Martha, who married James C. Miller,the city's first postmaster, Elizabeth, and Mary. Albert . . . — — Map (db m143214) HM |
| On East Main Street (County Route 26) east of Andrew Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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The City of Albertville traces its origin here to 406 East Main Street, where on Jan. 13, 1860, James C. Miller (1833-1862) established a post office in his log cabin home, which also doubled as the community’s first store. Miller, who was later . . . — — Map (db m78710) HM |
| On Shoal Creek Trail NE 0.1 miles east of North Main Street (Alabama Highway 69), on the left when traveling east. |
| | A congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church North erected a log church, possibly named Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, adjacent to this cemetery in 1883. The church served as Arab's first school. The earliest marked grave is 1883, though older . . . — — Map (db m42594) HM |
| Near Brashiers Chapel Road 0.1 miles east of Cobb Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Brashier's Chapel community was named for Hiram Brashier who emigrated from South Carolina in 1885 and settled near the present day Brashier's Chapel Cemetery. The oldest grave dates to 1866 and is for Mary Tuttle, the maternal grandmother of . . . — — Map (db m83810) HM |
| On Fry Gap Road (County Route 48) 0.1 miles west of Rock Hill Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Located on the hilltop 500 feet southwest of here. Fry Cemetery typifies rural valley-and-ridge community cemeteries of the 1800s. The Fry family emigrated from Virginia to this area when it was still part of the Mississippi Territory. Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m85851) HM |
| On South Main Street at Cullman Road (Alabama Route 69), on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
| | Indirectly responsible for the naming of the town, Stephen Tuttle Thompson was born Feb. 22, 1832, in Rhea County, Tennessee. He moved to west Marshall County with his parents about 1840 and relocated in 1858 to what became Thompson’s Village and . . . — — Map (db m85852) HM |
| On S Main Street (Alabama Route 205) at Mill Ave (Alabama Highway 168), on the right when traveling north on S Main Street. |
| | Side A Informally called Sparkstown for a period of time, the city of Boaz was officially named after the husband of Ruth, a Biblical character in the Old Testament. Incorporated in March 1897, Boaz quickly began to "set a pace for her . . . — — Map (db m39156) HM |
| On Main Street / Catherdral Caverns Highway (County Route 5) near 10th Street W. |
| | Grant, Alabama is located atop Gunter Mountain at 1310 feet of elevation. It is surrounded by the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and overlooks Historic Kennamer Cove. The post office was established here on May 18, 1887 and the town was . . . — — Map (db m85854) HM |
| On Florida Short Route/Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Lurleen B Wallace Drive, on the right when traveling south on Florida Short Route/Gunter Avenue. |
| | (Side A) This area's proximity to the Tennessee River and Indian trails made it a crossroads for early habitation, settlement, and trade. Archaeological studies reveal it was first inhabited about 12,000 years ago by Paleo-Indians. They . . . — — Map (db m33305) HM |
| On Florida Short Route/Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Lurleen B Wallace Drive, on the right when traveling south on Florida Short Route/Gunter Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m33306) HM |
| On South Wintzell Avenue (Alabama Route 188) at Tapia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Wintzell Avenue. |
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Founded in 1786 by Joseph Bouzage (Bosarge), Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955. The local seafood industry in this seafaring town serves as a centerpiece for the Discovery Channel's series, Big Shrimping. In addition, the city was . . . — — Map (db m117254) HM |
| On South Wintzell Avenue (Alabama Route 188) at Tapia Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Wintzell Avenue. |
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Originally called "Reviere D'Erbane," the bayou acquired present name from French-maintained battery of artillery on West Bank for defense. First permanent settlement on south Mobile County mainland. Founded 1786 when Joseph Bouzage (Bosarge), . . . — — Map (db m117256) HM |
| On South Wintzell Avenue (Alabama Route 188) near Tapia Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The stream near the site, known as Bayou la Batre, was known during the period of French occupation as "Riviere d'Erbane," then as "Rivere la batterie" because of the French artillery battery located on its banks. The town's name consists of bayou, . . . — — Map (db m117255) HM |
| On North Craft Highway (U.S. 43) at Viaduct Road, on the right when traveling north on North Craft Highway. |
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The name Chickasaw originated from Native Americans living in the area prior to the arrival of the French settlement at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff in 1702. Native Americans from the Apalachee and Choctaw Tribes referred to the creek . . . — — Map (db m111286) HM |
| On U.S. 43 0.2 miles north of Richie Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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Site of
Old Mobile
Fort Louis de la Louisiane
Founded 1702 by
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
Under orders of Louis XIV
First Capital of French Louisiana
1702-1711
(French)
Site de
Vieux Mobile
Fort . . . — — Map (db m70588) HM |
| On Augusta Street west of South Broad Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Joseph Stillwell Cain Jr., recognized today as the patron saint of Mardi Gras in Mobile, purchased this plot of land in 1859 for $500, along with his wife of more than three years, Elizabeth Rabby Cain. The couple built a four-room classic revival . . . — — Map (db m111285) HM |
| On South Royal Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on South Royal Street. |
| | Since colonial rulers were unable to attract large numbers of settlers to Mobile, the Port City’s population remained small and never grew above 500. Because the majority of Mobile’s population was military personnel, the city was built around the . . . — — Map (db m87207) HM |
| Near South Scott Street 0.1 miles south of Government Street (U.S. 98). |
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Owner - Builder
of Oakleigh
Born 1801 in South Carolina
(day and month of birth unknown)
Died Jan. 12, 1856 — — Map (db m86414) HM |
| On North Royal Street at St Michael Street, on the right when traveling north on North Royal Street. |
| | When Mobile was laid out, this was the city's north-east boundary point.
Royal Street ran along a bluff overlooking the Mobile River. There were no streets between Royal and the river, only marshland. — — Map (db m86347) HM |
| On Government Street (U.S. 98) at South Jackson Street, on the right when traveling west on Government Street. |
| | This site marks the southwestern limit of the city of Mobile in 1711. Known then as Fort Louis de la Mobile, it had been founded by the French at 27-Mile Bluff in 1702 and moved to its present site in 1711.
Mobile has been a city under six . . . — — Map (db m131883) HM |
| On Oakleigh Place at Savannah Street, on the left when traveling north on Oakleigh Place. |
| | Started in 1833 by James Roper on a Spanish land grant, “Oakleigh” was named for the magnificent oaks around it. The “T” shaped dwelling with elegant parlors and curved outside stairway from the brick terrace to front gallery . . . — — Map (db m85908) HM |
| On Government Street (U.S. 90) east of South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Spain came first to our shores in 1519, and her maps gave first to the world knowledge of our lands — Pińeda, De Soto, and then Gálvez. Returning in 1780, she conquered, and wise and benign, ruled for thirty-three years this city, whose . . . — — Map (db m149975) HM |
| On St Francis Street at North Conception Street, on the right when traveling east on St Francis Street. |
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A la gloire de
Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville,
le heros dela baie d'Hudson,
de Terre-Neuve et de Nevis,
qui fonda en 1702
Mobile
premiere ville de la Louisiane Française.
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Ne a Montréal en . . . — — Map (db m86490) HM |
| On Church Street west of South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This ruin is a vestige of the second Fort Conde. Built by the French in 1723 and later occupied by the British, Spanish, and the Americans, these foundations are the only architectural remains of Colonial Mobile. — — Map (db m117253) HM |
| Near Dauphin Street at North Conception Street. |
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Native of Montreal, Canada, Naval Officer of France,
Governor of Louisiana
and Founder of the first Capital, Mobile, in 1711.
Born 1680 — Died 1768
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With the Genius to create an Empire
and the Courage to maintain . . . — — Map (db m86732) HM |
| Near Battleship Parkway (U.S. 98) 0.7 miles south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Spanish conquistador who in the summer of 1559 led a large fleet to the northern Gulf Coast in the earliest grand attempt to colonize the area for Spain. He sailed into Mobile Bay in August 1559 with 11 ships, more than 500 soldiers, 1000 men, . . . — — Map (db m136742) HM |
| On Bay Bridge Road (Alternate U.S. 90) at Bay Bridge Cutoff Road, on the right when traveling west on Bay Bridge Road. |
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Last known survivor of the last known slave ship to enter the United States
Circa 1859, Cudjoe Lewis, a native of the Yoruba tribe in what is now the West African country of Benin, was one of over a hundred African men and women . . . — — Map (db m112228) HM |
| On Moffett Road (U.S. 98) at McCray Road on Moffett Road. |
| | Incorporated in 2011. Semmes was named around 1850 in honor of Admiral/General Raphael Semmes, a hero of the South. Semmes has been called the "nursery capital of the world" and is the home of the oldest continuous-in-use school in Alabama. — — Map (db m148582) HM |
| On Perryville Road south of County Road 30, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Puryearville Methodist Church began as a society near Burnt Corn in 1820 and was located here c. 1830 to c. 1943. Richard C. Puryear deeded 2 acres of land on March 25, 1843 to Isaac Betts, George Watson, William Black, Joel B. Walden and Thomas . . . — — Map (db m47699) HM |
| On North Alabama Avenue (State Road 21), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Created in 1815 by proclamation of Governor of Mississippi Territory from lands ceded by Creek Indians in Treaty of Ft. Jackson, 1814.
Named for President James Monroe, fifth President of U.S.., 1817-25, who purchased Florida from Spain, . . . — — Map (db m47695) HM |
| On South Alabama Avenue (State Highway 21) at West Claiborne Street, on the right when traveling south on South Alabama Avenue. |
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Originally a part of the Mississippi Territory purchased from Spain in 1795, this area was inhabited and controlled by Indian Nations until 1814. Now safe from Indian uprisings, settlers migrated down the Old Federal Road as far as . . . — — Map (db m86000) HM |
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