Rockville in Clarke County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2017
1. Gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill Marker
Near this site, is the gravesite of Maj. Jeremiah Austill, folk hero & prominent figure in the early settlement of Clarke County. Born in 1794 in S. C., he lived, along with his parents, Capt. Evan and Sara Austill, among the Cherokee in Ga. before moving here at 18.
He is best known as the Paul Revere of Clarke County. During the Creek War, a Sept. 2, 1813 Red Stick attack on Ft. Sinquefield near Whatley prompted the teen to make a dangerous, solitary night ride more than 40 miles to dispatch assistance from the militia at Mt. Vernon. With Austills news, the colonel ordered forts Glass and Madison evacuated to St. Stephens with the Austills, a few others, including Sam Dale, remaining. Afterward, he was among the scouts who fought the Red Sticks in the famous Canoe Fight on the Alabama River.
After the war, he was clerk in the store of his uncle, Col. David Files & moved to Mobile where he was appointed clerk of the county court & spent one year in the state legislature. In 1840, he bought the Gullet Plantation south of Jackson, residing there until his death on Dec. 9, 1879.
Erected 2014 by Clarke County Historical Society.
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Location. 31° 25.417′ N, 87° 51.413′ W. Marker is in Rockville, Alabama, in Clarke County. It is at the intersection of Rockville Road (County Road 15) and Suel Road, on the right when traveling south on Rockville Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Rockville Road, Jackson AL 36545, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Central Salt Works (approx. 1½ miles away); Bartram's Trail (approx. 2.9 miles away); Mt. Nebo Death Masks (approx. 5.4 miles away); The Clarke County War Memorial (approx. 6.2 miles away); City of Jackson (approx. 6.3 miles away); Jackson (approx. 6.3 miles away); CSA Brooke Cannon S-96 (approx. 6.3 miles away); Allman Brothers Band Arrested in Jackson (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockville.
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Also see . . .
1. Fort Sinquefield. Encyclopedia of Alabama website entry (Submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2017
2. Gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill Marker
2. The Creek War of 1813 and 1814 - The Canoe Fight. Encyclopedia of Alabama website entry (Submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2017
3. Gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill Marker
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4. Major Jeremiah Austill
Photographed by Craig Baker
5. Gravesite at Austill Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 6,801 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on August 31, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 5. submitted on August 4, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
