Fackler in Jackson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Phillip Hamman

Soldier and Early Alabama Settler

— (1753-1832) —

Phillip Hamman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, November 27, 2025

1. Phillip Hamman Marker

Inscription. Of German ancestry, Phillip Hamman was a Colonial-era scout and a Revolutionary War soldier hailed as the "Savior of Greenbrier" for his 1778 efforts to defend Ft. Donnally in present-day West Virginia. In 1780. he married Christina Cook (1763-1842). After nearly 40 years in Kentucky, they became early settlers of Jackson County in the 1820s, farming a large tract of land one mile north of this site. In 1827. Phillip Hamman helped organize the Friendship Church at Fackler and was ordained as its pastor. In 1972, the remains of Phillip and Christina Hamman were removed from family land and reinterred at the Valley Head Cemetery.

Erected 2022 by Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1778.

Location. 34° 48.553′ N, 85° 57.279′ W. Marker is in Fackler, Alabama, in Jackson County. It is on County Road 42 0.2 miles east

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of County Road 442, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9005 Co Rd 42, Stevenson AL 35772, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 the original Cherokee Nation,

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Baptist Cemetery (approx. 4.7 miles away); Bellefonte Cemetery / Town of Bellefonte (approx. 6.7 miles away); Wet, Wild, and Wonderful (approx. 7.4 miles away); Fort Harker (approx. 7½ miles away); Stevenson Depot and Hotel (approx. 7.7 miles away); Flight 800 Memorial (approx. 7.8 miles away); Bennett's Cove Cabin (approx. 7.8 miles away); Crow Town

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, November 27, 2025

2. Phillip Hamman Marker

(approx. 7.9 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 94 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2025, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.