Andalusia in Covington County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Three Notch Road / Hank and Audrey Williams
Photographed By David J Gaines, June 20, 2010
1. Three Notch Road Marker - Side A
Inscription.
Three Notch Road, also, Hank and Audrey Williams. . [Side A:]
Three Notch Road Established 1824. The Three Notch Road was a 90-mile section of a 230-mile military road to connect Pensacola with Fort Mitchell in Russell County on the Chattahoochee River. Capt. Daniel E. Burch marked the route using three notches on trees for a crew under Lt. Elias Phillips to follow. Soldiers from the U. S. 4th Infantry Division cleared the route in June, July, and August, 1824, at a cost of $1,130. The road runs through the present cities of Andalusia and Troy. It follows the ridge dividing the water sheds of the Conecuh on the northwest, and the Yellow and Pea rivers on the southeast, from the town of Carolina, where it intersected the 1817 Gaines Road to Union Springs where it intersected the 1805 Federal Road. Local legends that credit Andrew Jackson are not documented., [Side B:]
Hank and Audrey Williams Married Dec. 15, 1944. Nineteen-year-old Hank Williams was singing with a medicine show in Pike County in 1943 when he met Audrey Sheppard. She was estranged from her husband, with whom she had a daughter, Lycrecia Ann, born Aug. 13, 1941. Hank and Audrey lived in Andalusia while Hank’s band performed at the Riverside Inn on the east bank of the Conecuh River at River Falls. Ten days after her divorce, Justice of the Peace M. A. Bovett married them at John G. Wright, Sr.’s garage in this building. The marriage inspired many of his songs. Randall Hank Williams, Jr., was born May 26, 1949. Hank and Audrey divorced May 29, 1952, seven months before his death. They are buried side by side in Montgomery.
[Side A:]
Three Notch Road
Established 1824
The Three Notch Road was a 90-mile section of a 230-mile military road to connect Pensacola with Fort Mitchell in Russell County on the Chattahoochee River. Capt. Daniel E. Burch marked the route using three notches on trees for a crew under Lt. Elias
Phillips to follow. Soldiers from the U. S. 4th Infantry Division cleared the route in June, July, and August, 1824, at a cost of $1,130. The road runs through the present cities of Andalusia and Troy. It follows the ridge dividing the water sheds of the Conecuh on the northwest, and the Yellow and Pea rivers on the southeast, from the town of Carolina, where it intersected the 1817 Gaines Road to Union Springs where it intersected the 1805 Federal Road. Local legends that credit Andrew Jackson are not documented.
[Side B:]
Hank and Audrey Williams
Married Dec. 15, 1944
Nineteen-year-old Hank Williams was singing with a medicine show in Pike County in 1943 when he met Audrey Sheppard. She was estranged from her husband, with whom she had a daughter, Lycrecia Ann, born Aug. 13, 1941. Hank and Audrey lived in Andalusia while Hank’s band performed at the Riverside Inn on the east bank of the Conecuh River at River Falls. Ten
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days after her divorce, Justice of the Peace M. A. Bovett married them at John G. Wright, Sr.’s garage in this building. The marriage inspired many of his songs. Randall Hank Williams, Jr., was born May 26, 1949. Hank and Audrey divorced May 29, 1952,
seven months before his death. They are buried side by side in Montgomery.
Erected 2006 by Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel.
Location. 31° 18.48′ N, 86° 28.854′ W. Marker is in Andalusia, Alabama, in Covington County. Marker is at the intersection of Three Notch Street and Central Street, on the right when traveling east on Three Notch Street. The marker is one block east of the city square. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Andalusia AL 36420, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. View of Three Notch Road (Side A) From Across Three Notch Street
Photographed By David J Gaines, June 20, 2010
4. Hank and Audrey Williams Marker (Side B) From Across Three Notch Street
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, September 27, 2008
5. Hank and Audrey Williams Music Hall of Fame Tuscumbia Al
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, September 27, 2008
6. Hank and Audrey Williams Music Hall of Fame Tuscumbia Al
Picture of Hank and Audrey Williams
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, October 11, 2013
7. Grave site of Hank and Audrey Williams in Montgomery, Alabama
Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2018. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2010, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 3,138 times since then and 90 times this year. Last updated on May 19, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 12, 2010, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 3, 2014, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
