Shortly after the removal of the Creek Nation to Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears, the Alabama Gold Rush began in Cleburne County. The Striplin Gold Mines were constructed in the Carr Creek Placer in approximately 1837. The majority of the . . . — — Map (db m288226) HM
The first of three Baptist Churches was built on
this site about 1842 as white pioneer settlers
increased. The present building was constructed
about 1895. The only surviving church book,
begun in 1898, shows sixty-eight male and
seventy-six . . . — — Map (db m288228) HM
Cleburne County was created December 6, 1866, and was named for Confederate Major General Patrick R. Cleburne. He was born March 17, 1828 in Ireland. He was the South's highest-ranking foreign-born officer and one of the best of any nationality. . . . — — Map (db m83273) HM
In the 1830s, a group of people from Edgefield, South Carolina
settled in the lowlands of what is now Cleburne County. Among
them were Frederick Ross and John and Nancy Ross. John and
Nancy had 13 children, some of whom were born in . . . — — Map (db m285178) HM
Hernando De Soto in Alabama
Hernando de Soto brought his 700-man army to Alabama in the fall of 1540. This was the first major European expedition to the interior of the southeastern United States. The De Soto expedition had landed at Tampa . . . — — Map (db m114373) HM
