Born in South Carolina and orphaned as a young child,
Daniel Dozier arrived in Alabama around 1817. As an adult,
he operated a large farm and grist mill and served as minister
for several area churches. He was a moderator and leader in
the . . . — — Map (db m115007) HM
The area known as Sports was settled by Jonathan Sport and his son, William, who migrated from South Carolina in 1842. Jonathan and William owned 600 acres of land in the area at one time, farming and operating a grist mill. Williams sons John . . . — — Map (db m42825) HM
Constituted in 1833 about 1 mile northwest of this location with 10 charter members. The Church was admitted to the Conecuh River Baptist Association in November 1833. In 1863, the Church moved to this location on land bought from Benjamin Dorman . . . — — Map (db m72055) HM
A pioneer institution organized in 1889 by Justus M. Barnes, Samuel Jordan and Milton L. Kirkpatrick. This was an extension of Strata Academy, founded in 1856 by Barnes six miles north in Strata. In 1881 Strata Academy was moved to Highland Home . . . — — Map (db m72058) HM
During the early years of the Methodist Church, lay
preachers journeyed into Alabama and established
churches. Church buildings were scarce so people
gathered under large trees, where they constructed
brush arbor tabernacles, known as "camp . . . — — Map (db m302973) HM
Crenshaw County was established from five existing counties in 1866. The first courthouse and county seat were originally in Rutledge. The county seat moved to its present location after the 1893 election. The first courthouse at this location . . . — — Map (db m183474) HM
Crenshaw County Training School (CCTS) was a predominantly Black school
built in 1931 near Brookwood Street in Luverne. The last class to
graduate from that location was in 1949 when the present building was
constructed on Hall Avenue. The new . . . — — Map (db m283915) HM
In 1904, Alabama industrialist Frazier Michel
Douglass, Sr. hired a carpenter from Alexander
City, Alabama to build the Douglass House. The
house is a two-story Queen Anne Victorian and
might be the only home of this architectural type
in . . . — — Map (db m163677) HM
The historic properties within the Luverne Historic District represent seventy years of history from the 1880s to the late 1940s. This district includes the first commercial businesses in downtown and middle to upper middle-class homes. These . . . — — Map (db m172462) HM
In 1887, St. John Baptist Church was established under a brush arbor in
east Luverne. The congregation relocated to its present location when
George Foreman, a white resident, donated property to the church in 1893.
Years later, in 1937, a . . . — — Map (db m283917) HM
In the late 1800s, Benjamin R. Bricken,
Crenshaw County's first attorney-at-law, built
the Bricken Building, a landmark in the field
of law in this county. Between 1893 and 1933,
the Bricken Law Firm occupied the building
Then, Ben H. Lightfoot . . . — — Map (db m163730) HM
The town of Petrey was named for the family of George Petrey and his
first wife Martha Ann Blackwater, who settled in the area around 1850
after traveling from the Carolinas. The town was originally called
Forkland, but was renamed in honor of . . . — — Map (db m271052) HM
Residents of the Mulberry community
constructed the school in 1922 after
purchasing the property from John
Ridgeway and his wife, Georgie A.
Ridgeway. Community members donated their time, talents, and materials
to construct the schoolhouse. . . . — — Map (db m284069) HM
William (Nub) Freemon (1894) and his wife Pinkie (1892) were residents
of Grady and they lived in this home and raised their family until their
deaths in 1964 and 1968. William and Pinkie were successful farmers and
landowners. William built . . . — — Map (db m302988) HM
Rutledge was the first county seat of Crenshaw County and held that position from March 1867 to May 1893. Originally called Barbers Cross Roads, it was briefly named Crenshaw; but June 10, 1867, it was changed to Rutledge in honor of Captain . . . — — Map (db m72053) HM
The Rutledge Primitive Baptist Church was built circa 1890, on land donated by Thomas Warren Shows and his family. The Rutledge Primitive Baptist Church was a member of the Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Association, which was formed in 1837. It was one . . . — — Map (db m72054) HM
