Ellisville logging camp had it's beginnings as a
turpentine still 5 miles west of Yarbo off the Chatom
Bigbee road around 1911. The operation was expanded
greatly after 1919 when Ingram Day Lumber company
bought the sawmill in Yarbo. Ingram Day . . . — — Map (db m286137) HM
Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in
in a
community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and
Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the congregation
built this building in the same year. The church . . . — — Map (db m245524) HM
Aiokpanchi, "Welcome,” to the Official Tribal Reservation
of the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians. Chata hapia hoke!
"We are Choctaw.” We are glad you are able to visit us and
hope your visit to our Tribal Reservation is both rejuvenating
and . . . — — Map (db m149288) HM
During World War II, 275.000 German and Italian forces were captured
with many being sent to the United States to be housed. Chatom and
Jackson Alabama were the two local sites to be selected. Conditions in
the camps conformed to the Geneva . . . — — Map (db m293755) HM
Created in 1800 by proclamation of
governor of Mississippi Territory.
This was first U.S. civil government
in area that was to become Alabama.
Its original boundaries:
East to west: Chattahoochee to Pearl River;
South, 31° lat. . . . — — Map (db m122343) HM
Dedicated to the memory and
honor of all the men who served
in the Confederate States
Armies from Washington County
For these were men
Whom power could not corrupt
Whom death could not terrify
Whom defeat could not dishonor. . . . — — Map (db m122738) WM
The Washington County Courthouse as it was
built in 1908. It was razed in 1963. This memorial
cornerstone was placed by the Washington County
Historical Society and the Washington County Museum. — — Map (db m122737) HM
The history of Fruitdale Brethren Church can be traced
back to the charter of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, after
which The Brethren School Company of Covington, Ohio,
purchased the land. The church was organized on April 18,
1896. The family of . . . — — Map (db m285578) HM
In the fall of 1902, two men and three ladies A.J. Hand, George B. Davis, Isabella Youse, Abbie C. Mareness, and Mary Gooding, filed a declaratlon to form the Fruitdale Union Chapel Association. Property on which to build the church was acquired . . . — — Map (db m285579) HM
Founded in 1880 as Oak Grove Baptist Church, the congregation
added "South" to its name in ca. 1912. The church began under the
Macedonia Baptist Association and in 1919 joined with the Washington
County Baptist Association. Among its many . . . — — Map (db m286135) HM
Built circa 1841 by Walter Taylor on Commerce Street in Jackson. In 1985, it was removed from its original site to make way for a new City Hall Complex and was brought to this site and restored as the Leroy Branch of the Washington County State . . . — — Map (db m70598) HM
Andrews Chapel, also known as the McIntosh Log Church, is one of the few remaining log churches in Alabama. In 1860, John C. Rush and his wife donated land for the church to the McIntosh Community. Shortly afterwards, the church was constructed and . . . — — Map (db m70594) HM
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McIntosh has a community population of about 300. The town was incorporated on April 7, 1970, becoming the third incorporated town in Washington County. The following officials were elected to serve four year terms: Mayor Carrol . . . — — Map (db m70596) HM
As early as 1872, Healing Springs was known as a
health resort because of its 17 mineral springs which
had been found to be therapeutic for many diseases.
William Wooten owned the springs and built a small
hotel and several cottages for . . . — — Map (db m293760) HM
Born and educated in England, Harry Toulmin
came to U. S. in 1793. Moving to Kentucky,
he was elected president of Transylvania
University. Served as Secretary of State of
Kentucky (1796-1804) then moved to Mississippi
Territory as judge of . . . — — Map (db m293732) HM
Prestwick Post Office
The Prestwick Post Office was established on
February 24, 1904, with Alice Speadham as
postmaster. It was discontinued temporarily on
October 31, 1923. After it was reestablished in
March 1927, Walter B. Taylor held . . . — — Map (db m244903) HM
A landmark on the Tombigbee River, the massive limestone bluff called Hobuckintopa
by Choctaw Indians, became the site of Alabama's Territorial Capital.
In 1789, while under Spanish rule, Governor Estevan Miro sent a detachment of soldiers . . . — — Map (db m293768) HM
Spanish Fort 1789, Evacuated to the United
States, 1799; Designated Alabama Territorial
Capital, 1817.
Here was located U.S. Court and Land Offices,
and for some years the seat of justice
of Washington County,
September 28, 1922. — — Map (db m293764) HM
In 1848, Washington County designated the town of "new" St. Stephens
as the county seat of government. On November 23, 1853, the Alabama
Legislative Act 243 authorized the location and construction of the
courthouse at "Old Hazards Field," a . . . — — Map (db m305967) HM
The St. Stephens Historical Commission was chartered by the State of Alabama in 1988: The board is charged with "acquiring, maintaining, protecting, promoting, and preserving" Alabama's first capital, St. Stephens.
Washington . . . — — Map (db m294044) HM
This area on the west side of the lower Tombigbee, as far north as Sinta Bouge Creeky opened to settlement pursuant to a treaty by the British with the Choctaw Nation at the Indian Congress held in Mobile in 1765. The treaty was negotiated by George . . . — — Map (db m261753) HM
Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9
(1821-1834)
Charter and Early Members Were:
Gov. Israel Pickens, Col. Silas Dinsmore, Thomas Eastin, R. Chamberlain, Thomas Malone, J.F. Ross, Daniel Coleman, John Womack, W.D. Gaines, James . . . — — Map (db m70599) HM
Named for Thomas Bassett, a British Loyalist and native of Virginia. Migrated to Tombigbee area from near Augusta, Ga. circa 1772 to escape persecution by American patriots. Received in 1776, from King George III, a grant of 750 acres on the west . . . — — Map (db m122336) HM
The Sullivan Cabin was built on the east side of Bassett Creek, in
1874 by Gibeon Jefferson Sullivan, a Confederate soldier who served
in Co. A. 32nd Ala Infantry, an all-volunteer company made up of
men from Washington County. The cabin is a . . . — — Map (db m122341) HM
Yarbo was one of the short lived sawmill towns that sprang up in the late 1800's and early 1900's. In 1904 the American Lumber Company began logging operations here and named the town Spencer. E.L. Jordan built a turpentine distillery and built a . . . — — Map (db m293761) HM
