On Southside Square at Eastside Square, on the left when traveling east on Southside Square.
In 1836, on these same grounds, Madison County, Alabama constructed its first courthouse.
On April 16, 1849, Madison County authorized $300 to be paid toward the purchase of a town clock and bell. On January 21, 1850, Madison County furthermore . . . — — Map (db m279553) HM
On Old Highway 431 north of Cherry Tree Rd (County Road 28), on the left when traveling south.
Approximately 150 yards north is the grave site of Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb, U.S. and Confederate Congressman. Cobb was born in 1807 in Rhea County, Tennessee. In 1809, his family moved to southeastern Madison County, Alabama, where he . . . — — Map (db m289641) HM
Near Maple Hill Street Southeast at Eustis Ave SE.
Born in Virginia; graduate of Princeton; lawyer, planter, and politician. President of the Alabama Constitutional Convention held July 5-Aug 2, 1819 in what is now Huntsville; 1 of 8 signers from Madison County; and 1 of 44 delegates from 22 . . . — — Map (db m235545) HM
On Maple Hill Street Southeast at Eustis Ave SE, on the left when traveling west on Maple Hill Street Southeast.
Born in Virginia; attorney, judge, and planter. Chair of Committee of Fifteen that drafted the 1st Alabama Constitution during Convention held July 5-Aug 2, 1819 in what is now Huntsville; 1 of 8 signers from Madison County; and 1 of 44 delegates . . . — — Map (db m235535) HM
On Gates Avenue at Franklin Street S.E. on Gates Avenue.
Before statehood, the Alabama Territory had only limited rights of self government. Between July 5 and August 2, 1819, forty-four delegates from across the Territory convened in Huntsville to draft a constitution for statehood. Lawyers, . . . — — Map (db m26592) HM
On Seminole Drive Southwest at 9th Ave SW, on the right when traveling north on Seminole Drive Southwest.
Arthur H. Lowe of Fitchburg, Massachusetts,
opened Lowe Manufacturing Company in Huntsville
in 1901. Shortly after its opening, Eastern
Manufacturing Company constructed a weaving mill
on the adjacent property. The companies combined
in 1907 . . . — — Map (db m299418) HM
On Monroe Street at Williams Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Monroe Street.
Tom Goodman Thrasher
August 4, 1916
December 19, 1999
-Grew up in Birmingham, Alabama
-Studied Engineering at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa
-Married the former Dorothy Wright of Belmont, Mississippi
-Served in the Army in North . . . — — Map (db m85611) HM
On Randolph Avenue Southeast near Calhoun Street SE, on the right when traveling west.
Septimus D. Cabaniss (1815-1889) purchased this home in 1843, upon his
marriage to Virginia A. Shepherd (1824-1907). The couple had nine
children, only four of whom survived to adulthood. Architect George
Steele built the home, in the Greek . . . — — Map (db m235485) HM
On U.S. 231 0.2 miles north of State Route 36, on the right when traveling north.
Abundant water and fertile land in this area south of the Tennessee River attracted pioneer settlement in the early 1800s. The community established here by three Virginia-born brothers, Hopkins, John, and Theophilus Lacy, took on their name and . . . — — Map (db m27611) HM
On Surveyor Road 0.2 miles west of Cloverdale Road, on the left when traveling west.
John Coffee was born in Prince Edward County, VA, in 1772, the son of Joshua and Elizabeth Graves Coffee. The family moved to NC in 1777. After his father died in 1798, Coffee and other family members moved to Davidson County, TN where he . . . — — Map (db m100248) HM WM
On Lee Highway/John T. Reid Parkway (U.S. 72 at milepost 109) at Brock Road, on the right when traveling west on Lee Highway/John T. Reid Parkway.
In May 1838 soldiers, under the command of U.S. Army General Winfield Scott, began rounding up Cherokee Indians in this area who had refused to move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. About 16,000 Cherokees were placed in stockades in Tennessee and . . . — — Map (db m33318) HM
On McClung Avenue SE, on the right when traveling east.
Ratified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. The Twickenham Town Chapter, NSDAR honors the history of Huntsville's pioneer suffragists, who met here at the home of Alberta Chapman Taylor . . . — — Map (db m160637) HM
On Church Street Northwest at Holmes Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Church Street Northwest.
Throughout much of the twentieth century, Church Street was the heart of a vibrant black community, filled with movement, color, and sound. Those who lived, worked, or visited there described it as "an experience."
The area was a bustling . . . — — Map (db m154264) HM
On Meridianville Bottom Road 0.1 miles south of Bolling Road, on the right when traveling north.
This unmarked cemetery site was discovered during the relocation of a section of Meridianville Bottom Road in July 2012. Though no marked graves are present, this might be a family graveyard associated with the early settlers of Madison County. . . . — — Map (db m154283) HM
On Monroe Street Northwest at Jefferson Street North, on the right when traveling west on Monroe Street Northwest.
The Memorial Fountain System begins with a flow of water cascading over the continuous weir, which is punctuated by 8 Black Granite Markers. This flow symbolizes the blood which has been spilled defending our nation's freedom and flows into the . . . — — Map (db m68728) WM
On Beasley Avenue Northwest at Magnolia Drive Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Beasley Avenue Northwest.
The first integrated elementary education classes in the state of Alabama took place quietly and peacefully here September 3, 1963.
St. Joseph's Mission, church and school, was founded by the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians) to serve . . . — — Map (db m154263) HM
On 6th Street at Record Street, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street.
Originally called “The Prairie” by the Chickasaw Indians who settled here, Triana was incorporated November 13, 1819 as the second town in Madison County. The community purportedly was named after Rodrigo de Triana, the crewman who first . . . — — Map (db m70237) HM
Created December 26, 1823
Named for John W. Walker
of Madison County, Alabama
Chairman, State Constitutional Convention, July 5, 1819
Alabama's first United States Senator, 1819~1823 — — Map (db m29982) HM
Near Bank Street Northeast at Church Street Northeast, on the left when traveling north.
Dr. Henry Rhodes, for whom Rhodes Ferry Landing was named, was Decatur's first Postmaster and one of the organizers of the Lodge (Nov. 22, 1826). Chartered in 1827, its first Worshipful Master was Colonel Francis Dancy, builder of the Dancy-Polk . . . — — Map (db m250557) HM
On N. Pine Street at W. Tennessee St on N. Pine Street.
Dred Scott, whose name is associated with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision of 1857, was born in Virginia between 1795-1809. In 1818 he was in Madison County, Alabama. He came to Florence with the Peter Blow family in 1820. About . . . — — Map (db m35183) HM
On Echols Street near Adams Street, on the right when traveling west.
During the original Madison County Land Sales of 1809, LeRoy Pope of Petersburg, GA, secured among other purchases a majority of Section 36, Township 3, Range 1 West, the site of the future town of Twickenham, as Huntsville was originally known. . . . — — Map (db m32480) HM
On North Washington Street at East Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north on North Washington Street.
Taylor County was created from Madison County on December 23, 1856. It was named for Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States and commander of U.S. Army forces in Florida during part of the Second Seminole War. The name of the county seat . . . — — Map (db m167493) HM
On Toney School Road 0.2 miles east of Dan Crutcher Road, on the left when traveling east.
The first public county high school for African-Americans in Madison County was located in the Toney community. The original Toney School was founded in 1896 in a log cabin on the Henderson (Tump) Crutcher place (-˝ mile west of this site, at the . . . — — Map (db m201346) HM
On Lee Highway (County Route 72) at Houstontown raod (Route 33), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway.
Jesse James Gang
Canal Payroll Robbery
March 1881
In, 1881, approximately three miles south of here, the U.S. Corps of Engineers was constructing the Muscle Shoals Canal along the north side of the Tennessee River. On March 11, 1881, . . . — — Map (db m99897) HM
One of the earliest frontier newspapers, The Alabama Republican, was printed at this site. In 1819, John Boardman was both editor and publisher. This site served as Mr. Boardman's home, law office and print shop. The building also housed . . . — — Map (db m279558) HM
On Monroe Street Southwest south of Clinton Ave W, on the left when traveling north.
This plaque was placed here by citizens of Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama in honor of Dr. Wernher von Braun who directed research and development operations for the Army at Redstone Arsenal from 1950 to 1960, and served as Director of . . . — — Map (db m279895) HM
On Ikard Road 0.3 miles north of Nebo Road, in the median.
John Whitaker, born 1761 in Pitt County, NC, was a Revolutionary War Soldier and established this cemetery. He and his second wife Winnie sold their land in Pitt County in 1801 and migrated to Rowan County where Winnie died, then to Mulberry, TN . . . — — Map (db m71341) HM
On Beth Road just west of New Market Road (County Road 100), on the right when traveling east.
For 53 years Madison County operated an establishment one-half mile to the south where the indigent, lame, and unfortunate were housed in a series of log buildings. Each year a superintendent and a physician were appointed to care for their needs. . . . — — Map (db m154290) HM
On South Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South Highland Avenue.
In June 1862 the Union Army established a headquarters in Jackson. The provost marshal's office located at the court house was the recruiting station for the Union Army. In May 1863, during the Civil War, over 100 African American men from Madison . . . — — Map (db m194031) HM
Dedicated October 17, 2020
by
The Alabama Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
Committee of Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial Foundation and the Hershel "Woody" Williams Medal of Honor Foundation.
On behalf of a grateful community, . . . — — Map (db m268712) WM
Opened in 1934, the third Madison County Courthouse was the home of these majestic limestone columns and for more than 50 years they stood in the square, after which they were carefully disassembled.
Garden volunteers Evelyn Lucas and Seth . . . — — Map (db m144866) HM
On Stoneway Trail south of Stoneway Circle, on the left when traveling south.
Born in North Carolina in 1774. Elisha Rainbolt moved with his wife and children in 1807 to the area now called Rainbow Mountain a phonetic distortion of the Rainbolt name. The following year, in 1808, Madison County was organized. Rainbolt was one . . . — — Map (db m299888) HM
On State Highway 90 at County Highway 106, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 90.
Alabama native Calvin Cullen Bullard (1824-1882) brought his family to this area from Hunt County, Texas, in 1867 and settled on 160 acres of land between Bedias Creek and Caney Creek. In their new home, he and his second wife, Zillah (Woodbury), . . . — — Map (db m157880) HM
On Section Line Road at Railroad Street, on the right when traveling east on Section Line Road.
There has been a settlement at and around the area presently known as Gurley since before the 1800s. Located in Madison County in in the rich agricultural, mineral and timber belt of northern Alabama, Gurley lies 16 miles east of Huntsville and 80 . . . — — Map (db m275318) HM
On West 18th Street at Baynard Boulevard on West 18th Street.
African American Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial
The Medal of Honor takes its place in our country as the highest award for military valor. The honor, awarded by the President in the name of Congress, may only be accorded an . . . — — Map (db m173924) HM WM
On Lee Street (County Route 66) at Hickory Drive, on the left when traveling west on Lee Street.
Liberty Church. At this location, just west of present-day downtown Rogersville, was the area's first place set aside for Christian worship, circa 1818. Ideally situated alongside the major east-west thoroughfare, this was the closest . . . — — Map (db m266763) HM
Near Davis Circle SW east of Monroe Street SW, on the right when traveling east.
Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. To register to vote in Alabama citizens were required to meet a series of residency and property requirements, pass a literacy test, and pay a poll . . . — — Map (db m191678) HM
On Higdon Road Northeast north of Chase Rd NE, on the left when traveling north.
Lynching in America
More than 6,500 Black men, women, and children were the victims of lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, many white Southerners remained committed to the ideology of racial hierarchy and . . . — — Map (db m279892) HM
On Winchester Road at Maysville Road, on the left when traveling south on Winchester Road.
Buckhorn Tavern
Located in Section 18, Township 2, Range 2 East, this site was an early wayside stop for pioneer settlers as they traveled the road from Winchester, Tennessee into Madison County. The tavern predates the creation of the . . . — — Map (db m155018) HM
The U.S. Armed Forces Avaitor Statue depicts an aviator proudly featuring from a successful mission.
It pays tribute to all U.S. Military Aviators and commemorates their courage, their sacrifice, and their commitment to duty. The U.S. Armed Forces . . . — — Map (db m268703) HM WM
On Moores Mill Road at Old Gurley Road NE, on the left when traveling south on Moores Mill Road.
Harris Hill Cemetery is located Sec. 17, T3, and R1E, on the south side of Highway 72 East at the intersection of Moores Mill Road and Highway 72 East in a large clump of trees on a small rise. This is the old home place and family graveyard of . . . — — Map (db m43878) HM
On Westside Square, on the right when traveling south.
This plaque was placed here by
Citizens of Huntsville and
Madison County, Alabama,
In Honor Of
Major General H.N. Toftoy, USA.
Who was Commanding General
of Redstone Arsenal
from September 1, 1954, to March 31, 1958.
It was unveiled . . . — — Map (db m27906) HM
On Shaker Street Southwest 0.1 miles north of Zierdt Road, on the left when traveling north.
Established in 1889, this cemetery is the
final resting place of several generations
of the Arnett family, a prominent African
American family in the Springhill area of
Madison County. Among those buried here
are Samuel Arnett and Louisa Ward . . . — — Map (db m299724) HM
On Adams Street Southeast south of Locust Ave SE, on the right when traveling north.
A pioneer in the campaign for women's rights and equal opportunity,
Alice Boarman Baldridge was born in New Orleans in 1874. While enrolled
at Sophie Newcomb College she met Felix E. Baldridge, a medical student
at nearby Tulane. The couple . . . — — Map (db m280411) HM
On Church Street Northeast at Railroad Street NW, on the right when traveling south on Church Street Northeast.
On this site once stood a successful boardinghouse owned by three
generations of African American businesswomen. Born enslaved in Triana
Madison County, in 1826, Winnie Parker acquired this property at the
corner of Church and Railroad Street . . . — — Map (db m278888) HM
On North Union Street north of West Peace Street (State Route 22), on the right when traveling north.
Annie Bell Robinson Devine (1911-2000) was born
in Mobile, Alabama, but lived most of her life in
Canton. She attended Tougaloo College, married,
had four children, and worked as an elementary
school teacher and life insurance agent. A . . . — — Map (db m314861) HM
On Adams Lane near State Route 467, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing.
As the Civil War moved into the Deep South, many people
fled the shifting war front. Two coinciding events encouraged
Henry Coker to become a refugee: the death of his wife and the
approach of the Union navy, steaming up the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m109563) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
