On Vienna Road 0.2 miles west of Alabama Route 14, on the right when traveling west.
Established in the 1830s, this cemetery is
the final resting place of generations of
persons with roots in the former town of
Vienna. Among those buried here are
Revolutionary soldier James McCrory.
bodyguard of Gen. George Washington . . . — — Map (db m302739) HM
On Washington Street (State Highway 203) at Cambridge Street on Washington Street.
Colonial Block House
A "block house," a log building on a stone foundation, stood SE on Parker Creek from ca. 1767 into the 1850's. It was built by Andrew Pickens (1759-1817), later a militia general in the American Revolution, a state . . . — — Map (db m77340) HM
Near Benevola Road (County Road 63) 3.4 miles east of Cotton Bridge Road (County Road 156), on the left when traveling east.
On April 6, 1865, near this site.
Confederate forces from Carrollton and Bridgeville
attacked a unit of
Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton's Union forces
under Capt. William A. Sutherland.
Union forces were compelled to abandon 37 . . . — — Map (db m304327) HM
On Broad Street (Alabama Route 14) south of Main Street ( Route 86), on the right when traveling south.
In 1817, two years before Alabama became a state, a white man named Josiah Tilley came in the Tombigbee area which was inhabited by Indians. In 1820, the Town of Pickensville was established and named for Civil War General Andrew Pickens of South . . . — — Map (db m178599) HM
On U.S. 72 west of Howell Heflin Ln, on the right when traveling east.
Musicians have long crossed the Alabama -Mississippi border to perform and record. Mississippians such as Albert King, Little Milton, and Pops Staples recorded at studios in Muscle Shoals and Sheffield, including those owned by Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m280031) HM
On Tuscaloosa Street (Alabama Route 86) at AT&N Railroad Street, on the left when traveling west on Tuscaloosa Street.
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company in 1897 announced plans to build a line from Artesia, Mississippi through Pickens County to Tuscaloosa and on the Montgomery. Leading citizens in Carrollton sought to persuade the company to bring the line through . . . — — Map (db m178594) HM
On Jim Locke Road at Copper Road, on the left when traveling east on Jim Locke Road.
This school was erected in c. 1925 and sits on 3 acres donated by two community citizens, Nunnie and Jennie Stinson, parents of Yeuma Stinson-Gillis.
Some educators were: A.B. Bonner, Nora Spencer, Dotha Will Moss, Annie Sherrod, Zora . . . — — Map (db m178783) HM
On Mill Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Mill Street.
Cordova, Alabama, located in Walker County on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River, was founded in 1859 by Captain Benjamin McFarland Long. He named the town after one in Mexico where he served under Robert E. Lee during the Mexican War . . . — — Map (db m43145) HM
On Calhoun Falls Highway (State Highway 72), on the right when traveling west.
Half mile southeast is Millwood, home of James Edward Calhoun, 1796-1898, son of John Ewing and Floride Bonneau Calhoun and brother-in-law of John C. Calhoun. After serving as lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, he developed Millwood, which ultimately . . . — — Map (db m9439) HM
On Memorial Parkway (Alabama Route 14) at Broad Street, on the right when traveling east on Memorial Parkway.
The Carrollton Short Line Railroad, authorized by the legislature in 1897, connected the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Reform with the Pickens County seat. John Taylor Cochrane of Tuscaloosa, working with Carrollton citizens, completed that line in . . . — — Map (db m92644) HM
On State Highway 175 at Richardson Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 175.
Born in South Carolina, William Richadson moved to Pickens County, Alabama in 1830. There he married Mary "Polly" Kilpatrick (1813-1889) on Feb. 13, 1834. Children born to them were John K., James J., Sara F., Margaret C., Martha E., William A., . . . — — Map (db m37035) HM
On University Drive near Hartness Street, on the right when traveling west.
George Washington "Wash" Chiles was born in Pickens County Alabama July 1, 1840, and came to Starkville at the age of 8 years and lived in Starkville until his death April 29, 1929. Chiles and his family were slaves under the family of W. H. . . . — — Map (db m316016) HM
On Old Cherry Road (State Highway 149) near Camp Road (State Highway 4-56), on the left when traveling west.
Hopewell
Hopewell was the family home of General Andrew Pickens, Revolutionary War hero and Indian Commissioner, and his wife, Rebecca Calhoun Pickens. Their son, Andrew Pickens, S.C. Governor, 1816-1818, later owned Hopewell, and it was the . . . — — Map (db m9586) HM
Hopewell Plantation was home to Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens and his wife, Rebecca Calhoun Pickens. On July 16, 1785, Pickens acquired a grant of 573 acres on the Seneca River. By August 1, 1785, Pickens received an additional 560 acres . . . — — Map (db m54892) 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.
