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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lowndes County, Alabama
Adjacent to Lowndes County, Alabama
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| On West Tuskeena Street (Alabama Route 21) at South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 97), on the left when traveling west on West Tuskeena Street. |
| | Founded in 1820 by settlers from the Edgefield, Abbeville, and Colleton Districts of South Carolina on property purchased from the U.S. Land Office at Cahaba. Officially named Hayneville in 1831 to honor South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne. . . . — — Map (db m68004) HM |
| On South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 97) at East Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling north on South Commerce Street. |
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Johnathan Daniels was murdered near
this spot, then Cash's Store, on
August 20, 1965.
He gave his life in the fight for
integration of the churches
and universal voter registration.
At the time, he
was a divinity student at
The . . . — — Map (db m147604) HM |
| On West Tuskeena Street (Alabama Route 21) at South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 97), on the left when traveling west on West Tuskeena Street. |
| |
(front)
1861-1865
The Soldier Dead
of Lowndes
(left side)
No men died there
with more glory.
Yet many died,
And there was much glory.
(right side)
To
Devotion and Valor. . . . — — Map (db m68342) WM |
| On West Tuskeena Street (Alabama Route 21) at South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 97), on the left when traveling west on West Tuskeena Street. |
| | In the 1820s, Hayneville was known as "Big Swamp." In 1830, after being chosen as the county seat of Lowndes County, it was named Hayneville for Robert Y. Hayne, governor of South Carolina and a U.S. senator. The incorporation of Hayneville as a . . . — — Map (db m85459) HM |
| On South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 97) south of Oak Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On August 20, 1965, Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a 26-year-old
Episcopal seminarian from Keene, New Hampshire, was shot dead
at point blank range here. He was a graduate of Virginia Military
Institute and was attending Episcopal Theological School, . . . — — Map (db m147601) HM |
| On Frederick Douglass Road at U.S. 80, on the left when traveling south on Frederick Douglass Road. |
| | Robert Gardner Farm
March 23, 1965 — — Map (db m61847) HM |
| On U.S. 80 at milepost 114 at Steel Haven Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 80. |
| | Lowndesboro, AL—Enraged whites, jealous over the business success of a Negro are believed to be the lynchers of Elmore Bolling. Bolling, 39, was found riddled with shot gun and pistol shots 150 yards from his general merchandise store. . . . — — Map (db m85460) HM |
| On North Broad Street 1 mile north of U.S. 80, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Settled before 1820 by planters from South Carolina and Virigina. First called McGill's Hill, it was incorporated, 1832, as Lowndesboro in honor of William Lowndes. There was a brief skirmish here between Forrest's troops and Wilson's raiders, April . . . — — Map (db m70933) HM |
| On North Broad Street 1.1 miles from U.S. 80, on the left when traveling north. |
| | (Side 1)
Lowndesboro, Alabama
Lowndesboro developed from a small community of early settlers to a thriving township in the 1830s. The settlers plantation interests were maintained in the lowlands along the Alabama River, while . . . — — Map (db m70934) HM |
| Near North Broad Street 1.5 miles north of U.S. 80, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In Honor of
Our Confederate Soldiers
1861 1865
Jno Alexander Wm. Alexander Wm. H. Alexander Ed Alexander Capt. M.F. Bonham Maj. Bright Capt. T.B. Brown Alberta Caffee Irvin Crocheron J.P. Caffee Jim Crocheron Jno. . . . — — Map (db m85472) WM |
| On U.S. 80 at milepost 111, 2.2 miles west of County Road 29, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In memory of our sister Viola Liuzzo who gave her life in the struggle for the right to vote... March 25, 1965 Presented by SCLC/WOMEN Evelyn G. Lowery, National Convener - 1991 - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Joseph E. . . . — — Map (db m85461) HM |
| On West Hickory Grove Road 1.3 miles east of Route 97, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Side 1
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m97983) HM |
| On Snow Hill Drive at Alabama Route 21, on the right when traveling west on Snow Hill Drive. |
| | Enslavement & Racial Terror
The enslavement of black people in the United States was a brutal,
dehumanizing system that lasted more than 200 years. Between 1819
and 1860, Alabama's enslaved population grew from 40,000 to 435,000.
According . . . — — Map (db m154554) HM |
| On U.S. 80 at County Road 7, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 80. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m81920) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | Threatened by the potential four-to-one advantage of the black vote, whites retaliated by ousting black families from white-owned lands. The African American families who lived here paid dearly to earn their right to vote. Crowded into canvas tents . . . — — Map (db m112400) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | Since the federal registrars came in August of 1965, thousands and thousands of Negroes have registered to vote. White plantation owners have retaliated by mass evictions. In December 1965, over forty families either left the county, moved in . . . — — Map (db m112405) HM |
| On U.S. 80 1.1 miles east of White Hall Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Rosie Steele Farm
March 22, 1965 — — Map (db m70954) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | Monday, March 22, 1965, on the second day of the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, protesters passed this site in late afternoon. At that time the four-lane highway in front of you was only two lanes, and for safety reasons the number of . . . — — Map (db m112375) HM |
| On Freedom Road (County Road 23) at U.S. 80, on the right when traveling north on Freedom Road. |
| | Six miles North, on December 23, 1813,
General F.L. Claiborne's army defeated
the Creeks and destroyed the Holy
Ground Indian Village. One American
was killed and 33 Creeks. William
"Red Eagle" Weatherford escaped by
leaping on horseback into . . . — — Map (db m60714) HM |
| Near Holy Ground Road 2.3 miles north of Jones Bluff Road (County Road 40). |
| | One of the significant battles of the Creek War of 1813-14 occurred near here on December 23, 1813. The 3rd Regiment, U.S. Infantry forces under the command of General F. L. Claiborne attacked a band of Creek Indians. Called "Holy Ground" by Creeks . . . — — Map (db m116890) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. So it was last week in Selma, Alabama. . . . — — Map (db m112403) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | While helicopters buzzed overhead, National Guard soldiers—ordered by President Lyndon Johnson to protect the marchers—lined U.S. Highway 80, alert to the potential of violence by angry whites. Marchers walked mile after tired mile, . . . — — Map (db m112384) HM |
| On U.S. 80 at Trickum Cutoff Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 80. |
| | The roots of this house of worship date to 1868 when 26 African American members of Mount Gilead Church left to form their own congregation. The present building was constructed in 1901, with several enlargements and renovations throughout the . . . — — Map (db m104068) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | For African Americans in the 1960s, being kicked off white-owned lands for trying to register to vote no isolated incident. Just as had happened here in Lowndes County, blacks in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Greene County, Alabama, were driven from . . . — — Map (db m112389) HM |
| Near U.S. 80 west of White Hall Road. |
| | In December 1965, a city of tents appeared on this site. The temporary shelters were homes for evicted black sharecropper families. These farmers worked and lived their lives on white-owned farms in Lowndes County. But when they dared to register to . . . — — Map (db m112371) HM |
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