201 ► Alabama, Madison County, Normal — Councill Training School — (1919 - 1970) —

In 1919, the first building was erected nearby with funds provided locally and supplemented with a Julius Rosenwald Foundation grant. Named for William H. Councill, Alabama A&M University founder, the three-room structure was built for black . . . — — Map (db m39761) HM

202 ► Alabama, Madison County, Normal — William Hooper Councill — Founder — Alabama A&M University —

"...A tower of knowledge, of strength, of power ...Let us build..." Dr. William Hooper Councill served as President of Alabama A&M University and was the catalyst for its early development from its founding in 1875 until his death in 1909. . . . — — Map (db m39763) HM

203 ► Alabama, Madison County, Owens Cross Roads — John C. Grayson Family Cemetery — Madison County —

John C. Grayson, a Virginia-trained surveyor, came to the Big Cove area before it opened for U.S. settlement. In 1807, he assisted U.S. Surveyor Col. Thomas Freeman with a survey to avoid a dispute among the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations and the . . . — — Map (db m191681) HM

204 ► Alabama, Madison County, Plevna — Old Limestone Road Skirmish —

2 miles N.W. on old Limestone Road during a skirmish August 5, 1862 Federal General Robert L. McCook was killed by men of Capt. Frank Gurley's Confederate unit. In retaliation, the Federal forces burned and pillaged the area. — — Map (db m31644) HM

205 ► Alabama, Madison County, Riverton — Site of Bell Factory — Mile and one-half southeast on Flint River — -> —

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206 ► Alabama, Madison County, Ryland — Central High School/Central Junior High School — 1917-1931/1931-1981 —

Central High School 1917-1931 In 1916, the Superintendent of Madison County Schools met with the citizens of Ryland, Maysville, and Brownsboro to discuss plans to replace the three one-room schools serving each community. Five acres of . . . — — Map (db m113466) HM

207 ► Alabama, Madison County, Ryland — Flint River Primitive Baptist Church —

Front Alabama's oldest Baptist church was constituted by Elder John Nicholson on October 2, 1808 in the home of James Deaton in Killingsworth Cove. It was named "The Flint River Baptist Church of Christ." The original building was built . . . — — Map (db m39765) HM

208 ► Alabama, Madison County, Ryland — Flint River Primitive Baptist Church —

Commemorating the first organized church in Alabama. Established Oct. 2, 1808, upon the Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, as attested by her Articles of Faith. The first building was erected 1 mi. N.E. Articles of Faith We believe: 1. In only . . . — — Map (db m85842) HM

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209 ► Alabama, Madison County, Ryland — Shiloh United Methodist Church — Organized 1808 —

In October, 1808, the Western Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent James Gwinn, a circuit rider, to the "great bend" of the Tennessee River to formalize existing Methodist Societies. He organized the Flint Circuit to serve frontier . . . — — Map (db m39767) HM

210 ► Alabama, Madison County, Toney — Toney Rosenwald School —

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 (-½ mile west of this site, at the . . . — — Map (db m201346) HM

211 ► Alabama, Madison County, Triana — Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church —

The Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1878 beneath a weeping willow tree in Triana, Alabama under the leadership of Elder Eli Patton. On June 20, 1905 the present site was purchased in the New Haven community and a new sanctuary . . . — — Map (db m40164) HM

212 ► Alabama, Madison County, Triana — Triana, Alabama —

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

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