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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clay County, Alabama
Adjacent to Clay County, Alabama
▶ Cleburne County (2) ▶ Coosa County (3) ▶ Randolph County (8) ▶ Talladega County (27) ▶ Tallapoosa County (48)
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| On Court Square at 1st Street North, on the right when traveling west on Court Square. |
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Clay County was formed by an act of the Alabama General Assembly on December 7, 1866. Less than a year later, Ashland was established as the county seat on land donated by Hollingsworth Watts for the construction of a . . . — — Map (db m95087) HM |
| Near Court Square (Road 31) at 2nd Avenue North, on the right when traveling south. |
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Clay County
Established Dec. 7, 1866
Boundaries of eastern Talladega County and western Randolph County were redrawn in 1866 to create the 58th county of Alabama. The name honors U. S. Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. Historical place . . . — — Map (db m95095) HM |
| On Court Square (Alabama Route 9) at 1st Avenue North, on the right when traveling west on Court Square. |
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Clay County and the
Creek Indian War of 1813-14
During the Creek Indian War of 1813-14, a subset of the War of 1812 with England, numerous figures prominent in American history marched over what would become Clay . . . — — Map (db m95100) HM |
| On 1st Avenue (Alabama Route 9) at 2nd Street (Alabama Route 77), on the right when traveling west on 1st Avenue. |
| | Dedicated to the veterans of Clay County who so unselfishly served and to those who died in defense of their country Let it be said “We will never forget” Left Panel List of World War I, World War II and Korean War veterans . . . — — Map (db m14302) WM |
| On 1st Avenue (Alabama Route 9) 0.1 miles north of 5th Street East, on the right when traveling north. |
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Union Baptist Church. later named the First Baptist Church of Ashland, was founded with 23 charter members in 1865, six years before the town was incorporated. Members met in a log cabin in the southwestern part of Ashland. From . . . — — Map (db m95101) HM |
| On Shady Grove Road (Alabama Route 9) at Alabama Route 63, on the right when traveling north on Shady Grove Road. |
| | Hostile Creeks attacked Andrew Jackson, withdrawing to Ft. Strother, Jan. 24, 1814. His troops broke through lines, kept on to Ft. Strother. But Creeks boasted that they defeated 'Capt. Jack', drove him to the Coosa. — — Map (db m95076) HM |
| On Alabama Route 9 at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on State Route 9. |
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Teacher Lawyer Statesman
He spent his life largely in
promoting the welfare of others
1865 1939 — — Map (db m95079) HM |
| On Mellow Valley Street (Alabama Route 49) at Main Street (Alabama Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Mellow Valley Street. |
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This historic site marks the first
settlement known as "Lundie's
Crossroads" settled in 1838. The name
changed to "County Line" in 1856. Clay
County was formed on this line from
Randolph and Talladega Counties in
1866. The . . . — — Map (db m95103) HM |
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