On Bessie Munden Road 0.2 miles west of Alabama Route 221, on the right when traveling west.
This 22-acre park is named for its founder, Bessie W. Munden, a noted African American educator and civic leader in Wilcox County. Dedicated on October 25, 1959, Bessie W. Munden Recreational Park is significant as one of Alabama's oldest . . . — — Map (db m203708) HM
On Broad Street (Alabama Route 28) at Fail Street, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.
(obverse)
Founded on land donated to the Wilcox County Commission for a new county seat by Thomas Dunn and wife Martha Hobbs, Sept. 14, 1832. County seat moved from Canton in 1833. First called Wilcox Courthouse and later named . . . — — Map (db m68164) HM
On Claiborne Street (Alabama Route 28/41) 0.2 miles west of Firehouse Road, on the right when traveling west.
[side 1 • faces east] In 1886, William Henderson, a Scottish immigrant, former Union Army Officer, and United Presbyterian moved from New York to Wilcox County. He saw the plight of freed slaves and urged his children to begin schools in the . . . — — Map (db m228693) HM
On Broad Street (Alabama Route 28) at Fail Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street.
This building was constructed c. 1849 as a Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The Camden Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation was organized in September 1890 in the parlor of the William Joel Bonner home. There were twelve charter . . . — — Map (db m68161) HM
Near Broad Street (Alabama Route 28) at Fail Street, on the right when traveling north.
(front)
In memory
of the
Confederate Dead
of
Wilcox County
1861. - 1865.
"The manner of their death was
the crowning glory of their lives."
Jefferson Davis.
(left side)
They gave their lives for us;
for . . . — — Map (db m68173) WM
On Broad Street (Alabama Route 28) at Union Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street.
Organized April 3, 1845 by a Commission of Southern Alabama Presbytery to serve the community of Camden in Wilcox County. Originally known as the Old School Presbyterian Church, its first congregation numbered twenty-three. First Ruling Elders . . . — — Map (db m68160) HM
On Broad Street (Alabama Route 28) at Fail Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street.
Joseph Morgan Wilcox was born on March 15, 1790 in Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was the son of Revolutionary War officer, Joseph Wilcox and Phoebe Morgan. On June 15, 1808, Cadet Wilcox entered the U.S. Military Academy where he . . . — — Map (db m68159) HM
On Broad Street at Claiborne Street ( Route 41), on the left when traveling north on Broad Street.
A Monument Committee, consisting of Susan Baggett, Chairman; Gladys Mason, Clara Blackmon, Jane Shelton Dale, Tommy McNeece, Bill Albritton and Mayor Henrietta Blackmon, was established on February 12, 2004. Their plan was to build a monument to . . . — — Map (db m68158) HM WM
On North Broad Street (Alabama Route 28) at Fail Street, on the left when traveling north on North Broad Street.
Incorporated 1850 by James A. Tait, L. W. Mason, Joseph George and Associates
Original Trustees: Col. J. C. Jones, Joseph George, Maj. M. M. Bonham, D. W. Sterrett, Col. C. C. Sellers, Dr. M. Reid, J. W. Bridges, Dr. Robert Irvin, and Maj. F. . . . — — Map (db m68156) HM
