Clarke County established 1812. Named for General John Clarke of Georgia. County Seat moved here 1832 from Clarksville to Grove Hill, then known as Macon. — — Map (db m47655) HM
Lemuel Alston, William Armistead, Thomas Bradford, John Bradley, William Cochran, John Cox, John Creighton, Benjamin Darby, John Dean, Sr., Matthew Gayle, John Giles, William Goode, John Harvey, Aaron Lewis, Axom Lewis, Thomas Moody, Elijah Pugh, . . . — — Map (db m47748) HM
This is a replica of the original tablet from the 1924 World War I monument located in front of the Clarke County Courthouse. The monument was the first memorial ever erected to honor county war dead. It cost $1,650 and was paid for with . . . — — Map (db m57385) HM
Built by Judge John Gates Creagh, attorney, commissioner, county treasurer, judge of county orphans court and state legislator. It was originally located on lot 15 Court Street, facing the county court house, and was moved in the mid 1930's to . . . — — Map (db m47652) HM
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Near this spot are the graves of American Revolution soldier Elijah Pugh and his son Issac, a War of 1812 veteran. Elijah, born in Guilford Co., N.C. in 1760, was 18 when he joined a patriot band led by Col. Elijah Clarke at the . . . — — Map (db m154482) HM
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Grove Hill, first inhabited by Choctaw Indians, was settled by pioneers in the early 1800s. The settlement was called Magoffin's Store after James Magoffin whose shop, two miles from the present courthouse, opened in 1815. Grove . . . — — Map (db m47653) HM
This cabin was built in the 1830s by Josiah Mathews.
It is an example of a two-room log cabin. This type of cabin was commonly built by early 1800s settlers who came from the Carolinas and Georgia on the Federal Road to Clarke County. The cabin . . . — — Map (db m234676) HM
Famous school 1880-1910
Allen McLeod, principal
Students included Chapmans, Stewarts, Gordons, Pughs, Wilsons, McLeods, Calhouns, Mathews, Waites, and others. Many boarded in the community. — — Map (db m203685) HM
Far beneath parts of Clarke, Washington, and Mobile
counties sit vast deposits of salt. In some places, natural
springs bring salty water known as brine from this
enormous underground salt dome up to the surface.
For as long as this geological . . . — — Map (db m234677) HM
The Alston-Cobb House (c. 1854) is an example of plantation plain-style architecture, also called an "I" house because of its narrow profile. It is characterized by a simple gable roof. Typically, as in the Alston-Cobb House, there were masonry . . . — — Map (db m234674) HM
This corncrib was dismantled and moved here from West Bend in 2002. It is believed that logs from Fort Turner, a fortification built during the Creek War of 1813, were used to construct the corncrib. — — Map (db m234675) HM
