Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clayton, Alabama

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clayton, Alabama

1 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Barbour County / Early Barbour County Commissioners —

Barbour County On this site in 1833 was erected the first Barbour County Court House, a round log building 20 feet square. The first county seat was located at Louisville which had previously served as the county seat of Pike. This old Pike . . . — — Map (db m81857) HM

2 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Comrades — To Our Confederate Dead —

In proud and loving memory of the Confederate private soldier. He bore the brunt of the great war. His privations and sufferings were surpassed only by his manhood and courage. He was of our home and blood, and we love his name and memory with . . . — — Map (db m185415) WM

3 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Davis-Wallace House —

Home site of Govs. George C. and Lurleen Wallace during the 1950's. The house was destroyed by fire in 1990. — — Map (db m211430) HM

4 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — George Corley Wallace, Lurleen Burns Wallace Governors of Alabama —

George and Lurleen Wallace spent much time at Memorial Hall with their involvement in community events and the education of their children. They served 17 years as Governor and were the only husband and wife to serve as Alabama’s Governor. Wallace . . . — — Map (db m62807) HM

5 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Grace Episcopal Church —

This church had its origins in a mission station established by the Rev. J. L. Gay in 1844. On May 10, 1872 the mission was formally accepted in the Diocese of Alabama as Grace Church. Construction of a church building began in 1875 on a lot owned . . . — — Map (db m60756) HM

6 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — History of Clayton, Alabama/Clayton’s Architectural Heritage —

County Seat of Barbour County Clayton, the county seat of Barbour County, is located geographically in the center of the county. The town was located at the headwaters of the Pea and Choctawhatchee rivers on the historic road from Hobdy’s . . . — — Map (db m60772) HM

7 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — In Loving Memory of the Clayton Soldiers of the World War — 1917 – 1918 —

Col. Bertram T. Clayton Jeff Quillin Luther Winburn Ralph Dorman George Johnston Vernon Kennedy Katie Dent (Nurse) — — Map (db m173470) WM

8 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Jere Locke Beasley — Acting Governor of Alabama June 5 – July 7, 1972 —

Jere Locke Beasley was born in Tyler, Texas on December 12, 1935. At a young age, Beasley and his family moved to Clayton, Alabama very near the Pratt’s Station Community in which his great-great-grandfather had settled in 1819. He served as the . . . — — Map (db m82871) HM

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9 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Miller – Martin Townhouse —

John H. Miller built this Gothic Revival townhouse in 1859. He and his wife moved from Orangeburg, South Carolina to Barbour County in the early 1830s, settling in an area which would become known as the Tabernacle community. He later purchased a . . . — — Map (db m60755) HM

10 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Octagon House —

This unusual house was built 1859 – 1861 by Benjamin Franklin Petty, a carriage and furniture merchant, who was a native of New York and a pioneer settler of Clayton. It was patterned after a design made popular by Orson S. Fowler’s book A . . . — — Map (db m39121) HM

11 ► Alabama, Barbour County, Clayton — Union Baptist Church Cemetery —

Church founded in 1835 and rebuilt in 1947. Union Baptist Church is the second oldest Baptist church in Barbour County. In memory of Reverend John L. Dowling. Loving husband and father. — — Map (db m60800) HM

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