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Blount County, Alabama

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  • Caldonia Hawkins, ♊ (1878 - 1970)
  • Elias Jones (1818 - 1895)
  • John Lafayette Moses (1836 - 1886)
    Moses, John L.- 3rd Corporal March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant May 3, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, show...
  • Bessie Clair Grimes (1889 - 1969)
    She was the daughter of Hubbard Barker Gravlee and Mary Etta Linda Phillips. She married Charles Stephen Grimes on 14 December 1904 in Walker County, Alabama.
  • Bennie Leah Loden (1920 - 2010)
    Bennie Leah McCay Loden, age 89, of Oneonta, passed away May 31, 2010. She was born in Blount County to James Jacob Reuben McCay and Lula Bell Bowerman McCay. She was a LPN and a member of Shiloh Unite...

Blount County was created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature on February 6, 1818, formed from land ceded to the federal government by the Creek Nation on August 9, 1814. This county was named for Gov. Willie Blount of Tennessee, who provided assistance to settlers in Alabama during the Creek War. This county lies in the northeastern quadrant of the state, which is sometimes known as the mineral region of Alabama. Blount County is bordered by Cullman, Marshall, Etowah, Jefferson, Walker, and St. Clair Counties. This county is drained by the Locust and Mulberry Forks of the Black Warrior River. Blount County covers 650 square miles (1,700 km2). The Warrior coal field is located in Blount County.

Caleb Fryley and John Jones established Bear Meat Cabin in 1816. Its post office was opened in 1821, and the settlement was incorporated as Blountsville on December 13, 1827. In 1889, an election resulted in the county seat being transferred to Oneonta, Alabama.

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