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Chilton County, Alabama

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  • Harry "Bunny," "Mooch" Wilson Barnes, Sr. (1915 - 1993)
    Harry W."Bunny","Mooch" Barnes was a baseball player. He played the following positions: C-P-RHP-2B. He played for Asheville Blues, Atlanta Black Crackers, Birmingham Black Barons, Chattanooga-Choo-Cho...
  • Pvt. (CSA), George Washington Guy (1836 - 1918)
    Civil War Veteran.Pvt. George Washington Guy Enlisted in Co. K, 1st Regiment, NC Cavalry, CSA. on 3/5/1862. Captured on 5/12/1864 and released at Elmira, NY on June 7, 1865.Son of Willis Guy & Caroline...
  • Mary Anjaline Teel (1857 - 1910)
  • Thomas Jefferson Teel (1846 - 1937)
  • James Honeycutt (1801 - 1865)
    James Honeycutt was killed by a band of marauders on February 06, 1865. This was during the Civil War and such murders were common in this part of the south. The perpetrators were usually northern ...

Baker County was established on December 30, 1868, named for Alfred Baker, with its county seat at Grantville. Residents of the county petitioned the Alabama legislature for the renaming of their county; it was not something forced upon them. On December 17, 1874, the petitioners accepted the suggestion of Chilton County, even though Rep. William Parish Chilton had not lived within its boundaries. In 1871, the county seat was moved to what is now Clanton after the Grantville courthouse burned.

In 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned a new vessel, the USS Chilton, in honor of Chilton County.

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