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 boundari...
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The Battle of Ebenezer Church was a battle that was fought in Stanton, Alabama near Plantersville, Alabama between Union Cavalry under Brigadier General and Brevet Major General of volunteers James H. Wilson and Confederate States Cavalry under Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on April 1, 1865 during Wilson's Raid into Alabama in the final full month of the American Civil War . Forrest had at ...