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Elmore County was established on February 15, 1866, from portions of Autauga, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Montgomery counties. The French established Fort Toulouse at the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa in 1717. Gen. Andrew Jackson then erected Fort Jackson in 1814 at the site of Fort Toulouse following the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. On July 2, 1901, a local mob lynched Robert (or perhaps R...
The pace of white settlement in the Southeast increased greatly after the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Fort Jackson and the subsequent availability of land previously settled by Native Americans. A small assortment of log cabins soon arose near the large Creek village at the fall line of the river, which the new settlers named in honor of the sixteenth-century Chief Tuskaloosa. of a Muskogean-...
Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and Madison County Counties. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River. The only such port in Alabama, it has long been integral to the economy for providi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Tallapoosa County The name Tallapoosa is of Creek origin; many Creek villages were located along the banks of the lower river before Indian Removal in the 19th century. Tallapoosa County was established by European Americans on December 18, 1832. Adjacent Counties Clay County Randolph County Chamb...
Prior to contact with people of European descent, what is now Chambers County was inhabited by the Creek nation. Chambers County was established on December 18, 1832. Pat Garrett, the lawman famed for killing outlaw Billy the Kid, was born near the town of Cusseta in 1850. Joe Louis "The Brown Bomber", renowned heavyweight boxing champion, was born near LaFayette, on Buckalew Mountain, May 1...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lee County, Alabama. Official Website Lee County was established by the State Legislature on December 5, 1866 and was named for General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865. Adjacent Counties Harris County, Georgia Chambers County Muscogee County, Georgia ...
Old Rosemere Cemetery: On July 23, 1869, the City of Opelika purchased ten acres of land for a cemetery from Dr. A.B. Bennett for $100 an acre. On November 23, 1869, he accepted his choice of a lot in exchange for the debt. The earliest marked grave is dated September 25, 1854, for Nelson Clayton, the four year old son of H.D. & V.V. Clayton. This grave was moved from the Clayton plantation. 34...
This cemetery is off of Highway 280/431, Salem, Lee County, Alabama. Find a Grave USGW Archives
This cemetery is located on 4009 Lee Road 391, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. Find a Grave
Also known as Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery , Hopewell Cemetery is located in rural Lee County, about halfway between Phenix City and Auburn/Opelika and about 8 miles from the town of Salem. It is at the the intersection of Lee Co. Road 135 and Lee Co. Road 136. The mailing address is: 1993 Lee Rd 136 Opelika, AL 36804.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Talladega County, Alabama. Official Website Talladega County was established on December 18, 1832, from land ceded by the Creek Indians near the state's geographic center. The name Talladega is derived from a Muscogee (Creek) Native American word Tvlvteke, from the Creek tålwa, meaning "town", and åtigi, or "border" -- "Border Tow...
Benton County was established on December 18, 1832, named for Thomas Hart Benton, a member of the United States Senate from Missouri. Its county seat was Jacksonville. Benton, a slave owner, was a political ally of Vice President John C. Calhoun , U.S. senator from South Carolina and also a slaveholder and planter. Through the 1820s-1840s, however, Benton's and Calhoun's political interests div...
Dallas County was created by the Alabama territorial legislature on February 9, 1818, from Montgomery County. This was a portion of the Creek cession of lands to the US government of August 9, 1814. The Creek were known as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast. The county was named for Alexander James Dallas , US Secretary of the Treasury.. The county is traversed by the Alabama Ri...
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Selma, Alabama. Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About 80% of the population is black. Selma was a trading center and market town during the an...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morgan County, Alabama.= Official Website =The county was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the Treaty of Turkeytown, and was originally called Cotaco County. On June 14, 1821 it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of ...
Wikipedia Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 20,000 undergraduate students, and a total of over 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the M...
Wikipedia Troy University is a comprehensive public university that is located in Troy, Alabama, United States. It was founded on February 26, 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System by an Act of the Alabama Legislature. It is the flagship university of the Troy University System with its main campus enrollment of 6,998 students and the total enrollment of al...
This cemetery is on Easley Drive, Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama. Find a Grave Billion Graves
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Alabama.Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Alabama.= Official Website =In historic times, the county was primarily the territory of the Creek peoples, who became known to European-American settlers as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast.The county seat, Monroeville, is...
For people who worked at Winn Dixie Grocery StoresWinn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Jacksonville, Florida.[2] Winn-Dixie has ranked number 24 in the 2010 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on FY2009 estimated sales of $7.3 billion by Supermarket News.[3] and was ranked the 45th largest retailer in the United States based on 2012 revenues by Stores magaz...
This project is for those who are interred in Montgomery Memorial Cemetery located on 3001 Simmons Drive, Montgomery, Alabama.The cemetery has also been known as Memorial Heights Cemetery . Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Alabama. Official Website Jackson County was established on December 13, 1819, after the federal government arranged a treaty to remove the Cherokee from the area and extinguish their land claims. It was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of Ameri...
The area included in today's Cherokee County, for centuries, had belonged to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Native Americans. Cherokees began moving into the area a generation before the forced Indian Removal. To this day, there are few Native Americans in Cherokee County. On January 9, 1836, the Alabama legislature created Cherokee County with its present boundaries. Two years later, the Unit...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Montgomery County, Alabama.= Official Website = History Wikipedia Montgomery County was established by dividing Monroe County on December 6, 1816, by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature. It is named for Lemuel P. Montgomery, a young U.S. Army officer killed at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the final battle of the Creek Indian war,...
Bullock County was established by act of the state legislature dated December 5, 1866, with areas partitioned from Macon, Pike, Montgomery, and Barbour counties. The boundaries were changed in February 1867. It was named for Sen. Edward C. Bullock . Prior to the arrival of white settlers, the future Bullock County was inhabited by Creek Indians. The Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ceded much of ...