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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161F_historic-harpersville_Harpersville-AL.html
Harpersville is one of Shelby County's oldest communities. Its existence precedes that of Shelby County and the State of Alabama. Big Springs, as Harpersville was originally called, was settled around 1815 by the Harper and Kidd families. Prime fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15V1_town-of-vincent_Vincent-AL.html
The Town of Vincent is located on land that was granted to the Kidd family by the Governor of Alabama in the 1800's. In 1859, the land was willed to three Kidd daughters, one daughter's name was Anna Bella Vincent after whom the town was named. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15V0_history-of-wilsonville-alabama_Wilsonville-AL.html
Wilsonville, nestled near Lay Lake in Shelby County, was named for Adam Wilson. The town was incorporated in 1897. Wilsonville was of great importance in the late 1800s because of the Southern Railway and it was also a major stop on the old stage …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15UZ_confederate-forts_Wilsonville-AL.html
Near this site are the remains of three forts built in 1863 by Confederate troops under the command of Major W.T. Walthall, commander of the military post at Talladega. The forts, built for protection of the Alabama-Tennessee River Railroad trestl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KC_the-founding-of-alabaster-siluria_Alabaster-AL.html
(Front):Alabaster was named for its quality of lime rock and the lime industry. In 1925, Joseph E. Walker opened the first retail business. The Alabaster lime rock plant was established in 1929 by George L. Scott Sr. The railroad shipping point be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IO_mount-tabor-united-methodist-church-cemetery_Westover-AL.html
This cemetery was established August 20, 1857, by George C. and Purnelea Crawford. In an earnest desire to promote God's Kingdom on Earth, they conveyed this site to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and their successors.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IN_harpersville-garden-of-memories_Harpersville-AL.html
The oldest known grave is that of Oprah Moore (1772-1823), consort to Rev. (Doctor) Lemuel Moore. This is the final resting place of American Revolutionary War Patriot William Jennings (1761-1840) and the professed burial site of the Last Creek In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14E4_old-sterrett-cemetery_Sterrett-AL.html
This cemetery was established around 1841. The oldest marked grave is for Polly Webster (1822-May 3, 1841), daughter of Beulah Land founder Henley Webster, born February 5, 1805 in Anderson County, SC and died February 20, 1884. This hallowed grou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZLE_sidney-word-lee_Vandiver-AL.html
Founder of Buffalo Rock Company (1901) in Birmingham and creator of Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale, a medicinal tonic first used in the Civil War. Lee's vision and influential support inspired the construction of this road across Double Oak Mountain conn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPRD_city-of-chelsea_Chelsea-AL.html
Side A Creek Indians once owned and hunted the land where the City of Chelsea now stands. In 1813, Andrew Jackson and his army won millions of acres of Creek land from the Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, including the area where Chelsea i…