Barbour County / Early Barbour County Commissioners

Barbour County / Early Barbour County Commissioners (HMQ6L)

Location: Clayton, AL 36016 Barbour County
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N 31° 52.699', W 85° 26.992'

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Barbour County
On this site in 1833 was erected the first Barbour County Court House, a round log building 20 feet square. The first county seat was located at Louisville which had previously served as the count seat of Pike. This old Pike County Court House was temporarily used until the site was changed to Clayton. The first Circuit Court was held in Clayton on September 23, 1833. Barbour County was created by an act of the Legislature meeting in the state capitol of Tuscaloosa on December 18, 1832. It was one of the political subdivisions carved out of the land ceded by the Creek Indians under the treaty of March 1832.

Early Barbour County Commissioners
Eleven commissioners were appointed to select a centrally located site for a permanent seat-of-justice, to be named Clayton, in honor of Augustin S. Clayton, a distinguished jurist of Georgia who represented his state in Congress from 1831-1835. The commissioners appointed by the Alabama Legislature were Jacob Utery, Daniel McKenzie, William Cadenhead, James a Head, William Norton, William Bush, Green Beauchamp, Samuel G. B. Adams, Noah B. Cole, Robert Richards and T.W. Pugh.

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HM NumberHMQ6L
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Year Placed1978
Placed ByHistoric Chattahoochee Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 8:12pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16R E 646619 N 3527995
Decimal Degrees31.87831667, -85.44986667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 52.699', W 85° 26.992'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 52' 41.94" N, 85° 26' 59.52" W
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Area Code(s)334
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 30 Nern St, Clayton AL 36016, US
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