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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C2_mose-hampton-1808-1885_Centre-AL.html
Mose Hampton bought his freedom prior to the Civil War. He was a builder, assisted in laying out and surveying the town of Centre, a minister in the Episcopal Methodist North, and an inventor. Mr. Hampton owned land in the vicinity of this marker …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C1_j-d-jordan-jr-house_Centre-AL.html
This house was built in 1846 by George Walden soon after the town of Centre was laid out. The house was occupied by Judge Wm. Lafayette Whitlock who was a lawyer, delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention and judge of the 12th judicial district. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E0_john-johnathan-pratt_Centre-AL.html
Inventor of the early typewriter—the pterotye. Born in 1831, Union Dist., S.C., died in 1905, grave 2 miles west. While registered in chancery and later editor of the National Democrat near this siteabout 1860, developed his first writing ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261M_turkey-town-council-site_Centre-AL.html
One mile south was an important Indian Council site from about 1707. Named for noted chief, the "Turkey". Here in October 1816, a council of Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws met to settle boundaries and ratify a peace treaty. General Andrew Jacks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Y2_cherokee-county-courthouse_Centre-AL.html
The current courthouse is the fourth to be built on this site. The first courthouse, constructed of brick in 1849, burned in 1882. A second brick courthouse was built that year and it only lasted 13 years before it burned in 1895. The third brick …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25XZ_cherokee-countys-beginnings_Centre-AL.html
This area had long been home to the Cherokee Indians and the first white settlers did not arrive until the early 1800's. On December 29, 1835, the Cherokees signed a controversial treaty surrendering their lands here to the U.S. Government. A shor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25V8_cherokee-county-historical-museum_Centre-AL.html
In November 1958, Col. Robert E. Mann and a small group of interested residents organized the Cherokee County Historical Society in Cedar Bluff with a goal to initiate the preservation of the history of Cherokee County. Over the following years, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25V7_jordan-big-store_Centre-AL.html
Jordan Big Store
has been placed on the
Alabama Register of
Landmarks & Heritage
by the Alabama
Historical Commission
August 10, 2017
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25MA_pathkiller-childers-garrett-ferry_Centre-AL.html
Cherokee Chief Pathkiller owned a ferry across the Coosa River at this location in the early 1820's. His home was a short distance on the east side of the river. Upon Pathkiller's death in 1827, John Ride, a prominent Cherokee gained a majority ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25M9_garrett-cemetery_Centre-AL.html
Final resting place of Chief Pathkiller (B. 1749 - D. 1827) who served as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Many prominent early settlers are also interred here including newspaper editor and publisher, Confederate infantry captain and color…