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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCN_mitchell-ferrell-powell-house_Seale-AL.html
Built in Glennville, Alabama by slave artisans in the early 1840's for James Billingslea and Rebecca Stone Mitchell. Moved by ox-cart and reassembled by free citizens at the present site in 1867 or 1869. Purchased in 1895 by Hugh Bennett and Jessi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCM_john-bacon-mcdonald_Seale-AL.html
(obverse)Near here is the site of the plantation of John Bacon McDonald who was born February 8, 1859. He entered the United States Military Academy on June 14, 1876, after finishing the tutelage of Colonel John M. Brannon of Seale and Captain Jer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCK_holland-mctyeire-smith_Seale-AL.html
(obverse)South of this site was the homeplace of Holland McTyeire Smith, born April 20, 1882. He completed the preparatory school at Seale, College at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the University of Alabama Law School. He was commissioned Lieu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4Y_albert-love-patterson_Phenix-City-AL.html
(side 1)Born at New Site, Alabama, he grew up working on his parents' farm. In 1916 he worked in the oil fields in Texas and joined the Texas National Guard. He married Agnes Benson of Alabama in 1917. In 1918 he was commissioned an officer in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4D_pow-mia-monument_Phenix-City-AL.html
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Fort Benning Sergeants Major Association
19 September 2009
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B43_allen-temple-a-m-e-church-grant-chapel-a-m-e-church_Phenix-City-AL.html
(obverse)Allen Temple A.M.E. Church
In 1879, under the pastorate of Reverend George Wesley Allen, the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church had its humble beginning in Phenix City, Alabama as Grant Mission. The Russell County Housing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3T_union-night-attack-down-summerville-road_Phenix-City-AL.html
Confederate Captain Nat Clanton's battery sat astride Summerville Road on April 16, 1865 when Union forces launched a three-fisted night attack from northwest of this position. Elements of the Third and Fourth Iowa and the Tenth Missouri all passe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3S_coweta-town_Phenix-City-AL.html
Coweta Town, located east of this marker on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, is sometimes called New or Upper Coweta to distinguish it from its predecessor, Coweta Tallahassee, down river. Among other well-known Creeks, Coweta was the birthpl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3R_the-tie-snake_Phenix-City-AL.html
The Creek Indians believed this section of the river was inhabited by a giant Tie-Snake, a mythical monster that snared the unwary and dragged them down into the watery underworld. The Tie-Snake was but one of many strange creatures and natural fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3P_six-indians-hanged_Phenix-City-AL.html
In November 1836, six Creek and Yuchi Indians were hanged near this spot for their role in a last desperate uprising against the frontier whites of Georgia and Alabama. Following decades of provocation from whites anxious to gain control of their …