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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJL_harless-cemetery_Montevallo-AL.html
Harless Cemetery was established as a burying ground in the early 1800s. It is on land homesteaded by Henry Harless, Jr., that was later owned and subsequently deeded to the cemetery by members of the Wyatt family. The oldest surviving marker is f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGEQ_rowan-house_Leeds-AL.html
Thomas Rowan, son of Irish immigrants who settled in St. Clair County, Alabama, purchased his first 130 acres at auction and built a house here by c. 1854 that probably forms the core of the two northeast rooms. Heir John Thomas Rowan and his wife…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGE7_jonathan-bass-house-museum_Leeds-AL.html
Jonathan Bass was born January 30, 1837, in Jefferson County. His father arrived in Jefferson County in 1816, and Jonathan was a life-long resident. Although the Bass House was under construction as early as 1863, Jonathan left the farm to join th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5T_federal-raid_Blountsville-AL.html
Gen. N.B. Forrest (CSA) Captured wagon train and supplies of Col. Streight's raiders (USA).Forrest continued his relentless pursuit eastward toward final capture of Streight.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5O_wilsons-raiders_Birmingham-AL.html
Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, having crossed the Tennessee River with a large force of well equipped cavalry, grouped them here at Elyton.Their mission: to destroy Alabama's economic facilities for supporting the War.
From these headquarters he se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5J_blount-county_Oneonta-AL.html
Created Feb. 7, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by the Creek Indian Nation. Named for the Tennessee Governor W. G. Blount, who sent militia under Andrew Jackson to punish the Creeks for Fort Mims massacre. Jackson fought a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5I_union-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Bessemer-AL.html
Union Baptist Church was organized in 1834 by 18 or 20 members from Canaan Church. The Libscomb area was then known as East End. Members of the Rockett and Ware families donated the original two acreas of this site and a log cabin, which served as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5H_belview-heights-neighborhood_Birmingham-AL.html
The Corey Land Company, a group of prominent local businessmen headed by Robert Jemison, Jr., developed Belview Heights as a neighborhood for the professional employees of U.S. Steel in the 1910's. Extending the grid system being used in Ensley ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5F_walker-memorial-church_Birmingham-AL.html
In 1818 before Alabama, Jefferson County, Elyton or Birmingham existed, The Elyton Methodist Church was established on Center Street. It was moved to 14 Second Avenue, and in 1909, to its present site. Renamed in 1910 for Corilla Porter Walker (18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5E_disabled-american-veterans_Birmingham-AL.html
(Side 1)Disabled American Veterans Formed December 25, 1920.Birmingham Chapter No. 4 Chartered January 25, 1926.This Memorial Dedicated To Our Military Forces And To All Who Have Given Their Blood And Lives That The Republic Might Live Forever.How…