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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2E_irwin-empire_Shorterville-AL.html
Site of the 1831 Irwin homeplace where over 50,000 acres of land was owned by Major General William Irwin (1794-1850). He was an Indian fighter, farmer, politician, statesman and considered one of the nation's richest and most influential men. A p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2D_showplace-of-the-south_Shorterville-AL.html
Side 1"The Mansion" was built in the 1830's on this site by Colonel James Bennett and his wife, Harriet M. Grace. Tradition maintains that it was the only three story antebellum home in the Chattahoochee Valley. The top floor was a ballroom. Six c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2B_reuben-hicklin-hall-log-home-robert-fowler-hall-home_Abbeville-AL.html
Side 1Reuben Hicklin Hall Log HomeReuben Hicklin Hall (1812-1890) and Mary Ann Strange (1814-1872) moved to Henry County by ox wagon from Washington County, Georgia, in 1845. They built a log home just south of here with slave labor. They were par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D28_first-baptist-church-of-headland_Headland-AL.html
Organized in 1867, as the Baptist Church of Christ at Bethlehem, it was located at 1 Cleveland Street. Reverend Thomas Scott was first pastor. William Whitehead was first deacon. Moved to East Church and Peachtree Street in 1893. Moved to present …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D27_headland-alabama-headland-public-square_Headland-AL.html
Side 1Headland, AlabamaJames Joshua Head (1839-1927) founded Headland in 1871 as Head's Land. He patented land, platted the town and built his home. The Post Office opened, as Headland, on October 10, 1871. J. J. Head sold Headland to Hosey C. Pow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D26_heads-land-yielded-fruits-of-success_Headland-AL.html
Begun on 160 acres of land owned by Dr. Joshua Head, "Head's Land," or Headland, was established in 1871, incorporated as a town in 1884 and a city in 1893. The land itself yielded the city's first industry. Due to the abundance of pine trees, tim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D25_piney-grove-primitive-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Headland-AL.html
Side 1An arm of the Shilo Primitive Baptist Church located near the Abby Creek, began meeting near the Three Cornered Pond just south of here in 1848. A new church called Piney Grove was constituted on April 21, 1849, by the hands of Elders Uriah …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D24_newville-baptist-church-newville-baptist-church-cemetery_Newville-AL.html
Side 1Newville Baptist ChurchA small Baptist congregation met under a brush arbor in 1876, near what later became the village of Wells which grew into the town of Newville, Alabama. A log church called Center was erected in 1881; it stood about 50…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D22_newville-high-school-newville-rosenwald-school_Headland-AL.html
Side 1Newville High SchoolThe first known school in Newville was at Center Church in 1881. When Grange Hall was built in 1891, church services and school were held on the first floor. In 1913, Grange Hall was torn down and the wood was used to bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D20_newville-alabama-newville-pioneers_Headland-AL.html
Side 1Newville, AlabamaJames Madison Wells founded a village called Wells circa 1882. When Abbeville Southern Railroad laid tracks through the town in 1893, its name was changed to Wells Station. The post office was built in 1894. Wells Station in…