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Suggsville Alabama

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:50:30 +0000

Suggsville Alabama Suggsville, Alabama is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. It was laid out as a town in 1819 at the crossing of the Old Line Road and Federal Road. The name was chosen in honor of a local storekeeper, William Suggs. The town had many residences, stores, and male and female academies […]

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Historical Sites in Clarke County Alabama

Wed, 22 May 2019 15:04:53 +0000

Historical Sites in Clarke County Alabama Return To Historical Sites in Alabama Index Choctaw Corner Alabama Choctaw Corner was a former town in Clarke County, Alabama. It is named for the nearby Choctaw Corner, which marked the border between the native Choctaw and Creek peoples prior to the Indian removal. The community was one of […]

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History of Clarke County by John Simpson Graham

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:02:10 +0000

History of Clarke County by John Simpson Graham
Birmingham printing Company, 1923
345 pages

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CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 02:26:09 +0000

Clarke County has a history as rich as the soil along the banks of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers which form its boundaries. The county's history began long before Alabama's statehood.

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Clarkesville, Alabama

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:40:29 +0000

Clarkesville, also spelled Clarksville, is a ghost town in Clarke County. It was the county seat of Clarke County until 1831. A small modern community, roughly a mile from the old site, presently calls itself Clarksville.

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Fort Stonewall

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:57:08 +0000

Fort Stonewall was a settlers' stockaded fort on the west bank of Bassett's Creek, five miles southeast of town. Smaller than Fort Madison. Attacked by Red Stick Creek Indians in September 1813 but repulsed by the settlers' dogs, the fort was then abandoned for Fort Madison. A marker (1931) is located east of town on Fort Sinquefield Road off of US 84. The site is managed by the Clarke County Historical Society.

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Grove Hill Alabama

Wed, 10 May 2017 14:29:16 +0000

Grove Hill Alabama “Small Town, Big Heart” – “The Heart of Timber Belt” Grove Hill, Alabama is a town in Clarke County, Alabama. The area that is now Grove Hill was originally inhabited by Creek and Choctaw Indians. The county seat of Clarke County was established at what later became Grove Hill in 1832 as […]

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Alston-Cobb House

Wed, 10 May 2017 04:43:00 +0000

Grove Hill was the site of one of the worst massacres of the Creek War of 1813-14. According to Christopher Maloney on the Encyclopedia of Alabama, it was the only fort attacked during the conflict.

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Fort Sinquefield

Tue, 09 May 2017 18:01:32 +0000

Fort Sinquefield is the historic site of a wooden stockade fortification in Clarke County, Alabama, near the modern town of Grove Hill. It was built by early Clarke County pioneers as protection during the Creek War and was attacked in 1813 by Creek warriors. A marker was erected at the site by Clarke County school […]

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