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Ashville is a city [2] in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, [3] other seat being Pell City. Its population was 2,212 at the 2010 census , down from 2,260, at which time it was a town.
As one of the largest slaveholding states, Alabama was among the first six states to secede from the Union. It declared its secession in January 1861, joining the Confederate States of America in February 1861. During the ensuing American Civil War (1861–1865) Alabama saw moderate levels of warfare and battles.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Confederate States of America was formed by representatives of the seceded states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. [234] Disputes: February 28, 1861 Colorado Territory was organized from portions of Nebraska Territory, New Mexico Territory, and Utah Territory, along with unorganized territory. [ak ...
Rufus Wills Cobb was born on February 25, 1829, in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama. Cobb's ancestors came to America from England and Wales, settling in Virginia in the colonial era and moving to Alabama in the early 1800s. [1] He was the son of John W. and Catherine (Stevens) Leak Cobb, who lived on a plantation, Cobb Springs, at Ashville.
Inzer was the county's delegate to Alabama's secession convention in January 1861, after which he served in the Confederate States Army. After the Civil War, he returned to Ashville and served several stints as judge and in the Alabama State Senate. [2] Following Inzer's death in 1928, the home remained as a family residence until 1987.
1635 - nSaybrook Colony founded. 1636 – Connecticut Colony founded. 1636 - Roger Williams founds the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 1636 - Harvard University founded, oldest English university in America. 1637 – The Pequot War results in the killing of many of the Pequot people. * * 1637 - New Haven Colony is founded.
The colony was captured by the Dutch in 1655 and merged into New Netherland, with most of the colonists remaining. Years later, the entire New Netherland colony was incorporated into England's colonial holdings. The colony of New Sweden introduced Lutheranism to America in the form of some of the continent's oldest European churches. [40]