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Conflict between the various tribes in Alabama and American settlers increased rapidly in the early 19th century because the Americans kept encroaching on Native American territories. The great Shawnee chief Tecumseh visited the region in 1811, seeking to forge an Indian alliance among these tribes to join his resistance in the Great Lakes area.
The survey was completed in early 1800, although American settlers had already been pouring into the area since the proclamation of the treaty. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Continuously plagued with attacks by hostile Native Americans who resisted the encroachment on their territory, the combined free and slave population of the Tombigbee District, a part of ...
The first white settlers in Tuscumbia built a village next to Big Spring, at the site of what is today Spring Park. Many settlers, many from Virginia and Maryland, began to emigrate to The Shoals in the 1820s and 1830s. The oldest houses in the district are Tidewater-type cottages, a style native to the Middle Atlantic. Also built during the ...
The U.S. territory of Alabama became a U.S. state on December 14, 1819. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Pre-statehood history of Alabama"
After 1814, the territorial settlers developed Franklin as the first European-American settlement in Muscogee/Creek territory. The former river port served Abbeville on the Chattahoochee River. Much of Henry County was within the Alabama wiregrass region. [4] Henry County was established on December 13, 1819, by the Alabama Territorial Legislature.
[8] [9] By August 1813, the fort was garrisoned by settlers from the surrounding region and was additionally strengthened by Mississippi Territory Volunteers from the area of Natchez under the command of Lieutenant Andrew Montgomery. In addition to the militia and volunteers, local settlers, slaves, and allied Creeks took refuge in Fort Pierce ...
After the Ogly Massacre, many of the settlers in the surrounding area began to build protective stockades around their homes. [2] Fort Bibb was first constructed in early 1818 and was built around the home of Captain James Saffold. [3] The fort was named for William Wyatt Bibb, who was the acting governor of the Alabama Territory. [4]
Early settlers to the area came from Georgia and South Carolina beginning in 1818. Evergreen was founded officially in 1819 when Revolutionary War veteran James Cosey and several other men settled within the present limits of the city.