Chambers County - Lafayette, AL
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N 32° 53.960 W 085° 24.062
16S E 649546 N 3641260
This marker located on the Chambers County Courthouse grounds gives some of the early history of the county.
Waymark Code: WMJD8B
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2013
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The marker is to the right side of the walk leading to the entrance to the building, on the same side as the Joe Lewis statue. The text of the marker reads:
Chambers County
Created December 18, 1832, from Creek Indian cession. Named for Dr. Henry C. Chambers of Madison County, member of Constitutional Convention 1819, legislature of 1820, elected U.S. Senator 1825 but died en route to Washington.
County government organized 1833 by Judge James Thompson of Jefferson County. First officers were: Nathaniel Greer, Sheriff; William House, Clk. Cir. Ct.; Joseph J. Williams, Clk. Co. Ct.; Booker Lawson, John Wood, William Fannin, John A. Hurst, Commissioners of Roads and Revenue. Permanent court site selected by Commissioners Thomas C. Russell, James Taylor, and Capt. Baxter Taylor. A log courthouse was built here 1833, replaced by brick structure 1837 and used until present courthouse erected 1899.
LaFayette, county seat, was formerly known as Chambersville and Chambers C. H. (courthouse).
Alabama Historical Association
1972
Marker Name: Chambers County
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
It is located on lafayette Street South, between Alabama Avenue East and 1st Avenue SE.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1972
Marker Number: None
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