Abner McGehee - Hope Hull, AL
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N 32° 15.436 W 086° 22.444
16S E 558957 N 3569124
Located in the woods off Folmar Parkway, this cemetery and marker describes one of the early settlers of Hope Hull.
Waymark Code: WMJT7R
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2013
Views: 3
Marker Text:
Born Feb. 17, 1779 in Prince Edward County, VA, nephew of John Scott, founder of Alabama Town which in 1819 joined New Philadelphia to become Montgomery. Reared in the Broad River area of northeast Georgia, he became an affluent planter, tanner and general trader. When Creeks lost much of their land in the 1814 Treaty of Ft. Jackson, "Alabama Fever," the lure of much very fertile land, caused many Broad River residents, among them Abner McGehee, to emigrate to Alabama. He bought a huge plantation in the area now known as Hope Hull, named for a Methodist preacher who brought his family into the Church in 1809.
Marker Name: Abner McGehee
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Historical Preservation and Promotion Foundation and Alabama Historical Association.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1997
Marker Number: Not Listed
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