The Mobile Bar Association -Alabama's First Bar Association
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N 30° 41.382 W 088° 02.502
16R E 400229 N 3395676
Located at 151 Government Street, Mobile
Waymark Code: WM11VNA
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2019
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On March 29, 1869, 32 attorneys organized the Mobile Bar Association, the first bar association in Alabama and the 14th oldest bar association in the entire nation. They filed the Association's Declaration of Incorporation on April 12, 1869, having contributed $5,000.00 in capital and established a law library in the City of Mobile.
ORIGINAL MEMBERS:
P. Hamilton, Thos. A. Hamilton, Henry St. Paul, Thos. N. Macartney, H. Austill, Robt. H. Smith, Wm. G. Jones, Thos. H. Price, Thomas E. Herndon, D.C. Anderson, M.E. Macartney, Hugh L. Cole, E.S. Dargan, D.P. Bestor, L. Gibbons, A.R. Manning, George A. Stewart, W.C. Easton, G.Y. Overall, R. Inge Smith, Percy Walker, J. Little Smith, M.B. Jones, A.M. Granger, Jno A. Tompkins, W. Boyles, G. Horton, A.E. Buck, James Bond, Harry T. Toulmin, James Gillette, C.F. Moulton
Dedicated in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the founding this 15th day of April, 1999
Marker Name: The Mobile Bar Association-Alabama's First Bar Association
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Alabama State Bar
Date Dedicated / Placed: April 15, 1999
Marker Number: Not listed
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