Horace King - Phenix City, Alabama
N 32° 27.811 W 085° 00.054
16S E 687885 N 3593574
This two sided marker stands at the intersection of Broad Street and Dillingham Street in Phenix City, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM4JHH
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2008
Views: 66
The Marker Reads As Follows:
Horace King
Side One:
Horace King a slave of John Godwin was construction foreman for the First Dillingham Street Bridge in 1832, when he and Godwin introduced the “town lattice” bridge design into the Chattahoochee Valley. King built most of the early wooden bridges spanning the river, including those at West Point, Eufaula and Fort Gaines-Franklin. After Godwin’s death in 1859, he raised a monument inscribed: “In lasting remembrance of the love and gratitude felt for his lost friend and former master.”
Erected by Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Russell County Historical Commission
1979
Side Two:
Born September 8, 1807 near Cheraw, South Carolina of African and American Indian Ancestry.
Slave of John Godwin, Bridgebuilder.
Supervised First Dillingham Street Bridge, 1832-1833.
Freed By Act of Alabama Legislature, 1846.
Member Alabama House of Representatives, 1869 – 1872
Successful contractor-builder in Chattahoochee valley.
Died in LaGrange, Georgia, May 27, 1887.
Erected By Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Russell County Historical Commission
1979
Marker Name: Horace King
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
The Dillingham Street Bridge that King supervised the construction of was burned by Confederate forces on April 16, 1865 in a futile attempt to stop Federal calvary from crossing the Chattahoochee River into Columbus, Georgia during the last battle of the War Between the States. Its replacement now stands just east of this marker.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1979
Marker Number: Not Listed
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