Fayetteville - Fayetteville, AL
N 33° 09.316 W 086° 24.209
16S E 555626 N 3668658
Tennessee veterans of the Creek Indian War named this community for their old home in Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WMG4GP
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2013
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The Fayetteville historical marker is a standard Alabama Historical Association metal marker with the Alabama flag in an oval at the top. It is located on Talladega County Road 34 in Fayetteville. The marker was placed by the Alabama Historical Association.
Marker Name: Fayetteville
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Marker Text:
Here in 1814 Tennessee Troops joined Andrew Jackson’s force which won the Creek Indian War. After Indian removal in 1836 these veterans brought their families here, named this community for their old home in Tennessee. Fayetteville Academy was built in 1850.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1954
Marker Number: None
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