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Blount County
Historic Marker
Location
of sign - 220 2nd Avenue East Oneonta, Alabama
Photo
taken January 2006
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
A
County Older Than The State
Blount County
created February 7, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from
lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation. Named for Tennessee
Governor
W.G. Blount who sent militia under Andrew Jackson to punish Creeks
for Ft. Mims massacre. Jackson fought and won
Creek
War. Creeks gave up half their lands by Treaty of Ft. Jackson
1814. Some of Jackson's men were first settlers. County
seat
moved here in 1889.
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