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Randolph County
Historic Marker
Location
of sign - Main Street, Wedowee, Alabama
Photo
taken- March 2007
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Randolph County
Created
December 18, 1832, from Creek Indian Cession and named for U.S. Senator John
Randolph of Virginia.
Wedowee,
the county seat, is named for the chief of a Creek Indian village which once
occupied this site.
First
court was held near Triplett's Ferry on the Tallapoosa River west of Wedowee.
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