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A considerable quantity of corn was grown here in 1817, but not enough to supply the constant influx of emigrants. Corn was the most profitable crop, selling in 1817 at two dollars a bushel; in 1818 at one dollar a bushel; and in 1819 scarcely any sale, as by this time the best lands were filled up. The people realized enough money from their crops to pay the first installment on their lands, when they were thrown opon for entry at Huntsville in July, 1819. The early set- tlers had no mills for grinding their corn. In default of these necessities of civilization, they pounded their corn into meal in a mor- tar, or made it into hominy. Wheat was raised in 1817. It is not known when the first mills were built. It is stated that a mill expressly for wheat was erected in 1827
by D. Hanby on Turkey Creek, in what is now the upper part of Jefferson County.
There were several ministers of the gospel among the early settlers of the county. The Rev. Ebenezer Hearn, Methodist, in 1816 preached the first sermon. The next year, Revs. Charles Guynn and Warwick Brister began their labors among the people. In 1819 Rev. Joseph Hill was the pastor of Mount Moriah, a Baptist church, the first established in the county and located in Murphree's Val- ley. Two years later the Rev. Mr. Lockhart established a Cumberland Presbyterian church in the same valley.
The county is noted for its fruit, particu- larly for its apples. Their introduction to the county dates from 1817. John Fowler came to the county in 1817, and five years later he had imported many different varieties from East Tennessee. The name and reputa- tion of Fowler's apples became widely ex- tended, and considerable quantities were marketed.
Agricultural Statistics .- From U. S. Cen- sus, 1910:
Farms and Farmers.
Number 'of all farms, 3,602.
Color and nativity of farmers: Native white, 3,506. Foreign-born white, 6. Negro and other nonwhite, 90.
Number of farms, classified by size: Under 3 acres, 1.
3 to 9 acres, 111.
10 to 19 acres, 420.
20 to 49 acres, 1,080.
50 to 99 acres, 924.
100 to 174 acres, 714.
175 to 259 acres, 228.
260 to 499 acres, 107.
500 to 999 acres, 15.
1,000 acres and over, 2.
Land and Farm Area.
Approximate land area, 415,360 acres.
Land in farms, 297,897 acres.
Improved land in farms, 120,188 acres. Woodland in farms, 165,282 acres.
Other unimproved land in farms, 12,427 acres.
Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, $4,509,247.
Land, $2,488,620.
Buildings, $897,075.
Implements and machinery, $231,399.
Domestic animals, poultry, and bees, $892,153.
Average values: All property per farm, $1,252.
Land and buildings per farm, $940. Land per acre, $835.
Domestic Animals (Farms and Ranges).
Farms reporting domestic animals, 3,446.
Domestic animals, $854,512.
Cattle: total. 11,107; value, $188,597. Dairy cows only, 5,401.
Horses: total, 3,418; value, $173,142.
Mules: total, 3,418; value, $442,974.
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Asses and burros: total, 13; value, $1,870.
Swine: total, 7,907; value, $44,707.
Sheep: total, 1,433; value, $2,490. Goats: total, 456; value, $732.
Poultry and Bees.
All poultry, 73,215; value, $34,235. Bee colonies, 1,978; value, $3,406.
Farms Operated by Owners.
Number of farms, 2,081. Per cent of all farms, 57.8.
Land in farms, 224,810 acres.
Improved land in farms, 79,633 acres.
Land and buildings, $2,377,373.
Farms of owned land only, 1,765. Farms of owned and hired land, 316. Native white owners, 2,031.
Foreign-born white, 5.
Negro and other nonwhite, 45.
Farms Operated by Tenants.
Number of farms, 1,509. Per cent of all farms, 41.9.
Land in farms, 68,935 acres.
Improved land in farms, 39,436 acres.
Land and buildings, $957,722.
Share tenants, 1,301.
Share-cash tenants, 59.
Cash tenants, 127.
Tenure not specified, 22.
Native white tenants, 1,463.
Foreign-born white, 1.
Negro and other nonwhite, 45.
Farms Operated by Managers.
Number of farms, 12. Land in farms, 4,152 acres.
Improved land in farms, 1,125 acres.
Value of land and buildings, $50,600.
Live Stock Products. DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Milk: Produced, 1,576,150; sold, 25,168 gallons.
Cream sold, 0 gallons.
Butter fat sold, 0 pounds.
Butter: Produced, 673,805; sold, 102,895 pounds. Cheese: Produced, 125; sold, 0 pounds.
Dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, $127,389.
Sale of dairy products, $27,776.
POULTRY PRODUCTS.
Poultry: Number raised, 174,902; sold, 60,275.
Eggs: Produced, 392,023; sold, 233,782 dozens.
Poultry and eggs produced, $111,988. Sale of poultry and eggs, $56,323.
HONEY AND WAX. Honey produced, 8,452 pounds. Wax produced, 270 pounds.
Value of honey and wax produced, $1,240. WOOL, MOHAIR, AND GOAT HAIR. Wool, fleeces shorn, 842. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, 2. Wool and mohair produced, $505.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 1,777.
Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 8,583. Horses, mules, and asses and burros- Sold, 498. Swine- Sold or slaughtered, 9,671. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 1,101.
Sale of animals, $198,680. Value of animals slaughtered, $113,718.
Value of All Crops.
Total-$1,715,387.
Cereals, $528,173.
Other grains and seeds, $12,040.
Hay and forage, $32,355.
Vegetables, $141,792.
Fruits and nuts, $81,998.
All other crops, $919,029.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity). Cereals: total, 46,553 acres; 558,727
bushels.
Corn, 40,638 acres; 499,591 bushels. Oats, 5,692 acres; 57,737 bushels. Wheat, 208 acres; 1,325 bushels.
Rye, 15 acres; 74 bushels.
Kafir corn and milo maize, 0 acres; 0 bushels. Rice, 0 acres; 0 bushels. Other grains:
Dry peas, 1,326 acres; 6,146 bushels.
Dry edible beans, 19 acres; 153 bushels. Peanuts, 71 acres; 1,643 bushels.
Hay and forage: total, 1,890 acres; 2,534 tons.
All tame or cutlivated grasses, 528 acres; 706 tons.
Wild, salt, or prairie grasses, 310 acres; 407 tons.
Grains cut green, 636 acres; 700 tons. Coarse forage, 416 acres; 721 tons. Special crops:
Potatoes, 356 acres; 26,855 bushels. Sweet potatoes and yams, 812 acres; 70,455 bushels.
All other vegetables, 851 acres. Tobacco, 4 acres; 2,320 pounds. Cotton, 29,511 acres; 10,489 bales.
Cane- sugar, 77 acres; 289 tons. Sirup made, 3,891 gallons.
Cane-sorghum, 764 acres; 2,108 tons. Sirup made, 27,184 gallons.
Fruits and Nuts.
Orchard fruits: total, 214,932 trees; 118,- 494 bushels.
Apples, 90,563 trees; 65,347 bushels.
Peaches and nectarines, 114,232 trees; 50,825 bushels. Pears, 3,313 trees; 1,100 bushels.
Plums and prunes, 5,797 trees; 1,112 bushels. Cherries, 739 trees; 49 bushels.
Quinces, 245 trees; 39 bushels. Grapes, 3,273 vines; 23,345 pounds. Tropical fruits: total, 80 trees. Figs, 80 trees; 2,223 pounds. Oranges, 0 trees; 0 boxes.
Small fruits: total, 10 acres; 6,761 quarts. Strawberries, 10 acres; 6,544 quarts.
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Nuts: total, 148 trees; 5,071 pounds. Pecans, 4 trees; 36 pounds.
Labor, Fertilizer and Feed.
Labor-Farms reporting, 729. Cash expended, $28,992. Rent and board furnished, $8,539.
Fertilizer-Farms reporting, 2,869. Amount expended, $77,933. Feed-Farms reporting, 831. Amount expended, $31,567.
Receipts from sale of feedable crops, $32,500.
Domestic Animals Not on Farms.
Inclosures reporting domestic animals, 348. Value of domestic animals, $47,446. Cattle: total, 638; value, $16,568. Number of dairy cows, 325. Horses: total, 121; value, $16,265.
Mules and asses and burros: total, 76; value, $12,255.
Swine: total, 320; value, $2,153. Sheep and goats: total, 44; value, $205.
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White
Negro
Total
1820
2,239
176
2,415
1830
3,882
351
4,233
1840
5,225
345
5,570
1850
6,941
426
7,367
1860
10,193
672
10,865
1870
9,263
682
9,945
1880
14,210
1,159
15,369
1890
20,155
1,770
21.927
1900
. 21,338
1,781
23,119
1910
20,275
1,181
21,456
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to De- cember 31, 1916, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. Figures indicate the number of rural routes from that office.
Allgood
Lehigh
Bangor-3
Liberty-1
Blount Springs-1
Oneonta (ch)-4
Blountsville-3
Remlap
Brooksville-1
Rosa
Cleveland-2
Summit
Inland
Village Springs-2
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .- 1819-Isaac Brown, John Brown, Gabriel Hanby.
1861-John S. Brasher, William H. Ed- wards.
1865-William H. Edwards, J. C. Gillespie. 1867-Rev. William C. Garrison.
1875-S. C. Allgood.
1901-J. B. Sloan.
Senators .-
1819-20-Gabriel Hanby.
1822-3-D. Conner. 1825-6-John Ash.
1828-9-D. Conner.
1832-3-John Ash.
1834-5-Samuel Johnson.
1835-6-William H. Musgrove.
1838-9-Emory Lloyd.
1841-2-Mace T. P. Brindley.
1844-5-William M. Griffin.
1847-8-Mace T. P. Brindley.
1851-2-Enoch Aldredge.
1853-4-Mace T. P. Brindley.
1857-8-William Thaxton.
1859-60-T. W. Staton.
1861-2-W. N. Crump.
1863-4-C. G. Beeson.
1865-6-W. H. Edwards.
1868-J. J. Hinds.
1871-2-J. J. Hinds. 1872-3-W. H. Edwards.
1873-W. H. Edwards. 1874-5-W. H. Edwards.
1875-6-W. H. Edwards.
1876-7-Brett Randolph.
1878-9-Brett Randolph.
1880-1-J. C. Orr.
1882-3-John C. Orr.
1884-5-C. F. Hamil.
1886-7-C. F. Hamil.
1888-9-Wm. E. Skeggs. 1890-1-W. E. Skeggs.
1892-3-J. M. C. Wharton.
1894-5-J. M. C. Wharton.
1896-7-W. G. Brown.
1898-9-W. G. Brown.
1899 (Spec.)
1900-01-R. L. Hipp.
1903-Robert Lee Hipp.
1907-John F. Wilson.
1907 (Spec.)
1909 (Spec.)-John F. Wilson.
1911-J. B. Sloan.
1915-C. J. Higgins.
1919-A. A. Griffith.
Representatives .- 1819-20-John Browne; Isaac Brown; Benjamin Matterson.
1820-1-John Browne; Isaac Brown; Col. John Brown. 1821 (Called) - John Browne; Isaac
Brown; Col. John Brown. 1821-2 - John Browne; Moses Ayres;
Washington Allen. 1822-3-Marston Mead.
1823-4-Marston Mead.
1824-5-Marston Mead.
1825-6-Martson Mead.
1826-7-Marston Mead.
1827-8-
1828-9-William H. Musgrove; David
Murphree.
1829-30-Marston Mead; David Murphree. 1830-1 - William H. Musgrove; David Murphree.
1831-2-William H. Musgrove; Thomas Shearer.
1832 (Called)-William H. Musgrove; Samuel Johnson. 1832-3-William H. Musgrove; Samuel Johnson.
1833-4-William H. Musgrove; Samuel Johnson.
1834-5-David Murphree; Emory Lloyd.
Middleton T. 1835-6 - Emory Lloyd;
Johnson.
1836-7-Middleton T. Johnson; Enoch
Aldridge.
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1837 ( Called ) -Middleton T. Johnson;
Enoch Aldridge.
1837-8-Enoch Aldridge; Joseph Tiffin.
1838-9-Marston Mead; G. H. Harrison.
1839-40-Mace T. P. Brindley; Ira E. Mc- Million.
1840-1-Ira E. McMillion; Godfrey Fow- ler.
1841 (Called) -Ira E. McMillion; Godfrey Fowler.
1841-2-Ira E. McMillion; William H. Mus- grove.
1842-3-Godfrey Fowler; Isaac Wharton. 1843-4-Ira E. McMillion; Enoch Aldridge.
1844-5-Enoch Aldridge; Aquilla Jones.
1845-6-Enoch Aldridge.
1847-8-Enoch Aldridge.
1849-50-Enoch Aldridge.
1851-2-Thomas W. Staton.
1853-4-Enoch Aldridge; William P. St. John.
1855-6-Thomas Staton; Reuben Ellis.
1857-8-Thomas H. Staton; W. H. Ed- wards.
1859-60-Enoch Aldridge; A. M. Gibson. 1861 (1st called)-Enoch Aldridge; A. M. Gibson.
1861 (2d called)-Enoch Aldridge; Reu- ben Ellis.
1861-2-Enoch Aldridge; Reuben Ellis.
1862 (Called) -Enoch Aldridge; Reuben Ellis.
1862-3-Enoch Aldridge; Reuben Ellis.
1863 (Called)-Reuben Ellis; A. M. Gib- son.
1863-4-Reuben Ellis; A. M. Gibson.
1864 (Called)-Reuben Ellis; A. M. Gib- son.
1864-5-Reuben Ellis; A. M. Gibson.
1865-6-Solomon Palmer; A. M. Gibson.
1866-7-Solomon Palmer; A. M. Gibson. 1868-G. White.
1869-70-G. White.
1870-1-A. P. Payne.
1871-2-A. P. Payne.
1872-3-H. A. Galaspie.
1873-H. A. Galaspie.
1874-5-Enoch Aldridge.
1875-6-Enoch Aldridge.
1876-7-Wm. N. Crump.
1878-9-A. S. Davidson.
1880-1-S. H. C. Johnson.
1882-3-J. M. S. Wharton.
1884-5-Wm. Hullett.
1886-7-
1888-9-S. H. C. Johnson.
1890-1-T. M. Davidson.
1892-3-J. F. Bellinger.
1894-5-J. F. Bellinger.
1896-7-J. T. Stewart.
1898-9-George S. Sloan.
1899 (Spec.)-W. E. Dickson.
1900-1-W. E. Dickson.
1903-William Edgar Byars.
1907-W. A. Weaver.
1907 (Spec.)-
1909 (Spec. )-
1911-G. W. Darden.
1915-Dr. J. S. Wittmier.
1919-W. Y. Adams.
See Black Warrier Town; Blount Springs;
Blountsville; Blountsville Valley; Brown Valley; Coal; Coosa Valley; Iron; Jefferson County; Oneonta; Streight's Raid.
REFERENCES .- Acts Alabama Territory, Feb. 1818, pp. 16-21; Toulmin, Digest (1823), index; Acts, 1888-89, pp. 599-601; 1890-91, pp. 592-594; 1892-93, p. 1059; Brewer, Alabama, p. 138; Berney, Handbook (1892), p. 270; Riley, Ala- bama as it is (1893), p. 64; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 108; Alabama, 1909 (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bulletin 27), p. 78; U. S. Soil Survey (1906), with map; Alabama land book (1916), p. 43; Ala. Official and Statistical Reg- ister, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Handbook (1910); Geol. Survey of Ala., Agricultural features of the State (1883) ; The Valley Regions of Alabama. parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Underground water Re- sources of Alabama (1907) ; U. S. Bureau of the Census, Abstract of the 13th Census, with sup- plement for Alabama (1913); George Powell, "History of Blount County," in Ala. Hist. So- ciety, Transactions, 1855, pp. 30-65; and mis- cellaneous contributions to the newspapers of the county, by Miss Mary Gordon Duffee of Blount Springs.
BLOUNTSVILLE. Post office and in- terior town, in the northwestern part of Blount County, near Copeland Creek, in the northern part of Blountsville Valley, 12 miles northeast of Bangor, its shipping point, and about 18 miles northwest of Oneonta. Popu- lation: 1870-539; 1888-500; 1910-287. This is one of the oldest and most historic spots in Blount County. Here stood "Bear- Meat Cabin," the home of a Creek chief, in 1815. Here in 1816 came Caleb Friley, the first settler in the first wagon ever in the county. Under the shelter of the high bluffs of the Sand Mountains to the north, this rest- ing place for the stream of traveling immi- grants southward was established. A black- smith shop was erected for the convenience of the travelers. It is related that one man brought in many bars of iron, out of which he intended to make many different imple- ments, but he was forced to use all of the iron for horseshoes alone. "Bear-Meat Cabin" was located on Towne Creek, on the Huntsville Pike. By 1819, it had become important.
In 1820 Blountsville became the county seat of Blount County. The southern half of its territory, with Elyton, the first county seat, in 1819, had been set off as Jefferson County.
Rev. Ebenezer Hearn preached in "Bear- Meat Cabin" in 1816-17. This was the first religious address ever delivered in Blount County. He was succeeded by Rev. Charles Guynn. They were hoth Methodists. The Methodist church in Guynn's Cove, is said to have been the first erected in the county. Ore (iron) from the bluffs nearby furnished the pioneers with dye-stuff for dresses, blankets and everything desired to be a bril- liant red. This art they learned from the Indians. The town is the center of the apple country of the county.
REFERENCES .- Armes, Story of coal and iron
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in Alabama (1910), pp. 41-43; Powell, "History of Blount County," in Alabama Historical So- ciety, Transactions, 1855; Birmingham Age- Herald, Aug. 15, 1909.
BLOUNTSVILLE VALLEY. One of the six important valleys of Blount County, and really the southern division of Brown Valley (q. v.), from which it is separated by an east-and-west ridge. The topography and geology of the two valleys are practically the same. Blountsville Valley is drained by the Warrior River. It is 20 miles wide, and much broken in its surface. Its central ridge is higher than the mountains on either side. There are numerous springs in the valley- freestone, calybeate, limestone, and red, white and sweet sulphur, some of them with more than local reputations for their curative prop- erties. Sandstone, granite, limestone, iron ore, and coal are also found in considerable abundance. The valley contains quite a num- ber of aboriginal remains. The mounds and other relics are described in the title Blount County. The earliest settlers in the valley came from Tennessee and South Carolina in 1816, most of them in boats down the Ten- nessee River. By 1817 it was quite thickly settled. Blountville, the old county seat, is situated in the valley. The towns of Blount- ville, Hunt, Blount Springs, Bangor, Rock- land, Joy, Gum Springs, and Harkness are within its limits.
See Agriculture; Coosa Valley; Geology; Soils and Soil Surveys.
REFERENCES .- Powell, "Blount County," in Ala. Hist. Society, Transactions, 1855, p. 31; Armes, Story of coal and iron in Alabama (1910) ; Northern Alabama (1887), p. 108.
BLUE MOUNTAIN. Post office and station at the crossing of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and the Southern Railway; in the northern suburbs of Anniston, 2 miles from the center of the city. It is one of the cot- ton-mill and iron-mining sections of the city of Anniston. Population: 1910-528. Alti- tude: 1,500 feet. The locality was settled by the Hudgins family in the late thirties and for years was the terminus of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, being the shipping station for the Oxford furnace. During the War, the Confederate Government operated both the railroad and the furnace, the iron being shipped to Selma to make "Ironclads" for the Confederacy. The town was burned in 1864.
REFERENCES .- Armes, Story of coal and iron in Alabama (1910), pp. 180-182, 206.
BLUE SPRINGS. Post office and interior village, in the southern section of Barbour County, on Blue Springs Creek, and 21 miles south of Clayton. Population: 1912-117. Of the spring that gives the name to the local- ity, Dr. E. A. Smith, state geologist, says:
"The presence beneath the surface of lime- stone of the Clayton and Nanafalia horizon is shown for many miles south of its outcrop by the bold springs of blue limestone water which break out in places in the lower part
of the county. The best known of these is the Blue Spring, .a place of resort for people from all parts of the county. This spring breaks out in the bottom of Choctawhatchee River and occupies a nearly circular area about 25 feet in diameter. The water is clear and blue like that of the Big Springs of Florida, but of considerably lower tempera- ture."
REFERENCES .- Geol. Survey of Ala., Under- ground water resources of Alabama (1907), p. 239; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 183.
B'NAI B'RITH. A Jewish fraternal secret order, founded at New York City in 1843, by a body of German Jews, headed hy Henry Jones. It entered Alabama with the estab- lishment of Beth Zur lodge at Mobile Decem- ber 3, 1866. It now numbers 12 lodges in Alabama with a membership of nearly 900. These are under the supervision of the Grand Lodge of the Seventh District, composed of lodges in the States of Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. General headquarters: New Orleans. The several lodges in Alabama, with locations and dates of establishment, are as follows:
Beth Zur, located at Mobile, organized Dec. 3, 1866.
Emanuel, Montgomery, June 19, 1868.
Jephtah, Eufaula, May 5, 1870. Zadok, Selma, March 19, 1871. Esora, Huntsville, March 2, 1875. Morris Ely, Demopolis, June 12, 1877. Alabama, Montgomery, May 9, 1878.
Birmingham, Birmingham, Apr. 15, 1887. Magic City, Birmingham, Jan. 12, 1913. Coosa, Gadsden, Feb. 25, 1913.
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, June 7, 1913.
Anchen Sterne, Anniston, Sept. 19, 1915.
REFERENCE .- Manuscript data in the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
BOAZ. Post office and incorporated town, in the southeastern part of Marshall County. It is located on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, and on the headwaters of Clear Creek. Population: 1900-253; 1910 -1,010. It is an incorporated community, and was established as a post office in 1887. Its financial institutions are the First Na- tional Bank, the Boaz Bank (State), and the Farmers & Merchants Bank (State). The Boaz Weekly News. established in 1914, is published there. There are Methodist, Bap- tist, and Presbyterian churches, and a city high school, in addition to the grammar schools. The town is located between Gun- tersville and Attalla, and in the north western edge of the iron ore region.
REFERENCES .- Polk's Alabama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 229; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915.
BODKA. Name of a creek, which empties into the Tombigbee in Sumter County. In Choctaw, the word "patha," means broad, wide. The plural of "patha" is "hopatka." From the last syllable of this plural begin- ning with a "k," it may be considered almost
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certain that there must once have existed an archaic or dialectic singular "patka." As- suming this to be so, Patka could very easily be converted by the American pioneer into Bodka, which is evidently his corruption, for the letter "d" does not exist in Choctaw; "t" being used instead of "d." Hence. provision- ally Bodka may be considered "Bok patka," wide creek.
REFERENCE .- Manuscript data in the Ala- bama Department of Archives and History.
BOGUE CHITTO, or CHITO. The name of two creeks, one in Dallas, the other in Pickens County. In its English spelling and pronunciation the word "Bogue" represents exactly the sound of the Choctaw word "bok," creek, the k of which the Choctaws pronounce like a hard g. The word is of com- mon occurrence in Alabama and Mississippi. Bogue Chitto of Dallas County rises just south of Cahaba Old Towns in Perry County, and flows south through these counties into the Alabama River at Old Lexington.
Bogue Chitto of Pickens County rises in the southern part of Lowndes County, Mis- sissippi, flows southeasterly through Noxubee County and empties into the Tombigbee in Pickens County, about a mile and a half above the little village of Stone.
There is a Bok Chitto, Bouk Tchitou, an- other tributary of the Tombigbee, laid down on De Craney's map, and which appears to be Chickasaw Bogue.
REFERENCE .- Manuscript data in the Aia- bama Department of Archives and History.
BOGUE HOMA. Two creeks of this name, one in Mobile and the other in Washington County. In correct Choctaw orthography, the name is written "Bok homma," meaning red creek. "Bok," creek, "homma," red. The Mobile County creek is known both as Bogue homa and Red Creek. On modern maps the Choctaw name of the Washington County creek, which is a tributary of Buckatunna, no longer appears, and it is now known by its translated name, Red Creek. This creek has an historical significance, in being prior to the treaty of Mount Dexter, a part of the line of demarkation between the Choctaw Nation and the United States. Both creeks must have received their names from their red clay-colored waters.
REFERENCE .- Manuscript data in the Ala- bama Department of Archives and History.
BOGUE LOOSA. A creek on Romans map, now known as Taylor's Creek, a tribu- tary of Santa Bogue, "Sinti bok," in Wash- ington County. Bogue Loosa, "Bok Lusa," Black Creek. "Bok," creek, "lusa," black. On modern maps Bogue Loosa is the name of a tributary of Okatuppa. Both creeks doubt- less received their names from the color of their waters, blackened by the infusion of the fallen leaves of hardwood trees.
BOLLING. Post office and station in But- ler County, on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 9 miles southwest of Greenville,
ahout 126 miles from Mobile, and about 54 miles from Montgomery. Population: 1888 -300; 1900-735; 1910-979. It was lo- cated in 1865, by John T. and B. C. Milner, and is supposed to have been so named in honor of Judge S. J. Bolling of Greenville. The post office was established in 1873, with John J. Flowers as first postmaster.
REFERENCE .- Little, Butler County (1885), p. 188.
BOOK COLLECTORS, PRIVATE .- Listed below will be found the private collectors on special subjects in this State. No doubt there are others, but this list includes those who have had direct contact with the libraries throughout the State, and whose own libraries contain books on these subjects. The most of these persons are authorities on these sev- eral subjects, many of them having large collections of books, pamphlets, and periodi- cal literature on these subjects.
Anniston-Willett, Joseph J., Confederate lit- erature.
Auburn-Duggar, Dr. J. F., Agriculture.
Petrie, Dr. George, American History; His- tory teaching.
Ross, Dr. B. B., Chemistry.
Rutland, Prof. J. R., English teaching, folk lore, literature.
Wilmore, J. J., Mechanical Engineering.
Birmingham-Allen, Miss Willie M., U. S. His- tory. Barnwell, Rev. M. S., Sociology; Episcopal Church history.
Beecher, Mrs. L. T., Modern poetry.
Beers, Henry, Bacteriology.
Bowron, James, Civil and Mining engineering. Burns, P. P., Shakesperian; Modern drama. Chapman, Miss Lila May, Spanish literature. Chase, Prof. D. G., History teaching.
Coyle, Rev. James E., Roman Catholic Church history.
Donelly, J. W., Art; Foreign travel.
Eaves, Dr. George, Sociology; Treatment of tuberculosis.
Edmonds, Rev. Dr. Henry M., Philanthropy; Social service; Sociology.
Elliott, Miss Hannah, Miniature painting.
Engtsfeld, Mrs. C. B., Bookplates.
Hendricks, Dr. J. A., Mediaeval history.
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