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county, excluding Meadow and Swamp. These soils for the most part have very favorable topography positions, and are sufficiently roll- ing to give surface drainage and yet not steep enough to erode seriously. The upland soils have been derived through the processes and agencies of weathering from Coastal Plain materials, consisting of beds of sand, sandy clays and locally formed beds of heavy clays. Practically all of the soils of the county are of a sandy character. Improve- ment demands good supplies of organic mat- . ter, the practice of crop rotation, and the fre- quent growing of leguminous forage and winter cover crops. Longleaf pine is its principal forest growth. The annual mean temperature of the county is 65° F., ranging from 15° lower in the winter and 15° higher in the summer. The proximity to the Gulf influences the climate favorably both in winter and summer. The rainfall is abundant and well distributed. The annual mean precipitation is about 51 inches. Details of the character and extent of productions are noted in the statistics below.
Aboriginal History .- On Conecuh River in the northwestern section of the county are three large mounds, from which human re- mains have been taken. They show European contact, in that Spanish relics appear in con- nection with those of the aborigines. Al- though a few village sites are found, they have not been identified. On the property of G. A. Mock, three miles east of Andalusia, a fine collection of relics has been found. In- cluded in it is a calumet pipe of granite, one of the largest known. A cave of considerable size is on Yellow River; and an aboriginal cemetery near River Falls is reported.
Confederate Commands from County .- The commands listed below were made up in whole or in part from this county.
Infantry.
Co. B, "McCulloch Avengers," 18th Regt. Co. A, "Andalusia Beauregards," 25th Regt.
Co. F, "Covington and Coffee Grays," 33d Regt. (in part from Covington).
Co. 1, 40th Regt.
Farm, Livestock and Crop Statistics, 1917. -The statistics below are given for illustra- tive purposes, and, in tabular form, without any attempt at comparison or analysis. They were gathered under the direction of the Bureau of Crop Estimates, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Number of all farms, 2,480.
Acres cultivated, 203,880.
Acres in pasture, 256, 220.
Farm Animals:
Horses and mules, 7,010.
Milk cows, 7,080.
Other cattle, 41,750.
Brood Sows, 11,750.
Other hogs, 53,380.
Sheep, 4,100.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity). Corn, 126,160 acres; 1,369,550 bushels. Cotton, 14,510 acres; 6,570 bales. Peanuts, 29,880 acres; 276,590 bushels.
Velvet Beans, 95,840 acres; 23,190 tons.
Hay, 12,680 acres; 8,030 tons.
Syrup cane, 2,070 acres; 223,250 gallons.
Cow peas, 3,380 acres; 10,920 bushels. Sweet potatoes, 2,950 acres; 259,290
bushels.
Irish potatoes, 250 acres; 7,370 bushels.
Oats, 7,950 acres; 33,250 bushels.
Wheat, 120 acres; 290 bushels.
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1917, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. (Figures indicate the number of rural routes from that office.)
Andalusia (ch)-7 Opp-3
Falco-2
Poley
Florala-1 Red Level-1
Gantt
River Falls
Green Bay
Sanford
Lockhart
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White
Negro
Total
1830
1,118
404
1,522
1840
2,055
380
2,435
1850
3,077
568
3,645
1860
5,631
838
6,469
1870
4,269
599
4,868
1880
4,968
671
5,639
1890
6,695
841
7,536
1900
12,912
2,434
15,346
1910
24,003
8,001
32,124
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .-
1861-DeWitt C. Davis.
1865-Julius G. Robinson.
1867-William R. Jones.
1875-John B. Hudson.
1901-Henry Opp.
Senators.
1822-3-John W. Devereux.
1825-6-William Irwin.
1828-9-William Irwin.
1831-2-William Irwin.
1834-5-William Irwin.
1837-8-Richard C. Spann.
1838-9-James Ward.
1840-1-Angus McAllister.
1843-4-James Ward.
1845-6-John Morrissett.
1847-8-John Morrissett.
1851-2-William Perry Leslie.
1853-4-William A. Ashley.
1857-8 .- Daniel H. Horn.
1861-2-DeWitt C. Davis.
1865-6-William A. Ashley.
1868-A. N. Worthy.
1871-2-A. N. Worthy.
1872-3-W. H. Parks.
1873-W. H. Parks.
1874-5-W. H. Parks.
1875-6-W. H. Parks.
1876-7-J. A. Padgett.
1878-9-John A. Padgett.
1880-1-L. H. Bowles.
1882-3-L. H. Bowles.
1884-5-P. L. Moseley.
1886-7-P. L. Moseley.
1888-9-J. H. Parks.
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1890-1-Nicholas Stallworth.
1892-3-R. E. Steiner.
1894-5-P. M. Bruner.
1896-7-A. W. Deans.
1898-9-A. W. Deans.
1899 (Spec.)-A. W. Deans.
1900-01-D. M. Powell.
1903-Dempsey M. Powell. 1907-C. E. Reid.
1907 (Spec.) C. E. Reid.
1909 (Spec.)-C. E. Reid.
1911-W. C. Crumpton.
1915-C. F. Winkler.
1919-J. Morgan Prestwood.
Representatives.
1834-5-Abraham Warren.
1835-6-Abraham Warren.
1836-7-Abraham Warren.
1837 (called)-Abraham Warren.
1837-8-Josiah Jones.
1838-9-Josiah Jones.
1839-40-Josiah Jones.
1840-1-Laird B. Fleming.
1841 (called)-Laird B. Fleming.
1841-2-Josiah Jones.
1842-3-Josiah Jones.
1843-4-George A. Snowden.
1844-5-George A. Snowden.
1845-6-George A. Snowden.
1847-8-Josiah Jones.
1849-10-Alfred Holley.
1851-2-George A. Snowden.
1849-50-Alfred Holley.
1855-6-W. T. Acree.
1857-8-Alfred Holley.
1859-60-Alfred Holley.
1861 (1st called)-Alfred Holley.
1861 (2d called) -Julius G. Robinson.
1861-2-Julius G. Robinson.
1862 (called)-Julius G. Robinson.
1862-3-Julius G. Robinson.
1863 (called)-Alfred Holley (seat va- cated).
1863-4-Thomas P. Cottle.
1864 (called)-Thomas P. Cottle.
1864-5-Thomas P. Cottle.
1865-6-J. D. Chapman.
1866-7-J. D. Chapman.
1868-E. J. Mancell.
1869-70-E. J. Mancell.
1870-1-E. J. Mancell.
1871-2-E. J. Mancell.
1872-3-E. J. Mancell.
1873-E. J. Mancell.
1874-5-T. W. Straughn.
1875-6-T. W. Straughn.
1876-7-John D. Hudson.
1878-9-M. Riley.
1880-1-B. C. Brooks. 1882-3-W. G. Beck.
1884-5-Alexander Hart. 1886-7-A. W. Deens.
1888-9-E. J. Mancell.
1890-1-J. P. Rousseau.
1892-3-W. G. Williams.
1894-5-E. J. Beasley.
1896-7-E. J. Beasley. 1898-9-M. D. Jones.
1899 (Spec.)-M. D. Jones. 1900-01-J. W. Williams.
1903-William Green Williams.
1907-Abner Powell.
1907 (Spec.)-Abner Powell.
1909 (Spec.)-Abner Powell.
1911-W. L. Parks.
1915-J. T. Hardage.
1919-J. C. McLeod.
For many details on various subjects in the history of the county, see separate sketches of Andalusia; Conecuh River; Cov- ington; Florala; Lockart; Montezuma; Opp; Red Level; River Falls; Sanford; Soils and Soil Surveys; Yellow River.
REFERENCES .- Toulmin, Digest (1823), index; Acts, 1839-40, p. 97; 1840-41, p. 73; 1868, p. 84, 257; Brewer, Alabama, p. 201; Berney, Hand- book (1892), p. 285; Riley, Alabama as it is (1893), p. 223; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 233; Alabama, 1909 (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bulletin 27), p. 103; U. S. Soil Survey (1914), with map; Alabama land book (1916), p. 54; Ala. Official and Statistical Register, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Hand- book (1910) ; Geo. Survey of Ala., Agricultural features of the State (1883) ; The Valley regions of Alabama, parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Underground Water resources of Alabama (1907).
COWETA. See Kawita.
COWIKEE. See Kawaiki.
COWIKEE MILLS, Eufaula. See Cotton Manufacturing.
CREDIT UNIONS. A co-operative form of banking that pools the capital of its mem- bers for their mutual benefit and enables its membership to help themselves. It is dem- ocratic in its control, each member having an equal vote, and is popularly known as the people's bank. Principles of banking are brought out at directors' meetings. There is no attempt to deal in high finance, but the fundamentals of banking are faced and mas- tered. It promotes thrift. Co-operative banking has been organized for centuries, the successful modern forms, of which the Credit Union is an illustration, dates from the organization of the Schulze-Deletsch, and Raiffeisen banks of Germany in the middle of the last century. In 1909, the legislature of Massachusetts, the first legislative body in the United States to recognize this form of banking, authorized their incorporation under the name of Credit Unions. Since that date other states have taken official action with regard to these "people's banks." Alabama has no Credit Unions.
REFERENCES .- "A Manual on Credit Unions, published by the Massachusetts Credit Union Association; and Alabama Secretary of State.
CREEK INDIAN AGENTS. 1. James Sea- grove; 2. Colonel Benjamin Hawkins; 3. Philemon Hawkins (sub-Agent) ; 4. David Brodie Mitchell; 5. John Crowell.
James Seagrove, born in Ireland, first In- dian Agent among the Creeks, served until
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the appointment of the Commissioners in 1796. After the report of this Commission, Colonel Hawkins, a member, became Agent of Indlan Affairs, serving until 1816, when he died at the Agency, in the present Craw- ford County, Ga.
Colonel Hawkins was born in Warren County, N. C., August 15, 1754, died June 6, 1816. He was on George Washington's staff, a Delegate in the Continental Congress, a Senator from North Carolina, and served as Agent for Indian Affairs from the Spring of 1796 until his death.
Philemon Hawkins, a son of Colonel Benja- min Hawkins, and Sub-Agent to the Creeks, is shown in the Official Register of 1816 as Acting Agent. He was stationed at Fort Hawkins on Okmulgee River opposite the clty of Macon.
David Brodle Mitchell was born near Nut- hill, Perthshire, Scotland, October 22, 1766, and died at Milledgeville, Ga., April 22, 1837. He was a State Senator from Baldwin County, Governor of Georgla, 1809-13, and Indian Agent for two years, but was removed on account of irregularities in office.
The last Agent, John Crowell, was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, 1785. He served as Territorial Delegate from the Ala- bama Territory, and as first Congressman from this State. Was appointed by James Monroe as Creek Indian Agent in 1821. He removed the agency from the Flint River site, Georgia, to Fort Mitchell, in Russell County, Alabama, and served until the re- moval of the Indians to the West in 1838. He died at his home at Fort Mitchell, June 25, 1846. Woodward says: "He sleeps upon Fort Mitchell hill, where rests a crowd that no man need be ashamed to be picked up with, in a coming day." The administration of this Agent was wrought with numerous contentions, in that, during its early years, controversies arose between Governor Troup of Georgia, the U. S. Government, the Lower Creeks, and Colonel Crowell, the Agent, caused by certain treaties and land sessions which were made contrary to the wishes of the majority of the Nation. Later a con- troversy between South Carolina Confer- ence of the Methodist Church, the Baptist Missionaries, and the Agent arose, and it be- came necessary for the Secretary of War to order an investigation. The difficulties were settled amicably.
REFERENCES .- Woodward, Reminiscences of the Creek Indians (1859); U. S. Official Reg- isters.
CREEK INDIAN WAR, 1813-14. The fast increasing number of emigrants into the country along the Alabama, the slow, but sure, pushing back from the native habitat of the Indians by white settlement, the open- ing of the bridle-path through the Nation into a road consummated in 1811, together with the visit of Tecumseh, the Shawnee from the north, were the main contributing in-
fluences which must be held responsible for the war between the Creek Indians and the government, which began with the Massacre at Fort Mims on Aug. 30, 1813, and ended with the surrender of William Weatherford to Gen. Andrew Jackson at Fort Jackson in August, 1814, after Jackson's decisive victory on March 27 previous, at Horse-Shoe Bend.
Tecumseh, while a native of Ohio, was born two months after the arrival of his parents in that State, from the Shawnee town in the present Montgomery County, and for this reason has a connection with this State, which may have contributed to the influence which he appears to have exerted over the natives of the Upper Creek Nation, during his visit here in 1811-12. While some of the Creek towns allied themselves with the whites, the larger number fought with the natives. The Choctaws from east Mississippi under Push- mataha, rendered valuable aid on the side of the white forces.
While not a chief, William Weatherford can be said to have been the most responsible individual in the Creek opposition. He cer- tainly was the leader after the Fort Mims Massacre, in which he participated, but to which he was opposed.
Detailed accounts of the several engage- ments have been given under the titles shown. See Battle of Autossee; Bashi Skir- mish; Battle of Calebee; Canoe Fight; Chin- naby Fort; Battle of Emuckfau; Battle of Enitachopco; Fort Mims Massacre; Fort Sinquefield Attack; Hillabee Massacre; Holy Ground Campaign; Battle Horseshoe Bend.
REFERENCES .- Pickett, History of Alabama (Owen, ed.), (1900); Mms. data in Alabama Department Archives and History.
CREEK INDIAN WAR, 1836-37. Disturb- ances caused during the removal of the Indians from that section of the country in the eastern part of the State, formerly occu- pied hy them, and comprising the territory now included within a line run from Centre in Cherokee County, southwest to Fort Jack- son, thence up Tallapoosa River, to the mouth of Line Creek, thence up Line Creek seven miles by that stream, thence southeast to Eufaula on the Chattahoochee River. This territory had been ceded by the Creeks, by a treaty of 1832.
The provisions of this treaty called for the removal to a territory set apart in the West, of the natives who had formerly occupied this region. Many were unwilling, as the time approached, to make the move, and a num- ber of depredations were committed, in many cases by those natives, who had traded to speculators their holdings in this eastern country.
The center of hostilities extended from the Big Uchee Bridge on the Old Federal Road, in Russell County, to Irwinton, now Eufaula, though depredations were com- mitted all along the Federal Road, then the principal thoroughfare from Augusta, Ga.,
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through the Nation to the West. Several murders were committed, in one case ten fleeing settlers being killed at Uchee Bridge. The natives of this section, who took part in the disturbances, were largely H"chitis and allied towns, many of whom later joined the Seminoles in Florida, and they were joined by some Upper Creeks.
Several brigades of state troops, or militia, were called out, and a brigade of Tennessee Volunteers was called into service by the President. The headquarters of the Alabama Troops appears to have been at Fort Moore, in Russell County, while the Tennessee brigade occupied Camp Jordan, on Line Creek, at the point on the Old Federal Road, just within the Nation, and on the present Gaston estate. Murders were committed be- tween Sand Fort and Fort Bainbridge in Russell County, at Uchee Creek crossing, in the same county, three miles west of Mid- way in the present Bullock County, and at points on the Chattahoochee River. The town of Roanoke, on Chattahoochee River, in Stewart, County, Ga., was burned and the settlers murdered. Only two or three escaped.
General Scott of United States Army, was for a short time in command at Camp Jordan. He was succeeded by General Jesup, U. S. A. General Armstrong commanded a division of the army to the southeast of the territory. The Alabama commanders were: General Wil- liam Wellborn and Brigadier General Moore, and Major General Patterson, commanding Cavalry. Captain John Page, of the United States Army, a captain in the Fourth In- fantry, was in command at Fort Mitchell, which of necessity was the supply base, it being a regular U. S. Military post. Ala- bama companies engaged, and which formed the "regiment of observation," ordered out March, 1836, were: Captain A. H. Ramsay's Company, from Sumter County; Captain John Abbott's Company, from Perry County; Cap- tain William Robinson's Company, from Madison County; Captain Carmack's Com- pany, from Lauderdale County; Captain Nor- wood's Company, from Jackson County; Captain Joab Bagley's Company, from Jef- ferson County; Captain Philpott's Company, from Morgan County; Captain Smith's Com- pany, from Greene County; Captain George W. Patrick's Company, from St. Clair and Shelby counties; and Captain Cook's Com- pany, from Franklin County. The Legisla- ture at its December session in 1836 appro- priated various sums to cover the expenses, and claims of the militia, raised a short time previous to that date. The center of hostil- ities shifted to Florida, and to what is pop- ularly known as the Seminole War, early in 1837. Few depredations were committed in this State after the spring of that year. The Legislature memorialized Congress to pay damages suffered by the white settlers of
that section of the State, during the depreda- tions.
REFERENCES .-- Acts of Alabama (1836-37), pp. 6, 7, 10, 149; Arrow Points, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Feb- ruary 5, 1921), pp. 38, 39; Mss. Archives of the Alabama Adjutant General's Department, in Alabama Department of Archives and History. Drake, Indians (15th edition), (1880), pp. 433- 436.
CREEK LAND SESSION. The territory embraced within the present counties of Bar- bour, Calhoun, Chambers, Coosa, Macon, Lee, Randolph, Russell, Talladega, Tallapoosa, having been ceded by the Treaty of Wash- ington, sometimes referred to as the Treaty of Cusseta, March 24, 1832, is generally re- ferred to as that section of the State secured by the session of that date, and the transfer is commonly called the "Land Session of 1832." See sketches of the several counties above referred to, for further details; Indian towns.
REFERENCES .- U. S. Statutes at large, Vol. 7, p. 366; Acts of Alabama, 1832.
CREEK PATH. A Cherokee Indlan settle- ment, established about 1785, and located at the old Russell place on the east side of Brown's Creek, at the crossing of the present road from Warrenton to Albertville. It took its name from the fact that It was situated on the "Creek Path," extending from the Coosa and Alabama Rivers to the hunting grounds of Middle Tennessee and Kentucky. It was inhabited by Cherokees, but also by some Creeks and Shawnees. It constituted a very important Cherokee community, consisting of between 400 and 500 souls, or about one- third of the entire Cherokee population of Alabama, and among them, John, Samuel, and Edward Gunter, Richard Riley and Richard Brown, headmen of the Cherokees. It is now best known as the "Old Missionary," from the fact that in 1820 the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions estab- lished a mission school and church there, under the superintendence of Rev. William Potter. This mission was maintained until the final emigration to the west, and many of its pupils have had distinguished careers in the new Cherokee Nation. The establishment and maintenance of this mission in the Creek Path village finally led to the application of the name in a general way to the entire group of Cherokee villages lying in what is now Marshall County, viz: Brown's, Cornsilk's, Creek Path, Gunter's, Griffin, Melton's, and Wasasa's.
REFERENCES .- Bureau . " American Ethnology, Fifth annual report (1887), p. 144; 1bid, Nine- tcenth annual report (1900), p. 526; Fitzgerald, Life of Rev. Dr. John B. McFerrin (1901), p. 64; Foster, Life of Sequoyah (1885), p. 117; Ala. Hist. Society, Transactions, 1899-1903, vol. 4, p. 193; Handbook of American Ir dians (1907), vol. 1, p. 362; O. D. Street, in Alabama History Com- mission, report (1901), vol. 1, p. 417.
CRENSHAW COUNTY. Created by the
legislature, November 24, It was
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formed from Butler, Coffee, Covington, Pike and Lowndes Counties. The county contains 618 square miles, or 395,520 acres.
It was named for Anderson Crenshaw of Butler County, a distinguished early settler from South Carolina, and the ancestor of the prominent family of the name represented throughout the State.
The act of establishment named Felix Jor- dan, George W. Thaggard, Thomas Mahone, J. D. Chapman and Adam Benbow as commis- sioners, to hold an election for county offi- cers on the first Monday in March, 1867, for authorized county officers, also to hold an elec- tion for county seat, and to erect a suitable court house and jail. The election resulted in the choice of the village of Rutledge, named for an old family in the vicinity.
The first officers of the county were George W. Thagard, probate judge, John R. Snow, sheriff, and Francis M. Cody, clerk of the circuit court, all chosen at the election in March, 1867.
At an election held on the third Monday in January, 1893, Luverne was chosen as a new county seat, and in accordance with the act all of the county offices and records were moved from Rutledge. The new town pro- vided necessary lots, on which it erected a two story brick court house and a two story brick jail, without expense to the county.
Location and Physical Description .- It is located in the south central section of the state. It is bounded on the north by Lowndes and Montgomery, east by Pike and Coffee, south by Covington, and west by Butler, Cov- ington and Lowndes Counties. It lies wholly within the coastal plain. Its surface is brok- en, but there are no very considerable eleva- tions. It is drained by the Conecuh and Patsaliga Rivers, and Patsaliga Creek, which flows south through the northern section into the river of that name. Its soils are of two classes, the upland or sedimentary and the lowland or alluvial soils. These date from the three great geologic periods, the Cretaceous, the Tertiary and the present. The loams, sands and clays prevail throughout the county. They are fairly productive and re- spond readily to fertilization. The northern section is known locally as "red line land." The lower part of the county is largely pine woods. The timber resources consist of oak, hickory, gum, and pine. At Highland Home for 1917 the mean annual temperature was 64.3º F., and the precipitation 56.65 inches. Details of the character and extent of produc- tions are dated in the statistics below.
Aboriginal History .- Some few Indian re- mains are to be found, but they are not num- erous. Along the larger streams debris and remains of village sites are met with. On the plantation of H. C. McLeod, two miles northwest of Glenwood station are three mounds, two large and one small. A village site and cemetery are near by, on which sur- face finds have been made.
Farm, Livestock and Crop Statistics, 1917. -The statistics below are given for illustra- tive purposes, and, in tabular form, without any attempt at comparison or analysis. They
were gathered under the direction of the Bureau of Crop Estimates, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Number of all farms, 2,000. Acres cultivated, 171,100.
Acres in pasture, 84,460.
Farm Animals:
Horses and mules, 5,320.
Milk cows, 7,100.
Other cattle, 12,640.
Brood sows, 5,680.
Other hogs, 35,240
Sheep,
Selected Crops (Acres and Quality) .--
Corn, 81,960 acres; 867,200 bushels.
Cotton, 15,360 acres; 4,870 bales.
Peanuts, 27,820 acres; 392,380 bushels.
Velvet Beans, 64,380 acres; 20,520 tons.
Hay, 9,160 acres; 6,620 tons.
Syrup cane, 1,700 acres; 195,880 gallons.
Cowpeas, 4,280 acres; 18,340 bushels.
Sweet potatoes, 1,880 acres; 141,380 bush- els. Irish potatoes, 40 acres; 1,400 bushels.
Oats, 3,140 acres; 13,660 bushels. Wheat, - acres; - bushels.
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1917, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. (Fig- ures indicate the number of rural routes from that office. )
Bradleyton-1 Lapine-1
Brantley-4 Luverne (ch)-4
Dozier-1
Patsburg-1
Glenwood-2
Petrey
Highland Home
Rutledge-3
Honoraville-2
Saright-2
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White.
Negro.
Total.
1870
8,950
2,206
11,150
1880
9,118
2,608
11,726
1890
11,745
3,679
15,425
1900
14,057
5,601
19,668
1910
15,798
7,514
23,313
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .-
1867-James H. Howard.
1875-Isaac H. Parks.
1901-J. O. Sentell.
Senators.
1868-A. N. Worthy.
1868-William Mastin.
1869-70-William Mastin.
1870-1-M. P. Calloway.
1871-2-A. N. Worthy.
1872-3-W. H. Parks.
1873-W. H. Parks.
1874-5-W. H. Parks.
1875-6-W. H. Parks.
1876-7-J. A. Padgett.
1878-9-John A. Padgett.
1880-1-L. H. Bowles.
1882-3-L. H. Bowles.
1884-5-P. L. Moseley.
1886-7-P. L. Moseley.
1888-9-J. H. Parks.
1890-1-Isaac H. Parks.
1892-3-W. B. Darby.
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1894-5-W. B. Darby.
1896-7-Geo. N. Buchanan. 1898-9-Geo. N. Buchanan. 1899 (Spec.)-Geo. N. Buchanan. 1900-01-R. H. Arrington.
1903-Richard Henry Arrington. 1907-Lucian Gardner.
1907 (Spec.)-Lucian Gardner.
1909 (Spec.)-John Gamble.
1911-Felix Folmar.
1915-R. H. Arrington.
1919-Riley Kelly.
Representatives.
1871-2 .- M. P. Calloway.
1872-3 .- C. Broadnax.
1873 .- C. Broadnax.
1874-5 .- J. P. Rousseau.
1875-6-J. P. Rousseau.
1876-7 .- Crowell Broadnax.
1878-9 .- J. C. Fonville.
1880-1 .- J. J. Owens.
1882-3 .- G. W. Thagard.
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