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In 1890, Alabama ranked seventeenth among the States with respect to total popula- tion, having 1,513,017 inhabitants, an in- crease, as compared with 1880, of 250,512, or 19.84 per cent. Of this total, 757,456 were males, and 755,561, females. Natives of the United States numbered 1,498,240, and for- eign-born persons, 14,777. There were 833,- 718 white persons and 678,489 negroes. Of the white population, 819,114 were natives of the United States and 14,604, of foreign countries. The total included 48 Chinese, 3 Japanese, and 759 civilized Indians. Of the white inhabitants, 420,072 were males and 413,646, females.
The population of the State in 1900 was 1,828,697, an increase for the previous decade of 315,680, or 20.9 per cent. Of this total, 323,830, or 17.7 per cent, lived in incorpo- rated towns; 107,230, in three towns of 25,- 000 or more population; 26,426, in three towns of more than 8,000 and less than 25,000; 48,742, in 10 towns of 4,000 and less than 8,000; 34,266, in 11 towns of 2,500 and less than 4,000; 50,105, in 35 towns of 1,000 and less than 2,500; 57,011, in 141 towns of less than 1,000. The num- ber of persons living in cities of 8,000 inhabitants or more was 133,706, or 7.3 per cent of the total population; in places of 4,000 inhabitants or more, 182,- 448, or 10 per cent of the total popu- lation. The increase in urban population for the previous 10 years was 58,531, or 47.2 per cent. The increase in rural popula- tion for the same period was 214,328, or 0.68 per cent. The total population of the State consisted of 916,764 males and 911,933 fe- males; 1,814,105 natives of the United States, and 14,592 foreign-born persons. The increase in native-born inhabitants for the decade was 315,481, 21.1 per cent, and of foreign-born, 185, 1.3 per cent. There were 1,001,152 white and 827,307 negro inhab- itants in 1890, the increase of the former being 167,434, 20.1 per cent; of the latter, 148,818, 21.9 per cent. White persons formed 54.7 per cent; negroes, 45.2 per cent; and other persons, 0.1 per cent of the total. The population of the three principal cities was: Birmingham, 38,415, of whom 17,186 were native white persons with native par-
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ents, and 2,885 native white with foreign parents, 1,761 foreign white, 16,575 negro, 5 Chinese and 3 Japanese; Mobile, 38,469, of whom 13,562 were native white persons with native parents, and 5,806 native white per- sons with foreign parents, 2,034 foreign white persons, 17,045 negroes, 20 Chinese, 2 In- dians; Montgomery, 30,346, of whom 10,780 were native white with native parents and 1,673 native white with foreign parents, 649 foreign white, 17,229 negro, 15 Chinese.
The total population in 1910, as has been shown, was 2,138,093, an increase over the preceding census of 309,396, or 16.9 per cent. More than one-half of this increase, or 176,- 635, was in rural territory. The increase in ur- ban territory was 132,761, of which the city of Birmingham contributed more than one-half, or 76,926. During the previous 10 years the rate of increase in urban population was much greater than in the State as a whole, being 55.9 per cent as compared with 16.9 per cent for the entire State and 11.1 per cent for the rural population. The greatest rate of increase was that of the city of Bir- mingham, which was 245.4 per cent, more than eight times the rate for the State as a whole. The population of Mobile increased 33.9 per cent; of Montgomery, 25.7; of Selma, 56.7; of Anniston, 32.0; of Bessemer, 70.9; of Gadsden, 146.5 per cent. Of these cities of more than 10,000 population, Bir- mingham showed the greatest rate of in- crease, and Montgomery the smallest, the lat- ter being the only city of the State whose rate of increase for the decade was smaller than for the 10 years, 1890-1900. The large in- crease in the population of the cities of the mineral district - Birmingham, Bessemer, Anniston, and Gadsden-as well as the com- paratively greater rate of increase in urban than in rural population of the entire State, was due to the rapid development of the coal-mining and other mineral industries in that locality. In 1910 urban population formed 17.3 per cent of the total for the State, and rural, 82.7 per cent. In 1900, the percentages were 11.9 and 88.1 respectively. The percentage of increase in the white popu- lation of the entire State from 1900 to 1910 was 22.74, and of the negro, 9.79.
Percentages of Increase .- The most rapid growth in the population of Alabama, it will be observed, was during the decade 1820- 1830, when the rate of increase was 142 per cent. In the next decade, 1830-1840, the rate of increase was 90.86 per cent. From 1840 to 1850 the increase was 30.62 per cent; from 1850 to 1860, 24.96 per cent; from 1860 to 1870, 3.4 per cent; from 1870 to 1880, 26.63 per cent; from 1880 to 1890, 19.84 per cent; from 1890 to 1900, 20.9 per cent; and from 1900 to 1910, 16.9 per cent. From 1820 to 1840 the increase during each decade was greater for the State than for the United States as a whole; but from 1840 to 1910 the rate of increase for the State, except from 1890 to 1900, was smaller in every decade than for the country as a whole. During the last decade, 1900-1910, the rate of increase
in population for the United States was 21 per cent as compared with 16.9 for Alabama.
REFERENCES .- DeBow, Statistical view of the United States (1854); U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census Reports, 1850-1910; Ibid, Ab- stract of the 13th Census, 1910, with Supple- ment for Alabama (1913); Pickett, History of Alabama (Owen's ed., 1901), p. 622; Garrett, Public men in Alabama (1872), pp. 33-37; Dr. Stephen B. Weeks, History of public school edu- cation in Alabama (U. S. Bureau of Education, Bulletin 12, 1915), and, Tennessee Historical Magazine, July, 1916, vol. 2; Armes, Story of coal and iron in Alabama . (1910); Hamilton, Colonial Mobile (1910); Hodgson, Cradle of the Confederacy (1876) ; Fleming, Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama (1905); Brewer, Alabama (1872); and Statistical view of the population of the United States, 1790 to 1830 (Washington, 1835, serial No. 252).
PORTERSVILLE. Postoffice and station, on the A. G. So. R. R. in S E part of De- Kalb county, 10 miles S W of Fort Payne. Population: 1888, 400; 1890, Portersville Precinct, 22,394; 1900, 400; 1910, 329; 1912, village proper, 150. Flour mill, grist and saw-mills and ginneries. For a year or two it was the county seat, but it was moved back to Lebanon, until finally removed to Fort Payne.
REFERENCES .- Statistical letter from Van Buren, August, 1916; Polk's Alabama Gazateer (1888), p. 660; Brewer's Alabama, p. 235; N. A. I., p. 135, 136.
PORTLAND CEMENT. Materials suitable for making Portland cement, including lime- stone, chalk, clay, and shale, are plentiful and widely distributed throughout the State. Many of the best limestone and chalk locali- ties are convenient to navigable rivers. The limestones and shales of northern Alabama lie so close to each other, and so near to abundant supplies of cheap fuel, as to afford an unusual opportunity for the profitable manufacture of cement. The limestones of the four following formations are particularly well adapted for this purpose: The Trenton limestone of Silurian age and the Bangor limestone of, the lower Carboniferous, of northern Alabama; the Selma chalk of the Cretaceous formation, of middle Alabama; and the St. Stephens limestone of Tertiary age, of southern Alabama.
Trenton Limestone .- The Trenton lime- stone occurs in all the valleys of northeast and southwest trend of northern Alabama, outcropping usually in a narrow belt near the base of the Red Mountain ore ridges, though sometimes found high up on the flanks of the mountains, and in some localities un- derlying considerahle areas of lowlands in the valleys, as at Pelham, Siluria, Longview, Calera, Shelby, Rock Springs, and elsewhere. This rock is virtually a pure limestone, being from 90 to 93 per cent carbonate of lime. It is a compact, blue limestone of normal hard- ness and practically free from combined wa- ter, hence entailing no loss of heat in vola- tilizing moisture. The Trenton limestone is
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found in close proximity to the shales of the Coal Measures, which are suitable for mixing with the limestone in making cement, and it is also near coal mines in active operation.
Bangor Limestone .- The Bangor limestone of the lower Carboniferous is widely exposed in the Birmingham district. It is usually composed of from 92 to 98 per cent lime car- bonate, and is well suited to cement making. It is of normal hardness and practically free from water. Its outcrops in the Birming- ham district are in proximity to shale de- posits and clay beds, both suitable for ad- mixture to the limestone in the manufacture of cement.
Selma Chalk .- The Selma chalk, or rotten limestone, is about 1,000 feet in thickness and, in general terms, is a very argillaceous, chalky limestone, varying considerably in the proportion of clayey matters in the different parts. In the upper and lower thirds of the formation, the proportion of clay is high and carbonate of lime will not as a rule exceed 60 to 65 per cent. The rock of the middle third, which is hest suited for cement making, will average about 70 to 85 per cent carbonate of lime. In some localities it shows a consid- erable amount of iron pyrites, which will cause the resulting cement to carry a rela- tively high percentage of sulphates. This rock has the advantage of the fact that little additional clay is required to make a perfect Portland cement mixture. It is soft and therefore easily and cheaply quarried and pulverized. It takes up water readily, how- ever, and must he quarried in dry seasons to avoid considerable expense in removing the absorbed moisture. There are beds of clay adjacent to, and in some cases immedi- ately overlying, the Selma chalk. In few cases would it be necessary to go more than a few hundred yards from a cement factory on the chalk to obtain the requisite supply of suitable clay.
St. Stephens Limestone .- The St. Stephens limestone outcrops in a north-and-south belt from 10 to 15 miles wide in the counties of Geneva, Covington, Conecuh, Escambia, Mon- roe, Clarke, Washington, and Choctaw. Most of the beds of this rock are slightly argil- laceous limestone, iess clayey than the Sel- ma chalk; but occasional beds of pure lime- stone occur. Both types can be utilized in cement making. The St. Stephens limestone varies from a soft, chalky material to a rather hard limestone that will take a good polish, and makes a fair quality of marble. The softer beds can be quarried and crushed as cheaply as the Selma chalk, and the harder, more cheaply than the Bangor and Trenton limestones of northern Alabama. Beds of residual clays exist convenient to the lime- stone of the St. Stephens formation, and either water or railroad transportation is near in practically every case. Fuel is not so con- venient to the limestone beds of the Coastal Plain as to those of northern Alabama, but coal may be brought from the Warrior fields at reasonable expense, either by way of the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, or by rail- road.
REFERENCES .- Smith and McCalley, Index to mineral resources of Alabama (Geol. Survey of Ala., Bulletin 9, 1904), pp. 42-52; Eckel and Smith, Materials and manufacture of portland cement, and Cement resources of Alabama (Ibid, Bulletin 8, 1904) ; Geol. Survey of Ala., Statistics of mineral production of Alabama, 1914 (Bul- letin 16, 1915), pp. 14-16.
POST ROADS AND OFFICES, EARLY. The Acts of Congress, dating from the very earliest days of the Alabama Territory, and extending to 1845 show numerous references to the establishment of post routes between given points in Alabama. These given points were necessarily postoffices, and the mail of that early day was carried by rider on horseback. Some of the routes listed extend from points in Georgia, entirely through the State and on into Mississippi, therefore there were necessarily relays of carriers.
Shown below are the routes as established by the several Acts of Congress, and listed in the U. S. Statutes at Large. They are ar- ranged chronologically.
In Alabama Territory,-From Ft. Clai- borne by Fort Montgomery to Blakely.
From Huntsville, by Milton's Bluff, Falls of Black Warrior, and French Settlement on Black Warrior to St. Stephens.
From Huntsville to Cotton Port, in Lime- stone county, by Pulasky to Columbia, in Tennessee.
From Fort Mitchell, by Fort Bainbridge, Fort Jackson, Burnt Corn Springs, Fort Clai- borne, and the town of Jackson to St. Stephens.
From Fort Jackson, by Cahaba Valley, to the Falls of Black Warrior.
From St. Stephens, by Winchester, to Ford, on Pearl river, in Mississippi.
From Mobile to Blakely .- Act of Congress, April 20, 1818, U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 3, p. 457.
In the Alabama Territory .- From Hunts- ville, to Moorsville, in Limestone County. From Cahaba to St. Stephens.
From Burnt Corn Spring, Monroe county, by Blakely, to Mobile in Mobile County.
From Cahaba to Tuskaloosa.
From Huntsville, in Alabama territory, by Shelbyville and Fayetteville, to Murfreesbor- ough in Tennessee .- Act of Congress, March 3, 1819, U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 3, p. 508.
In Alabama .- From Tuscaloosa, by Marion County Courthouse, to Columbus, Mississippi. From Burnt Corn Spring, by Conecuh Courthouse, to Fort Crawford.
From Huntsville, by Jackson Courthouse, and Lawrie's Ferry, to Ross's and Washing- ton, in Tennessee.
From Cahawba, by Portland, Canton, Prai- rie Bluff, Black's Bluff, and Foster's, to Fort Claiborne.
From Mooresville, by Milton's Bluff, Court- land, Bainbridge, and Big Spring, to Russell- ville, in Franklin county.
From Cahawba, by Joseph Britton's, Old Town, Falls of Cahawba, King and Smith's store, Shelby Courthouse, David M'Laughlin's,
John Pelham Colonel of artillery, C. S. A., killed, age twenty-three
Joseph Wheeler Lieutenant Colonel, C. S. A. Major General, Volunteers, U. S. A.
TWO BRILLIANT MILITARY FIGURES
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St. Clair Courthouse, Vincent Bennett's, the Cherokee Nation, by Ross's and James Patter- son's, to Washington, in Tennessee.
From the town of Cahawba to the Falls of Cahawba, and to Tuscaloosa.
From Courtland to Moulton.
From St. Clair Courthouse te Carolsville. -Act of Congress, May 13, 1820, U. S. Stat- utes at Large, vol. 3, p. 581.
In Alabama .- From Blakely to Mobile Point.
From Fort Hawkins by Fort Gaines and Butler Courthouse, to Conecuh Courthouse .- Act of Congress, March 3, 1821, U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 3, p. 627.
In Alabama .- From Huntsville, by Triana, Mooresville, Athens, Eastport, and Bain- bridge to the Big Spring.
From Cahawba by Portland, Prairie Bluff, the Standing Peach Tree, through the popu- lous settlement on Bassett's creek and by Clark Courthouse to St. Stephens, so as to reinstate the old route from Cahawba to St. Stephens, and the present route from Cahawba to St. Stephens to be discontinued.
From Ashville to Huntsville, by the way of Robertsville and Bennett's store.
From Augusta, on the Tallapoosa, by Coosauda, passing through the settlement in the upper end of Autauga county, and the settlement of Mulberry creek, in Bibb county, by the falls of Cahawba, to the town of Tus- caloosa .- Act of Congress, May 8, 1822, U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 3, p. 705.
In Alabama .- From Claiborne, by the Tensaw, to Blakely.
From Tuscaloosa to Columbus, by Pickins' Courthouse, in lieu of the present route, which is hereby discontinued.
From Greensborough, by Erie, through what is called the Forks of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers, by the Garden spot, to the Courthouse of Pickens county.
From Cahaba to Greensborough.
From St. Steven's, by the way of Fort Stoddart, to Mobile.
From Fort Dale, by Emmett's store, in Butler county, to Cahaba.
From Hartford, in the state of Georgia, by Early Courthouse, Attawa's store, in Henry county, Alabama, Pike and Covington Court- houses, to Sparta, and that the route here- tofore established, from Ft. Hawkins, by Fort Ganes (Gaines) to Conicu (Conecuh) Courthouse, to be discontinued .- Act of Con- gress, March 3, 1823, U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 3, p. 767.
In Alabama .- From the Dale to Marengo. From Greenville to Montezuma.
From Montgomery to Coosawda.
Discontinue the post-route from Augusta, by Fort Jackson, to Coosawda.
And that the Postmaster General be au- thorized, if by him thought expedient, to cause a mail to be transmitted by water, from the city of Mobile to the city of New Orleans.
From Bellefonte, Jackson county, by Gun- ter's Landing, to Blountsville.
From Athens, Limestone County, by East- port, to Florence .- Act of Congress March
3, 1825, in U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 4, p. 100.
In Alabama .- From Clayborne, by Rocky Mount, and Hawell's Ferry, to Fort Stoddart.
From Triana, by Moulton, to Russelville. From Spring Place to Ridge's Ferry.
From Moulton, by Walker Courthouse, to Tuscaloosa.
From Ashville, through Coosa Valley, by Kelly's Creek, Harpersville, and Hughs' store. to Montevallo.
From Courtland to Leighton .- Act of Con- gress, March 2, 1827, in U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 4, p. 225.
In Alabama .- From Gunter's Landing to Blountville.
From Marengo Courthouse to Claiborne, in Monroe County.
From Daletown, by Canton, to Greenville .- Act of Congress, May 24, 1828, in U. S. Stat- utes at Large, vol. 4, p. 320.
In Alabama .- From Bellefonte, in Jack- son county, by Larkinsville, and Larkin's fork of Paint Rock river, Newmarket, Hazle Green, to the cross roads in Madison county, and Athens, in Limestone county, Alabama, to Elkton, in Giles county.
From Montgomery, in Montgomery county, by Monticello, Williamstown, Franklin, on the Chattahoochie, Lemon's store, Columbia, and Woodville, to Webbville, in Florida.
From Burnt Corn, in Monroe county, by Belleville, Sparta, and Brooklyn, to Coving- ton courthouse in Conecuh county.
From Mobile, in Alabama, to New Orleans, in Louisiana; and the route from Pascagoula, to New Orleans, is hereby discontinued.
From Ashville, by Allen's mills, Thoma- son's and the Big Spring, to Elyton.
From Tuscaloosa to Springfield.
'From Greenville to Montezuma, in the county of Covington, by Pearman's ferry, on Pee river, Dale courthouse, the Blockhouse, Joel T. McLindon's, to Franklin, in Henry county.
From Montgomery to Hayneville, in Lowndes county; thence to Cahawba.
From Womack's postoffice, in Wilcox county, to Robison's store, in Lowndes county, and from thence to Hayneville.
From Montgomery, via Montevalla, to Ely- ton.
From Florence, by way of Lexington, in Lauderdale county, to Pulaski, Tennessee.
From Daletown, in Perry county, to Greens- boro'.
From Burnt Corn in Alabama, by Clai- borne, Clarkesville, Coffeeville, Washington courthouse, Winchester, Ellisville, Williams- burg, Monticello, Meadville, to Natchez, in Mississippi.
From Monticello to Port Gibson.
From Newnan, Georgia, to Harpersville.
From Mooresville, via Fulton, Athens, Re- dus' mills (cross Elk river at Jones' ferry), Prather's store, Smithville, in Limestone county, and to Pulaski, in Tennessee.
From Gaines' postoffice, in Pike county, to Greenville, Butler county, through Wrights- borough.
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From Montgomery, by William Townsend's in the fork, and Chestnut creek settlement, to Ashville.
From Larkinsville to Woodville, Jackson county.
From Lowndes to Vernon, in Autauga county. From Demopolis, by Arcola, to Greens- borough.
From Cahawba, by Woodville, to Lynden. From Monticello in Pike county, by Gain- er's store, to Montezuma in Covington county. -Act of Congress, June 15, 1832, in U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 4, p. 547.
In Alabama .- From Columbiana, in the county of Shelby, via Mineral Springs, to Syllacogy, in Talladega county.
From Jacksonville, in Benton county, to Bennettsville, in St. Clair county.
From Tuscaloosa, via Romulus, Mosely and Cook's store, to Pleasant Ridge postoffice, in Pickens county.
From Livingston, in Sumpter county, via Horner's old store Mount Sterling, McCarty's, and Carrollton, to Washington courthouse, Washington county.
From Mesopotamia, in Greene county, via Daniel's prairie and Jones' Bluff, to Living- ston, in Sumpter county.
From Burnt Corn, Monroe county, via Godbold's old store, to Allentown, in Wilcox county.
From Linden, in Marengo county, via Flat settlement, Moscow, and Perryman's store, to Livingston, in Sumpter county.
From Livingston, in Sumpter county, Ala- bama, to Marion, in Lauderdale county, Mis- sissippi.
From Manningham, in Butler county, to Mount Willing and Haynesville, in Lowndes county, thence to Washington, Autauga county.
From Dallas, in Hamilton county, Tennes- see, through the Lookout and Wills valleys, via Reason, Rollins, the seat of justice for DeKalb county, to Bennettsville, Saint Clair county, Alabama.
From Monticello, in Pike county, to Tus- kegee, in Macon county.
From Calhoun, McMinn county, Tennessee, via Walker's place, McDaniel's, Richard Tay- lor's, Walker courthouse, Georgia, William Henry's, Charles Price's, Dougherty's mills, Chatooga, or Gaylesville, Smith's ferry, on Coosa river, Francis Adams, and Rawden's store, to Jacksonville, Benton county.
From Knoxville, Greene county, via Gaines- ville, in Sumpter county, to Narketa, Kem- per county, Mississippi.
From Fort Mitchell, via Roanoke post office, Stewart county, Georgia, Irwinton, in Bar- bour county, Alabama, to Fort Gaines, in Early county, Georgia (the mail to be car- ried on the west side of the Chattahoochee river).
From Uniontown, Perry county, via Athens, Bogue Chitto, to Portland, on Alabama river.
From Monticello, in Pike county, to Dale- ville, in Dale county.
From Rockford, in Coosa county, via Mon-
treal, in Tallapoosa county, to Lafayette, in Chambers county.
From Irwinton, on the Chattahoochee river, via Clayton, in Barbour county, Midway, and through the southwest part of Macon county, to Mt. Meigs, in Montgomery county.
From Mount Willing, via Maule's store, to Benton, in Lowndes county.
From Montgomery, along the Patsalaggo road, to the nearest point on the route run- ning from Greenville, to Gaines's store, Pike county.
From Mount Meigs, in Montgomery county, via Carter's store, to Hayneville, in Lowndes county.
From La Grange, in Troup county, Georgia, via Dickson's mills, Randolph courthouse, to Talladega, in Talladega county, Alabama.
From Haynesville, via Hickory grove, to the nearest point on the road from Montgom- ery to Palsalaggo, and from thence to the nearest point on the route from Monticello, in Pike county, to Gaines's store.
From Vernon, in Troup county, Georgia, via Hurst's store, to Lafayette, in Chambers county, Alabama.
From Jacksonville, Benton county, via White plains and Boiling Springs, Randolph courthouse, Lafayette and Cassitah (sic), to Gerard (sic), thence to Columbus, Georgia.
From Talladega courthouse to Lafayette, in Chambers county.
From West Point, in Troup county, Geor- gia, via Cassitah and Tallassee, to Wetumpka, in Montgomery county, Alabama.
From Tuskeega, in Macon county, via Tuckabatchee, to Tallassee, in Tallapoosa county.
From Greensboro' to Candy's landing, on the Black Warrior river.
From Washington, Autauga county, via Kingston, Independence, Hamilton, Oakridge, and Valley creek, to Marion, in Perry county.
From Rockford, in Coosa county, via Chest- nut creek, to Maplesville, in Bibb county.
From Greenville, in Butler county, via Robb's store, to Sparta, thence to Pensacola, Florida.
From Dale courthouse to Valambrosa, in Florida.
From Tallahassee, via Tuckabatchee, to Line creek postoffice.
From Bellefonte, in Jackson county, via De Kalb courthouse, and Cherokee court- house, to Jacksonville, Benton county.
From Lafayette, in Chambers county, via Randolph courthouse, crossing Talapoosa river at Sawyers' ferry, via White Plains, Jacksonville, in Benton county, thence cross- ing Coosa river at Walker's ferry, by Double spring, by Bennettsville, to Ashville, in Saint Clair county.
From Greenville, in Butler county, via Fort Dale, to Hayneville, in Lowndes county. From Tuscaloosa to Fairfield.
From Mount Meigs to Irwinton.
From Pickensville, by Macon and Louis- ville, to Winston courthouse, Mississippi.
From Portland, by Athens, to Uniontown.
From Manningham to Mount Willing.
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From Newmarket, by Madison Springs, to Hazlegreen.
From Rockford to Mardisville.
From Columbus, Georgia, by Chambers courthouse, Randolph courthouse, and Ben- ton courthouse, to Huntsville.
From Salina, by Cahawba, Pleasant Hill, and Bragg's store, to Greenville.
From Jacksonville, in Benton county, Ala- bama, to Rome, in Georgia.
From Cahawba, by Marion, to Centreville. -Act of Congress, July 2, 1836, U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 5, pp. 103, 104, 105.
Alabama .- From Columbus, Georgia, via Mount Ararat, Salem and Coleman's, to Tallapoosa courthouse.
From Spring Hill, in Marengo county, via Boston, Dayton and Whitehall, to Mckinley.
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