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Welcome
To
Randolph County
Alabama
Genealogy and
History |
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Randolph County was
established by the Alabama Legislature on December 18,
1832, and named in honor of James Randolph, a Virginia
congressman. Randolph County was one of several counties
created out of the last Creek cession formulated by the
Treaty of Cusseta, on March 24, 1832. It lies within the
Piedmont region, which extends from Alabama to
Pennsylvania.
The first county seat for Randolph
County was established in 1833 at Hedgeman Triplett's
Ferry on the west bank of the Big Tallapoosa River,
about 10 miles west of Wedowee. In 1835, the county seat
was moved by the commissioners to nearby Wedowee.
Wedowee lies in the center of Randolph County, on a fork
of the Little Tallapoosa River. Wedowee was named after
a tribal chief "Wah-wah-nee" (or "Wah-dow-wee") whose
village stood near the present site of the
town.
Towns and
Cities:
* Roanoke * Rock Mills * Wadley *
Wedowee * Woodland
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Website
Updates:
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April 2013: History of
Randolph Cty by Smith and DeLand
1888
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Feb 2013: Marriage News:
WEATHER - Transcribed by FOFG mz
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Vietnam War Casualties -
Transcribed by Mary Kay Krogman
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Crime news: BARTH survives
hanging
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Jan 2013: Crime news: CLEGG,
STEVENS, ALLEN, PERKINS, FLOYD, SMITH; stills
raided 1909
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Death News: DANIEL, LEE,
MATTHEWS, MOON, SMITH, WHITE - transcribed by
FOFG mz
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Deaths of State Convicts
1910 - 1914 - Transcribed by Dawn
Conway
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Oct 2012: 1883
Pensioners
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Sept 2012: Death News:
ADAIR, CARLISLE, CLEMONS, FAUSETT, JONES, MANN,
RADNEY,SUNSSLER; Crime News; Sick List News;
Industrial News; Community News; Aug
2012: Death: MILLS, YARBROUGH, MCDONOUGH;
WWI Gold Stars, Rev. War
Soldiers
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July 2012:
Listing of Churches, Schools, and Historical
Post Offices
Jan. 2011: Bios: HEFFLIN;
SMITH;
April 2009:
County History; Wedding News; Crime News;
Deaths; Cemetery Index; LACY, Sheriff
Biography; Marriage News: JACKSON,
DUNSON | |
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