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From: "James D. Allen" <>
Subject: Lawrenceville in Henry County, Al.
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:30:26 -0600
In-Reply-To: <01c801c0b179$4745f4a0$36c7a518@midsouth.rr.com>


Thanks Margie
Note that this Community History with Pictures by Margie Daniels is on the
Henry County Web Page at this link
http://www.rootsweb.com/~alhenry/Lawrence.htm

Not Many Community Histories but a growing list of Communities that need
Histories written can be found at this link.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~alhenry/community_histories.htm

Come look at the slowly changing face of the Henry County Web Pages
http://www.rootsweb.com/~alhenry/index.html

Jimmy Allen
http://home.att.net/~jamesdallen/
List Administrator
ALGenWeb Henry County Coordinator


-----Original Message-----
From: Margie Daniels [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 2:07 PM
To:
Subject: Bit of history of Lawrenceville in Henry County, Al.


Henry County, Alabama
Lawrenceville

The following information was graciously donated by T. Larry Smith, the
official historian of Henry County as recently appointed by the Henry County
Commission.

Lawrenceville was one of Henry’s early settlements in the upper end of the
county north of Abbeville. The area was settled by people of quality and
education. The settlement began in the early 1820's, with the families of
Cassedy, Corbitt, Glover, Culver, Carter, Davis, Lawrence, Crawford, Wood,
Wilcoxin, Ward, Whitehurst, McAllister, West, Thomas, and Scott. The
community was named for Joseph Lawrence. He was instrumental in establishing
the famous Lawrenceville Academy on land donated by he and Mrs. Lawrence.
Famous students of the academy included General/Congressman/Governor of
Alabama, William Calvin Oates (the only man from Henry County to become
governor); noted educators Clarence McCartha and Joseph Espy; The Bowen
Brothers: Gus, who founded the famous boy’s school in Nashville Tennessee
and Albert, who was a missionary to China for forty years; Angus M. Scott, a
noted educator and Masonic leader; and many others.

A Masonic lodge was established in Lawrenceville. A U.S. Post Office opened
there in 1849 with Joseph Lawrence as postmaster. Several churches were in
the community: Lawrenceville Baptist, St. Peter Baptist, County Line
Primitive Baptist, and The Methodist Church. Former Lawrenceville Baptist
members who had moved into Abbeville started the Abbeville Baptist Church in
1834. Several old cemeteries are in the area.

Lawrenceville was a thriving place until circa 1888 when the Lawrenceville
Academy closed. This school drew students from other counties and states.
The Post Office closed in 1905. Descendants of some pioneer families still
remain in the community today. Few old structures remain. Four-lane highway
U.S. #431 now passes on the western side of old Lawrenceville.


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