HENRY COUNTY SIFTINGS By: T. Larry Smith Henry County’s Official Historian Vol. 18, No. 05 H.C. Powell Purchased Headland in 1879 Headland,Alabama established in 1871 By J.J. Head, who sold in 1879 to Hosey C. Powell, who sold again in 1880 to Dr. Wyatt S. Oates, who incorporated the City of Headland In 1884 The rest of the story…
Headland was officially established on October 10, 1871, when the U. S. Post Office was opened at “Headland, Alabama”. However, Headland was settled before this time. A settlement was already at the location where the Eufaula-Marianna mail route crossed the Columbia-Newton Road just after the Civil War. The “Church of Christ at Bethlehem” was formed here circa July 1,…
The very first transportation routes in the Alabama Territory and the newly formed Henry County, mainly followed old Indian paths. Early settlers entering the new lands, now Henry County, stayed close to Ft. Gaines, Georgia for protection from the Indians. There were no roads on which to venture into the unsettled wilderness. Among the early settlers that were settling…
