Lamar County History

Contents
1. Sources and References
2. A series of articles on Lamar's history published in "The Vernon Courier" in 1891.
3. An article on Lamar County's history published in "The Lamar Democrat" in 1935.
4. Vernon History by Lamar County H.S. Ninth Grade Class of 1950.
5. Excerpt from "Alabama As It Is, or The Immigrant's and Capitalist's Guide Book To Alabama"
6. Historical population figures for Lamar County.
7. List of Lamar County's Probate Judges.
8. Lamar County Officials, Various Years
9. Lamar County Town Officials


1. Sources and References
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1. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1. By Thomas McAdory Owen¹
2. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 2. By Thomas McAdory Owen¹
3. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 3. By Thomas McAdory Owen²
4. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 4. By Thomas McAdory Owen²
5. Official Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Alabama. 1868¹
6. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907²
7. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1911²
8. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1913²
9. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915²
10. Alabama Official and Statistical R egister, 1919¹
11. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1923²
12. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1927²
13. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1931²
14. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1935²
15. 1900 Census Of Population And Housing. Volume 1: Population of States and Territories, Page 9³
16. Rev. B. F. Riley, D. D.. Alabama As It Is, or The Immigrant's and Capitalist's Guide Book To Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama. 1887.

¹Google Books
²Alabamamosaic.org
³Census.gov

Note: Author, Thomas McAdory Owen, married Marie Bankhead,
daughter of John Hollis Bankhead of Lamar County.


2. A Series of Articles on Lamar's history published in "The Vernon Courier" in 1891.

The following is a transcription of a series of articles published in "The Vernon Courier" in 1891.

Lamar's History (August 27, 1891, Page 1) The history of Lamar county is part of the history of Fayette and Marion. Lamar county is composed of the territory lying east of Range 13, south of Township 11, east of the Mississippi Line, and north of Township 18, and covers an area of 13 full townships and 5 fractional townships. The line that divided Fayette and Marion formerly was from east to west two miles north of the township line between 14 and 15. This township line has for a long time been known as a District line. The land north being subject to entry at Huntsville and that south of it at Tuscaloosa and Montgomery now. Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 in township 12 range 14 belong to Marion county. The old town of Pikeville being situated on that parcel of land, and was the county site when this county was established under the name of Jones in 1866. The county was called Jones in honor of Hon. E. P. Jones, of Fayette, who was then State Senator from the Counties of Marion and Fayette. The convention of 1867 abolished the county, but before that date an election had been held and the place where Vernon now stands was chosen for the county site and named Swain. On the 8th day of October, 1868, the county was re-established and this time given the name Sanford, in honor of H. C. Sanford, a senator from Cherokee county. A great deal of bitter feeling prevailed in the counties of Fayette and Marion for several years after this county was on a solid footing. The new county divested both the old counties of their best territory at that time. The rich coal lands of those counties were then considered worthless. A muzzle loading shotgun or a milk cow were easily exchanged for a quarter-section, which is now worth up in the thousands. The county was attacked on ground that it did not have 600 square miles of area, the constitutional area. The area of square miles is said to be only 599 with every inch measured, which substantially fill the requirements of the constitution. The best agricultural lands of Marion were cut off to this county. Marion had been trimmed so often before that it had become a rule for the people to vote for no man whom they considered lacking in a knowledge of "county boundaries." Marion was formed on the 13th day of February, 1818, from territory taken from Tuskaloosa, and composed largely the territory now embraced in the counties of Walker, Winston, Fayette, Lamar, and Lowndes and Monroe in the State of Mississippi. And in 1832 the Chickasaws made their last cession, a large part of what is now Marion county. The state senators from Marion down to 1825 were: John D. Terrell, 19-21; Wm Metcalfe, 22-25; and from that date they were same in both Fayette and Marion and are as follows:
	Jesse Vanhoose,		1825-27
	Rufus Moore,		1827-29
	Rufus K. Anderson,		1829-34
	Henry Borrough,		1834-37
	Burr Wilson,		1837-43
	Elijah Marchbanks,		1843-47
	Daniel Goggin,		1847-50
	E. P. Jones		1850-61
	A. J. Coleman,		1861-65
	E. P. Jones,		1865,
Marion had the following Representatives from 1819 to 1844, holding one year each:
	Silas McBee,
	James Moore,
	Lemuel Beene,
	John D. Terrell,
	James Moore,
	James Moore,
	George white,
	Wm H Duke,
	Wm H. Duke,
	Wm H. Duke and Jas Metcalfe,
	De Fayette Roysden, Jas Metcalfe,
	Thadeus Walker, Jas Metcalfe,
	Thadeus Walker, D U Hollis,
	George Brown and D U Hollis,
	Derrell H Hollis,
	Hiram C May,
	Joshua Gann,
	Joshua Gann,
	Derrell U Hollis,
	Thos C Moore,
	Thos C Moore,
	Joshua Burleson,
	Leroy Kennedy,
	John L McCarty,
	1845. Leroy Kennedy, 2 year terms
	Woodson Northcutt,
	Kimbrough T Brown,
	William A Musgroves,
	Kimbrough T Brown,
	K T Brown and Leroy Kennedy,
	K T Brown and W A Musgroves,
	M L Davis and J W Logan,
	1865 J H Bankhead and W Stedham,

(September 3, 1891, Page 1)
Fayette county was established on the 20th of December, 1824, and was made of territory coming from Marion and Tuskaloosa. At that time General LaFayette was the nation's guest, and the new county was named in his honor. Fayette had had the following Representatives since the year 1828.
	Samuel J Parker,
	John Shipp,
	James K McCollum,
	Caswell C Thompson,
	Wm S Taylor,
	W S Taylor and C C Thompson,
	W S Taylor and Burr W Wilson,
	W S Taylor and C Byd,
	W S Taylor and L Brasher,
	W S Taylor and R J Morrow,
	W S Taylor and Wilson Cobb,
	Wilson Cobb and E Marchbanks,
	W S Taylor and E Marchbanks,
	J M Morris and Allen Harris,
	Alvis Davis and Wm W Bell,
	Alvis Davis and Elzer Williams,
	Alvis Davis and J R Kirkland,
	A j Coleman and J K McCollum,
	A J Coleman and J K McCollum,
	E W Lawrence and A M Reynolds,
	J C Kirkland and T P McConnell,
	A J Coleman and James Brock,
	A J Coleman and James Seay,
	Jas Middleton and A Cobb,
	Thos Molloy and A Cobb,
	E W Lawrence,
	W H Kennedy,
Lamar, (then Sanford) county had no separate Representative until 1876, when D W Hollis was elected Representative. The senators and Representatives of the county have been as follows:
SENATORS .
	J F Morton,		died Jan. 71.
	J M Martin		71.
	J H Bankhead,		76 to 78
	W A Musgroves,		78 to 82.
	A L Moorman,		82 to 86
	Geo C Almon,		80 to 90.
	R L Bradley		90 to 94
REPRESENTATIVES.
	E W Lawrence,		68-70
	W H Kennedy,		70-72.
	W A Musgroves		72-74.
	J C Kirkland,		74-76
	D W Hollis,		76-78.
	I H Sanders,		78-80.
	J H Bankhead,		80-82.
	T B NeSmith,		82-84.
	T B NeSmith		84-86.
	R L Bradley,		86-88.
	R L Bradley,		88-90.
	M L Davis,		90-92.
The first county officers were: B L Falkner, Judge of Probate; G E Grown, Clerk of the Circuit Court; William Boyd, Sheriff; M V Brewer, Tax Collector. The Commissioners were Wm Brown, Wesley C. York, Jason Guin and Newton F. Morton. After the re-establishment of the county under the name of Sanford, Thomas Morton assumed the office of judge of probate on the 9th of November 1868, and held the same until his death in 1872, when B. L. Falkner was again appointed judge of probate. Judge Falkner held the office until the election in 1874, when he was succeeded by Judge Alexander Cobb, who was again reelected in 1880, and also in 1886, and died on the 21st of November, 1887. W. L. Guin was Sheriff under the re organization, and was succeeded by John Anthony, who resigned and was succeeded by M. Wofford. S. P. Kemp was elected in 1874; D. J. Lacy in 77; J. W. White in 80; S. F. Pennington in 84, and L. S. Metcalfe in 88. The Clerks of the Circuit Court have been: Jas M. Morton up until 1874; J. R. McMullen until '77; W. G. Middleton the unexpired term until 1880; James Middleton from '80 to '86; and R. E. Bradley, the present incumbent. The Tax Collectors have been: S. H. Jackson, '68 to '71; John R. King, '71 to 74; G. W. Woods, '74 to '77; D. J. Lacy, '77 to 80; J. W. White, '80 to 84; D. J. Lacy, '84 to '88; J. E. Pennington, '88 to '92. The Tax Assessor have been: J. H. Kline, '68 to 71; J. E. Pennington, '71 to 80; W. Y. Allen, '80 to 92. The County Treasures have been: A. A. Summers, James M. Wilson, D. V. Lawrence, L. M. Wimberly and P. M. Woods, in the order named. The Superintendents of Education have been: Dr. G. C. Burns, Dr. M. W. Morton, J. M. I. Guyton, B. F. Reed, B. H. Wilkerson and W. J. Molloy, in the order named. The office of Coroner has only had one who qualified and gave bond and that was B. H. Wilkerson some years since. The offices of Sheriff and Tax Collector were combined in 1877 and remained so until 1884. By preserving the above lists of officers and the dates of their respective terms, you will have much to aid you in remembering dates of transactions, and will add much to your interest in the future chapters of Lamar's History which will be filled with many personal sketches of men, and of measures that have passed away. We hope merely by these chapters to put into print for sake of preservation, facts that will be useful when some one in the distant future takes up the task of writing a history of Lamar county.

Source Documents
Part 1		Part 2		Part 3
"The Vernon Courier"		"The Vernon Courier"		"The Vernon Courier"
August 27, 1891		September 3, 1891		1891

3. An Article on Lamar County's history published in "The Lamar Democrat" in 1935.

Lamar County bears the name (but not all of it) of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the Georgia-born statesman who moved to Mississippi in about 1845, represented the latter state in Congress from 1856 to 1860, was first a colonel and then a European diplomatic agent of the Confederacy during the War Between the States, served Mississippi in Congress again from 1872 to 1876, became a United States Senator in 1876, thrilled the whole nation with the eloquence and magnanimity of his oration on the death of Charles Sumner, was Grover Cleveland's Secretary of the Interior in 1887, and died in 1893, five years after elevation to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The county was a long time in getting itself created, and another long time in getting itself finally named. Not until 1867, forty-eight years after the birth of Alabama as a state, were portions of the counties of Marion and Fayette severed by the legislature to form a new county on Alabama's western frontier north of Pickens County. The name given to this new county at the time was Jones, in honor of E. P. Jones, of Fayette. Nine months later Jones County was abolished and its territory returned to the counties from which it had been taken. In 1868, the legislature tried again, creating a county to be known as Sanford out of the same territory Jones had occupied. The creation held this time, but not the name. In 1877, at about the time of L. Q. C. Lamar's famous Sumner oration, the tname of Sanford County was officially changed to Lamar and "all public property, rights and credits pertaining to said county of Sanford", were transferred to Lamar.

The transfer included an Indian history. Although few Indian relics have been found in the region, it is known to have been claimed by the Chickasaw tribe and to have been part of that tribe's cession to the United States in 1816. The claim was somewhat loose, however, for all of this area has been identified as a vast neutral hunting ground used by Chickasaws, Choctaws and Creeks alike. The present dividing line between Lamar and Pickens Counties was the frontier between Chickasaws and Choctaws.

Early white settlers from whom a large part of the present inhabitants are descended, came principally from South Carolina and Georgia. Few of them were slave holders, which explains the fact that the Negro population of the county has always been small and is now only about 15 percent of the total. But even though they had no slaves, these first settlers were versed in the ways of cotton and corn, to the raising of which they devoted aprincipal activity which has been passed on through generation after generation from those days to these. Modern Lamar County is an essentially agricultural domain and cotton and corn are still its major crops, although the distance from markets and the one-time paucity of transportation facilities have inspired an habitual diversity of farm production which enables the population to live very much at home. Included in this secondary production and important in every item are oats, cowpeas, potatoes, sugar cane, sorghum and a live-stock industry to which the constant introduction of better breeds offers just now an emphatic future.

Although the county is traversed today by the Southern Railway, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway and a goodly mileage of graveled state highways, its travel and trade routes in other days were more famous than numerous. Through it passed (most famously of all) the historic "old military road", from Columbia, Tennessee to Columbus, Mississippi, which Andrew Jackson built early in the nineteenth century. Near it today without quite entering it, runs the great Bankhead Highway from Washington, D. C. to California via Atlanta and Birmingham. That this transcontinental highway should skirt Lamar's northeastern corner without coming in seems an historic injustice, even though the county has excellent access to it over a graveled state road through Sulligent, The injustice results from the fact that Lamar gave to the state and the nation the man whose name this highway bears, Senator John Hollis Bankhead. Senator Bankhead, who represented Alabama for 20 years in the National House of Representatives and 13 years in the national Senate and whose sons, John and Will occupy seats today in that senate and house, respectively, was born September 13, 1842, in the old village of Moscow. Although Moscow was then a part of Marion County it belonged to the area which later became Lamar. As a citizen of Moscow, John H. Bankhead represented Marion County in the state legislature from 1865 to 1866, just before the portion of the county in which he lived was severed to form the eventual county of Lamar. As a citizen of the same town he represented the Twelfth District in the state senate from 1876 to 1877. Moscow lost its identity later when it, and the old Bankhead plantation which was a part of it, became the town of Sulligent. Of all the distinguished services for which the nation honored Senator Bankhead none was more notable or more widely recognized than his work i persuading the United States government to aid the several states in the building of roads. For the work he came to be known as "the father of Federal aid to good roads." The transcontinental highway which was selected to bear his name is said to be the longest one-name road in the world. It traverses thirteen states in its passage across the continent.

But Sulligent is not so far from the Bankhead Highway today nor Lamar so divorced in time from its association with the names of Jackson, Lamar and Bankhead that the 18,000 people of this county do not find an increasing commerce in the highway and an eternal inspiration in the names.

4. Vernon History by Lamar County H.S. Ninth Grade Class of 1950.
From "The Lamar Democrat"
Part 1	Part 2
January 25, 1950	February 1, 1950






5. Excerpt from "Alabama As It Is, or The Immigrant's and Capitalist's Guide Book To Alabama" by Rev. B. F. Riley, D. D. published in 1887 page 93-94
Rev. B. F. Riley, D. D.. Alabama As It Is, or The Immigrant's and Capitalist's Guide Book To Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama. 1887.
LAMAR COUNTY This county was formed in 1866, and named Jones: in 1868 the name was changed to that of Sanford, and in 1877 its present designation was adopted. Romote from transportation, the county of Lamar has been placed at great disadvantage, notwithstanding its rich stores of mineral and the productiveness of its soils. It covers an area of 550 square miles. Population in 1870, 8,893: population in 1880, 12,142. White, 9,967: colored, 2,175. Tilled Land: 62,141 acres. - Area planted in cotton, 15,245 acres; in corn, 28,303 acres; in oats, 4,139 acres; in wheat, 5,627 acres; in rye, 75 acres; in tobacco, 46 acres; in sweet potatoes, 626 acres. Cotton Production: 5,015 bales. Like the most of this section of Alabama, the surface of Lamar is hilly and broken, with many productive valleys. The soil along the oak uplands is superior, while that along the pebbly ridges is barren. The general character of the soils of Lamar is that of red loam. The best lands in the county are those found along the uplands, or table-lands, and those along the banks of the streams. But there is a mixture of sand in all the lands of the county. The soil is easily tilled under all circumstances. The chief productions of the county are cotton, corn, wheat, and oats. Nearly, or quite one-half, of the tilled lands of Lamar are devoted to the production of cotton. Grasses grow here spontaneously, and afford rich pasturage for stock.. Better grasses are cultivated, and much attention is devoted to stock-raising, and, with commercial outlets, this would be one of the chief industries of the county. The forests of Lamar are heavily timbered with short-leaf pine, the various species of oak, hickory, ash, chestnut, and sassafras. The drainage of Lamar is secured through Buttahatchie river and Luxapalila, Beaver, Coal Fire, and Yellow creeks, all of which have large branches or tributaries. Along these streams flourishing lumber and flour mills are met with. The river and creeks are finely suited to machinery by reason of their immense water-power. The mineral products of the county are iron, coal, and valuable stones for building purposes. The county now enjoys railroad transportation since the passage of the Georgia Pacific through its territory. With the completion of this great line, the county will be speedily appreciated and developed. Vernon, Moscow, and Millport are towns of local importance, the first mentioned being the county-seat. Schools and churches are found in every part of the county. Immigrants desiring cheap lands will do well to examine the merits of the lands of this county. It has a quantity of public or government land. The prices of land vary from $2 to $8 or $10 per acre. Because of its climate, healthfulness, mineral resources, and location, Lamar will, one day, be one of the most progressive regions of Alabama. It contains 44,200 acres of government land.



6. Lamar County, Alabama Historical Population Figures
Compiled from official U.S. Census Bureau publications

	Population				1890 Lamar Population By District
	Total	White	Black	Other	Vernon, with Vernon Town	1281
1870	8893	7330	1563		Vernon Town	192
1880	12142	9967	2175	2	Lawrence	805
1890	14187	11338	2849		Sizemore	538
1900	16084	13015	3069		Brown	635
1910	17487	14307	3180		Goode	353
1920	18149	15299	2850		Henson	467
1930	18001	15150	2851		Millville	790
1940	19708	16731	2977		Pine Springs	509
1950	16441				Moscow	1778
1960	14271	12168	2103		Military Springs	716
1970	14335	12372	1955	8	Betts	869
1980	16453				Trulls	759
1990	15715	13805	1862	48	Vail	613
2000	15904	13816	1906	182	Millport, with Millport Town	710
2010	14564	12626	1643	295	Millport Town	244
					Steen	736
					Strickland	908
	Population of Towns				Wilson	784
	Vernon	Sulligent	Millport	Kennedy	Ridge	846
1890	192	-	244	-
1900	291	303	357	166
1910	428	619	529	261	1900 Lamar Population By District
1920	440	1071	604	203	Vernon, with Vernon Town¹	1417
1930	519	1078	714	277	Vernon Town	291
1940	759	1287	700	367	Lawrence	984
1950	791	1209	682	393	Sizemore	701
1960	1492	1346	943	379	Brown	620
1970	2190	1762	1070	415	Goode	358
1980	2609	2130	1287	604	Henson	450
1990	2247	1886	1203	523	Millville	696
2000	2143	2151	1160	541	Pine Springs	607
2010	2000	1927	1049	447	Moscow with Sulligent Town¹	2092
					Sulligent Town	303
*Note that growth could be because of town annexations					Military Springs	800
					Betts	851
					Trulls	993
					Vail	714
					Millport, with Millport Town	815
					Millport Town	357
					Steen, with Kennedy town	754
					Kennedy town	166
					Strickland	1118
					Wilson	899
					Ridge	895
					Bell¹	825

					¹Bell created from Vernon and Moscow since 1890

7. Lamar County Probate Judges

	B L Falkner	1866 - 1867	*While Jones County
	Thomas Morton	11/9/1868 - 1872
	B L Falkner	1872 - 1874	Grave Marker	*Son of Mahala Redus
	Alexander Cobb	1874 - 11/21/1887	Grave Marker
	W. A. Young
	Robert Luther Bradley	1893 - 1911	Biography Biography
	J. T. Maddox
	S. G. Johnson

Lamar County Officials, 1867, as Jones County
Probate Judge	B L Falkner
Clerk of the Circuit Court	G E Grown
Sheriff	William Boyd
Tax Collector	M V Brewer
County Commissioners	Wm Brown
	Wesley C. York
	Jason Guin
	Newton F. Morton

Lamar County Officials, 1869, as Sanford County
Probate Judge	Thomas Morton
Sheriff	Luke Gun

Lamar County Officials, 1903
Probate Judge	R. L. Bradley, Vernon
Circuit Court Clerk	R. E. Bradley, Vernon
Register in Chancery	S. J. Shields, Vernon
Sheriff	A. U. Hollis, Vernon
Tax Assessor	T. T. Allen, Vernon
Tax Collector	W. B. White, Cash
Superintendent of Education	B. H. Wilkerson, Vernon
Treasurer	J. E. Pennington, Vernon
Tax Commissioner	G. J. Holliday, Wofford
Coroner
Surveyor	J. M. Morton, Vernon

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1903. Montgomery, Alabama. 1903

Lamar County Officials, 1907
Probate Judge	R. L. Bradley, Vernon
Clerk of Circuit Court	R. E. Bradley, Vernon
Sheriff	John T. Hill, Vernon
Tax Assessor	J. T. Allen, Vernon
Tax Collector	W. B. White, Vernon
Tax Commissioner	John F. Barker, Sizemore
Treasurer	O. F. Holly, Vernon
Superintendent of Education	E. R. Harris, Vernon
Coroner	Jesse Sisson, Melborne
County Commissioners	R. H. McNees, Vernon
	B. W. Evans, Sulligent
	J. J. Weeks, Pharos;
	R. N. Waldrop, Sr., Millport
Register in Chancery	J. S. Shields, Vernon
Surveyors	Jas. M. Morton, Kennedy
	T. D. Jackson, Sulligent
Registrars	J. T. Clark, Detroit
	W. O. Pennington, Baxter
	E. F. Miller, Millport
Pension Examiners	Dr. D. W. Box, Vernon
	Samuel Jernigan, Vernon
Board of Health	Dr. W. W. Seay, Chairman, Kingville
	Dr. T. B. Woods, Bell
	Dr. J. C. Bochelen, Sulligent
	Dr. M. R. Seay, Fernbank
	Dr. R. H. Redden, Sulligent
Game and Fish Warden	A. J. Guyton, Vernon

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1907. Montgomery, Alabama. 1907

Lamar County Officials, 1913
Judge of Probate	R. L. Bradley, Vernon
Clerk of Circuit Court	W. C. Evans, Vernon
Sheriff	M. A. Strickland, Vernon
Tax Assessor	J. T. Allen, Vernon
Tax Collector	E. F. Miller, Vernon
Tax Commissioner	None
Treasurer	M. D. Gilmer, Sulligent, R.F.D. 1
Superintendent of Education	E. R. Harris, Vernon
County Treasurer of School Funds	Samuel G. Johnson, Sulligent
Coroner	Vacant
Register in Chancery	S. J. Shields, Vernon
Game and Fish Warden	A. J. Guyton, Vernon
County Commissioners
2nd District	W. C. Turman, Sulligent, R.D.F. 4
4th District	T. O. Smith, Millport, R.F.D. 2
1st District	J. B. Wheeler, Vernon, R.F.D. 3
3rd District	Robert McCarver, Beaverton
Surveyors	J. J. Weeks, Crew's Depot, R.F.D. 1
	M. L. Coons, Kennedy
Registrars	W. L. Beasley, Kennedy
	J. L. Hill, Sulligent, R.F.D. 1
	J. J. Weeks, Crew's Depot, R.F.D. 1
Health Ollicer	Dr. J. A. Jackson, Sulligent, R.F.D. 1
Jury Commissioners	W. T. Walker, Kennedy, term expires Jan. 1912
	Dick White, Detroit, term expires Jan. 1913
	M. R. Seay, Fernbank, term expires Jan. 1914
Pension Examiners	B. M. Molloy, Sulligent
	Dr. D. W. Box, Vernon

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1913. Montgomery, Alabama. 1913.

Lamar County Officials, 1915
Judge of Probate	R. L. Bradley, Vernon
Clerk of Circuit Court	Cornelius P. McDougal, Vernon
Sheriff	I. G. Rector, Vernon
Tax Assessor	J. T. Allen, Vernon
Tax Collector	E. F. Miller, Vernon
Treasurer	M. D. Gilmer, Sulligent, R.F.D. 1
Superintendent of Education	E. R. Harris, Vernon
County Treasurer of School Funds	S. G. Kennedy, Vernon
Principal County High School	E. L. Williamson, Vernon
Treasurer County High School	W. B. Clearman, Vernon
Coroner	Vacant
Register in Chancery	S. J. Shields, Vernon
Game and Fish Warden	G. A. Parker, Vernon
County Commissioners
2nd District	W. C. Turman, Sulligent, R.F.D. 4
4th District	T. O. Smith, Millport, R.F.D. 2
1st District	J. B. Wheeler, Vernon, R.F.D.3
3rd District	Robert McCarver, Beaverton

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1903. Montgomery, Alabama. 1903.

Lamar County Officials, 1919
Judge of Probate	J. T. Maddox
Clerk of Circuit Court	J. E. Armstrong
Sheriff	Robert Anderson
Tax Assessor	J. T. Allen
Tax Collector	E. F. Miller
Treasurer	J. A. Hankins
Superintendent of Education	G. S. Smith
Register in Chancery	S. J. Shields
Coroner
Game and Fish Commissioner	J. M. Black, Guin, R. F. D.
Surveyors	J. E. Oakes, Vernon, Route 4
	C. M. Weeks, Crews Depot, Route 1
County Demonstration Agent	Cohen Stapp
Engineer
Health Officer	Dr. J. T. Jackson, Q. O., Sulligent
Chairman Board of Equalization	C. W. White, Millport
Commissioners
1st District	R. H. McNees, Vernon, Route 2
2nd District	J. V. Gregory, Detroit
3rd District	C. F. Burnett, Guin, Route 2
4th District	A. J. McDaniel, Kennedy, Route 1
Registrar	John T. Hill, Sulligent
Jury Commissioners	W. T. Walker, Kennedy
	M. V. Smith, Vernon, Route 2
	R. L. Crump, Sulligent, Route 4
Judge Sixth Judicial Circuit	Henry B. Foster, Tuscaloosa

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1919. Montgomery, Alabama. 1920.

Lamar County Officials, 1923
Judge of Probate	J. T. Maddox
Sheriff	John T. Hill
Clerk Circuit Court	E. T. Hill
Register i Chancery	J. E. Armstrong
Tax Assessor	J. T. Allen
Tax Collector	E. F. Miller
Treasurer	T. S. Jones
Superintendent of Education	G. S. Smith
Surveyors	J. E. Oakes, Vernon, Route 4
	C. M. Weeks, Crews Depot, Route 1
County Demonstraton Agent	Cohen Stapp
Health Officer	Dr. J. T. Jackson, Q. O., Sulligent
Commissioners
1st District	W. H. Richards
2nd District	J. V. Gregory
3rd District	J. U. Gilmer
4th District	A. J. McDaniel, Kennedy, Route 1
Registrar	John T. Hill, Sulligent
Jury Commissioners	J. Claud Smith, Vernon
	John O. Morton, Vernon, Route 4
Judges Fouteenth Judicial Circuit	R. L. Blanton and Ernest Lacy
Solicitor Fourteenth Judicial Circuit	Ben Grady Wilson
Game and Fish Warden	J. W. Pennington, Vernon

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1923. Montgomery, Alabama. 1923.

Lamar County Officials, 1935
Judge of Probate	S. G. Johnson
Sheriff	M. V. Smith
Clerk, Circuit Court	Odus A. Williams
Register in Chancery	J. C. Milner
Tax Assessor	J. H. Allen
Tax Collector	Wilma Robertson
Treasurer	J. A. Hankins
Attorney	R. C. Redden
Superintendent of Education	G. S. Smith
Commissioners	G. M. Boman
	J. R. Mixon
	J. V. Gilmer
	A. J. McDaniel
Jury Board	W. M. Sudduth
	L. V. Henson
	V. L. Bickerstaff
County Demonstration Agent	T. A. Carnes
Home Demonstration Agent	Essie Hester
County Health Officer	Dr. W. J. B. Owings
County School Board	F. M. Sizemore
	E. R. Harris
	G. T. Walker
	L. V. Dowdle
County Child Welfare Worker	Jane Shelton
Registrars	E. L. Hollis, Chairman, Sulligent
	P. V. Northington, Detroit
	J. A. Mixon, Crew's Depot
Surveyor	J. E. Oakes

Thomas M. Owen. Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1935. Montgomery, Alabama.

Lamar County Officials, 1975
Judge of Probate	Berneal Brock
Sheriff	Richard M. Varnon
Circuit Judge	Cecil H. Strawbridge
Circuit Clerk	Lonnie J. Randolph
District Attorney	Clatus K. Junkin
Reister in Equity	Lonnie J. Randolph
Tax Assessor	F. L. Waldon
Tax Collector	Mrs. Jean Weeks
Superintendent of Education	Edwin Allen
County Extension Agent	H. Haskell Lumpkin
County Health Officer	Charles Konigsberg, Jr., M. D.
Commissioners	Berneal Brock, Chairman
	Silas M. York
	Clovis Flynn
	Claudus Collins
	Sam Leonard
	J. E. Collins, Clerk
	Ralph M. Drew, Engineer

Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1975. Montgomery, Alabama.


Lamar County Officials, 1979
Judge of Probate	Almus A. Chandler
Sheriff	Richard M. Varnon
24th Judicial Circuit Judge	Clatus K. Junkin
Circuit Clerk and Register in Equity	Carl F. Woods
District Judge	Alex Brown
District Attorney	P. M. Johnston
Tax Assessor	F. L. Waldon
Tax Collector	Jean Weeks
Superintendent of Education	George F. Nancarrow
Extension Agent-Coordinator	H. Haskell Lumpkin
health Officer	Charles Konigsberg, Jr., M.D.
Commissioners:	Almus A. Chandler, Chairman
	Silas M. York
	Collie Stanford
	Larry Turner
	Sam Leonard
	J. E. Collins, Clerk
	William B. Hankins, Engineer
	Young, Gosa, & Brown, Attorneys
Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1975.

City Officials, 1915
	Vernon	Sulligent	Millport	Kennedy
Mayor	A. A. Mallory	S. G. Johnson	C. W. White	J. W. Greer
Clerk		J. T. Dunn	J. E. Dowdle	None
Treasurer		M. W. Cribbs	Edwin Dowdle	None
Chief of Police			L. F. Savage	Brinkley Strickland

City Officials, 1923
	Vernon	Sulligent	Millport	Kennedy
Mayor	J. C. Ellidge	John L. White	Whitten M. Windham	J. W. Greer
Clerk	T. S. Jones	Addie L. Hill, Sr	J. E. Dowdle	(None)
Chief of Police	E. S. Jones	Andrew J. Guyton	W. B. Coleman	Brinkley Strickland

City Officials, 1931
	Vernon	Sulligent	Millport	Kennedy
Mayor	Jno. Cobb	Walter Maddox	J. O. Walker	Dr. Charles A. Davis
Councilmen	Dr. H. G. Vandiver	F. M. Sizemore	Jesse J. Davis	M. H. Geer
(Aldermen for Vernon)	T. S. Jones	K. L. Hollis	M. C. McAdams	Don Alexander
	R. L. Murphy	W. M. Jumper	L. V. Dowdle	W. S. Wilson
	E. T. Hill	J. C. Bucklew	Chester Cunningham	J. W. Richards
	G. S. Smith	H. T. Ogden	Dewey D. Prater	W. B. Ashcraft
Clerk	G. S. Smith	Hermon Bobo	Dewey D. Prater	M. H. Geer
Treasurer	T. S. Jones	F. M. Sizemore	J. O. Walker	W. S. Wilson
Chief of Police		A. J. Guyton	W. B. Coleman	Dewey Parker
City Health Officer	Dr. J. A. Jackson(County)	J. C. Bucklew	Dr. W. W. Blakeney	-
City School Board	J. A. Cobb	W. T. Springfield	S. M. Johnson	Dr. C. A. Davis
	J. A. Johnson	Walter Maddox	G. Prater	J. W. Richards
	Dr. H. G. Vandiver	J. C. Stokes	H. G. Hodo	D. M. Plyler
Postmaster	J. A. Johnson	Clyde Oldshue	W. K. Black	Euline Holsonback, acts.

City Officials, 1935
	Vernon	Sulligent	Millport	Kennedy
Mayor	J. A. Hankins	Walter Maddox	W. R. Miller	L. A. Mitchell
Town Council	E. T. Hill	Dr. J. C. Buckalew	Joe B. Golden	Don Alexander
	R. L. Murphy	K. L. Hollis	H. H. Strickland	W. B. Ashcraft
	J. L. Collins	Everett Metcalfe	Levie Blalock	W. T. Cobb
	R. E. Falkner	H. T. Ogden	M. C. McAdams	M. H. Geer
	G. S. Smith	F. M. Sizemore	W. Vance Johnson	W. S. Wilson
Clerk	G. S. Smith	Herman Bobo	W. Vance Johnson	M. H. Geer
Treasurer	R. E. Falkner	F. M. Sizemore	W. Vance Johnson	W. S. Wilson
Marshal	M. V. Smith	-	W. B. Coleman	-
Chief of Police	-	A. J. Guyton	-	-
City Health Officer	(Under county system)	Dr. J. C. Buckalew	-	-
Superintendent of Education	(Under county system)	W. E. G. Suttin	-	-
City School Board	-	E. C. Lawhon	S. M. Johnson	-
	-	H. T. Ogden	W. W. Waldrop	-
	-	Truitt Weaver	G. Prater	-
			H. G. Hodo
Postmaster	J. T. Maddox	Clyde Oldshue	D. D. Prater	Tom Darroh

- Denotes office does not exist for that town.

Town Mayors, 1975

Vernon	A. A. Chandler
Sulligent	Frank Buckley
Millport	Clarence H. Cole
Kennedy	Leslie Gilliam


On the fifth day of the Convention, Saturday, November 9th, 1867 -
	Mr. Wilhite of Winston, introduced "An Ordinance to abolish the new county of Jones"' and presented a petition from sundry citizens of Fayette, Jones and Marion, praying the passage of the ordinance; The ordinance and petition were referred to the committee on Counties and Municipal Organizations.
		- Official Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama. 1868. Pages 19 and 20

Other political motivations aside, the general feeling among those assembled was that, convened as a constitutional convention, the assembly should work to prepare Alabama's new constitution and not act as a legislative body and pass laws that a future body might not be able to easily amend.

On the eighth day, Wednesday, November 13, 1867, the Convention passed its first ordinance:

	An ORDINANCE To abolish the new county of Jones, formed and established by the last General Assembly of the State. Be it Ordained by the People of the State of Alabama, in Convention assembled, That the county of Jones, formed out of a portion of the counties of Marion and Fayette, created by act of the last General Assembly of this State, and purporting to have been approved on the 4th day of February, 1867, be, and the same is hereby abolished, and that the territory and jurisdiction of said new county be restored to the said counties of Marion and Fayette, just as they were on the 10th day of January, 1861; said act is numbered 290, of the acts of said General Assembly, as printed among the pamphlet acts thereof." Passed, November 13, 1867.

		- Official Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama. 1868. Page 249

	City Officials, 1979
		Vernon	Sulligent	Millport
	Mayor	Robert L. Covington	Ted Boyett	Clarence H. Cole
	Clerk	Edwin Z. Turner	Billy Crawford	Harwood McAdams
	Council	Thomas J. Eskridge	O'Dell Martin	Loran Golden
		Rose Marie Smith	Roy Otts	Billy Smith
		Dennis Wade Hankins	Earnest Northington	Rhett McNees
		James R. Barnes	Jerry Vann	Lecil Burks
		Albert Rex White	Herman Guyton	Barbara Bobo


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