Therrauld performed the first marriage in Jackson County uniting Bana Mar de Vedo(given in marriage by her adopted Indian father Umausauga) and Mr. The company had over 200 acres, some of which adjoined part of a 5000 acre tract originally granted to Count D’Estaing.ġ794 Dr.
The foundry continued in operation making cannon balls, ammunition and other war materials for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. which used iron ore mined near present-day Commerce and Dry Pond. Henry Therrauld was the first minister, as well as first school teacher and doctor.ġ790 Smelting plant and foundry established by Union Furnace Co. It was Baptist, made of logs and called Etoho – the Indian name for river. Henry Therrauld, Jared Cunningham and James Montgomery came to Hurricane Shoals and expanded the settlement(second in Jackson County) with the building of a fort, a school house, and a grist mill.ġ788 First church in Jackson County was built on Shoals. Conflict with the Indians began when Clark and Bankston violated the sanctity of the Holy Ground by killing a bear on the Shoals.June 20 – Bankston, Clark, John Harris and other pioneers returned to Hurricane Shoals and began a settlement.ġ787 Dr. From this Holy Ground up to Yamtrahoochee(Hurricane Shoals) the land was considered to be neutral ground for the Creek and Cherokee and no blood could be shed, not even for hunting. Hurricane Shoals History/Tumbling Waters Time Lineġ784 April 22 – Jordan Clark and Jacob Bankston were told by a wandering band of Choctaw Indians of an old camping ground of the Creek and Cherokee Indians where it was believed The Great Spirit once lived, a place known as Yamacutah (Tumbling Shoals).
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