Headnote
LAWRENCE COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Alabama, with Tennessee river on the north. Area, 725 square miles. Seat of justice, Moulton. Pop. in 1840, 13,313; in 1850, 15,258. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Alabama

Lawrence County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
LAWRENCE COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Alabama, with Tennessee river on the north. Area, 725 square miles. Seat of justice, Moulton. Pop. in 1840, 13,313; in 1850, 15,258.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 185.
Birthplace of
Name Type
Moulton, AL City or Town
Submitting to the "Shadow of Slavery": The Secession Crisis and Civil War in Alabama's Lawrence County
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