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JOHN WILLIAMS W ALKER (1783-1823)
President of Alabama's First Constitutional Convention 1819 and Alabama's first U. S. Senator 1819-22. Walker County in northwest Alabama, created 1823, was named in his honor. Four o f his sons, Percy Walker, John James Walker, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Richard Wilde Walker, were prominent in Alabama politics.
ALABAMA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1966
This Alabama Historical Association marker, sponsored by the Madison County Commission, was erected at a site 2 miles north of Meridianville, Alabama, on the east side of Highway 231/431. The marker was dedicated on June 12, 1966, but was later destroyed or vandalized. See References 6, 10, 26, 55, 56 for more information on John Williams Walker.
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