thr forth governor of Alabama, is buried near here. Six miles west on 84, you will come to the Old Line Road & marker, which served as the diving line between the Choctaw and Creek tribes. Head north on County Road 35 and you will pass the burial marker for Thoms Bradford, a Revolutionary War soldier. When you've traveled 2.8 miles from 84 you will see the Andrew Jackson marker denoting where the former president stopped to rest. Returning south on County Road 35 will take you to Suggsville, once the county's cultural and educational center. Almost nothing remains of the once-thriving town today. About 8.4 miles south of Hwy. 84 lay Fort Madison, built in 1813 for protection during the Creek War, and visted often by Choctaw Chief Pushmataha. Keep west on Hwy 84 3.4 miles past County Road 35, and you will come to a marker for Rev. Timothy Ball, a school teacher and preacher who wrote the important "History of Clarke County." At this same corner near Whatley is located the Kimbell-James Massacre marker, memorializing the 1813 attack. One mile past these markers on Hwy. 84, turn south and go 6/10 of a mile onto a dirt road to see the Fort Sinquefield marker. Creeks who attacked this settlement were driven off by Isaac Hayden and his "Dogs of War." (More information at the Clarke County Museum.) Continue traveling west on Hwy. 84 to Grove Hill. At the traffic light, turn north onto Jackson Street headed into town. Travel 9/10 of a mile to the grounds of the Clarke County Museum. Three markers are here: one honors Soldiers Of The American Revolution in Clarke County, the other marks the Creagh Law Office, now home to the Grove Hill Chamber of Commerce. It is one of the oldest structures of its kind in Alabama. Around the corner on Court Street sits the Clarke County Courthouse monument. The County seat was moved to Grove Hill formerly Macon, in 1832. Also in front of the courthouse is the World War I Memorial, dedicated to those from the county who were killed in the First World War. The original tablet was segregated, and was removed to the Clarke County Museum site. Head back to Hwy. 84 West. After mile marker 39 turn north onto a dirt road. Follow it 1.7 miles to the site of the King Institute, an 1880s school. At Hwy. 84 and County Road 23, turn south onto the dirt road to reach the site of Fort Landrum, home to the first county court in 1813.
