Monroe County, Alabama
Burnt Corn was one of the earliest settlements in Monroe County and an important stop along the Old Federal Road. This marker tells the story of the road, the Pensacola Trading Path, and the events that helped lead into the Creek War of 1813–1814.
Marker Text:
OLD FEDERAL ROAD
BURNT CORN, Monroe County’s earliest settlement, became the crossroads of the Great Pensacola Trading Path and the Federal Road. Settler Jim Cornells returned from Pensacola in 1813, finding his home destroyed and his wife kidnapped by a Creek Indian war party. As the Creeks returned from procuring arms in Pensacola, Cornells and volunteers ambushed the Indians. Thus began the Creek Indian War of 1813–14.
Erected in 1998 by Monroe Co. Heritage Museum and the J.L. Bedsole Foundation.
Old Federal Road Project
This stop is part of my Old Federal Road Project, where I am traveling the route of this historic road across Alabama and documenting the markers, stories, and communities connected to it. The Old Federal Road carried travelers, mail, settlers, soldiers, and change across this part of the country, and places like Burnt Corn show just how much history can be found along one old road.
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Location
Burnt Corn
Monroe County, Alabama
31.55001, -87.15966