The Tombigbee Settlements
(Sometimes called the 14th Colony)

Saint Stephens, Alabama

Location. 31° 33.57′ N, 88° 2.071′ W. Marker is in Saint Stephens, Alabama, in Washington County. Marker is in this post office area: Saint Stephens AL 36569, United States of America.

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This area on the west side of the lower Tombstone, as far north as Santa Rouge Creek opened to settlement pursuant to a treaty by the British with the Choctaw Nation at the Indian Congress held in Mobile in 1765. The treaty was negotiated by George Johnstone, British Governor of West Florida, and John Stuart, Supt. of Indian affairs for the Crown, in West Florida. The settlements that followed became the beginnings of Alabama. Some of the earliest settlers holding British or Spanish grants or American Certificates prior to the year 1800 were: Thomas Bassett, John Baker Thomas Bates, Nathaniel Blackwell, Francis Boykin, George Brewer, James Caller, John Callie, Peter Dunn Young Gaines. Dr. John Chestnut, Daniel Johnston, Ann Lawrence, John. Johnston, Thomas Malone, Jon McGrew, William Hunger, Cornelius Rain, Eugene Sullivan, Thomas Sullivan, Joseph Thompson, and Solomon Wheat.