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Cheewalle Territory to Limestone County History
Native names and early raids mark the Elk River region. Settlers from 1800s including Ditto, Hunt, and Lentzville shaped Limestone County amid Yazoo sales and Creek conflicts. Elk River Mills, Cairo, and Leggtown emerge as frontier centers with figures like Ben French and the Crenshaws linking to Revolutionary War legacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Pickett
James Robertson
Cumberland County
Tennessee
Florence
Tuscumbia
Elk River
Cheewalle
Shannon
Cumberland
Lauderdale
Black Foot
Duck Creek
el K River
North Alabama
Andrew Jackson
James Ore
Alabama
Nashville
Nickajack
Yazoo
Limestone County
North
Georgia
Hezekiah Coxe
George Washington
James Jackson
Mississippi Territory
Alabama Territory
John Ditto
Huntsville
John Hunt
Twickenham
Anne Royall
Stith Malone
Capt. McClellan
New Garden Church
Levi Cummings
Limestone Creek
Cairo
Lentzville
Elk River Mills
Sportsman’s Club
Willis P. Grisham
Leggtown
Major Legg
Ben French
Lee ‘Cheewalle