Lawrence County, Alabama
[2] The county was named after James Lawrence, a captain in the United States Navy from New Jersey.People of the Copena culture in the Middle Woodland period (1–500 CE) built complex earthworks as part of their religious and political system.The museum includes exhibits on the Cherokee, an Iroquoian-speaking people who inhabited the area at the time of European encounter.Other historic Native American tribes in this state were Choctaw and Creek, who both spoke Muskogean languages.Numerous Cherokee and mixed-race European-Cherokee descendants, sometimes called "Black Dutch", have stayed in the Lawrence County area.According to the census, the county has the highest number of self-identified Native Americans in the state.The state-recognized Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama has their Blue Clan in this county with 4,000 enrolled members.[14] In 2000, the largest ancestry groups in Lawrence County were English 61.2%, African 13.36%, Irish 4.1% and Welsh 2.0%.Lawrence County is home to part of the William B. Bankhead National Forest, Oakville Indian Mounds, Jesse Owens Memorial Park, and Pond Spring, the General Joe Wheeler Home.Every year, Lawrence County hosts numerous events, including the AHSAA Cross Country state championships at the Oakville Indian Mounds, the Alabama Multicultural Indian Festival at the Oakville Indian Mounds, the Strawberry Festival in Moulton, and General Joe Wheeler's Birthday Party at Pond Spring in Courtland.
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