Kennedy Mill, c.1811

Historical marker location:

Stockton, Alabama

( Marker is on Alabama Route 225, 1.2 miles north of Interstate 65, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1997

The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.