Mose Hampton 1808-1885

Historical marker location:

Centre, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and Watson Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.)

Early Black Leader and Inventor in Cherokee County.

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.