General John Coffee

Historical marker location:

Florence, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Hightower Place south of Veterans Drive (Route 133), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2007

City of Florence Walk of Honor.

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.