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Originally part of Franklin County, Colbert County was created to increase Democratic representation in the state legislature at a time when Alabama was controlled by Radical Republicans during Reconstruction. With a black population of less than 25 percent at the time, Colbert County provided the Democratic Party with a white majority.
Colbert County was originally established during the Reconstruction era after the American Civil War on February 6, 1867. The state legislature split it from Franklin County over political issues. It was abolished eight months later on November 29, 1867 [5] by an Alabama constitutional convention , and reestablished by the legislature on ...
THE county of Colbert was not created until 1867. It was created for a famous Chickasaw chief. Though one of the youngest counties of the State, it has already made long strides to the front as one of the most progressive.
Colbert County was created on 6 February 1867, but was abolished eight months later by the radical constitutional convention. It was not reestablished until 24 February 1870, and Tuscumbia was chosen as the county seat.
Colbert County was created on Febuary 6, 1867, from part of Franklin County. The county was abolished by the Constitutional Convention on November 29, 1867, and re-established by the legislature on December 9, 1869. The county seat is Tuscumbia.
Colbert county, named for a famous chief of the Chickasaws, who once lived within its limits, was created from territory cut off from the northern part of Franklin County in 1867. “Though one of the youngest counties in the State,” says a recent writer, “it is rapidly coming to the front as one of the most progressive.”
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May 3, 2021 · Founded during Reconstruction on February 6, 1867, in northwestern Alabama, Colbert County was named for two Chickasaw brothers who owned a Tennessee River ferry. Nine months after the founding, however, radical Republicans in the state legislature abolished the county, but Alabama Governor William Hugh Smith restored Colbert County in 1870.
