Fort Bibb was a stockade fort built in present-day Butler County, Alabama during the

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History

After the Ogly Massacre, many of the settlers in the surrounding area began to build protective stockades around their homes. Fort Bibb was first constructed in early 1818 and was built around the home of Captain James Saffold. The fort was named for

William Wyatt Bibb William Wyatt Bibb (October 2, 1781 – July 10, 1820) was a United States Senator from Georgia, the first governor of the Alabama Territory, and the first Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama. Bibb was a member of the Democratic-Republican ...

, who was the acting governor of the

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. Captain Saffold participated in the

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, and afterwards settled in the area of Pine Flat. Warren A. Thompson and William Butler also settled in Pine Flat. Colonel

Samuel Dale Samuel Dale (1772 – ), known as the "Daniel Boone of Alabama", was an American frontiersman, trader, miller, hunter, scout, courier, soldier, spy, army officer, and politician, who fought under General Andrew Jackson, in the Creek War, la ...

helped to fortify Fort Bibb while he and his militia constructed

Fort Dale Fort Dale was a stockade fort built in present-day Butler County, Alabama by Alabama Territory settlers. The fort was constructed in response to Creek Indian attacks on settlers in the surrounding area. Background After the Creek War, a numbe ...

on the Federal Road in the spring of 1818. Fort Dale was built in response to the murders of Butler, William Gardender and Daniel Shaw. These men, along with Saffold and John Hinson had left Fort Bibb on March 20, 1818 to rendezvous with Colonel Dale. They were attacked by Red Sticks under the command of Savannah Jack. This incident became known as the Butler Massacre. Captain Saffold and three other local men were also killed in the area prior to the construction of Fort Dale. After these killings, soldiers and allied

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warriors were sent from

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to assist in the pursuit of the Red Sticks. Fort Bibb served as one of the first election sites in Butler County.

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External link

Fort Bibb Historical Marker
Pre-statehood history of Alabama Buildings and structures in Butler County, Alabama

Bibb Bibb may refer to: Places in the United States * Bibb County, Alabama * Fort Bibb, Alabama, constructed in 1818 * Bibb City, Georgia, in Muscogee County * Bibb County, Georgia People * Bibb (surname) * Bibb (given name) Ships * , a Revenue Mari ...