Governor Hugh McVay Home Site and Cemetery
McVay (1766~1851), South Carolina native, built a three room log house at head of Cox's Creek about 1818. Community later called Mars Hill. He was a member of Mississippi Territorial Legislature, delegate to convention of 1819 which framed Alabama's first constitution, for many years member of Alabama House and Senate, briefly Governor of Alabama in 1837. Buried near his home.
Marker is on N. Cox Creek Parkway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
