Baldwin County, Alabama, Blakeley, Alabama

The Founding Of Blakeley, Alabama

Hamilton Historical Records

In 1813, Blakeley, Alabama was founded by Josiah Blakeley, “an entrepreneur and adventurer from Connecticut” who moved to Mobile in 1806. He purchased 7,000 acres of land in the northeastern portion of Mobile Bay. In 1813 he hired a surveyor to lay out the town of Blakeley and sold the first 10 lots. Eventually, the town of Blakeley would become the county seat of Baldwin County.

Photograph of the Blakeley town cemetery.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a historian and legal expert from Virginia who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower, founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, and President Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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