Major David Hubbard (1792-1874) War of 1812 vet and cousin to the famed Sam Houston; Son of Rev. War vet Thomas Hubbard. A noted lawyer, merchant, factory and mill owner, land speculator, (at various times he owned vast acerages of land in several states), famed orator and politician. David and brother Greene Kirk Hubbard worked on the original land survey of Lawrence County. The contacts that he made while buying extensive tracts of Indian Lands in Al and MS during the 1830s and 1840s proved important when CSA President Jefferson Davis appointed him Indian Affairs Commission for the CSA, 16 Mar 1861. Although Albert Pike of Arkansas, the second Indian Affairs Commissioner, receives much of the historical credit, it was Hubbard's work in the critical first few months of the war that helped keep the Indians, for the most part, either pro-Confederate or neutral. This was a very important factor for the South, as it kept them from having to fight a two theatre war with Union forces from the North and Indians from the West. His political career was extensive- state senator, 1827-28; state representative, 1831, 1842-45, 1853; Alabama representative, 2nd District, U.S. Congress, 1839-41, 5th District 1849-51; Alabama elector 1844 & 1860 presidential election. AL Rep to Confederate Congress. Died at his son's home in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA 20 Jan 1874. Buried at Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Rosedale, LA. A near lifetime Lawrence County resident, he lived various times at Courtland, Moulton, Mount Hope, and the famous Kinlock Mill Tract of SW Lawrence County. The Kinlock Historical District (Thanks to Lamar Marshall, local ecologist, historical preservationist, and Executive Director of Wild Alabama, who worked to establish the district.) contains the remaining traces of his mill and mansion which burned in 1933 while being used as a Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) Camp. Several other important historical sites showing Paleo-Indian and early European travel along the nearby trail known at various times as the Great Buffalo Trail and Bylers Turnpike Road are included in this District.

(Original Research performed while working on a historical marker for the Lawrence County Historical Commission 2001)