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| Date | Event | Map |
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| March 3, 1817 | The Territory of Alabama was organized from the eastern half of Mississippi Territory.[1][2]. The portion south of 31° north was disputed with Spanien.[3] The capital was at St. Stephens.[4]
The borders of the territory were, from the mouth of the Perdido River at the Gulf of Mexico, defined as:[2]
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| February 6, 1818 | The territory created Tuskaloosa County with a description that inadvertently overlapped with Mississippi. It described the border of the county as running "a due west course to, the Tombeckbe river; thence up the same to the Cotton Gin Port".[5] Unknown at the time, the origin of the Tombigbee River and Cotton Gin Port were in Mississippi. | |
| December 14, 1819 | Alabama Territory was admitted as the State of Alabama,[2][6] and the legislature began meeting at Huntsville.[4] The statehood act provided for a survey of the southern part of the border with Mississippi, which was intended to be north-south, for adjustment if it was discovered to encroach upon Mississippi's established counties; it was later discovered to do so. | |
| July 19, 1820 | The overlap of the southern border with Mississippi was resolved, as per the act admitting Alabama as a state, because the provisional border encroached on Mississippi.[2][7] The southern border terminus was moved about 3.8 miles to the east, to a point 10 miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. The date when this happened is unclear; the sources available give either an unpublished report dated May 29, 1820, or the completion of the demarcation of the new line on July 19, 1820. | |
| November 6, 1820 | The legislature began meeting in the provisional capital of Cahaba.[4][8] | |
| December 19, 1820 | Some county borders were redefined, ending the erroneous overlap of Mississippi created on February 6, 1818.[9] | |
| February 22, 1821 | The Adams–Onís Treaty with Spain took effect,[3] ceding Spanish West Florida to the United States, ending the dispute over the panhandle. | |
| February 1, 1826 | The capital was moved to Tuscaloosa.[4] | |
| January 28, 1846 | The capital was moved to Montgomery.[4] | |
| January 11, 1861 | The state proclaimed its secession from the Union, withdrawing from the U.S. Congress.[10] | no change to map |
| February 8, 1861 | The Confederate States of America was formed by representatives of the seceded states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.[11] | no change to map |
| May 5, 1865 | The Confederate States cabinet met in Washington, Georgia, and dissolved.[12] | no change to map |
| July 13, 1868 | The state was readmitted to Congress.[13] | no change to map |
- ^ 3 Stat. 371
- ^ a b c d Van Zandt, pp. 108–109
- ^ a b Van Zandt, pp. 26–27
- ^ a b c d e "Alabama Capitals". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ Alabama Terr. Acts 1818, 1st session, pp. 17–18 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 3 Stat. 489, 3 Stat. 608
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4. pp. 57–58. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Journal of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1820". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ Alabama Acts 1820, 2nd session, p. 92
- ^ "Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States". University of Houston. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Archived August 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 8, 2015
- ^ "Remaining Confederate Cabinet Dissolves". Kansas City Public Library. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ Act authorizing readmission on ratification of 14th amendment: 15 Stat. 73. Proclamation of Alabama's ratification: 15 Stat. 704.