Tishabee,_Alabama

Tishabee, Alabama

Tishabee, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, US

Tishabee, also known as Garretts Shop, is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama, United States.

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History

The name Tishabee is derived from the Choctaw words tishu, meaning "assistant (to the chief)" and abi, meaning "killer".[2] The community was first settled in 1817 by Richard Bragg, who also developed Bragg's Bluff.[3] Bragg's Bluff was located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Tishabee on the banks of the Tombigbee River.[4] A post office operated under the name Tishabee from 1883 to 1901.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tishabee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Read, William A. (1984). Indian Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-8173-0231-X.
  3. [3]
    "Greene County First Towns". AlGenWeb. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Plantations of Southwestern Greene County" (PDF). Cartographic Research Lab University of Alabama. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 12, 2019.


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