In 1843, David Hubbard (1792-1874), living on a 120 acre tract in this section, was overseeing construction of his mills and factories. A veteran of the War of 1812 and cousin to Sam Houston, he was the son of Revolutionary War officer Thomas Hubbard. He was known as a lawyer, merchant, land speculator, orator, and politician. David and his brother, Greene K. Hubbard, helped make the original surveys of the county in 1817. Contacts he made while buying extensive tracts of Indian lands in Alabama and Mississippi during the 1830-40s later proved important when Jefferson Davis appointed him Confederate Indian Affairs Commissioner on 16 Mar 1861. In that role, he contacted Chief John Ross to encourage the Cherokee Nation to join the Confederacy. His political career included service as an Alabama senator, 1827-28; Alabama representative, 1831, 1942 45, 1853; U.S. representative from the 2nd District, 1839-41, and the 5th District, 1849-51; Alabama elector in the presidential election of 1860; and Alabama representative to the Confederate Congress, 1861-1863. Hubbard died in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, on 20 Jan 1874 and was buried at Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Rosedale, Louisiana. At various times, he lived in Courtland, Moulton, on the Kinlock Mill Tract, and in southeast Lawrence County.