Demopolis Alabama & Marengo County

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In 1817, Congress passed an act which paved
the way for the settling of Demopolis by a group
of political exiles banished from France following the abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. It granted four adjoining townships of public lands on the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers.

After building homes there, it was discovered a mistake had been made in the land grant. Unable to clear their claim, colonists were forced to move up the Warrior River. There, they formed a settlement called "Aigleville."

Meanwhile, vine and olive crops failed and many of the settlers died of fevers and diseases. Life was so severe that many returned to France when amnesty was granted. Napolean's former aide-de-camp organized the White Bluff Association which later purchased the Demopolis site. The area retains its French influence in street names like Desnouettes and Herbert, and in the county name of Marengo.

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Demopolis Alabama & Marengo County Area History