Russell County AlArchives Photo Person.....King, Horace 
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Name:               Horace King
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 Horace King

   HORACE KING a slave of JOHN GODWIN was construction
foreman for the first Dillingham Street Bridge in 1832.
When he and GODWIN introduced the "Town Lattice" Bridge
design into the Chattahoochee Valley. KING built most
of the early wooden bridges spanning the river, including
those at West Point, Eufaula and Fort Gaines-Franklin.
After GODWINS death in 1859, he rasied a monument inscribed:
"In lasting remembrance of the love and gratitude felt
for his lost friend and former master".

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