. Memories of old Cahaba . othmade during the war was to be seen in this community. Across the Alabama River from Cahaba were otherplanters—representative men—also with beautiful andluxurious homes, large plantations, and numberlessslaves. There resided Col. Thomas M. Mathews, Hatcher, the Saffolds, the Milhouses, theDavises, the Pickenses, the Minters, the Calhouns, theWades, the Winnamores, the Vassers, the Smiths,Judge Harris, and Josiah Walker, and Dr. Rees, withhis deer park and beautiful grounds surrounding hisresidence. There, too, was the Cornegay place, the oldhome of Willi
. Memories of old Cahaba . othmade during the war was to be seen in this community. Across the Alabama River from Cahaba were otherplanters—representative men—also with beautiful andluxurious homes, large plantations, and numberlessslaves. There resided Col. Thomas M. Mathews, Hatcher, the Saffolds, the Milhouses, theDavises, the Pickenses, the Minters, the Calhouns, theWades, the Winnamores, the Vassers, the Smiths,Judge Harris, and Josiah Walker, and Dr. Rees, withhis deer park and beautiful grounds surrounding hisresidence. There, too, was the Cornegay place, the oldhome of William R. King, Ex-Vice President of theUnited States, surrounded by a heavy grove of chest-nut trees, which he highly prized. In the familyburial ground, near the house, was the marble vault,where his remains rested until a few years ago, whenthey were removed to Selma. In the bend of the Alabama River, just above Caha-ba, was another beautiful place, the home of Mrs. Sa-rah Blackwell, which Was always the scene of social. MEMORIES Uf OLD CAHABA. 6/ mirth and attraction. On the Cahaba road, leading toSehna, about two or two and a half miles from town,was the McCurdy plantation, the home of Mr. Mc-Curdy and his daughter, now Mrs. Dr. Henry, ofMontgomery; and in the same vicinity was the resi-dence of Col. William Saunders, whose lovely daugh-ters were also among the most admired girls of DallasCounty. Five miles from Cahaba, on the Selma road,was the beautiful Kirk Harrison place, with its finerace track, which afterwards became the property ofJudge John Hunter, where he kept a number of finerace horses. While many of the last-named personswere not actual citizens of Cahaba, these wealthyplanters contributed greatly to the general prosperityand added much to the social life of the place. Two large ferries on the Alabama and Cahaba Riv-ers furnished the means of transportation across thesestreams for the numerous visitors, travelers, and teamsof wagons to and from the town. Ther
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