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Town of Wilsonville
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History
The first settler in the Wilsonville area was Henry W. Robertson, who brought his family from South Carolina in 1812 and settled one thousand acres on the location which includes the present farms of W. F. Robertson, James Robertson, and Ralph Robinson—the last being no relation to the Robertsons.  At this time, the closest neighbors were one family of settlers in the Easonville area (a few miles south of Pell City) and one in the Montevallo area.  Alabama became a state in 1819, and in 1822, a land office was opened in Tuscaloosa.  Mr. Robertson, Mr. Wallace who stayed with the Robertsons while picking the land he wished to claim and other settlers rode horseback to Tuscaloosa to claim their land.  The Wallace plantation house still stands four miles north of Wilsonville where Highway 76 connects with Highway 25.
The town of Wilsonville was begun about the time the Indians were driven out of the northern part of Alabama.  Some are reported to have passed through the site on which the town is now located.  (Read entire historical document - PDF)