Lawrenceville is named in honor of Joseph Lawrence, who served as the community's first postmaster. He also donated the land for the Lawrenceville Male and Female Academy.[2] A post office operated under the name Lawrenceville from 1849 to 1905.[3] The Lawrenceville Academy was incorporated by the Alabama Legislature on January 22, 1858, even though records show it was in operation prior to 1830. The academy closed during the Civil War and closed permanently in 1888.[4]
Despite some of the opposition to the Compromise of 1850, there was a rally held in Lawrenceville to support its adoption.[5]
^Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 82. ISBN0-8173-0410-X.
^"Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
^Smith, Larry. "Lawrenceville, Alabama". AlGenWeb.org. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^David Williams (March 15, 2011). Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. University of Georgia Press. p. 36. ISBN978-0-8203-4079-1.
^Samuel L. Webb; Margaret E. Armbrester (August 31, 2014). Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State. University of Alabama Press. p. 143. ISBN978-0-8173-1843-7.
^Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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