Canoe Fight Hero’s Monroe County Roots "Long before Clarke County’s Canoe Fight, Jeremiah Austin called this place home. #CanoeFight #HistoricMarker" | Rambling The Alabama Black Belt

A Canoe Fight Legend Lived Near Here — Bermuda, Alabama Tucked along the route of Alabama’s old Federal Road, this Bermuda marker remembers Jeremiah Austill, a frontier-era figure known for the famous Canoe Fight on the Alabama River during the Creek War. The marker notes that Austill lived near Bermuda, and it also mentions the tragic death of his first wife, Sarah, after injuries from a fall during an Indian raid. #BermudaAL #ConecuhCounty #OldFederalRoad #JeremiahAustill #CanoeFight #CreekWar