Little River
LITTLE RIVER, postoffice and interior village,
in the extreme northern part of Baldwin
County on the south bank of Little River; about 6 miles northeast of Blacksher; and about 30 miles north of Bay Minette. Population: 1910, 70.
This was one of the earliest settled sections of the interior. Pickett refers to "the wealthy half-bloods about Little River." Alexander McGillivray spent the winter of 1792-93 here, presumably on his own plantation, or at one of his homes, just prior to his death at Pensacola Februa'ry 17, 1793. In November, 1773, Francis, a trader, lived in the vicinity and a record is preserved of his ransom of a negro woman from the Indians for $100 (pesos). David Tait's cow-pens were on or near the river; and here Col. James Caller was reinforced by a company from Tensaw Lake and Little River, under Capt. Dixon Bailey, a half-breed Creek, on the ill fated Burnt Corn expedition in 1813. After the Creek War, Weatherford, - whose relatives were numerous in this region, gathered his negroes, horses and cattle together and settled permanently. Meek says: "His home, to which his family repaired, was located in a fine live-oak grove upon the banks of Little River." He died March 9, 1824, and is buried near by. His remains lie in an unmarked grave. The Little River is the boundary between Baldwin and Monroe Counties, and between Monroe and Escambia. Source: Owen, Thomas and Marie Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary
of Alabama Biography. Chicago, S. J. Publishing Company, 1921.