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Claiborne was also home to William Barrett Travis, who read law under James Dellet while living in a house built around 1820. In 1831, at 22, Travis left for Texas, where he commanded the Alamo and died there in March 1836. His house was later moved from old Claiborne to Perdue Hill and restored in 1985. The Masonic Lodge No. 3, built in 1824 with money from a public lottery and called the oldest building in Monroe County, served as a Baptist church and a courtroom where Travis practiced law. On April 6, 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette, traveling down the Alabama River on his farewell tour, was honored at Claiborne and visited the lodge, which was moved to Perdue Hill in 1884. In 1918 Patrick J. Carmichael founded the Perdue Hill Industrial School for African American children in a single room with eleven students; families sometimes paid the 25-cent tuition in chickens or cans of syrup. Over 46 years it grew to twelve rooms, 250 students and ten teachers before closing in 1964. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Claiborne; Fort Claiborne; Masonic Lodge No. 3; Perdue Hill Industrial School (Alabama Historical Association) The Historical Marker Database: William B. Travis House; Lafayette's Tour Wikipedia: Perdue Hill, Alabama