Washington County was organized on June 4, 1800, from the Tombigbee District of the Mississippi Territory by proclamation of territorial governor Winthrop Sargent. It was the first county organized in what would later become Alabama, as settlers moved westward after the American Revolutionary War. Washington County is the site of St. Stephens, the first territorial capital of Alabama. In 1807 former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested at Wakefield in Washington County, during his flight from being prosecuted for alleged treason (of which he was eventually found innocent).
Washington County was organized on June 4 1800 from the Tombigbee District of the Mississippi Territory by proclamation of territorial governor Winthrop Sargent It was the first county organized in what would later become Alabama as settlers moved westward after the American Revolutionary War Washington County is the site of St Stephens the first territorial capital of Alabama In 1807 former US Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested at Wakefield in Washington County during his flight from being prosecuted for alleged treason (of which he was eventually found innocent)