Barbour County is named after former Governor of Virginia, James Barbour. It was created in 1832 and was formed from a former Creek Indian Territory and a portion of Pike County. Clayton was named the county seat in 1834 because of its centralized location in the county. By the 1870s, the city of Eufaula grew and sparked many debates as whether to move the county seat or not. In 1879, Barbour County established two courts, one in the city of Clayton and the other in the city of Eufaula. Both courthouses remain in operation today. The county has fewer than 30,000 people and covers about 905 square miles.
A firearm is a portable gun - a barreled weapon that launches one or more projectiles, often driven by the action of an explosive force. The first primitive firearms originated in 13th-century China when the one-person-portable fire lance was combined with projectiles. The technology gradually spread through the rest of East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and then into Europe.
The term rifle stems from the helical groves cut into the firearm's barrel called rifling. Nobody is really sure who invented the first rifle.Examples of intentionally rifled barrels date back as far as the 1400s, but were by no means commonplace.It was not until the the late 1700s that the technology became available to feasibly produce rifled barrels in any significant number.he term rifle stems from the helical groves cut into the firearm's barrel called rifling. Nobody is really sure who invented the first rifle.