Origin of the name of Stevenson Alabama

History of Jackson County Alabama by John Robert Kennamer,SR. shows the following :

Regarding the beginning of the town of Stevenson, Alabama :

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"The town gets its name from B.K. Stevenson, who with John F. Anderson, bought the land from Henderson Price and laid off town lots about the time the first railroad was built. The Nashville and Chattanooga Railway was built in 1851-1852. The M&C was built about two years later."