The Ford-Countess House is a historic residence near Huntsville is also known to some as the Hezekiah Ford House.

Hezekiah Ford came to Madison County from Cumberland County, Virginia, in 1813, and began purchasing land on which to build a cotton plantation. In 1820, he acquired the land which the house currently stands and built a two-story, brick I-house soon after.

Ford died in 1839, and the land was owned by his wife, Nancy, until her death in 1844. Hezekiah's brother, John, then assumed ownership, and the plantation stayed in his family until 1904. It reached a peak of 280 acres which was tended to by 69 slaves in 1860.

James W. Burcum owned the property from 1904 until 1911, when it was sold to Stephen H. Countess of Tuscaloosa. The Countess family still owns and farms the land, although the house has not been occupied since 1995.

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