The Ku Klux Klan was originally founded in this law office on Christmas Eve, 1865. The original historical marker, which has since been bolted to the wall backwards, reads:
“Ku Klux Klan organized in this law office of Judge Thomas M. Jones December 24, 1865. Names of original organizers: Calvin E. Jones, John B. Kennedy, Frank O. McCord, John C. Lester, Richard R. Reed, James R. Crowe.”