Ruth: This might help you in some way. I looked on my FTM Census CDs for 1880 and found no Lotts in Mobile County (I think the 1880 Census data is incomplete, because I have had this problem before.). So, I searched the census for 1870 and found the following Lotts, one of whom could have been your Charlie Boyd Lott's father and mother: Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1870 Lott, Adam State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile P.O. Year : 1870 Page # : 363 Lott, Amanda State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile P.O. Year : 1870 Page # : 361 Lott, Daniel State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 8 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 336 Lott, Elisha D. State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 7 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 295 Lott, Georg State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 6 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 187 Lott, Harriet State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 7 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 254 Lott, James P. State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 8 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 388 Lott, Mary State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 8 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 335 Lott, Washington State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile P.O. Year : 1870 Page # : 356 Lott, York State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 6 W. Mobile Year : 1870 Page # : 185 This may at least be a starting point for you. Kathryn