And I have hope! I know that Moses Kelly was the sheriff of Jefferson Co. in 1838, and that he and Harrison W. Goyne had some kind of business relationship. When my John Goyne d. in 1839, his son, my ancestor, John R. Goyne was named as administrator of his dad's estate, however the sheriff became the administrator because of default. Since Jefferson Co. was formed from Blount Co., most like the families had ties to both counties. I know my Joel Blackburn's dad, James Blackburn, was living in Jefferson Co. when he died. James was the RS whose marker is in the cemetery across from the Clear Springs Methodist Church in Blount Co. where he and Joel were lay ministers. Terry Jackson wrote: > See, this is what I wanted to see some more of----- > > Helping each other! > > > astarch@cox.net wrote: > > >> Mr. Blakley, >> >> I just purchased the book and will gladly give you any information I can. I have only ready the first couple of chapters but there are already many names mentioned. Unfortunately, none of my Kell(e)y family has been mentioned to this points. >> Andrea in Texas >> >

At 10:32 AM 10/29/2006, you wrote: >Since Jefferson Co. was formed from Blount Co., Are you sure ? The following is copied from the web site of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Since Alabama became a state in late 1819, Jefferson County seems to have been formed at the same time. It's possible, of course, there there were other "county arrangements" before 1819, when Alabama was still part of the Mississippi Territory. Does anyone have info about that ? Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee >Jefferson County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1819 Dec. >13. It was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. The county is located >in the north-central portion of the state, on the southern extension >of the Appalachians, in the center of the iron, coal and limestone >belt of the South. Jefferson County is bordered by Blount, Bibb, St. >Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties. It encompasses 1,119 >square miles. The county seat was at Carrollsville from 1819-21, at >Elyton from 1821-73, and since 1873 has been at Birmingham, which >was named for England's iron and steel center in Warwickshire. Other >towns and communities include Bessemer, Homewood, ><http://www.hueytown.com/>Hueytown, Mountain Brook, Hoover, >Fultondale, Trussville, and Warrior.