Took a look and it does say "Lunchford, Alabama" plain as day. It gave the parents names as Wm. Blackwood & Tabitha Cornelius. William & Tabitha married in Blount Co., AL on 5-20-1840. They appear on the 1840 Blount Co., AL census. By the 1850 & 1860 census they are in Walker Co. GNIS shows an entry for Lunsford in Marion Co. It's shown on today's maps as Tessner, southeast of Hackleburg on Hwy. 12 http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=120:1:45699806833523707153 Here's the link for the search page. Make sure you get the same information I do. It's entirely possible William was in Marion Co. before moving down into Walker Co. bablckwd2.0@hal-pc.org wrote: >The death certificate of my great granddad, John Blackwood, who was >born in Blount Co. in 1847, lists his place of birth as “Lunchford,” >AL, though I’ve never been able to find any reference to such a place. > Another old document suggests he was born in “Birmaham” >(Birmingham?), but this is probably incorrect. > >If anyone who knows the old county place names well has any ideas, I >would love to hear them. I believe that there were some Lundsfords >(sp?) in Blount Co. in those days, and have wondered if “Lunchford” >might actually refer to them in some way. > >Any and all thoughts appreciated. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:21:59 -0700 Terry Jackson <jacksont@otelco.net> wrote: > Took a look and it does say "Lunchford, Alabama" plain as day. > > It gave the parents names as Wm. Blackwood & Tabitha Cornelius. >William > & Tabitha married in Blount Co., AL on 5-20-1840. They appear on the > 1840 Blount Co., AL census. > > By the 1850 & 1860 census they are in Walker Co. > > GNIS shows an entry for Lunsford in Marion Co. It's shown on today's > maps as Tessner, southeast of Hackleburg on Hwy. 12 > > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=120:1:45699806833523707153 > Here's the link for the search page. Make sure you get the same > information I do. > > It's entirely possible William was in Marion Co. before moving down > into Walker Co. > > bablckwd2.0@hal-pc.org wrote: > >>The death certificate of my great granddad, John Blackwood, who was >>born in Blount Co. in 1847, lists his place of birth as “Lunchford,” >>AL, though I’ve never been able to find any reference to such a >>place. >> Another old document suggests he was born in “Birmaham” >>(Birmingham?), but this is probably incorrect. >> >>If anyone who knows the old county place names well has any ideas, I >>would love to hear them. I believe that there were some Lundsfords >>(sp?) in Blount Co. in those days, and have wondered if “Lunchford” >>might actually refer to them in some way. >> >>Any and all thoughts appreciated. >> >>------------------------------- Terry, THANK YOU! I think Lunsford/Tessner very likely is the place referred to on John Blackwood’s death certificate. I suspect that the informant on the other document (my granddad, Jesse Ernest Blackwood) had also grown up hearing that his dad was born “near Birmingham,” as Lunsford and Birmingham ham are relatively close together, at least geographically speaking. This might explain the discrepancy between the two docs. Really do appreciate your help, so thanks again, and take care. Barry