Hello all! I've just joined ALBOUNT-L (thank you Carol for creating it!!!) and would like to begin by posting my Blount and Jefferson County lines that were early settlers in the area: FOWLER - In Wake Co., NC by 1745> Blount Co., AL by 1818 - Earliest settler: John and Lucy (WHITAKER) Fowler. HUDSON - In Union Co., SC by 1814> Jefferson Co., AL by 1819> Blount Co., AL by 1839 - Earliest settler: William H. and Elizabeth (___) Hudson. REID - In SC (place unknown) by 1797> Jefferson Co., AL by 1819> Blount Co., AL by 1860 - Earliest known settler: James and Polly (REID) Reid who married in Jefferson Co. in 1819. GURLEY - In Pendleton District, SC by 1800> Blount County, Alabama by 1818 - Earliest settler: John West and Mary (___) Gurley. HUFFSTUTLER/HOFSTALAR - In Fredericktown MD by 1763> NC>MD>NC>TN> Blount Co. AL by 1821 - Earliest settler: George Huffstutler (Rev. Soldier) Hoping to meet new "cousins", Glenda Savage