Leslie, That part of Chilton County was once part of Autauga County. I believe the line was either just above or just below Clanton before 1868. My ancestors lived at Coopers where the Chestnut Creek Baptist Church is located. Hope this helps. Irma J. Roy At 10:47 PM 7/30/00 EDT, you wrote: > >--part1_27.8ebe208.26b642bd_boundary >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >--part1_27.8ebe208.26b642bd_boundary >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-path: <LHill42731@aol.com> >From: LHill42731@aol.com >Full-name: LHill42731 >Message-ID: <f9.15e5087.26b64257@aol.com> >Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:45:43 EDT >Subject: 1860-1880 question about area >To: ALCHILTON-L@rootsweb.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 110 > >I have some relatives who were living in the "Chestnut Creek post office" >area showing in the 1870 Baker Co census. Does anyone know what county this >area was part of (Bibb maybe ?) before the county was called Baker? I am >trying to decide which county census would be best to check first for another >relative that almost certainly lived in the same area around 1860. > >Any help will be greatly appreciated. > >Leslie Hill > >--part1_27.8ebe208.26b642bd_boundary-- > >