Researching Dallas County for information on my Todd ancestors: WILLOUGHBY TODD & family, his son LEWIS JEFFERSON TODD & family, and their inlaws JOHN THOMAS & family. * JOHN THOMAS & LUCY DAY THOMAS farmed in Dallas County c1816-1853. * WILLOUGHBY TODD & family farmed in the county c1832-1853. * LEWIS JEFFERSON TODD & NANCY STRINGER TODD resided in the county c1853-1864. If you have any information to share on any of these families, please respond to descendant GARY O. TODD, Arlington, TX. Thanks.

I have a letter dated October 25, 1848 to my ggg-grandfather, Atlas Jones Martin, from his father, John Bethune Martin. At that time, Atlas Jones Martin was a school teacher living in Liberty Hill, Alabama. I believe that to be a "beat" of Dallas County. I don't know if a "beat" is like a "ward" on a census. I think there might have been a town, now dead, in Dallas County named Athens and Liberty Hill might have been in or around that area of Dallas County. The letter also mentions a Dr. Marsh and Lady who lived nearby. Atlas Jones Martin later lived at Martin Station, Alabama, also in Dallas County. His land was about 23 miles out of Selma, between what are now Orville and Safford. He married Harriett (or Harriott) Elizabeth Shields (widow of a Mr. Smith), farmed, was a grocer and raised his children all at Martin Station. Does anyone have any inforamtion on Liberty Hill or Atlas Jones Martin? Thanks so much! Fredreica