At 05:09 PM 2/17/00 -0500, Ccalhoun44@aol.com wrote: >In the 1870 Census there is a Union Precinct in Dallas County. Would someone >be kind enough to describe the area in president day terms? I would like to >know where my grandparents lived during that time. > >Grateful. ----------------------- The last time I was in Selma, I copied a map at the library: "DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA, showing divisions of county INTO BEATS. Office of W.O. Crisman, C.E. June 1909". It shows district lines and the names but doesn't show much other detail so I'm comparing it with my DOT map of the county. In 1909 Union Beat lay west of Selma, north of Cahaba, east of Marion Junction and bordered on Perry County on the north. The western boundary was the Cahaba River, the northern one was the Perry County line, the upper part of the eastern boundary looks like Valley Creek (but I wouldn't swear to that) and the lower part is the Alabama River. The southern boundary of Union Beat was a straight line (roughly where Rte 22 and the L&N RR are today) running between the Cahaba and the Alabam Rivers. Potter is the geographic center of Union Beat. Looks like it was aka Winston at one time and is right on the Southern RR Line. I don't see any other town on either map but maybe someone else on the list who's more familiar with the area can tell you the name of soem of the historical communities in that area. Take a look at this map http://www.prairiebluff.com/algenweb/dallas/dall_lg.gif, and you'll see Potter just west of Selma. Hope this helps. B.J. Smothers ALDALLAS-L Listowner Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy http://www.prairiebluff.com/algenweb/dallas/