Roll Call report I have a unique situation in that 3 of my family's main lines are from Dallas County, AL. Francis AVANT's widow and children arrived in Dallas County ca. 1828. Francis Avant's children were Catherine (married David D. DUMAS); Mary (married James DOWNES); Nancy (married John G. O'NEAL); Lucy (married William HALL); Nathan (married Theodocia WILSON) and John C. Avant (my ggggrandfater - my mother's paternal line) married Nancy MEREDITH in Dallas Co., AL in 1841. The Avant men moved to Arkansas. To my knowledge only Nancy and her family remained in the county till death. Silas L. BLANN first appears in Dallas County in the 1820 Census. He married Elizabeth AVERYT ca. 1816. They raised their family in the county. There children are Lorany (married Benjamin Franklin GRAVES); William Young Henry (married Lucinda Smith ROARK); Tabitha (married Thomas H. BOOTH); Frances (married William F. Jones); Aesenath (married Thomas Jefferson PARNELL) Alfred (married Jane E. KELLEY); Thomas (married Alabama KELLEY); Mary (married a DAVIDSON); Susan (married Lindsey M. BOOTH); Silas L. Blann, Jr. who married Elizabeth JONES; and Stephen who married Susan CALDWELL. It is the W.Y.H. Blann and Lucinda Roark lines that moved to Arkansas that is my mother's maternal line. Samuel F. SHADDOCK, Sr. was in Dallas County by the 1830 Census. His son Burrell SHADDOCK married Sarah REYNOLDS in 1832 in Dallas County, AL. The family immigrated to Arkansas by 1850. This is my husband's father's maternal line. Happy to share with others my information. My website: http://www.cei.net/~ccsmith/csindex.htm has my genealogy information on these lines there. Carol Smith