This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/956 Message Board Post: An ancester of mine enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 from a place noted on his military records as Speakes Springs. The 1860 census shows him as living in that part of Tallapoosa county that is now Elmore. I would like to find the location of this community.