I don't have a really good map either, but near as I can tell, If you draw a line west from Keener and one North from Attalla, the intersection will put you in the approximate area. Patricia Landwehr wrote: > Sam, thanks so much for the links! The Etowah County map I looked at did > not have Township and Range indicated like one for Marshall County. I > wonder if anyone on the list might know what town is nearby to Section 32, > Township 10-S, Range 5-E? My great grandfather, Thomas J. Benton and his > mother, Mary Martha Benton, were granted homestead certificates there. If I > read the patents correctly -- and that's a big IF -- the size of their farm > was about 280 acres. Thanks for any help forthcoming! > Best regards, > Pat Landwehr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Russell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:49 AM > Subject: [31] Alabama maps on line > > > The University of Alabama has maps now on line. Go to: > > http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/counties/etowah.html > > for a map of Etowah County in JPG or PDF format. > > For the county index of Alabama maps, go to: > > http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/counties/index.html > > > > > > ==== ALETOWAH Mailing List ==== > > To view a map of Etowah County go to > > http://www.archives.state.al.us/maps/etowamap.html > > > > ==== ALETOWAH Mailing List ==== > Look up Surnames--what's in a name? at > http://clanhuston.com/name/name.htm