Hello ya'll... While visiting in Henry and Dale Counties a few weeks ago I had the privilege of running up on Homer Jones (in a cemetery, of course) and we touched on the topic of the Old Federal Road. I'm also on the Dobbs County, NC list, where they've been bantering about migration patterns of a group of surnames who originally came from there through SC then on to Henry County - my Alexanders included. I was wondering if anybody have any idea what role, if any, the Federal Road had in the migration of Sumter District folks when they entered into lower Alabama. There is a section of the road marked off on a friend's land map in Cottonton, AL (between Columbus, GA and Eufaula, AL) and is also marked off at an Creek Indian historical site just south of Columbus, a few miles before Cottonton. Is seemed to the follow the Chattahoochee River (separating GA and AL). Was it the main highway for this particular migration? Write to the list, or send an e-mail to valmcginness@email.com. I'd like to hear from you if you know anything about the old road. Val McGinness Alexander Researcher http://members.tripod.com/AlexanderFamily