I found this: "Jefferson County was created by the Alabama legislature on Dec. 13, 1819. It was carved out of Blount County and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. The county seat was at Carrollsville from 1819-1821, at Elyton from 1821-1873, and since 1873 has been at Birmingham." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nix" <lowhandicap@gmail.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] 1808 Alabama census? > Bill, > > I haven't seen the maps that you were looking at, but I do know that > Jefferson County was cut out of what was earlier Blount County. I did find > a map that showed Blount County existing in 1817. > > There's an historical marker near the Jefferson County Courthouse that notes > when Jefferson County was founded and that it was formerly part of Blount > County. > > Jim Nix > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:30 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] 1808 Alabama census? > > >> Oddly, I just saw it several hours ago. I asked Google for Madison County >> Alabama 1816 Census, and up came all of the Madison County early stuff. >> >> I think that Jefferson - what I was looking again for - was in Monroe >> County. Covered a huge area. I could tell Jefferson part by early names. >> Mr. Prude and those around him - James or Jesse maybe, only Prude around - >> and Moses Fields. Try that. >> >> Bill Erwin >