I was reading Mr. Caver's generous posting of death notices and noticed the reference to "the prairies" in one of the obits (for FITZPATRICK.) I have run across notes referring to "the prairies" in early Alabama histories numerous times and wondered exactly where the prairies were located. I assumed they must have been south of Montgomery and perhaps in adjoining portions of Macon County and maybe even Pike County. Some of my ancestors from Macon County are buried in a small family cemetery off Pike Road, below Montgomery. We have no connections to the family whose land they are buried on. I was told the reason they were buried there may have been because they lived "down on the prairies" and in the winter the ground was so frozen and hard they could not bury on it. Does anyone know where the prairies were actually located? Thanks! Evelyn Leslie