Hello In 1838, a John Dines of Madison Co Alabama sold a negro slave named John Thurman to a Joshua Thurman in Hardeman Co TN. According to the 1840 census, there was a Thurman family on page 168 living in Madison Co Alabama. Does anyone know who this Thurman family was? And any information on John Dines and his family would be appreciated. In the 1830 Madison Co Ala census, there were two Dines households listed. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Deborah Thurman Parks