The old maps will also show the ferries. For certain Youngs ferry is show. Other ferries were up river and down river from Youngs ferry. Have seen some of those names, have since forgot what they were. Bill ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Williams and Ferry Author: <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com > at internet1 Date: 8/2/98 8:40 PM Bobbye: I suggest you go to a law library. Look at a set of books called something like....the Acts (laws) of Alabama. The law librarian will be able to point you in the right direction. For someone to run a ferry, they would have had to have a license to do so. The license would be granted by the state. A record of the legislature voting on the approval of the license to operate a ferry over the river would have been in the legislative minutes. Thus, they would be listed in the Acts of the state. Good luck, MIC -----Original Message----- From: BOBBYE <BOBBYE@MICROSPED.COM> To: ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 7:58 PM Subject: Williams and Ferry >I am told that my gg grandfathers family ran a ferry on the Tallapoosa >River.My gg grand father was William Norman Williams and he had a brother >Fletcher Williams. Can any one tell me what years they ran the ferry and >help me locate the parents of these two in that time frame. I know that >William was born Jan. 13,1829. >Thank you > >