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 > >