This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4gC.2ACE/1371.2 Message Board Post: Penny, here is a site that has a map of the Cherokee and Choctaw lands in AL in 1818. Mississippi became a state in 1817, and the AL Territory was created at that time. AL then became a state in 1819, so you can see how a person born about 1820, somewhere in that area, could be said to have been born in any or all those names it was called during that time period. For map: http://members.aol.com/JORDANJM2/1818AL.html The link to that map page is found on the site, below, along with other interesting sites you may find useful for Native American research: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwnar/ Sincerely, Fran bolton