On page 53 of the History of Conecuh County, it is mentioned that at a place called Ferry Pass in 1818 General Jackson captured 400 warriors. In this section, the chapter begins with talk of Pensacola and supplies coming down the rivers. Could this be the first mention of our Ferry Pass community that was north of Pensacola at that time? Gene Presley Jr. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of L.L. Scott Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FL-WFGS] History of Conecuh Co. AL http://books.google.com/books?id=M4QdAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:alabama+intitle:cou nty+intitle:history&as_brr=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You could be on to something. U.S. Board on Geographic Names has no reference to any place named Ferry Pass or Ferrypass in all of AL today. The only Ferry Pass references in FL are in Escambia and Okaloosa Counties (in Okaloosa it's a plaza). Of course 1818 was a long time ago and the name in AL may have died out by now. I've found references to a ferry operation in Escambia County, FL as far back as 1820, however. There may be even earlier FL references. Today's Ferry Pass is not on the river but the name itself certainly indicates there must have been some water around somewhere. Unless they were operating a land ferry. Jerry Merritt The Presley's wrote: > On page 53 of the History of Conecuh County, it is mentioned that at a place > called Ferry Pass in 1818 General Jackson captured 400 warriors. In this > section, the chapter begins with talk of Pensacola and supplies coming down > the rivers. Could this be the first mention of our Ferry Pass community that > was north of Pensacola at that time? > > Gene Presley Jr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of L.L. Scott > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FL-WFGS] History of Conecuh Co. AL > > http://books.google.com/books?id=M4QdAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:alabama+intitle:cou > nty+intitle:history&as_brr=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >