Ann, I was curious about the names (Albert and Henry) since I recall that your ancestors originally came from Green or Pickens County, AL. (Hope my memory was right.)The genealogy library was closed today because of snow. That's also why I'm home from work with not much to do. I looked at the BLM web site that contains the land patents and found one Harris name (Richard Harris) who apparently bought property in Lauderdale County, MS. His patent identified his residence as Sumter County, AL. I also have a few notes that I took of Probate Records from Sumter County (I can't remember the exact dates; circa 1850 - 1870. His probate record was listed but none of his children happened to be named Albert or Henry. The record identified that he had a married daughter whose residence was Lauderdale C., MS. Another resident of Sumter C., Elizabeth M Harris died in Lauderdale Springs about 1875. I found 2 other Sumter County men whose probate records named children, none of which were named Henry or Albert. You probably are familiar with another of the infamous settlers in the area: John Harris, who had a son named Norfleet, named executor of his fathers estate. The record named his brothers including Henry H Harris and John Harris. It would seem as though a couple of the important names among the Sumter County families were John and Henry. (Albert was also a Sumter County name.) I haven't done enough research in this area to understand the family groups. I found the probate records confusing to say the least but was surprised that there were ties among these folks to Lauderdale County, MS. Kristina Harris