Lois, If I am remembering correctly, passports were required to travel through the Creek Nation from Georgia to the Mississippi Territory. With the destruction of Creek power by Andrew Jackson in the Creek War these became less critical and totally unnecessary after the removal of the Creeks to Oklahoma. Joe Anderson _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009