I took this from another mailing list. I didn't know if anyone on the list was doing research on this line or not. Glenda, Listmanager : GEN-BOOKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GB] Early Settlers of Alabama EARLY SETTLERS OF ALABAMA by Col. James Edmonds Saunders. Southern Historical Press, 1977. VG. Reprint of 1899 edition. "By Col. James Edmonds Saunders, Lawrence County, Ala. with Notes and Genealogies, By His Granddaughter, Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs, New Orleans." Part I - A series of articles written for newspaper publication between the years 1880 and 1889 by James Saunders (1806-1896), pertaining to early settlers and settlements in Lawrence county and the state of Alabama. This priceless collection of family histories is augmented by the work of his granddaughter in Part II - notes and genealogies of the following families: BANKS, BANKHEAD, BIBB, BILLUPS, BLAIR, CANTZON, CLAY, COLEMAN, COX, DU BOSE, DUDLEY, DUNN, ELLIOTT, FLINT, FOSTER, FRY, GHOLSON, GOODE, GRAY, HARRIS, HILL, HOPKINS, LANIER, LIGON, LOWE, MANNING, MACLIN, MCGEHEE, MAURY, MOORE, OLIVER, O'NEAL, PHELAN, POELINITZ, RAY, RICHARDSON, SAUNDERS, SHELTON, SHERROD, SHORTER, SPEED, SWOOPE, TAIT, TALIAFERRO, THOMPSON, TILLMAN, URQUHART, WALTHALL, WATKINS, WEBB, WEEDEN, WELLS, WHITE, WITHERS, WYATT, YATES, YOUNG and others. Index. 530 pp. $78.00 plus $3.00 shipping All books shipped at media mail rate, which may take 7-14 days. E-mail for details janetm1@earthlink.net MCCORMICK BOOKS http://www.mccormickbooks.com