HI, this is info about my Ratliffs in Ala. Several of you email me and wanted to know about this family Wm Ratliff of Lincoln co, Ga (& Wilkes co GA) left GA after a failed #2 marriage to Mary"Polly" Stovall ( most think he died in 1810 but I found him very much alive) He moved to Ala. Wm died about 1819 and his grandson( John Ratcliff II) went to take care of things. John stayed in Ala married ( Ellenor Johnson) in Perry co.,Ala 1826. By 1830 he was in Green co., Ala. In 1840 John II was back in Perry co., Ala. In 1850, John II was in Tuscaloosa co., Ala and dies in 1853. His widow goes to court in 1857 for her widow dower. By 1860 this family is in Texas in Grimes co., TEX There is a book about the Johnson family of SC & Ala that marry into this Ratliff family I think the title is "Cloud of Witness" -- Sources 1820, 1830, 1840 ,1850 Ala census, Ala records, Ga 1790 census, Ga records, 1860 Tex census, Oakland cemetery in Grimes co., TEX Some other surnames with this Ratliff family are STOVALL, MIZE, MOON, DOCKERY, HESTER, HEWITT, SMITH, GILPIN, MURRAY, POWELL, MCWORTHER, CLIFT, SPRAYBERRY, NUGENT