South of the Road
Alabama South of the Old Federal Road

This site is dedicated to the history and laws relating to land in that part of Alabama located south of the Old Federal Road.   The site includes information on Federal land patent grants and county maps showing the locations of the grants, as well as nearby cemeteries.   Grantee name indexes are provided for each county, as well as a combined index for all counties.   In addition, the patent grants are displayed in geographical order in the Reconstructed Tract Books, which is helpful in identifying relatives and in-laws of ancestors.   The site also includes historical maps and discussions of historical and land related topics.  This is a continuing project, and the site will be updated from time to time with new additions.  At the present time, only the five Alabama counties colored in the map above are included.

Because of the extensive immigration of residents of southern Alabama to West Florida, a link is connected to the companion series entitled WEST FLORIDA LAND & HISTORY.

This site last updated 1/25/2003

New - Map of Butler County Showing Cemetery Locations   Butler County Cemetery Map   

Please send questions, comments and suggestions to: Duke Vickrey


County Maps Showing Townships, Ranges, Sections and Cemeteries
Butler Coffee Dale Geneva Henry Houston

Speciality Maps
Partial route of 1840 census taker in Dale County - Map
1884 Map of Butler County - Map
Land Ownership Map of Alabama along the border with Jackson County, Florida - Map
Map of Geneva and Houston Counties, Alabama showing historical boundary changes - Map

Land Ownership and Historical Information
Five County Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Five Southeastern Alabama Counties
Butler Patent Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Butler County, Alabama
Coffee Patent Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Coffee County, Alabama
Dale Patent Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Dale County, Alabama
Geneva Patent Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Geneva County, Alabama
Henry Patent Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Henry County, Alabama
Houston Patent Index - Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Grants for Houston County, Alabama

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