ALABAMA TERRITORY FEBRUARY 7, 1818

This sketch shows the approximate county boundaries just before the state was established. Tuscaloosa County was large. It is useful for genealogists to check early Tuscaloosa records when looking for someone appearing later in adjacent counties, including Lowndes and Noxubee in Mississippi..

This drawing is by Margaret Stewart and appeared in volume 1 of The History of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, by Margaret Stewart, Piedmont, Alabama. Mrs. Stewart, deceased, was an outstanding genealogist involved in the writing and publishing of Alabama histories and genealogies.