Editing John Echols (born 1736) (section)

== Virginia to Alabama ==

Most sources suggest (or implicitly require) this John Echols (husband of Lucy Echols and father of Prudence Echols) to have traveled from his birth region of Halifax County, Virginia to Madison (or Morgan) County, Alabama. Despite the lack of an original source explicitly stating this move, I believe it is well-substantiated. 

Consider this table where we compare John Echols of Virginia with John Echols of Alabama (per his will).

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! style="width:33%;" | John Echols of Virginia
! style="width:33%;" |
! style="width:33%;" | John Echols of Alabama
|-
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* Named John Echols
* Has a daughter named "Prudence" who married "Christopher Irvin" ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:685P-2CRL?lang=en FS])
* Has a daughter named "Temperance" who married "John Rodgers" ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68TS-R55B?lang=en FS])
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* There is a "Samuel M. Echols" born in Virginia per Alabama census records ([[1850 Federal Census, Alabama]])
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* Named John Echols
* Will mentions a "Prudence Irvin"
* Will mentions a "Temperance Rodgers"
* Will mentions a "Samuel M Echols"
|}

The latest I can reliably place John Echols in Virginia is 1797 (through the payment of taxes in Halifax County)