Bureau of Land Management (GLO) Land Patents - Alabama (to 1860)
Walker County
Marquis de Lafayett Dowdy, 8/1/49, of Walker, 40, Walker
William Dowdy, 9/10/38, of Walker, 40, Walker
1850 Census
William Dowda 50, Margret 43, Nancy 21, Margret 19, Melissa 17
Markus Dowda 25 GA, Elizabeth 24 AL, Martha 2 AL , Henry 1 AL

Alabama Civil Elections and Appointees
William Dowdy Justice of Peace May 27 1846
William Dowdy Justice of Peace Apr 1 1847