Hayes:

From what I have seen, the large scale maps you have been looking at have just not had the detail to be relied upon for exact locations (such as the battle at Pleasant Ridge location, exact river crossings, ect). Some are grossly in error. None show the Sipsey Mills Bridge route from Bridgeville to Pleasant Ridge, but I am impressed that at the time this was the principle road between the two places. Many deeds from the period refer to this as the "Columbus Road." Before Snedicor's map of 1856, there was no exact county map rendered, nor afterward until the 1920 USDA Soil Survey Map. Census returns for 1830-1860, along with land records of the same period, would suggest that the line shown by Snedicor was followed pretty closely. I have yet to find property located north of this line in Greene County records of that period.

Also realize that the Pleasant Ridge crossroads was (before 1867) about 3/4 mile south of the county line, and a number of families who would certainly be vital parts of the community actually lived in Picken County. And the post office at that place (1826-1918) was located in a store on the southeast or southwest corner of the crossroads, in Greene County, and was the voting place for the Pleasant Ridge Precinct of that county. But there would be those living in Pickens County, a mile or more north of the crossroads, who would vote in Pickens, be citizens of that county, but get their mail from Pleasant Ridge. Thus one might well consider himself a member of that community and vote in Pickens County (indeed, the the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian church, there were not a few church officers who actually lived in Pickens County). I would recommend that you consider actual residence and inclusion in this plantation community on a case-by-case basis. (My mother, who lives in Greene County, receives her mail from an Aliceville rural route, but she has to go to Eutaw every year to pay taxes and vote. Often she knows the Pickens County election candidates better than those she must choose in Greene)

My guess is that G.W. Horton, son of Elizabeth M. Horton and John M. Henry, was born in the Jesse and Sarah Horton home, which was located about 200 yards south of HWY 14 near present Carpenter's Lake. So he was born in Greene County. Sounds like you got his birth and death dates from some data of mine which I posted somewhere. If it is from my database, realize that my designation of I, II, III, etc for those with the same given name within a surname group is simply to distinguish those individuals, and may not represent lineal succession. There were other George Washington Hortons living in other parts of the country, some with distant relation to the Jesse Hortons of Pleasant Ridge, many without. I'm sure you're aware that there were a lot of George Washingtons and Thomas Jeffersons in many families around this time. Where did the G.W. Horton in the 42nd Ala enlist?

As for Alonza, I guess if a few more leads don't develope then his service must be considered undocumented. I think it is evident from the 1866 Census that he did serve and died in CSA service.