According to "Alabama Steamboats 1819-1869", a 1953 booklet compiled by J.H. Scruggs Jr., there was both a "Lily" and a "Lilly." Both were side-wheel steamers and operated on "one of Alabama's major rivers."

Lily: 159 tons, built; Brownsville, Pa., operated; 1860-1861 (no record of demise)

Lilly: 190 tons, built; Mobile, Ala., operated; 1865-1868, (snagged, sunk, Tuscaloosa 1/10/68)

Hope this helped.

Benny Austin
Selma