I'm a descendant of a Howell Peebles from Virgina (son of Ephraim and Hannah), which I'm currently working on. According to a report I found he moved to AL with "his cousins Henry Peebles Jr and Joesph Douglas Peebles" in 1814. I found land records there for Henry and Joeseph D, and a William; not sure if my Howell is actually William Howell, as there are land record in the same county as the other two under a William H Peebles. Supposedly Howell died in Limestone, AL in 1857.