During the course of the century, proposals for ceding the Florida counties west of the Apalachicola River to Alabama were often raised: In 1811, while Florida was still a Spanish possession, American residents sent a petition to Congress asking to be incorporated into the Mississippi Territory, which at that time included present-day Alabama.
Durante o transcurso do século, formuláronse a miúdo propostas para ceder os condados floridanos ao oeste do río Apalachicola ao estado de Alabama: En 1811, mentres Florida era aínda unha posesión española, os norteamericanos residentes enviaron unha petición ao Congreso solicitando a súa incorporación ao Territorio de Mississippi, que daquela incluía a actual Alabama (véxase o artigo Florida Occidental).