If anyone can add to a story or wants to add one of their own please send it to me. My gg grandfather was a man named William Monroe Banks. Legend has it that he killed a man, or thought he killed a man, and fled to Walker County, Alabama. The time that he arrived in Walker County was between 1850 and 1853. The incident was said to have taken place in a gold mine.
Some variations say a logging camp or such.
The 1850 census for Forsyth does list a William Banks twice, once in the household of David Taylor and once in the household of Debora Banks. Legend has it that he moved to Walker County, Alabama with the Campbell's and Brown's. The man who is listed as moving to Walker County is Adam Campbell. This appears to be the same man that Mr. Shadburn lists as having a gold mine in the area. I don't think the Banks family was in that area that long.