It has been alleged that  Prince Madoc of Wales discovered North America
and colonized Mobile Bay in 1170 A.D. I (John Mattox) find this very
interesting, but have not had time to investigate it. Here is a list of
references pertaining to this provided by Dorothy Maddox Bishop of
Fortson, GA.

"Kinfolk", by James G. Perry.  Traces the Maddox family back 32 
generations in Wales.  Can be found in the Family History Library, 
Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Madoc & The Discovery Of America", by Richard Deacon (Some New Light 
on an Old Controversy), George Brazziler, New York.  Can be found in 
the Mobile Public Library, Mobile, AL. [Published in 1966, Library of
Congress number  67-23398]

"They All Discovered America", Prince Madoc of Wales, (A.D. 1171)  In 
which a peaceable prince, wishing to avoid family unpleasantness, 
sails to America to find a new home.  Pleased with what he find here, 
he returns to Wales and solicites colonists.  In ten ships, his 
followers come back to America with him and profoundly influence a 
certain tribe of Indians.  (Mandan Indians).  Book can be found in 
the Pensacola Library, Reference/Genealogy Room, Pensacola, FL.

"Brave His Soul", by Ellen Pugh.  The Story of Prince Madog of Wales 
and His Discovery of America in 1170.  A memorial was erected at Fort 
Morgan, on Mobile Bay, Alabama, by the Virginia Cavalier Chapter of 
the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1953.  It says in part:  
"In memory of Prince Madoc, a Welsh explorer, who landed on the 
shores of Mobile Bay in 1170 and left behind, with the Indians, the 
Welsh language."  Book can be found in the Baton Rouge Public Library,
 Baton Rouge, LA.

"Madoc, an Essay on the Discovery of America by Madoc AP Owen Gwynedd 
in the Twelth Century", by Thomas Stephens, 1898.  Book can be found 
in the Mobile Public Library, Mobile, AL.

Other articles such as "Devil's Backbone", one of history's spine-
tinglers, by Jodi Perras.
"Of Men & Ships" Prince Madox - Discoverer of Mobile Bay? and "Madoc, 
Mobile and the Mandans", by Hugh N. Starnes, with Hank Black can be 
found in the Madoc file at the Mobile Public Library, Mobile, AL.