Probably the best book on Alabama stagecoach travel is THE VERY WORST ROAD which is a collection of travelers accounts from old Federal Road between Columbus, Georgia and Montgomery.  http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Very-Worst-Road,2472.aspx

entry for Robert Jemison in the Encyclopedia of Alabama http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-4138clipping

Slaughter W. Ficklin  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111100977/slaughter-w-ficklin

Ben F. Ficklin  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12600000/benjamin-franklin-ficklin

entry for James Powell in the Encyclopedia of Alabama http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-7323

from the June 25, 1857 Tuscaloosa Independent Monitor (Lauderdale Springs was near Meridian. It was a popular resort.) https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=141012

clipping from the October 1, 1858 Alabama Beacon (Greensboro)

clipping from the July 1, 1859 Alabama Beacon (Greensboro)

clipping from the July 10, 1861 Tuscaloosa Weekly Times

clipping from the October 1, 1861 Montgomery Advertiser

clipping from the June 30, 1862 Alabama Beacon (Greensboro)