This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tyus Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TV.2ADI/90.1.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather was a Tyus and he had 11 brothers and sisters, and his father's father was the first sheriff of Grady County GA, so it may be that your ancestors are from GA rather Arkansas.