This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SPEARS/PARROTT/YARBROUGH/YARBER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADI/142.544.556.602.647 Message Board Post: I am particularly interested in the Spears family in Monroe County, Georgia. My 2nd great grandfather was Joseph Parrott from NC. He had a son named Daniel Parrott who married Lucinda Gascal in IL or MO. Daniel and Lucinda had two daughters, Lula and Josie Parrott who were quite young when Daniel and Lucinda died. Lula was adopted by a family named Hurford. Josie was taken (by whom?) to Georgia where she married (?) Charles E. Spears in 1886 in Monroe County. She either married him or became pregnant by him. She bore a son named Oscar Spears. She left Charles Spears and returned to Hardin County IL in 1889 and married John Holley. I believe that someone in the Parrott family may have been either Choctaw or Creek. Josie Parrott Spears Holley died in Bridgeport, IL in 1919. Also, my 2nd great grandfather, John Yarbrough, b. ca. 1810 may have been at least part Native American. He married Mary (?) in approximately 1831. Mary may have been Native American as well. Family legend has it that the tribe was Chickasaw, however that may be an error. No evidence has been found to substantiate family legend whatsoever. Any one who has knowledge of Charles E. Spears who married Josie Parrott please contact me by e-mail. I am particularly interested in the Parrott/Spears connection but would gladly appreciate information regarding John Yarbrough and Mary too. Thanks Don