The Garsts lived from 1830-1963 between Carollton and Villa Rica (used to be called the Bankhead Hwy). They were the only Garst family in GA. Christopher Garst and Sarah Coltharp moved to GA from TN 1826 and had fifteen children. I can account for only a handful of those children--my ggf, Philip, several killed in the Civil War, Martha Garst (b. 1826) who married Isaac Kinney, Jim Garst who survived the war but abandoned his children--Carrie, Chris and Arthur. According to the notes from my gf, "Doc" Garst, most of the girls married and moved to Arkansas and TX. Recently I found an odd census entry with a Garst link: in the 1870 census, living with a widow, Melinda GROCE, is a Martha Garst age 22, and baby Sarah Garst, b. May 1880. I have NO IDEA who these two people are, but the Groce and Garst families are only a few houses away from each other. And yes, there are several young Garst men living at home--Philip, age 19, and Robert, age 20. Philip was courting a school teacher 10 years older than he. They married and he lived on the property until his death in 1937. I have no idea what happened to Robert. Could Sarah Garst be his child? Does anyone know the name GROCE? I think the same child is still living with her grandmother in 1880, but she's listed there as Sarah M.Groce, granddaughter, age 10, GA. No sign of Martha. Groce sons included William, b. 1862, Bluford, b. 1867, George, b. 1871. Could use any clues at all! Trying to reconstruct this family is a giant jigsaw puzzle! Karen Dale