Hal, I did a quick check through the book and the only variation of Hesterly I found was for a Hesterlee. The following is what I found: 1) Page 33 - Mrs. Velma Jordan, 87, states her father, Tom M. Hamrick, moved from Villa Rica to Sand Hill in 1894, opened and operated a general merchandise store at Sand Hill. Dr. Durrett had a store here and Abb Scroggins added a lean-to building to Durrett's store for photography. Others who operated stores were Nick, Wringer, Birdo Crawford, Ollis Brasher, Will Hesterlee, Jack Kelley, Coon Hesterlee, Britt Thompson, V. B. Dickson, Tom Brasher, John White, Claribel Snelling, Albert Williams, Raymond Ricks and Wayne Otewell. 2) Page 33 - Many boys in this area were called into service in World War I. Included Dalton Hesterlee, Charlie Vines, Reese Jordan, Wilbur Phillips, Bartow Hesterlee. 3) Page 35 - In 1936 land was purchased from Dr. H. C. Garst across the highway from the former school building and in 1936-1937 a modern brick building was erected consisting of four classrooms and auditorium. On Aug. 27, 1937 a cornerstone was laid. Withe the inscription on the stone were the names C. Hyde, J. H. Broom, D. M. Hesterlee, B. P. Hesterlee, and Sam White, with G. C. Sewell, builder and L. A. Muse, Superintendent. I hope this is of some help to you. Clarence ----- Original Message ----- From: <NHHS48@aol.com> To: <GACARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [GACARROL] book | Hi Clarence and all other members of the "bang your head against the wall" | society. | | Clarence I too would like to have a copy of the book you mention. Problem | is, are any of my ancestors included in it. I know for example that some | members of my family lived in the area during the 1830's- onward, but I have | very little info on them. The surname is HESTERLY and various other similar | spellings. If you or any of the other listers have knowledge of this family, | I'd really appreciate hearing from you. | | As always, any help will be greatly appreciated. | | Hal Hesterly | | | ==== GACARROL Mailing List ==== | GACARROL-L Mailing List Archives. Search by by name, etc. | http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=gaca rrol | Carroll County Web Page | http://www.mindspring.com/~swampfox/Carroll_County/Carroll.h tm |