[email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Harrell, Denby, Willis, Belflower, Stanley Classification: > Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zc.2ADI/1471 > > Message Board Post: > > I knew my grandfather, Jesse Tilman Harrell, of Tifton, GA. I have > very little info on his father and their ancestors. I'm interested in > any data in surrounding counties that might help me find my Harrell > ancestors. My family believes my Ggrandfather was named Joseph > Harrell who married Kansas Willis. It is further believed (with less > certainty) that his father was named William Harrell. Any information > that would help on Harrell's in this county would be appreciated. > Thanks, Tim Harrell [email protected] > > A large library, especially in south Georgia, should have several volumes by Marilu Burch Smallwood tracing the Harrells who settled in the area presently included in Dodge, Pulaski and Telfair counties. You should take a look at her work and see if it includes your ancestors. One volume is [ITAL:]Burch, Harrell and Allied Families[:ITAL]. Vol. 1. Gainesville, FL: Shorter Printing Co., 1968). CS71 H304 1968 v.1 University of Georgia Library. Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. Tad Evans of Savannah, GA, editor and publisher of numerous books of extracts from Georgia newspapers, has reprinted Smallwood's works and copies may be purchased from him. -- XXENDXX Jeff Milner Crawfordville, GA [email protected]