This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gunters and Ferrells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jhh.2ACIB/5503 Message Board Post: Three of my great aunts and uncles married into the Gunters of Gunter Hollow at Short Mountain of the Ferrells that moved from Burke County NC. Augustine Gunter died 1827 and buried up by Hurricane Creek. Claiborne Gunter SR son of John and Sarah Gunter lived at the Mountain and My Ferrells lived next door 1820. Gunter Cabin built 1804 and I have done family history notebook on these Gunters and followed them after to Siloam Springs Arkansas where Caldean Gunter is listed as Founder of Hico ( old name for Siloam Springs) His brother Thomas Montague Gunter is father of Governor Julian Gunter of Colorado. His mansion is in Fayetteville built 1871 after first mansion destroyed during war by the Federals. Thomas Montague Gunter was one of 80 men voted for secession from the Union in beginning of Civil War and commanded Gunters Batallion as Colonel. He commanded at Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge Ark. and Wilsons Creek Mo. Caldean moved with full blood cherokee wife Nancy Ward ! from Short Mountain about 1836. Her family already removed to Oklahoma just over ARkansas line. T M Gunter came about 1851 from Marion County Tn after he removed from Sht Mountain and went to Law School. I am interested to see if earlier contact with my Ferrells. Attic records found in Siloam Springs from Doctor C D Ferrell refer to my Ferrells at the Mountain. My ggg Grandfather lived at Sht Mountain in 1820 next door to the Gunters and was Methodist Minister Short Mountain Circuit ( Charles Ferrell). 1852 another group of Gunters moved to Villonia Arkansas just east of Conway Arkansas and I have visited this family as well. I got 12 letters between 1957 to 1968 about these lines of interest including from Rogers of Oklahoma since the Famed Will Rogers Grandmother Mary was a Gunter from these lines. Caldean Gunter has Cherokee roll number issued and was listen in Arkansas as 1/4 blood. My family so close to Gunters for 100 years and want to see if connections from before Tenn. I suspect poss origins of my John Ferrell born about 1767 may have lived in Pittsylvania county in part that became Henry county and may have moved either to Caswell county Nc or Franklin County NC since I know these Ferrells are connected by docs found. I found a rec showing one of the Burke Co boys of John Gunter may have been near the Tar River in Franklin. Got any evidences of this? There was a big Ferrell plantation near present day Ferrells bridge rd and Alfords mill rd near the Tar river dating back to 1757. John Ferrell may have come with Gunters to the mountain but it seems that there was a couple of migrations from the same family.