This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Helton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IMi.2ACEB/800.806.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My Heltons are from Alabama and Georgia. My grandfather was James Helton. His father was Henry Clay Helton, I believe. I haven't gotten who is before them.