Hi---I'm fairly new to the list, and have been lurking for months to get a feel for how to post. My Howell line descends from: Jesse Howell b: 1793, Barnwell County, SC md: Mary Lightsey in 1816, in Barnwell Co., SC d: Dec 1860, Echols Co., GA his son was: John G. Howell b: 1817, Barnwell Dist., SC md: Mary C. Zeigler in 1837 d: 1885, in Pasco Co., FL his son was: John J. (Jack) Howell b: 1846, Valdosta, Echols Co., GA md: Sarah Elizabeth Smith d: Dade City, Pasco Co., FL his daughter was: (my great grandmother on my mother's side) Julia Jane Howell b: 10 May 1876, Blanton, Pasco Co., FL md: Charles Edwin Dowling, 23 Dec 1896 d: 17 Mar 1970, Dade City, Pasco Co., FL If anyone's line includes these people, I would be delighted to exchange information. These people were some of the original old "Florida Crackers" with a very colorful history. Judith Taylor Michelsen jmichel@primenet.com