Hi all....this is my maiden name & I've not been able to find anything further back than my great grandparents....FRUSTRATING & EMBARRASSING! <g> 1.CASWELL HOWELL b ca 1820 NC d 12 Mar 1883 Berrien Co, GA sp PERNEICE MORING b ca 1820/25 NC/GA? d ????, Berrien Co, GA 2. son, HAMPTON ANDERSON HOWELL b 17 Oct 1851 GA Thomas Co, GA ? d 10 Jul 1919 Berrien Co, GA 1st wife, DORTHY ANN TALLEY, dau of Dr JAMES TALLEY married 18 Dec 1881 in Berrien Co, GA to 2nd wife, LILLIAN EUGENIA LAMB, **my line** (cousin of ANN TALLEY) b Sept 14 1859 Berrien Co, GA d 10 Feb 1950 Lanier (formerly Berrien) Co 3. son, HARRY LEE HOWELL b 28 July 1902 Berrien Co, GA m 26 Nov 1928 Dekalb Co, ALA d 09 Feb 1975 Sumter Co, GA sp, CATHERINE ELIZABETH BRUCE b 13 Jan 1907 Pickens Co, SC d 07 Dec 1970 Sumter Co, GA ***the above are my parents 4. dau, SARAH NELL (HOWELL) STUDSTILL (me!) b 06 Mar 1937 Sumter Co, GA m 16 Mar 1958 Sumter Co, GA sp, WILLIAM TALMAGE STUDSTILL, Sr b 07 Apr 1937 Sumter Co, GA Info from a paternal aunt done several years ago for my Mom, gave my great grandparents' names as: JOHN CASWELL HOWELL & wife, PERNEICE WOMACK....Several yrs of looking finally turned up the name of PERNEICE MORING as his wife - this aunt also said that they came to GA from Wake Co, NC...I am now looking into Wayne Co, NC & am finding similar names - also have found instances of earlier MORING/MOORINGs; HOWELLs & SAULs mentioned in Wayne Co, NC Court Records - a HOWELL cousin who has descends from BARNEY B. HOWELL (whose wife was SMITHY ANN MORING - also BARNEY was bro to my CASWELL HOWELL) - her line includes marriages to SAULS here in GA. One of the ch of my own CASWELL & PERNEICE (MORING) HOWELL also marries a SAULS. So Wayne Co is becoming more & more interesting. CASWELL, PERNEICE & some of their ch were in the household of a MARY ALLEN (MILLER?) in the 1850 Thomas Co, GA Census - BARNEY, SMITHY ANN were in the next household... Please contact me if anyone has info on these HOWELLs. Many thanks for your time..... Sarah Shstu@AOL.com