Posted on: Avery Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Avery/434 Surname: Shell ------------------------- I checked the 1880 Mitchell County Census but there is no George Shell listed. Do you know the names of his parents (my ancestor, Mary Anne Shell, was born in 1842 and she was also from Carter County)?