This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pethel, Pahel, Pehel, Petchel, Bastian, Shoaf, Speck, Pence, Overcash, Walter,Cook,Dancy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/7026 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on the Pethel (Pahel, Pehel, Petchel, Pethell) Family from Rowan Co., NC mainly residing in the Atwell and Mt. Ulla area. The spelling of the name changed often, but I think it originally was Pahel. Some offsprings started changing the spelling within the families. I have found sons of one man with the name spelled three different ways. My family started with Andrew Pahel;b.abt.1740. His son Andrew;b.abt. 1770 and died around 1841. Anyone out there doing research on this family, please contact me or post message here.