----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin & Barbara Miller To: NCANSON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 5:27 PM Subject: Hartwell Sawyers alias Bell Looking for info on Hartwell Sawyers alias Bell, born 1779 in North Carolina, county unknown. He is first found on the Washington Co. Virginia Tax Lists in 1804 as Hartwell Bell. In 1805, he is listed as Hartwell Sawyers, alias Bell and the following year, in 1806, he is listed as just Hartwell Sawyers. His son, Leander McChesney Sawyers, born 1819, is my great-great grandfather. Hartwell Sawyers lived in Washington Co. VA and Sullivan Co. TN from at least 1804 until his death in the early 1850's. Hartwell also had sons John and William and daughters Nancy, Susan, and Catherine, all born between 1810-1829. Any help with a connection between Sawyers, Bell, and even the name Hartwell would be greatly appreciated. The Sawyers name is sometimes spelled Sayers or Sawers on records that I have researched. Thanks, Kevin Miller