I might suggest that you folks look at the Horry County Historical Society website re. militart/civil war pensions. I believe that you will find some of these surnames there and then you can order their pension material from Columbia, SC Archives. good luck---Julian Lamar Thompson wrote: > > Hope, > My name is Lamar Thompson and I have a good bit of info on the Gerralds (all > spellings) of Horry. I have a Sarah Elizabeth Gerrald in my files, born in > 1855, married to a Lewis (Toby) Tyler. She died 9/5/1920. Her father, by my > files, was William (Garrell) Gerrald. This was the first of his line to change > the spelling to Gerrald. Not sure this is the same Sarah Elizabeth that you are > referencing. How sure are you of the names you have? There could have been > another marriage to another Tyler, either before or after, but the birthdate is > also 10 years off, which could be an error in the data. I will try to check a > little farther sometime later if you think it is possibly the same lady. > Let me know what you think. > Lamar > > HopeGuth@aol.com wrote: > > > I have a dilemma I hope someone has information on. I'm looking for my > > g-g-grandmother's family. On her son, Samuel, death cert she is listed as > > Sarah Elizabeth Carrell (maiden name), married to Sam Green Tyler. On her > > death cert, her father is listed as William Gerald. In the 1900 census for > > Bug Twp, NC, her birth date is listed as October 1845. I can find her in the > > 1880, 1870 and 1860 census for Horry Co. with her children Samuel and John. > > In 1880 she is listed with Clarky, a daughter. > > Never do I find a husband and the only Carrell or Gerrald's in the 1850 > > census with a Sarah have the age so far off that it is not even funny. I > > really can use the help if anyone knows anything at all. I've been stuck on > > Sarah for over two years. > > > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > > Web Sites of Horry County Listmembers. > > 1. Jim Farmer farmer@visa.com > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jotajota/ > > 2. Marty Grant martygra@icomnet.com > > http://www.martygrant.com/ > > 3. Mike Cooper http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2544/ > > 4. Craig Smith craig@cityathletics.com > > http://www.cityathletics.com > > 5. Steve and Eileen Worthington <irish1@netins.net> > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/5512/ > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > More Horry County Listmember sites.. > 6. Jerri Lynne Smith stowes@FMTC.Net > http//www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2350. > 7. Vicky Hammond vlhammond@email.msn.com > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vhammond/index.htm > 8. Tawny Green tawnyg@earthlink.net > http://home.earthlink.net/~tawnyg > 9. Carol Norton cnorton@centex.net > http\\www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/3703 > 10. Mary Ellen Wexler <mewexler@buffnet.net> > >http://www.buffnet.net/~mewexler/