Hello Patty, I have some info on the Beatys in the area, but don't have quite enough info to find your family in my files. If you would send me a few more details or dates maybe I can locate them. I'm a member of the Beaty Project 2000 [BP2000] and would certainly recommend you join that group if you are interested in Beaty research. It is a group of researchers of all spellings of the Beaty name and they have been gathering all the info on that surname for several years. It is free and easy to join. Here is the website: _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/main.htm_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/main.htm) My Beaty family line is from Alexander & Catharine Beaty who lived just across the state line in Clinton Co., KY. They are directly related to many of the Beatys in Fentress Co. They are all part of BP2000 lineage 2, but have been broken up into several branches to help us research them. I don't see your Mary Elizabeth right away, but there are a number of girls named Mary E. in several of the branches. Nel Rocklein From: "Bill and Patty" <ktfsandj@tznet.com> To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001601c638ea$2a569d60$2342aa42@loftcomp> Subject: Question of a Town Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Could someone tell me if the town Spurrier in Pickett County had it's name changed and how to get to it. I can't find it on any maps I have. My Great-grandmother Rosa Lee Pryor and family were from there. Her father was John Reed Pryor, and her mother was Mary Elizabeth Beaty from Grimsley, Fentress Co. I know where that is. Patty Schulz