This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACE/134.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: There were Bells in Page County, Va. (Luray is the county seat.) and in the precursor county, Shenandoah County, Va. You may want to check the census records of these counties in case your ancestors came from the Luray, Va. area and were influential in naming Luray, Tenn.