This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CORRECTION!!! Surname HAMIEL....HAMIL (not Hammond ). Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/119.1 Message Board Post: CORRECTION OF SURNAME IN THIS MESSAGE!!! : Surname should be HAMIEL OR HAMIL.....not HAMMOND. ...New info acquired since this posting. J.H. was James HAMIEL......born 1845 in Blount Co. TN (parents were Robert and Mary " called Polly" Hamiel)......Hamiel family moved to Monroe Co in 1860 Census....then to McMinn Co in 1870 Census.....then to Meigs Co. in 1910 Census. ...James thought to have married a Mary L. (maiden name unk) possibly Jackson....in McMinn (1898) and recorded in McMinn's 1900 Census. ...James HAMIEL and Mary with 4 children (Elizabeth "Lizzie", Wm, Rufus, Sarah Jane and Martin Luther) in Meigs Co. 1910 Census. James, Mary and 4 kids went to Atlanta, GA in 1914...Kids were taken by state because parents were deemed unfit and couldn't support kids. ....James abandoned family and returned to Rhea Co (North of Spring City, TN) in Jan, 1914 where his brother, Barney H. Hamiel lived.....James died in FEB, 1914 from Small Pox. James is buried somewhere around community now called St. Clair Community (near Long and Gilliam Cem. in Dist 1 or Rhea Co. TN. WOULD LIKE TO FIND HIS GRAVE! ...Would like to communicate with any HAMIEL, Hamil, in this area or any DERRICK or MELTON in Meigs, McMinn, or Rhea Co. TN....as these Hamiels married into Derrick and Melton family. ....Please disregard other message OF Nov 6, 2003 (can't remove so must amend) as it is in error now that new info has been located. THIS UPDATE INFO MORE CORRECT. ...Would appreciate any info on this posting....contact trendsa at trendsa@bellsouth.net Thanks. Trendsa ....