This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gunnels Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/647 Message Board Post: "The first GUNNELS to come to this area of Tennessee was Joseph Daniel and his brother, William Posey Gunnels. They rode in on horseback from Georgia. Both had served in the Georgia Military during the Revolutionary War. Their Father, William Nathan (Gunnels) was a Lieutenant and their Uncle, Daniel Gunnels was a Captain in the same Militia. " from "History & Genealogy of Families in Pickett County, TN" by Pickett County History Book Committee, 1989, page 578 Looking for supporting documents on their military service. They moved to Jackson co. TN about 1803 from Elbert co. GA.