That's strange that members of the same family would spell it differently. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Harvill" <gsharvil@bellsouth.net> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:12 PM Subject: RE: [TNSMITH] Harwell and messed up spellings > Peggy > > Absalom Reems Harvill(e) was born 15 Dec 1849 married Amanda Smith in 10 > Aug > 1871, died in Cumberland County 15 Oct 1932 buried in Campground at > Clarkrange Tenn. > > > Just a note part of my Aunts and uncles spell Harvill with an e (Harville) > some don't. > Thanks > > Jerry Harvill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peggy Coleman [mailto:graciepmarvel@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:58 PM > To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Harwell and messed up spellings > > I have seen his name spelled Reams also. I have him born December 1849/50 > in Smith Co, TN. Is this what you have? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Harvill" <gsharvil@bellsouth.net> > To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:21 PM > Subject: RE: [TNSMITH] Harwell and messed up spellings > > >> Peggy, >> >> I had the same problem with my Great grand Father Absalom Reems Harvill >> (Harvel , Harvell, Harville). He end up in Cumberland County TN, but >> never >> knew where he came from. >> >> He was born in 1849 >> >> The 1850 census had him listed as Reems HARVELL >> The 1860 Census had him listed as Alfred G Harvill >> The 1870 Census listed him as Absalom Harvel >> Absolom R. Harvel married Podemanda (Amanda) Smith Aug 10, 1871 in Smith >> County. >> >> Most people have Alfred as being dead before 1860. >> >> BTW I have seen spellings for Harvill as HARVEL, HARVELL, HARVIL , >> HARVILL, >> HARVILLE and sometimes HARREL or HARWELL >> >> Thanks >> >> Jerry Harvill >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Linda Lewis [mailto:llewis001@centurytel.net] >> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:06 PM >> To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Harwell and messed up spellings >> >> I know that, I just haven't seen Lucinda before in my tree. Those names >> can >> >> really get messed up. >> I located my grandfather Ernest Carlisle only by accident in Smith >> county >> 1930 census. His last name was garbled beyond recognition, but he was >> living with his in laws. James Turner Harville and Fannie. >> Linda >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peggy Coleman" <graciepmarvel@bellsouth.net> >> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:49 AM >> Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Harwell >> >> >>> Linda, Harville, Harvel, Harvil, was sometimes written as Harwell in >>> some >> >>> of the census records. Not sure which census record or which >>> individual. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Linda Lewis" <llewis001@centurytel.net> >>> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:36 AM >>> Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Harwell >>> >>> >>>> Pat were you asking me? Because of my Harville line? I'm aware that a >>>> Harwell family shows up in Smith county. I don't know if she could be >>>> one of mine or not. I haven't seen her name before. >>>> Linda Carlisle Lewis >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <GREENWPAT@aol.com> >>>> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:19 PM >>>> Subject: [TNSMITH] Harwell >>>> >>>> >>>>>I have a direct ancestor named Lucinda Harwell born 1814 in Smith >>>>>County, >>>>> Tennessee. Could she be one of yours? >>>>> >>>>> Pat Greenwood >>>>> I hear ethereal voices, persuasive soft and still, >>>>> Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>>>> Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project... >>>>> Already in Progress! >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>>> Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories >>>> Wills, Fokelore,Links To The Smith Co Web Project >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>> Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project. >>> Already In Progress! >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >> Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories >> Wills, Fokelore,Links To The Smith Co Web Project >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >> Smith County Cemeteries North and South Of The Cumberland River >> at The Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society website: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/hg/cems_north/ >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/hg/cems_south/ >> >> > > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project. > Already In Progress! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm > > > > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > >

Not strange at all.....when families first came to America, for example if they were German speaking, the name had to be turned into an English version. Thus my Thuny became either Turney or Dorney - same family. Just how it ended up in English. Bauerman became Bowman, Swartz became Black and so on. also my Hoggard line - half of them go by Haggard or Hogarth......same family. I think it was Scottish or something and trying to spell it in English gave the various spellings. Before the Civil War one brother would go by Hoggard, the other by Haggard..... I have several of my names like that....Also name of Looney, some changed it to Lune or Luna. Around the 1830s - 1840 several Irish began to arrive in the north - and the Tiernney, Torny, etc. spelling in short time became Turney. Now that is a different group from the original German speaking Turney.....but they often ended up in the same town. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Coleman" <graciepmarvel@bellsouth.net> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Harwell and messed up spellings > That's strange that members of the same family would spell it differently. > ----- Original Message -----