This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1981.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: All of the Garner's that Frank mentions with the exception of Mitt Garner are descendants, or spouses of descendants, of James Knox Polk Garner and Nancy Whitely. They had twelve children, most of whom remained in the Bell County or central Texas area. I have a lot of information on the Garner family because I am related by to three of their children Mary, Ella and Willie Homer. Most are buried in Resthaven Cemetery but others are in North Belton or Walnut Grove (not in Bell County). All of these Garners are EuroAmericans whereas, Mitt Garner, was an African American who was a constant figure in and around the courthouse. I have lots of pictures of these Garner family members on my Bell County Memories Website including a photo of Mitt Garner who is buried at South Belton Cemetery. The Garners married into the Stokes, Heartfield, Herring and Smith families living around the Tennessee Valley area. But, I don't have a record of a John F. Garner. I do have a Frank Wilson Garner though.