Researching the following surnames:
Tyler, Gist/Gest/Guess/Guest, Faulkner, Byrd, Stokes, Pace, Thornton, Sparks, Stansell, Hayes, Skipworth, Flanigan, Hutto, Smith and many others.
My roots are mostly in Walker Co., Lawrence Co., Morgan Co., and Madison Counties in AL. Other areas the family is connected to are:
KY; Hempstead Co., Ark; Lawrence Co., TN; MS; Cincinnati, OH; IN; MI; TX; NM.
My gr-gr grandparents were Calvin Washington Tyler Sr. & Elizabeth Gest/Gist who is said to have been Cherokee. She was a daughter of Christopher Gist & Mary Polly (McNutt).

Researching the following surnames:
Tyler, Gist/Gest/Guess/Guest, Faulkner, Byrd, Stokes, Pace, Thornton, Sparks, Stansell, Hayes, Skipworth, Flanigan, Hutto, Smith and many others.
My roots are mostly in Walker Co., Lawrence Co., Morgan Co., and Madison Counties in AL. Other areas the family is connected to are:
KY; Hempstead Co., Ark; Lawrence Co., TN; MS; Cincinnati, OH; IN; MI; TX; NM.
My gr-gr grandparents were Calvin Washington Tyler Sr. & Elizabeth Gest/Gist who is said to have been Cherokee. She was a daughter of Christopher Gist & Mary Polly (McNutt).