In some cases I have used information obtained from third parties and their source is listed if it was available. I realize that some researchers feel that no information should be published that has not been verified. It is my belief that the information should be made available for review by the largest number of people possible so mistakes can be more readily identified and corrected. Since starting these pages I have received several e-mails informing me of incorrect information which I have been able to verify and correct. Therefore, if you find a mistake in any of these pages please take the time to send me an e-mail and identify the mistake.
Any information provided for any of the families is appreciated.
Currently, there are over 2000 names in the tree with the earliest dating back to 1564. I began my search in the Camden and Glynn Counties area of Georgia since that is where I was born. My father happened to have been born in Warsaw, North Carolina, but the family returned to the southern Glynn County area shortly after the death of my great-grandfather, Elias Reed Atkinson , in 1909 when my father was just a few months old. The family home, Fish Hall , is where several generations of my family lived, raised families and died. My paternal grandmother, Sallie Clare Atkinson, was a certified teacher and taught all of her children right at Fish Hall .