Bill Crawford - Jul 13, 2008
This is actually a Lewallen Reunion announcement for Northeast Ga. I found it while google searching and don't know if this is for this year or older one. It just has interesting history.
ANDERSON — The Lewallen family reunion committee is in search of descendants of the first generation of Llewellyn that settled in America and may be residing in the Anderson area. Thomas Llewellyn, born in Wales in 1645, came to the colony of Virginia in 1663. The Llewellyn name has gone through several spellings. Llewellyn became Lewelling, Luallin, Luelling, Lewellin and eventually Lewallen. Today there are family groups around the United States with each of these spelling who can trace their roots back to Thomas Llewellyn. Jospeh C. Lewallen was the fourth generation and direct descendant of Thomas Llewellyn. He immigated to Franklin County, Ga., in 1805.
Descendants of Thomas Llewellyn and Joseph C. Lewallen are invited to join other family members at the Lewallen Family Reunion to be held at Nails Creek Baptist Church on Sept. 16. The historic Northeast Georgia church is located near the intersection of Ga. 63 and Ga. 51 in Banks County.
The covered dish lunch will be served in the church fellowship hall at 1 p.m. Please bring enough food and drink for your family. Plates, cups, utensils, ice, etc. will be provided. A short business meeting and family history update will follow the meal.
Billie Harris - Jul 13, 2008
Bill, I just did a Yahoo search and found more on that reunion. It took a long time to search through and find a date for it though and the article was for this month. One of the dates i saw in the paper was July 12 so chances are, this is an article from yesterday or today. Here's the additional information that I found:
For additional information and directions to the church, please contact any of the following Lewallen family reunion committee members: Ruth Lewallen Lawson (706) 677-1994; Annette Lewallen Sewell (706) 677-1121; Mary Ariail Wright (770) 887-2493 or Dennis Lewallen (770) 717-7150.
If you should contact any of those individuals, would you see if any are on the internet and if so, would they join us for discussion about the ancestors We'd like to hear more on Thomas Llewellyn.
Bill Crawford - Jul 14, 2008
I went back and checked and it did have paragraph with contacts. It just didn't get copied and pasted because it was hard to get without getting unrelated stuff on each side of the notice. Dennis Lewallen(listed as contact)is one I invited and reinvited to join us but don't think he has yet.
Billie Harris - Jul 14, 2008
Hopefully he will join us. Thanks for trying.
Billie Harris - Oct 22, 2009
Did anyone attend this reunion?