Above is a "Wanted Poster" similar
to the one which was distributed  for the capture of David Herold who  guided John Wilkes Boothe after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
"Cousin" David was captured and hanged in July of 1865. He is buried in Washington, D. C.

You may recognize me in these pictures, but maybe you won't!
I was born in the old Chinchipin School near Wyndale Va. 
I was a puny child and am lucky to have lived as long as I have! I learned to read before I started to school and was reading from a fourth grade reader when I was in the second grade. I'll relate the story behind that someday.
When I was mere boy of seventeen I got on a greyhound bus and went to Danville, Va. and started to work in the cotton mills.
After I learned all I wanted to know about weaving and fixing looms, I journeyed to Newport News, Va.

where I became a machinist and worked 24 years building ships and submarines and repairing merchant ships. I helped build the fastest passenger ship in the world, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and many other vessels. While at Newport News, I supervised and trained many machinists, helped refuel aircraft carriers and performed many other tasks.
The mountains kept calling me back to my home, so in 1976 I returned and have lived here since that time, where I have enjoyed teaching at Virginia Highlands Community College, telling stories, making music and all the other things I love to do. Thanks for visiting my website! Come Again!
G. Lee Hearl, Storyteller

The Herrall, Harrell and other ancestors of the Hearl families were on the forefront of the pioneer westward movement in America before 1700 and have continued moving ever since. Fred Hearl, a descendent of Hugh Herrell, Heral of Virginia, now lives in Hawaii.
Ancestors of Hugh Herrell were settled on Big Rock Creek in western NC before 1800 and all of these families had many children whose descendents now live all over the U.S.

The Harrell families presently living in Texas and Oklahoma are descendents of several lines of the early Harrold, Harrill, Harrell families of Nansemond co., Va., Northern Va. and Pa.

William Herrall was farming on the Clinch River in southwest Virginia about 1770 and in 1774 was sent by Capt. William Russell to scout for Indian war movement and find the river which divided the Virginia lands from the Cherokee lands in Kentucky.

Robert Harroll, Harreld, son of James Harroll, fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. He later moved on to Kentucky and claimed land. His father, James Harroll, died in 1796 Washington co., Va.
One morning as people were moving out of Blacks Fort at Wolf Hills (Abingdon), Some Indians tried to capture two girls, one of them was a younger sister of William Casey. William saw what was going on and called to Robert Harroll for help. The two young men alternately fired at the Indians, holding them at bay until the two girls ran back to the fort. On the same morning a group of Indians attacked Rev. Charles Cummings and killed one of his men as they were returning to the Cummings cabin near where Robert Harroll lived.

Reuben Harrell migrated from Shenandoah Co., Va. to Wythe County before 1780 and was in the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. Research indicates he went to Kentucky but returned to Washington county, Va. where he died in late August, 1825. Rebecca. his wife, moved to Ky.