......my name is "C.A.T." Tindell. 

Joseph V. Tindell 1915 - 1990

My adopted grandfather was, Jacob Zachary "Jake" TINDEL, Sr. who lived in Calhoun Co., FL.  He was the son of Green TINDELL and Amanda Caroline JONES-COHRON from Henry Co., AL.  He spelled our last name with only one "L" but the original way was TINDELL   My father was the only one of his 12 children to revert to using the two "L's".  Jake came from Henry Co., AL and married my grandmother, Lena Virginia DUNCAN, in 1900 Jackson Co., FL.   She was a dtr of William Henry Harrison 'Henry' and Margaret Virginia YARBOROUGH-DUNCAN from Monroe, Pike & Coffee Cos., AL.  I have found TINDELL spelled TINDEL,  TINDLE, TENDEL,  TINDAL, TINDOL, TYNDALE, TINDRAL and also all of these with two "Ls" in all resources while denoting the same ancestor. They were TINDALLs when they were in DE and MD.  Some of the AL clans changed it to TINDELL.

The TINDALLs & TINDELLs of Dale, Geneva & Henry Cos. AL originated from Colonial DE & MD into Tyrrell Co., NC & SC with a stop over in Wilkinson & Morgan Cos., GA before arriving in AL by 1830.  They were closely related to the WATFORDs of SC, would migrate with each other and inter-marry several times over the succeeding generations.  Allied names back in DE and MD were, HEARNE, PURNELL, JONES, FOOKS, WINGATE, SHORT, JEFFERSON, McCAULEY, WILLIAMS, just to name a few.

My adopted TINDELL 1st cousins are scattered all over the country; and, since all 12 of the Jake TINDELL children born in Jackson & Calhoun Cos., FL are now deceased, our old & happy reunions are only a memory.  I hope this web site will be a place where all TINDELL cousins can visit and remember to cherish their family history. 

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