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It is believed that four George brothers came from England and settled in Dalton,
Georgia. From there the Georges scattered to other states.

 Hardin George was born November 10, 1805 in Sumner County, Tennessee. His 
parents
were unknown to Arkansas relatives. Hardin was married about 1827 to  Angeline
Miller born April 11, 1811 in North Carolina. Her parents are not known either but
some of her relatives moved to Arkansas,
 
Hardin and Angeline seem to have lived in Alabama where three of their children
were born. Four were born in Tennessee. They moved to Arkansas around 1840 and
settled in a community in Yell County which later was named Mount George. The
census of 1850 and 1880 shows that the last seven of their children were born in
Arkansas.
 
Hardin erected a double log cabin divided by a hallway (called a dog trot) near the
creek southeast of the present cemetery site in Mount George. Fourteen children
were reared in the home. For this reason the poem "Old House" brought to this
writer's mind what the old homesite was like when it had been vacated. Many happy
days mingled with sad ones were spent there over a period of fifty years.  Nettie
George Cain, a granddaughter, owns a picture of the old home.
 
Hardin donated five acres of land for a church to be erected. He also donated land
for a cemetery at the back of the church. The George clan belonged to the Church of
Christ. The first church building was set further back than the present one sets in
1968, Mr.  Claud Brown states. He attended school and the gatherings there while
still a young lad. Some of the time the scholars had to attend school at the
Louvean Church a few miles northeast of Mount George.
 
The Yell County history records and two head markers at their graves give evidence
of  Hardin "Peter" and  Robert George belonging to the Union Army, Co. F., 3rd
Arkansas Cavalry, U. S. A. Peter entered service around 18 years of age and Robert
at 16. The year was 1863. Both were volunteers.
 
Hardin George was the first person to be buried on the site he set aside for a
cemetery. He died December 17, 1877 and Angeline, his wife, died July 30, 1889.
Their graves are side by side in the southeast part of the cemetery with a double
monument and the plot is fenced with an iron fence.

Nine of their fourteen children are buried at Mount George. They are  Lucy,  John,
Margaret, Hardin "Peter," Robert,  David Hawkins,  Fannie,  Thomas and  Evelyn. One
child died an infant, burial place unknown.  Pres and family were buried at Dacus
Cemetery.  Ethelburt "Seb" and his family moved to Texas early in life.
  
 Martha Neal and family moved to Texas.
 
 Jesse George was buried at Moore's Hill and his first wife,  Martha Cook, was
buried at Dacus.
 
Three Georges ( Pres,  Seb and  Hawk) married three  Dacus (Louiza, Seb's wife
whose name is unknown and  Mary). Three Georges ( Jesse,  Evelyn and niece  Ann)
married three Cooks ( Martha,  James Milton and  Hume).