Nora <BIGSINKING@aol.com> posted the following message on the CUMBERLAND-RIVER list today: > Source: CUMBERLAND-RIVER@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CRR] Seedtime on the Cumberland > > > I own a copy of the book "Seedtime on the Cumberland" by Harriette Simpson > Arnow, who was a cousin. > I will be glad to periodically post names and if you see a name you are > interested in, I can tell you what is written about that name. > For example names I am giving today are: James Adair, James Aldridge, > William Allen, Clarence W. Alvord, and Pressly Anderson. > If any of these interest you, just let me know. > Nora I wrote to her and asked for the information about James Aldridge, to which she very kindly responded: > Pam, this is what she writes about: she is telling about settlers coming to > the Cumberland, settling in what is now Davidson County, TN. They came in the > hard winter of 1779-80. Quoting her"There were also John Baker, Thomas > Gordon, Jacob Harmon, a professional hunter as was his friend and neighbor on > New River, James Aldridge, a dark haired, heavily built man, stoop > shouldered, but with a spritely mind."Her reference to this was the Virginia > Magazine of History and Biography, 1893. > Hope this helps. > Nora Does anyone know who this James Aldridge was, and which Aldridge branch he may have belonged to? Pam ************************************* Pam Wilson wilsonpam@mindspring.com Arledge Family History Project http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8208