Dear Cousins, In trying to be briefer on the NW/SW Perimeter transition to TN and KY than it is humanly possible for me to be :-) I neglected to include one of the best internet sources: "A History of the Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory" By David E. Johnson (1906) which has been put on the internet via the Kinyon Digital Library http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/chapter1.htm There's something for everybody here. My Russells, Stowers (I believe referred to in some of my KY Smith and Russell records as "Starrs,") are here, and many clues to kinship and relationship. Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads