I for one enjoy all the activity on the Bottom-L site. It is too quiet too often. Just to let everyone know that I just returned from a genealogical vacation to Tennessee. I came back with a great deal of new information that I missed last year. For those who may not know me, I descend from a John Bottom born circa 1775 somewhere in Virginia. Marriage records and family hand-me-downs tend to make the John Bottom-Tabitha Harrison marriage in Brunswick County as our primary suspect to be my John. They moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee probably late 1820's and prior to 1828. Later my great-great grandfather, Paschal Harrison Bottoms moved his family to Gibson County, Tennessee. I have considerable documentation for both Rutherford and Gibson Counties but still haven't proved the Virginia connection. All four of John's children were born in Virginia between 1803 and 1815. Let's make this list a little more active and maybe somehow or another we can start connecting some of these Bottom/Bottoms families. Harvey