Folks, things have finally been firmed up and here is the information sent to me by my uncle, Glenn D. BROYLES (my mother's brother): "The Simeon Broyles reunion will be Sept. 10. On Sept. 9, there will be hot dogs and singing in the afternoon, and a tour of the old Simeon Broyles home place. Then, on Sunday, we will have morning services at the Philadelphia Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and lunch in the pavilion. Please bring food. To get to the Philadelphia Cumberland Presbyterian church, take Hwy. 107 out of Greeneville, TN, to the Washington Co. line. Turn left one half mile past the county line. In about a mile, you'll come to a crossroads. Looking directly ahead, you will see two churches. The nearest is a brick church and is the United Presbyterian Church. A little further back, you will see a white wooden church; that's the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Hope to see a lot of people. Please reply." We need to know how many people to expect, so PLEASE let me know sometime between now and about the middle of August. Remember, this is not restricted to those with the name BROYLES; it is for all who can trace their ancestry back to Washington and Greene Counties, who have family ties with these the family. Many, many of the Germanna families were/are represented in these two counties, and most of them have ties to the two families. I hesitate to name the families who intermarried, lest I leave some out, but I know that the following lines are represented: WILHOIT/WILHITE YAGER/YEAGER BROWN CRIM/CRUM CUPP/COPP FOX PAINTER WADDELL LOVETTE KEEBLER MARTIN SNAPP FELLERS/FILLERS/G'FELLERS DOAK (And probably many others) Up until this year, the reunion has focused on the descendants of Simeon BROYLES, who is the ancestor of MOST of the BROYLES families now residing in the two counties; however, with the advent of the Internet/Web, it has become apparent that there are many peripheral lines that are just as related. Across the Nolachuckey River, near present day Limestone, another branch, the Adam BROYLES line, settled, and they were close cousins of Simeon. Then, there's the BRILES line, from Conrad BRILES, who settled in NC. They are all cousins, and there were some "cousin marriages" between the BRILES and BROYLES branches. Here's a short descendant tree down to Simeon. Many of you will find one of your ancestors here: Johannes BREYHEL (John BROYLES) Hans Jacob BROYLES Jacob BROYLES James BROYLES Simeon BROYLES Let's keep in touch on this. It would be great to have a large turnout of out-of-the-area cousins for this reunion. If your BROYLES ancestors trace back to East Tennessee, you are very close relatives, and if not, you're still "distant cousins". When you reply, please send to my personal email address so we won't clutter up the Lists: sgtgeorg@concentric.net Looking forward to seeing you in September, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN