Larry: You made reference to CARPENTER in Grainger, Hawkins, and Hancock counties in TN. I have HARRELL in Hawkins and Grainger counties TN http://pages.xtn.net/~billiam/harrell.html and CARPENTER in Claiborne and Hawkins counties TN http://pages.xtn.net/~billiam/carpenter.html http://pages.xtn.net/~billiam/carpentery.html http://pages.xtn.net/~billiam/carpenterlinks.html This is older research and needs reworking. -- Bill Waller Larry Mills wrote: > > You know the Mills, Carpenter, Lanier, Cloud, Coffee, Slaten, Strutton, > Mitchell families all came to East Tenn. abt 1810. They settled in > Grainger, Hawkins (Part now Hancock County) and Claiborne Counties.