My great great grandfather was William J. Coburn born 1823 in Ala and went to Stewart Co. Tn to work on the Tennessee River near White Oak Creek in 1845 with Wyatts. He married Elizabeth Wyatt Jan 3, 1846 and lived in Stewart County in 1850 but by 1860 was in Hardeman County, TN. Their children were: Robert A., Isaac Newton, Martha A., William H., Sarah F., and Job Bell Coburn, my great grandfather. I was looking at the census and saw that 2 houses from this family was a doctor named Dr. Job Bell - (Any kin to you, Ira?) and was curious as to where the name Bell came from. Family lore says that Job Bell Coburn married a full blooded Cherokee - Mary Gilmore Morrison. Just wondered if anyone knows anything about this and also I have been trying to find the parents of William J. Coburn and Elizabeth Wyatt. William J. and Isaac Newton were Methodist circuit riding preachers and went to Texas to start churches but came back to TN and are buried at Haltom's Chapel near Henderson, Tn in Chester County. Thanks.