This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hlT.2ACEB/2822 Message Board Post: I am attempting to search for siblings/parents of Thomas Dunn, b. 1/17/1765 in Wythe County, VA, d. 9/19/1839 Claiborne or Sullivan Co. TN. His family left Virginia for Arkansas about 1780-1785. On the way, Thomas got typhoid and they left him with the local family in Claiborne TN, the Beelers (Thomas eventually married Margaret Beeler). Problem is, Thomas never went to Arkansas, staying in Tennessee. There seem to be no records on the TN side of the Dunns as to who Thomas' ancestors were. Thomas must have known where they were, though, because his son Francis (Frank) went to Arkansas in the early 1800s, in or near Sebastian Co. If anyone knows of any Dunns in this area who surfaced in Arkansas before 1790, I would be very grateful. Feel free to email me - I'd be happy to share what I know if I can help.