Geraldine: I don't know why they moved to White Co.Tenn. They only appear on the 1830 census. The librarian there in White Co. found an entry in a book where it tells about John Dunn being court,apparently he had owed a large amount of money. I know they were in Pendleton Dist SC on 1810 census. I can't find them at all in 1820..not in SC or TN. I didn't look in Ky;but maybe i should check out Wayne Co.I see it's right on the Ky/Tn line. Anything is possible. Your Allen would have been in the same age bracket as the Children of my John Dunn. We figure the first son,James,was b.abt 1804-06.by averaging the ages he gave in subsequent census'. I've seen your group before;but haven't figured it out yet. I know that our John must have had siblings. I do think John's father was the immigrant.(no proof,of course).And the deal about "John Riley" ...James named his 2nd son James Riley. He also had a William S.;Mary E.;Ellen;George; Armisted C.(prob.Clarence);;Thomas J.;and Marion H. got a few of your names,don't we?? Maybe i should check out the Ky.census for 1820. Keep in touch here.I'll post anything i find,of course. I wondered if John's wife,Mary was named Riley. just a thought. I found a ton of Riley's on microfisch records in Pendleton Co.SC and guess what??? They were all living in the Cherokee lands,because they were Cherokee. Some even had real Cherokee first names. Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geraldine Pollard" <gpollard@blomand.net> To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 5:30 PM Subject: [DUNN] "John Dunn" mystery > Gail & List, > Seems like most of us have a brick wall on the Dunn family. > > Your letter really peaked my curiosity as your Dunn's ended up in White > Co., TN for awhile before moving to KY. My Dunn's ended up in White Co., TN. > > My g-g-g-grandfather, Allen Dunn, born abt. 1802 VA, married Catherine > Lafever, born abt. 1805 Wayne Co., KY. They ended up in White Co., > TN. Allen's first name is either John or James. Allen & Catherine named a > son, John Riley. I descend thru their dau., Mary Dunn. According to the > census, Mary says she is born in KY. She was born about 1826/1827. Allen & > Catherine moved to White Co., TN after Catherine's parents, Andrew Lafever > & Nancy Ard moved to White Co., TN from KY. > Allen & Catherine's children: > Dunn, Allen b. 1802 VA > Catherine b. 1804 KY > Mary b. 1826/27 KY > John Riley b. 1828 Probably KY > Susan b. 1833 TN > Zilpha (Elizabeth) b. 1835 TN > George A. b. 1838 TN > Patience b. 1841 TN > James W. b. 1843 TN > Catherine b. 1845 TN > William b. 1849/1850 TN > > I do not know who Allen's parents are. > > Let me know if you think this might fit in with your Dunn's. > > Geraldine > > At 05:29 PM 4/14/02 -0500, you wrote: > >The "John Dunn" mystery is getting very interesting. I,too,have a John Dunn. > >He's also my "brickwall". He was b. abt 1780 in Virginia. He married a woman > >named Mary "Polly" ???,who was b.in So.Carolina abt 1790. They married about > >1805,perhaps.They had 7 children,four of which all said they were b.in > >SC,too. I found a John Dunn,living in Pendleton Dist.SC in 1810 Census. they > >had a boy and a girl,both under 5(matches with 2 known children).They later > >moved to White Co.Tenn. I have found them on the 1830 Census with the 7 > >known children. They moved or had to move(money problems,apparently)abt > >1832,to Hardin Co.Ky. 3 children married there. Then the whole family,minus > >one married son & ;his wife,to Breckinridge Co.Ky(maybe coming thru Grayson > >Co.on the way).The children's names are: James,Nancy,Azariah,Martha(these > >all b.SC)Littleton(now,that's a SC name..wasn't there a Gov. --Revolutionary > >times? William Lyttleton?),Benjamen & Eli(my grgrgrandfather. These names > >pop up all the time and we also have some of their children with odd names > >like James Riley Dunn.(was Riley someone's maiden name? Polly maybe?)We also > >had an Armisted Dunn,many Francis Marions,& a couple of Forrests. James > >Dunn,s/o John & Polly,was the one who stayed in Hardin Co.Ky,then later > >moved to Grayson Co.Ky.The small amount clues we have are: > >one elderly lady always said that we had a John Dunn,whose brother died in > >Ireland,and he moved to America.(can't be ours;but,could be his father); and > >another said that the Dunns lived in Gr.Britain,til they were thrown out. > >They went to Ireland,where they were dirt poor. She said they were > >"bondsmen". Are they talking back as far as the Jacobite Revolution? These > >Dunns were Scots,so the story could fit. as for "bondsmen",did she mean they > >were "bonded" out over here to pay for passage? I've got these people from > >John & Polly forward;but,we,like many of you,end with John in Va & SC. I put > >this on your message,Joe,because you apparently are from SC. Thought > >something would ring a bell. Oh,yes,also,our Dunns are "Irish-Indians" Black > >hair,blue eyes, tall & slender. I think Eastern Cherokee. I think maybe > >Mary"Polly" was the Indian.Pendleton dist bordered the Cherokee District in > >SC in early 1800's. Gail (Dunn)Bisbey--Arkansas----- Original > >Message ----- > >From: "Joe Landry" <jmlandry@carol.net> > >To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 1:04 PM > >Subject: Re: [DUNN] Re: Thomas Dunn (b 1606 England) > > > > ==== DUNN Mailing List ==== > Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: http://jadis.darktech.org/genealogy/dunn for information on this list, it's member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages. > >

I think anyone looking in Tn. should also look in In. Now that they use two letters for states instead of spelling Tenn and Ind. it might be those were translated incorrectly. If you hve a brick wall there, it might pay off to check. Roslyn ----- Original