The 1830 census for Sevier County, Tennessee shows 2 Nathaniel Floyds, one old and one young. It also lists a Richard Birdgette (Bird) Floyd born in SC in 1804 and his wife Elizabeth, born in TN. They had 8 children-Thomas H. born 1838, Isaac born 1835, Richard born 1839, Eli born 1842, Henry born 1844, Jemima born 1845, Jane born 1847, and Robert born 1831. Thomas H Floyd served as a Pvt. in the Union Army during the Civil War. He got a pension which enabled him to buy land. He married Elizabeth McFalls and they settled in the Walden's Creek Community of Sevier County. Their children were James Richard, Arthur, Margaret Melinda, Isabella (Fanny) and Rebecca. Before the family was grown Elizabeth died and Thomas moved his family to the Roaring Fork Community above Gatlinburg, TN. In addition to farming, Thomas was a Primitive Baptist preacher. James Richard married Rebecca Jane Ogle of the famous Sevier County Ogle family. They had 10 children one of which was my father, Lawson Eli Floyd who was born in 1904. Their other children were Anna Melinda--1897, Mary Rosetta--1895, Ollie Arlena--1902, James Thomas--1899, Elbridge Madison--1910, Ernest Lee--1908, Lillie Mae--1891, Minnie Isabel--1906, and Rebecca Lizzie--1893. In the 1920's the Smoky Mountain National Park bought out all the farms on the Roaring Fork for inclusion in the park and my grandfather moved what was left of his family at home to the Glades section of Sevier County. My father, Lawson Eli Floyd married Jane Ogle of Sevier County and they had 2 daughters, Reba and Eula Gale. He subsequently was divorced from Jane Ogle and married my Mother, Minerva Able of Townsend area of Blount County, TN. I was their only child. My father died in 1992. I married Don Carrigan of Alcoa, TN and we have 3 grown children. We live at the foot of the Smoky Mountains in Walland, TN. I have only named my direct line; all of the Floyds in my branch down through the years had families and many of the names of Richard Bird's children show up all through the family. If anyone is interested in any of the others, please let me know and I will share all the information I have. Some of them have left Tennessee but many of them still remain here. By the way, the two Nathaniel Floyds were both missing by the 1840 census and I don't know what happened to them. Doris Floyd Carrigan