William DUNN and Joseph DUNN turn up in Franklin Co. in the 1790s; they originated in North Carolina. William was almost certainly Joseph's father. Joseph left for Kentucky in the early 1800s; William remained in Franklin and died about 1811. However, from about 1798 onward, a James DUNN appears from time to time in Franklin records, and the earliest references show him owning land adjacent to William and Joseph in the Eastonolee Creek area. I suspect he is related in some way to them; he or another James Dunn turns up in the 1815 and later period. I'm particularly interested in anyone with information on this James Dunn. A James Dunn briefly owned land in Rabun County in the early 1820s, near land first settled by James Stonecypher, whose father William Stonecypher lived adjacent to William and Joseph Dunn in Franklin. If the James in Rabun is the same as the James of Franklin -- and the Stonecypher connection hints he may be -- then it would establish a link between the Franklin DUNNs and my Rabun DUNNs. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to a link, but I've never been able to find the proof. Anyone knowing anything about James DUNN of Franklin, I'd love to hear from and share what else I have. Michael Dunn estimate@worldnet.att.net