I strongly believe that there is something to the story of the Kilgore brothers. Both the Russell Co VA Kilgores and the Robertson Co TN Kilgores have an oral tradition of Kilgore brothers. The fact that both lines have a tradition of brothers does support the supposition that the two lines were somehow closely related-we just haven't been able to determine quite how. I'm more inclined to go with the Robertson Co TN tradition as closer to fact than G. W. Kilgores supposition; which is precisely what I think his was at least in regards to their identity. I think that bearing in mind that there was a tradition of brothers in G. W. Kilgore's line, he was on the lookout for brothers and when he came across the book that listed a roster of soldiers who served at King's Mountain; he saw 5 men listed with the name Kilgore and said "Bingo" or "Eureka" or "Hallelujah" or whatever "I've found them -these must be the brothers our family history speak of." He then listed them as brothers and we've contended with those names since; which means to some extent those of us concerned with these lines keep trying to put them together and slice and dice to make things work-when they might not necessarily fit. When it comes to "family tradition", I always keep in mind what I read in a book about beginning genealogy written by an accredited genealogist (no I don't remember his name or his book-just that I read it about 15 years ago)-be wary of "family history & traditions" because facts change with each telling and re-telling of the story. Use them as guidelines-absolutely-but don't accept them as gospel truth until or unless you can independently verify them and better yet-document them. Due to space considerations-I'll continue this on another email Vickie

Ok now I am totally lost! I am from Robert and winney through Lewis green and Easter Kilgore so what is the real line??? I have also seen Kilgore as a sept of Douglas and of Mcduff I would like to know just what my family line is.thank you Jim Foley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vickie Miller Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:45 PM To: Kilgore Subject: [KILGORE] Kilgore brothers I strongly believe that there is something to the story of the Kilgore brothers. Both the Russell Co VA Kilgores and the Robertson Co TN Kilgores have an oral tradition of Kilgore brothers. The fact that both lines have a tradition of brothers does support the supposition that the two lines were somehow closely related-we just haven't been able to determine quite how. I'm more inclined to go with the Robertson Co TN tradition as closer to fact than G. W. Kilgores supposition; which is precisely what I think his was at least in regards to their identity. I think that bearing in mind that there was a tradition of brothers in G. W. Kilgore's line, he was on the lookout for brothers and when he came across the book that listed a roster of soldiers who served at King's Mountain; he saw 5 men listed with the name Kilgore and said "Bingo" or "Eureka" or "Hallelujah" or whatever "I've found them -these must be the brothers our family history speak of." He then listed them as ! brothers and we've contended with those names since; which means to some extent those of us concerned with these lines keep trying to put them together and slice and dice to make things work-when they might not necessarily fit. When it comes to "family tradition", I always keep in mind what I read in a book about beginning genealogy written by an accredited genealogist (no I don't remember his name or his book-just that I read it about 15 years ago)-be wary of "family history & traditions" because facts change with each telling and re-telling of the story. Use them as guidelines-absolutely-but don't accept them as gospel truth until or unless you can independently verify them and better yet-document them. Due to space considerations-I'll continue this on another email Vickie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message