Chrystie, you really do need to go to Sevierville County. It is beautiful! I live 4 hours East of there, and love going for a nice change of pace. You will enjoy the atmosphere, I'm almost certain! Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Chrystie Myes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: [MOYERS] RE: Your Immigrant Ancestor - or Presumed >Question for the Day; > >1 - WHO DO YOU BELIEVE or HAVE PROVEN WAS YOUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR? > >2 - WHAT YEAR AND PLACE THEY DID ARRIVE? > >3 - WHERE DID THEY MIGRATE TO FROM THERE, OR WHERE YOU WOULD SPECULATE? > >I am told by Sevierville County Library; another researcher in the same are >of TN; also by other various reseachers; and people connected to my lineage >this - I am someday going to get down to TN to research the records myself >and take it from there but til now below is my speculation. > >Self, >Dau of Thomas Andrew MYERS b. in Hiawasse, Towns Co., GA >Thomas, so fo Ollie Jake MYERS b. in Cades Cove, Blount Co., TN >Ollie, son os Andrew Jackson "Little Andy MYERS b. in Elkmont; moved throu >Treamont; later settled in old Holly Springs, now known as Little Cove, >Sevier Co., TN. >Andrew Jackson, son of Pleasant Andrew MYERS b. in Elkmont, Blount Co., TN >Pleasant, son of James "Napoleon" N.J. MYERS & Margaret Caroline LINDSEY; >they migrated around because he was a "Circuit Rider" for the Baptist >Ministry; though I have speculative thoughts that he might have been part of >the "Methodist" that used "Baptist" churches in the Cove areas of Blount, >Cocke, Sumner, Greene and Sevier Co., TN. He is buried at Little Cove >Baptist Church; land that he deeded; once known as Holly Springs Primitive >Bapt. Church. >James Napoleon, son of Suzannah MOYERS b. 1808; seen as Susan MYERS in 1840 >& 1850 Jefferson Co., TN census records. It is speculation that James was >the son of her divorced husband "Pastor Enoch(k) WILLOUGHBY" b. Abt 1797 >Fanquier, VA; m. April 13, 1831 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co., TN; son of >Benjamin WILLOUGHBY and Susan Wyatt both recorded as b. in Hampshire Co., VA >ca 1760. > >Enoch had a brother names Elijah m. Susannah Leachman on October 29, 1787 in >Fauquier Co., VA, her sister Mary Leachman m. Elijah and Enoch's brother, >John "Sr." Willoughby w/children John, Winney and Elizabeth. This WILLOUGHBY >family shows up in the Greene Co., TN area; living very near two Henry >MYERS; two Christopher MYERS; an Abraham MYERS; several Jacob MYERS. > >I know that there are NO MYERS showing up in Sevier Co., TN census records >till aft 1850-60. I've looked and relooked. The MYERS/MOYERS were not apart >of Sevier CO., Tn till at least after these dates. I believe, like Bobbye >and a few others out here taht there is a defineate connection to Henry, >Jacob, Christopher and Abraham - I believe they might have been children, >cousin and brothers to the infamous Hans Georg Jacob MAJER, seen spelled as >MOYER in the 1717 2nd colony of Germmana, which went at one time was Madison >and Culpeper County, VA. Orange County fits in here too somehow. > >There are also BLACKBURNS, like Reverand Gideon BLACKBURN who was directly >related to Mary Polly BLACKBURN who m. James David MOYERS, later seen as >MYERS. He was the son of Christopher MOYERS; and the parent to above >Suzannah (Susan MYERS) MOYERS who m. Enoch WILLOUGHBY. > >I'm putting this out here in the event anyone has any new information that >they can add to this. > >I'm told that Enoch WILLOUGHBY left Jefferson Co., TN early 1800's from the >famous sermon and ended up in Montgomery Co., KY. I can say that there are >alot of WILLOUGHBY'S in that area still to this day. > >Thanks all, > >Chrystie MYERS > >BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER >--------------------------- # --------------------------- >Rootsweb List Administrator - [email protected] >Homestead for MYERS GENEALOGY.COM at: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/myersfam.html > > > > >==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb.com Email Newsgroups >-- THE MOYERS NEWSGROUP -- > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >