Help... The WILLOUGHBY MOYER(S) MYERS WEST LEWIS HENDERSON MYSTERY CONNECTION of Greene, Washington, Jefferson, Hawkins & Sevier CO. TN MOYERS, Suzannah b 1808 Jefferson Co., TN (possibly part of Hawkins or Sullivan); died in OUTER SPACE... I have no idea. Daughter of James David MOYERS and Mary Polly BLACKBURN & sister to: Christpher, Dr. John Grizzell James Blackburn Jane M. George Alexander Mary B. Alfred Greene Co TN Marriage Book # 2382 West Myers m. Ann Willoughby Dec. 2, 1822. Witnesses; William Willoughby. Bondsman: Enoch Willoughby. I had this marriage recorded in my files just to try and tie them into my MOYERS/MYERS WEST WILLOUGHBY connection and now I can plainly see that they were. Many historians are certain that Enoch WILLOUGHBY left Suzannah/Susan MOYERS/MYERS, sister to Dr. Christopher MOYERS/MYERS, James Jr., John and (more) by 1822 for KY but this shows he was still in the area performing his "minister" duties or "family duties" in 1822. Maybe he "Circuit Rode" during his Ministry which is not a bad guess as most did in those days. Poor horses and better traveler's then dare say "I". Suzannah "Susan MYERS" MOYERS shows in 1830 and 1840 Jefferson Co., TN census records as Susan MYERS. 1840 with Clary age 19, Elizabeth age 15 and James age 11 and a NS Rhoda. Next house on her property are MOYERS but they are listed as black. Could be her families slaves whom took the surname as many did in the early 1800's. She was the dau of James David MOYERS and Mary Polly BLACKBURN and she was born in 1808 in Jefferson Co., TN. Her line came in from Culpeper Co., VA and her ancestry roots back to the old Germanna (2nd) Colonies of 1717 to a Georg MOYER/MYERS from Wurtemberg, Germany. NOTE: Jefferson County is one of only a few East Tennessee counties that have mostly-intact records since the County's date of formation (1792). Prior to that date, records for present-day Jefferson County can be found in Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, and Washington Counties, Tennessee; and in the State Archives of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. The records are governed by state law, and the County Public Records Commission is responsible for ensuring that the laws are upheld. CENSUS YEAR:1850 STATE:TN COUNTY: Jefferson DISTRICT: 13TH MICROFILM#: M432-885 ENUMERATOR:James Baker ENUM DATE: 30th day of November, 1850 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ======== Susan w/children and slaves next door. 446B 21 1675 1730 Moyers Susan 42 F . . . Tenn 446B 22 1675 1730 Moyers Clary 19 F . . . Tenn 446B 23 1675 1730 Moyers Sarah E. 14 F . . . Tenn 446B 24 1675 1730 Moyers James 11 M . . . Tenn 446B 25 1675 1730 N.S. Rhoda 33 F B . . Tenn *Above slave lived in household - below next door as farmers. 446B 26 1676 1731 Moyers Franklin 17 M B Farmer . Tenn 446B 27 1676 1731 Moyers Andrew 14 M B Tenn . . . . . 446B 28 1676 1731 Moyers Henry 12 M B . . Tenn 446B 29 1676 1731 Moyers Alfred 9 M B . . Tenn 446B 30 1676 1731 Moyers Nicholas 7 M B . . Tenn 446B 31 1676 1731 Moyers Laura 5 F B . Tenn 446B 32 1676 1731 Moyers John 3 M B Tenn *NOTE: Only 1 Rhoda, a female child of color age 3 on Jun 14, 1824 was bonded out for indenture in Jefferson Co. TN Bond Records and this was to Master¹s Noden HENDERSON and Charles W. LEWIS Bond No 65. Terms: An education in so far as to read and write, and give her 1 bed and furniture and 2 good suits of cloths at the time of her freedom. Signatures: Noden HENDERSON and C.W. LEWIS I have always known that there was another Enoch WILLOUGHBY with a brother Elijah, their father was Elijah and a mother Susannah, according to census records, but these 2 boys were just that, little boys when my Enoch would have been an adult; they used the same first names over and over again. Also, in the State of Franklin, TN book I have here is a Matthew WILLOUGHBY whom signed a petition instrumenting this new found state-hood (lasted 2 years), who's grounds would later become part of Greene, later parts of Washington Co., NC/TN, Jefferson and Sevier Co TN. And on this list is a Chrystie and John MIERS. MIERS is how they spelled the surname in the Ohio and Maryland areas. Even Isaac MEIER of MYERSTOWN PA in Lebanon near Berks Co., PA named his town MYERS-TOWN not MEIER. WEST Connection holds the key here. Any takers? >From a lookup by a volunteer online. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Chrystie MYERS, ROOTSWEB LIST ADMINISTRATOR BROOKOVER - KRABAL - MOYERS LIST NEWSGROUPS MYERS GENEALOGY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --