I am not researching the Moore family, but.... Keep in mind that part of Washington Co. VA is now Washington Co. TN (Jonesboro area). This is the part of TN that was the State of Franklin at one time. I have read that Jonesboro was its capital, and I have read that Greeneville was its capital. I don't know which is correct. This area "flip-flopped" between TN, NC and VA territories. It is important when researching the early years (before 1800) to look in VA, TN and NC for Washington Co. information. You can read more about "the State of Franklin" at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/franklin.htm http://members.tripod.com/tracers/franklin.htm this one has links to other relevant sites: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~edwards/frank.html http://www.jcmpo.org/Funstuff/franklin.html If you type "The Lost State of Franklin" into your browsers search window, 300 or so sites will come up. In the forwarded message, you have listed Washington Co. VA, and Grainger Co., TN.. not much distance between the two counties. (About an hour with todays speed limits.) I'm not very familiar with the other counties listed. Julie Saltz Researching SALTZ (or SALTS) of Rowan Co., NC and later Washington and Greene Co.'s, TN -----Original Message----- From: TN MAN [mailto:tippytnn@fastmail.fm] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:48 AM To: NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCRowan] MOORE & MAYES to GEAINGER & CLAIBORNE Cos.,TN HI Any MOORE researchers on this list?.. i'm hard on the trail of my great gramps JACK? JOHN MOORE.he married NANCY ANN MAYES. about 1860-65.In CLAIBORNE County,TN.but have never found them in a census. i found NANCY in 1882 married to s JW BOLIN. she died in 1883.its said she died giving birth to twins. i was just sent this in a email..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- this may be my g-greatgrandparents on the MOORE side.....Richard Moore m Elizabeth Mayes 16/19 Feb 1833.this marriage was in GRAINGER County,TN.the 1st ever found of a MAYES/MOORE marriage. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- my G-G-G-GREAT grandparents SHERWOOD & ELIZABETH SMITH MAYES started in BRUNSWICK, WASHINGTON & HENRY Counties,VA to ROCKINGHAM Co.NC.. to GRAINGER & CLAIBORNE Counties.,TN. a lot of my MAYES moved to SUMNER Counties,TN,,then some on to RAY & CALDWELL Counties,MO. thanks Ray Moore. my homepages has old MOORE photos. http://www.angelfire.com/in3/louisrr/moore.htm --BOOK by Glenna WHITEAKER WILDING formally of HARLAN,KY "TALES of a RIDGERUNNER.short stories of her dad CURREN http://www.angelfire.com/in3/louisrr/book.htm -- http://fastmail.fm Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237