I have posted this previously on other lists, so please forgive me if this seems redundant. I am looking for a JAMES COLEMAN who (the story passed down says) came to this country with his brothers and sisters. They were Scots-Irish and the sister settled quickly and the brothers set out "west." JAMES stopped and settled in Orange County, NC and married a girl named NANCY ANN ________. The brothers continued "west." JAMES and NANCY ANN had a son, also JAMES COLEMAN (Jr) born 22 Oct 1799. The son's obituary tells that in 1804, when he was 5, the family set out for Tennessee. I can find "a" JAMES COLEMAN in Orange County, NC during that time period in court records, but I can not find a marriage record or birth record of the son to tie that JAMES to our family. There are no records until about 1820 when the son is an adult in Knoxville, Tennessee. There are also records of an ANN COLEMAN in church records there. I feel JAMES COLEMAN, (Sr) surely must have died. He never shows up in Tennessee and there appears never to have been anyother children but the one son, JAMES COLEMAN (Jr.) Any suggestions?? I have had wonderful responses in the past, but my JAMES COLEMAN never fits in. Did the Scottish people come in through a southern port - or - did they more than likely come in by way of New York/Pennsylvania and come down the Great Wagon Road? - - - - Sorry so lengthy, Linda Coleman