John Koons born in Maryland in 1755-1757 and married to Magdalena "Unknown" had a daughter Mary Koontz b ca 1780. She married Morris Baker Jr. b ca 1775 and also Jonathan Baker, both sons of Morris Baker Sr ca1750 and Martha Patsy Smith. Another son of Morris Baker Sr was Zachariah and he married Sarah Cox. Her parents were John Cox and Margaret Davis. Another daughter of John Cox, Catherine "Caty" Cox married Henry Hardin b ca 1765 in Grayson County, VA. This Henry Hardin was the son of William Everett Hardin, b 1741 and married to Sarah Bledsoe. William Everett Hardin was Captain of the Second Company of Wilkes County NC Militia in the 1787 Federal Census. Another daughter of John Cox named Anna Amanda "Annie" Cox married yet another son of Morris Baker and Martha Smith named James H Baker b ca 1783. Morris Baker Sr b. ca 1750 was the son of Andrew Squire Baker ca 1692 and Mary "Molly" Bolling b. ca 1708. One of Andrew Baker and Mary Bolling's sons named Andrew Jr. married Hannah VanNoy b 1751 in Bladen, NC. Hannah VanNoy was the sister of Nathaniel VanNoy b 1748 and his spouse was Elizabeth Ann Ray b. ca 1755. Nathaniel VanNoy was one of the first ministers of Three Forks Baptist Church as was The Reverend Andrew Baker b. ca 1749. Rev Baker's second marriage was to Susannah VanNoy, sister to Nathaniel VanNoy and Hannah. Nathaniel VanNoy's wife Elizabeth Ann Ray was the sister of Jesse Ray who was the spouse of Ellender "Nellie" Baker, sister to the Reverend Andrew Baker. This began with John Koons and his daughter's who married Baker men, there was another daughter named Catherine Mary Polly Koontz b. ca 1780 and she married Daniel Miller b. ca 1784 and he was the son of Michael "RWS" Carmichael (3) Miller and Catherine "Caty" Uzry. This family lived Blue Ridge and along the South fork of the New River. Danny Miller had referred to this Michael as the "probable father of George who married Eliz Bumgarner" in earlier versions of his work (Per Karen W.) Is there a connection between the Blue Ridge Millers and the Meatcamp Millers? Hmmmm? D E Miller