Excerpted from "Tennessee Cousins", A History of Tennessee People, by Worth S. Ray, Author of "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina", Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1984 "One of the most enlightening pages in the early history of ROANE COUNTY is found in the list of soldiers who enlisted in the company of CAPT. URIAH ALLISON, in 1812. Mrs. Wells in her "history of Roane County" (PP 33-34) says that the men & boys gathered about the fifers and drummers in front of the courthouse at Kingston, where bright new silver dollars were spread out on the head of the drum, and every man who came forward and picked up a dollar became a volunteer in the war of 1812. The information about each volunteer is priceless. They were:...THOMAS HIBBERTS, aged 23, 6 ft 2 in. born in PATRICK COUNTY, Va. (This Patrick County squirrel hunter, was a big boy.)...WILLIAM QUEEN, aged 19, 5 ft. 10 in. born in BURKE COUNTY, N. C." Best regards, Gayle Cantrell gpcantrell@home.com What's my line?