Pat, Have you tried the census in McMinn Co. Tn? It seems most of them had sons named James but there is a Jeremiah Reed with a wife named Francis (Fanny) Hafley Reed and they did have a son with a name of James. You might check there. Also in Nashville Archives there is a book with the Bibles copied and placed in one book that might help you tremendously, It did us. Jeremiah had two wives and two sets of children but they stayed with him, I do not know what happened to the first wife but you can figure out when they married and know by that which children were of the first wife and who was the second wife. Good Luck