Thought this would be interesting for those doing research in TN. It came from rootsweb...http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/isearch Jeanie UNICOI COUNTY, TN - MISC - Goodspeed's History of Unicoi County R. R. Emmert was born in Carter County April 15, 1862. His parents were William C. and Amanda (Renshaw) Emmert, the former born December 10, 1883, in the same county, the son of George and Mary (Hendrix) Emmert, the former a Tennessean, the son of George, who came from Germany, and was a soldier under the command of Gen. George Washington in the Revolutionary war, and said to be related to Robert Emmert, whose family went to Germany after his execution. The father is a lawyer of Erwin and received a limited education in the common schools of Carter County, afterward farming and practicing his profession. He was State senator from 1875 to 1817. In 1851 he married, and their children are Nannie J., Peter W., Mary E., Delcena C., Robert R. and Ella. Our subject was educated in the country schools, and in 1886 became circuit clerk, and is a popular official, and is now associated with W. B. Clarke in publishing the "Erwin Unakean".