This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rogers, Rodgers, Mullings Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EkDBAIB/5701 Message Board Post: I am searching for anyone with Rogers or Rodgers connections in Lincoln Co., TN, Bedford Co., Rutherford Co., TN, or Madison Co., AL. I believe some of my Rogers may have lived in some or all of these places. My ancestor, Joseph Rogers, originated in Tennessee in Rutherford Co., and Bedford Co. (although he had also lived in Amelia Co., VA, Fairfield, SC, Fayette Co., KY, and Oglethorpe Co., GA. However, there are at least one or two other Joseph Rogers floating around during this time period and places--notably a Joseph Rogers who was born in 1788 in SC. (He married Nancy Mullings). According to early records, In Rutherford County, there were five Rogers working on the Barfield Road in 1808: James, Joseph, John, Isaac, and David. In 1813, a person was sent from Rutherford Co., TN to Madison Co., Mississippi Territory (today Madison Co., AL) to obtain a deposition from John Rogers and Isaac Rogers at the house of John Rogers. I believe this John and Isaac Rogers probably were 2 of the 5 working on the Barfield Road in RC five years earlier. In the 1820 Lincoln Co., TN census some of the Rogers enumerated were Absolom, Isaac, John H., Jones, Joseph, Spencer, and William Rogers. It appears that at least some of these men were involved in the above road-building crew and in the court deposition in Madison Co., AL (just across the state line from Lincoln Co., TN). How are these Rogers connected? Some believe that they could be children or grandchildren of the Joseph Rogers who was born in 1750 in Amelia Co., Va and in his later years moved to Rutherford and Bedford Counties. Others believe that all these Rogers are related to the Joseph Rogers who was born in 1788. One person states that Isaac Rogers may be the father of Absolam and Joseph Rogers (born 1788). Or could the Joseph Rogers (born 1750) be the father of many of these men--especially of Absalom, John, and Joseph (born 1788)? I have found evidence that there was a Isaac Rogers in Lincoln County who was married to Nellie (last name unknown) and that one of their sons was Absalom who married Mildred McGehee or McKee. But someone else says that Isaac's wife may have been Margaret. Are these Rogers in Lincoln County related to the Rogers in Madison Co., AL? I found some Rogers names in "Minute Books of the Superior Court of Law and Equity of Madison Co., MS Territory, 1810-1816": Benjamin B. Rogers, Isaac Rogers, James B. Rogers, John Rogers, Randolph Rogers, Robert L. Rogers, Robertson Rogers, James Rogers, Hugh Rogers, and John Rogers. In the Territorial Papers, Vol 5 (Jan 1809) (census)I found Larkin Rogers, Isaac Rogers, James D. Rogers, and Hugh Rogers. Do any of these Madison County Rogers connect with the Lincoln Co., TN and Bedford and Rutherford Co., TN Rogers? There is also a Isaac Rogers that had a son named Edward who married Phebe Chiles. Is this the same Isaac that is the son of Absolom Rogers and may be the son of Joseph Rogers, born 1788 in SC? If all interested persons in Lincoln Co. TN (and other counties) can all work together and combine our research, I think we can solve some of these questions. I will do whatever it takes to coordinate such an effort--all you have to do is ask. Please e-mail me (and post to this message board) your Rogers data. If I have made wrong assumptions, please correct me. Linda Rogers Grinnell lindafulltimers@aol.com