Very interesting, and might be helpful. Myrna made a mistake when she gave the wife's name as Montgomery. The Drake brothers married Buchanan sisters, daughters of John Buchanan and Margaret (Patton). I liked your response though. There was a John Drake in Botetort CO who married a Neely. I have long believed that John was related (a brother or cousin) to Joseph and Ephraim. You just strengthened that belief. Thanks. I teased Myrna earlier about her mistake, now I'm glad that she made it. Thanks again for the great reply. Barb Marshall also researching the longhunter Drakes --- Original Message --- From: "Karen Carty" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RowanRoots] DRAKE >It's just a thought - no knowledge behind it but I have, in my ancestors, >one Elizabeth Montgomery (b. abt 1750) who was the daughter of John >Montgomery and Margaret Bryerly. Elizabeth was b. in Virginia and m. Samuel >Alexander Neely abt 1766. He was killed by Indians near Bledsoe's Lick in >Sumner County, TN in 1790. > >This Alexander Neely also traveled with Daniel Boone and served with the >Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. I find various references to >Alexander Neely and the Montgomery name in Tennessee: > >Virginia Military Records, Montgomery County, pg 208 >Sworn to the oath of Allegiance by John Montgomery on Sept 6, 1776 >Alexander Neely > > >Register of Virginians in the Revolution and War of 1812 pg 579 >Neely, Alexander, 2nd Lieut., Montgomery Mil., rec. June 2, 1779. > >Early History of Middle Tennessee By Edward Albright, 1909 Chapter 32 Events >Of 1790 >In midsummer Alexander NEELY and his two sons, James and Charles, were >killed a mile north of Bledsoe's Lick. They were going to haul tanbark from >NEELY S farm, near the fort. > > >Elizabeth Montgomery Neely d. in 1833 in Sumner County, TN. She had at >least 9 children, one of whom was Catherine who m. Thomas Sloan. They moved >west and raised their family in Washington County, Missouri. > >Elizabeth Montgomery had a sister, Catherine, who was married to Isaac >Bledsoe who d. in 1793 near Fort Bledsoe, Sumner County, Tennessee. > >Isaac Bledsoe was also mentioned alongside the Montgomery family: > >Historic Sumner County, Tennessee By Jay Guy Cisco, 1909 Chapter One >In the fall of 1771 Kasper Mansker, James Knox, Henry Knox, Richard Scaggs, >Henry Scaggs, Isaac Bledsoe, Abraham Bledsoe, James Graham, Joseph Drake, >John Montgomery, old Mr. Russell; his son, young Russell; Hughes, William >Allen, William Linch, David Linch, Christopher Stoph and others, twenty-two >in all, with several horses, came out again. It will be seen that five of >this party, Mansker, Abraham Bledsoe, Joseph Drake, James Knox and Richard >Scaggs, were members of the first party which had gone out in June, 1770. > > >Bledsoe Station: Archaeology, History, and the Interpretation of the Middle >Tennessee Frontier, 1770-1820 By Kevin E. Smith >In 1787, the Isaac Bledsoe community consisted of Isaac, his pregnant wife >Katy, five children (Peggy, Sally, Polly, Anthony, Isaac), along with at >least six slaves (Bob, Jane, Caesar, Will, Moses, and Tomm) with three >others owed by William Hall and John Montgomery. > >I wonder if this is the same family of Montgomery's? > >Karen Carty >Saint Louis