This is my Sapp line- there is controversy over John's wife (or wives) Elizabeth. Maybe King, maybe Sanders, maybe both.... or maybe John is really John Jr and Sr....Another possibility is that he deserted the first Elizabeth to marry the second.....Pretty muddy huh? John was a silversmith/ watchmaker who was in Augusta GA area before going to Rhea Co, near Dayton, TN where he switched to running a grist mill. Elizabeth died and John married Winnifred who was not popular with her step children. John's daughter Mary married Charles Harrison Richards to get away from her stepmother and the whole (or much of) clan moved to Blount Co AL before settling in Shelby Co TX ca 1830's. Guess I should be greatful for Winnifred being mean to her stepkids since Mary and Charles are my 3rd great grandparents. 1 John Sapp b: Abt. 1774 in NC, more likely Calvert Co, MD d: Aft. 1850 in Shelby Co, TX or Blount Co, AL .. +Elizabeth King b: Abt. 1780 d: Abt. 1813 in Rhea Co, TN m: Bef. 1795 in Stokes Co, NC ....... 2 Mary Sapp b: 30 July 1797 in Atlanta, GA d: 10 October 1879 in Shelby Co, TX ........... +Charles Harrison Richards b: 29 February 1780 d: 1839 in San Augustine Co, TX m: 23 July 1812 in Dayton, Rhea Co, TN ....... 2 Benajah Johann Sapp b: Abt. 1800 in GA ....... 2 Stratford Henry Sapp b: 01 January 1802 in Augusta, Richmond Co, GA d: 12 March 1884 in Marysville, Cooke Co, TX ........... +Elizabeth Hairgrove b: 25 March 1812 in Bedford Co, TN d: 04 November 1889 in Marysville, Cooke Co, TX m: 15 August 1849 in Shelby Co, TX ....... 2 Hilliard Sapp b: 1811 in Rhea Co, TN ....... 2 Benjamin Harrison Sapp b: 09 May 1813 in Rhea Co, TN d: December 1863 in Mobile, AL ........... +Hariett Debell Ringo m: 17 January 1843 in Blount Co, AL *2nd Wife of John Sapp: .. +Winnifred Anderson m: 14 December 1814 in Rhea Co, TN ....... 2 Middleton Sapp b: 1817-1820 in Rhea Co, TN d: 1851 ........... +Sarah Braxton ....... 2 Eli Sapp b: 1819 in Rhea Co, TN ....... 2 Jasper Newton Sapp b: 1820 in Rhea Co, TN ....... 2 Barron DeCalb Sapp b: 1822 in Rhea Co, TN ........... +Lucinda ....... 2 Demarcus Sapp b: 1828 in Rhea Co, TN ........... +Bennett m: 1849 in Wilkerson Co MS