I am working on something......4 groups traveled late 1779 - early 1780 to built Ft Nashborough NC which is present day Nashville Tn. A lot has been written about the ones who went overland and arrived around end Dec 1779, and the group who came by boat and raft on Cumberland River in early 1780. There are some really interesting books about this, seems the river group fought Indians all the way and many died. There was a journal kept about one of the groups. When they got there, they all signed the Cumberland Compact. So all those people are pretty well documented. My problem has been my Henry Turney with wife Elizabeth (who might have been a Sommer/Summers), and their children. Henry had grown up just south of Woodstock VA in what finally was Shenandoah Co., VA. His family land was next to Abraham Bird and his Hawkins son-in-law. Nearby was the Matheny family - two of those daughters married the two younger Turney sons. There were a couple of Summers families, one for sure was German speaking while the others were not. Some of them lived near a Dr Denton. Teeter and Knisely/Nicely lived nearby and would marry into the line of Eve Turney Teeter. In 1774 my Henry Turney and wife were in Washington Co Va. Their land was next to Evan Shelby - near present day Bristol TN/VA. He was in court with a Roger Top/Topp over property line.....Last I have him there is early March 1780 court case. My theory is that since he was in court in Washington Co VA in March 1780, but at Ft Nashborough NC by 1 June 1780....that is the time he made his trip. I think a group of German speaking people left Holston River area and went by boat to Ft Nashborough - they rec. land for service in defense of the fort and had to be there by 1 June 1780 to do that. So far....I think this group had not only Henry Turney who was German speaking Swiss, but also William Overall, Wm. Summers. Roger Top/Topp might also have been with that group. Who else was there? That is what I am working on. So.....my next message will be long. I typed it for an Overall researcher so it is subject: Overall. But in it, there is a list of those early settlers and I thought the list might be interested. I am sure there is an expert out there on these people. I understand there were four different groups, from NC, SC, VA. Most of them were Scotch-Irish, but then there were the German speaking ones I am interested in. Thought someone on the list might find a relative. Mary Turney Miller [email protected]