Not much help here but according to the Emory Hamilton information and the Draper Manuscript, Benjamin Nicholson, a nephew of my ancestor William Nicholson of the Orange/Culpepper/Madison County area, left Orange County and settled on the Clinch River in 1772 in the vicinity of Gray's Island in Scott County. His land was referred to as "Nicholson Fort." It was located just a few miles north of Fort Blackmore. He is listed with the troops at Fort Blackmore in 1777. Benjamin married Jemima Darnell. Cheers from the Eastern Shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Pat Elder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:59 AM Subject: Fort Blackmore >Is anyone researching the original settlers of Fort Blackmore? I have a copy >of Emory Hamilton's wonderful written work on the fort and a few other >resources (Kegley and personal Carter family papers) but information is >rare. My main interest is in establishing the names and families of the >persons who either helped build the fort and/or were the first to live >there. Many of the original settlers went on to what is now Nashville with >Donelson by boat or overland with Robertson. > >Thanks! > >Best wishes, >Pat Elder >"I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better >for it." Abraham Lincoln > >http://ContinuityPress.com - Specializing in Melungeon, >Appalachian/Cumberland, Jackson County Tennessee, and Civil War >Genealogy-and-History Books > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#8 Anyone interested and researching SW VA and Appalachian history might >be interested in the Fincastle History Forum list. Contact Edgar at > [email protected] for a copy of the rules. > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >