Hi Pat. Yes, my ancestors were the Blakemores that the fort was named after. The name has been spelled both ways, but most of my papers have Blakemore. Carol Hall Broom @toledotel.com -----Original Message----- From: Pat Elder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:58 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 >