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    1. SW VA families in Roane Co TN
    2. Peggy C Keen
    3. I found this on the Roane County TN GenWeb page. Thought it might be of interest to some on the list. I have found many families, including my ancestors, went to this area, from SW VA. This is where it is found: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnroane/chancery.htm There was litigation in the Chancery Court held at Kingston on the estate of William KING of Abington, Washington County, VA who died 13 Oct 1818 because he was a partner in a merchantile firm with W.D. NELSON and William J. SMITH in Kingston. This firm owned lots 8, 9, 10, 81 and 82 in Kingston. William KING'S will is recorded in the Chancery record. It is dated 3 Mar 1806. He names his wife, Mary; his father, Thomas KING; William KING, son of his brother, James KING "on condition that William will mary a daughter of William TRIGG"; neice, Rachel, wife of William TRIGG lately Rachel FINDLAY; sister Elizabeth, wife of John MITCHELL. He mentions his business of saltworks and merchandizing. He mentions Conally FINDLAY, nieces Elizabeth FINDLAY and Elizabeth MITCHELL "being called for my grandmother with whom I was brought up," other nephews and nieces that are the children of his brother, James KING; sisters Nancy and Elizabeth; half brother, Samuel and half sister Hannah and the Abingdon Academy. Executors were William TRIGG of Abington and James KING of Nashville, Tennessee. In this suit started 28 July 1827, the heirs of William KING are named as William KING, Thomas J. KING and Rachel Mary Elizabeth McCALL formerly KING, wife of Alexander McCALL, who are the children of his brother JAMES KING, who died about a year after William died; Sarah, wife of Thomas CLAIBORNE, William TRIGG, David TRIGG, Conally TRIGG and Lilburn TRIGG represented by their guardian Peter J. BRANCH, residents of Davidson County, Tenn. William TRIGG died 4 Aug. 1813. John McCAMPBELL of Knox County, Tenn. was attorney for a suit in Tennessee and died leaving his wife Nancy and children, Thomas, Andrew and Mary Louisa, minors. Dec Term 1828. pp 451-472 God Bless!!!!! Peggy C (Fuller) Keen Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5049 *********************************************************** AMERICAN BY BIRTH, DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY THE GRACE of GOD...Diana Kinzer Heath ***********************************************************

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