Mark Campbell hilnders@pe.net is looking for information about his Thomas line. When James Robertson set out from Watauga for the Cumberland to find a settlement; he was accompanied by seven other white men. These men were George Freeland, William Neely, James Hanly, Mark Robertson, Edward Swanson, Zachariah White and Capt. William Overall. They left Watauga in early spring of 1779 and reached the Cumberland on Christmas day. They planted a crop of corn that summer near where Nashville now stands. Overall, Swanson and White were left to keep the Buffaloes from the corn. Robertson and the others returned to Watauga for their families and to induce others to come with them. They hoped that they might have a strong colony to make a defense against the Indians when they would attack their forts. Among the several hundred returning with Robertson and his party to the Cumberland settlement were William Overall's two brothers, Nathaniel and Robert and the Thomas brothers, John and Joshua. The Thomas and Overall families became closer connected by marriages. William Overall married Susannah Thomas, sister to John and Joshua. Nathaniel Overall married Annie Thomas, another sister, and Nancy Overall, sister of the three Overalls, married Joshua Thomas. Joshua Thomas was killed during the Nickajack expedition, the only man killed in that raid. Capt. William Overall was killed by Indians at Dripping Springs.in 1794 (For more information about this see Lynda"s OVERALL page (Lynda's Genealogy Homepage http://www.pe.net/~hilnders), The Cumberland Compact and William, Robert and Nathaniel OVERALL, Pioneer Settlers at the Bluff by Lula Virginia(RAMSEY) McGEE) Mark is looking for any information about this family especially information about their parents and possible other siblings. The four known THOMAS siblings: (the order of their birth is not known) Susannah THOMAS b VA m 1783 Cumberland Settlement, TN to Capt. William OVERALL Annie THOMAS b VA She d 1844 in Overall, Rutherford Co., TN m 1783 Cumberland Settlement, TN to Nathaniel OVERALL (brother of William) Joshua THOMAS b VA He d 1784 (killed in Indian attack) m 1783 Cumberland Settlement, TN to Nancy OVERALL (sister of William and Nathaniel) John THOMAS Thank you for any information you can supply, Mark hilnders@pe.net Lynda's Genealogy Homepage http://www.pe.net/~hilnders