Hi Steve, The Red River referred to in the book " Red River Settlers" is in Tennessee. This river starts at three springs between Gallatin, Portland, and White House, Tennessee. If you see these three towns on a map, they make a triangle. The springs are in the center of that triangle. Then the river flows in sort of a northwest direction from Sumner County into Robertson County, Tennessee, then into Kentucky fust sourthwest of Franklin in Simpson County. Then, It turns in a southwestern direction and flows back into Tennessee near Adams, in Robertson County, then to Port Royal in Montgomery County, then on over to Clarksville and its confluence with the Cumberland there. There are a couple of forks of the Red that flow into the main river. One flows south from the direction of Hopkinsville, Ky., to just north of Clarksville, where it joins the main Red. Another fork flows south from Kentucky where it joins the main river near Adams, Tennessee, and another fork flows paralell with the main river, but slightly north of it and in Kentucky, just south of Franklin, then joins the main river when it flows out of Tennessee into Kentucky for a short time. There are a lot of Red Rivers in the United States. I looked them up just now. There are Red Rivers in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky(This is the same one as mentioned in the paragraph above.), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Manitoba Canada, Minnesota, Maine, Montana, Mew Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Three in Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. The Red River Settlers mentioned in the book were early settlers in the region, most of them in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Several of my ancestors are listed in it, and some are not listed in the book, but are documented as having lived in the area in those early years. Becarse of this, I would have to say that the book does not cover anywhere near all the settlers of the area. I hope this helps clarify where this particular Red River is. Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. Sincerely, Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 2/14/01 8:40:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, skirby@oz.net writes: > Subj: Re: [ROOTWALKER] CHISM names referred to in "Red River Settlers" > Date: 2/14/01 8:40:32 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: skirby@oz.net (Steve Kirby) > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > Our family 'went west.' Where was the Red River Settlement located? The > only Red River Settlement I know is in Manatoba :-) Thank You. > >

Thanks Stan. Do you ahve access to this book? If so, I would like to ask you to send me the name of the Author, the Published Date, and the ISBN number. I am going to attempt to borrow it from my local library :-) Researching: McCLUNG, LUSTER, TEDWELL