>John Wesley Key, born in Tennessee 1797\1798. He died in Anderson Co., 1882 >and is buried at the Key-Hoskins Cemetery, in Anderson Co., He married >Elizabeth ? who was born in Va. Phyllis, this is sort of a shot in the dark, but have you looked at the 1802 tax list for Anderson County? In "Capt McCamey's Compy" we find David Key, Zachariah Key, and Peter Key (one poll each, no land). It seems quite possible (even likely) that one of them was the father of your John Wesley Key. Zachariah was a lieutenant in the Knox County militia in 1799 (and remember that Anderson County was not created until 1801, so Zachariah may not have had to move to be in Knox County in 1799 and in Anderson County in 1802). I have never seen this stated by anyone who has studied it seriously, but the early Militia Companies look to me as if they were organized at least somewhat geographically, with men living close to each other being in the same company. If this is true (and I suspect it is), then based on the names of the men in "Capt McCamey's Compy" and based on the geographic names listed with some of the men (e.g., Brushy Fk, Pop Ck, B Fork, East Fk, etc.), I believe that the men in the company must have lived several miles north of Scarbrough. For example, they probably lived up around Robertsville or even further north towards Oliver Springs. My Englands were in this company (Jacob, Joseph, and John) as were my Choates (Austin, Austin, and Christopher). There were also Worthingtons and Tunnells (not my lines, but I run into them a lot in my research). Hope this might help. Jerry