This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: tapley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IhB.2ACI/335.1 Message Board Post: trinnie i myself am working on finding alot of the tapleys and tarpleys of tenn. al those counties run together in alot of places! iam looking for my great great grandfather peter d tapley iam also working on alot of the revolutionary land grants of sumner, wilso,rutherford,bedford co in tenn most all of them came to tenn on jand grants from va and nc the james tapley you are looking for most likely came from brunswick co va late 1790s or early 1800s try looking into sumner co tenn or go back to va for more information alot of them settled on drakes creek in tenn also staion camp creek in tenn i hope i have helped in some way? brenda tapley stewart darlin@midwest.net