Somebody please help. I need info on Merry Webb born, 1697, of Halifax County, later Henry County, Virginia. Jay - ------------------------------------------------- 1. MERRY1 WEBB was born 1786, and died September 23, 1864 in Blount County, Tennessee. He married (2) FRANCES "FANNIE" COUCH April 02, 1835 in Blount County, Tennessee. She was born 1808, and died Aft. 1870 in Blount County, Tennessee. Notes for MERRY WEBB: I believe this Merry Webb is a descendant of Merry Webb and Elizabeth Ann Martin (dau of Martin Martin). Merry Webb born, 1697, of Halifax County, later Henry County, Virginia married ELIZABETH ANN MARTIN who was born August 09, 1708, and died Bef. March 08, 1805 in Henry County, VA. Children of MERRY WEBB and ELIZABETH Ann MARTIN i. MILLIAN WEBB ii. MARTIN WEBB iii. LUCY WEBB iv. MARY WEBB v. ELIZABETH WEBB married a SAMS. vi. JAMES WEBB vii. JOHN WEBB viii. MERRY II WEBB ix. MARTHA WEBB married a DILLARD Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg County, and included the present Virginia Counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick. The area where Merry lived was south of Blackwater Creek and Roanoke-Stanton River, west of Tewahoomony Creek (now Aaron's Creek, which divides Mecklenburg and Halifax counties), and extended to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The North Carolina line was the sourthern boundary. The Parish of Antrim was created at the same time and included the same bounds. Notes for FRANCES "FANNIE" COUCH: In the 1870 Blount County, Tennessee Census, Fannie was living wtih h er son David. Children of MERRY WEBB are: i. NANCY2 WEBB, b. Abt. 1808, Washington County, Tennessee. ii. RACHEL WEBB, b. Washington County, Tennessee; m. JOSEPH SHERRILL, August 29, 1822, Washington County, Tennessee. iii. WINNY WEBB, b. Washington County, Tennessee; m. JOHN E. PETERSON, March 14, 1825, Washington County, Tennessee. iv. ELIZABETH WEBB, b. Washington County, Tennessee; m. ISRAEL MCINTYRE, October 29, 1828, Washington County, Tennessee. 2. v. MURRY "MERRY" WEBB, b. February 11, 1822, Washington County, Tennessee; d. January 20, 1909, Blount County, Tennessee. vi. LYNCH D. WEBB, b. March 05, 1823, Washington County, Tennessee; d. December 18, 1893, Blount County, Tennessee; m. SARAH, Sevier County, Tennessee; b. April 09, 1824, Blount County, Tennessee; d. July 13, 1906, Blount County, Tennessee. Children of MERRY WEBB and FRANCES COUCH are: vii. HENRY HUNTER2 WEBB, b. February 13, 1836, Blount County, Tennessee; d. April 16, 1912, Blount County, Tennessee; m. MARY FRESHOUR, December 18, 1856, Blount County, Tennessee; b. February 12, 1840, Blount County, Tennessee; d. August 28, 1907, Blount County, Tennessee. viii. EDMOND WEBB, b. 1841, Blount County, Tennessee. ix. EMMALINE WEBB, b. 1843; m. COMMODORE PERRY TIPTON, March 15, 1860, Blount County, Tennessee. x. ELIZA JANE WEBB, b. Abt. 1844; m. JACOB LEE LAWSON, April 04, 1861, Blount County, Tennessee. xi. ROBERT L. WEBB, b. 1845, Blount County, Tennessee; m. AMANDA E. SNIDER, December 03, 1865, Blount County, Tennessee. xii. DAVID CROCKETT WEBB, b. March 11, 1846, Blount County, Tennessee; d. March 27, 1883, Blount County, Tennessee; m. MARY MALINDA CHAMBERS, July 30, 1865, Blount County, Tennessee; b. February 18, 1845, Blount County, Tennessee; d. January 17, 1935, Blount County, Tennessee.