Family lore has it that the THOMASes; John who owned the land where Fort Watauga was buiilt, Isaac the Indian Trader and friend of Nancy Ward and Jacob of Sullivan Co were brothers and possibly sons of " . . . William THOMAS whose name appears in the records of the earliest meetings of the Court of Washington County North Carolina (Later a part of Tennessee)." TENNESSEE COUSINS, Worth S. Ray, p 203. "It is a well considered tradition that that the THOMAS family of Watauga came from WAYNE or DUPLIN COUNTY N.C. where they lived at a point called SEVEN SPRINGS, near Little River and the NUECE." TENNESSEE COUSINS, Worth S. Ray, p 203. A daughter of Jacob of Sullivan Co, Elizabeth Susan THOMAS born about 1790, married John WEAVER born about 1786. About 1811 they sold their property in Sullivan Co and moved to the Cosby Section of Cocke Co. In 1887 the Cocke County Courthouse burned and all records there were lost. Their second child, Mary (Polly) WEAVER married Isaac ALLEN who became a Cocke County Representative and helped write the Constitution of Tennessee in 1833. Unless Jacob should someday be found as ancestor of George 'Slater' THOMAS, these folks are not in my direct line - but I am quit intested in where information about them might lead me. Anyone who would like to correspond about the THOMAS or WEAVER and maybe also the INGLE persons in Cocke County from late 1700's to mid 1800's - - please write to me. Lonnie Thomas [1940- ], GGG grandson of George 'Slater' THOMAS (abt 1798-1870) and Catherine INGLE THOMAS (abt 1801-1887). Adoption resulted in name change to Dugan in 1952.