I am looking for a J. Hampton Earheart b. abt 1845 who married Mary E. Barton b. abt 1845 in TN. She is the daughter of Rev. William P. (Billie, Uncle Billie) Barton and Margaret Lane (Lain) Appreciate any help . . . Best, Brenda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carole Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Nancy Earhart George, I show a Nancy Earhart as the daughter of Phillip Earhart and Catherine as mentioned in his will recorded 16th February, 1818 Davidson CO. TN. The will does list her living siblings. If you think this could be your Nancy, I'll be glad to send you a copy. Carolyn Eveland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geo Cowgill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Nancy Earhart I am looking for data on Nancy Earhart married in Davidson Co Tenn. 3-8-1808 to Abner Cowgill b. 1789. Also would appreciate any help in finding out if they had children? Thanks,George _________________________________________________________________ See what you're getting into.before you go there. http://newlivehotmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mary I believe the John, James and Thomas Maxwell you have here were William's brothers but George doesn't fit in this family. I have the stories of John's daughters being killed by Indians and James being killed by Indians. I had heard that they were at Kings Mountain but hadn't found any records of it so I really appreciate you sending it for me. I think their brother, Audley, was also there. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell >I have not kept up with this till I notice your mention of Bean.....so > perhaps you already got this.... > > THE KING'S MOUNTAIN MEN > by Katherine Keogh White > MAXWELL. George was born in Virginia in 1751, went early to the Holston, > and became a lieutenant in 1777. When the Ingles were captured by Indians > he went to the rescue. He commanded a company under Shelby at King's > Mountain. He was one of the first justices of Sullivan and held other > important offices. > John was under Campbell. In 1781 two of his daughters were scalped by > Northern Indians. Maxwell's Gap in Washington county, Virginia, is where > the > capture and murder of the Ingle family took place. > James was also at King's Mountain. He was killed while pursuing the > Indians who had murdered the daughters of John. His white hunting shirt > made > a conspicuous target. > Thomas of the same county was under Shelby. He said the action began at > the east end of the mountain, Campbell and Shelby there being opposed by > the > British regulars led by Ferguson in person. > All these Maxwells seem to have been brothers, or otherwise near of > kin. > > > Evan Shelby lived at Sapling Grove which is now in Bristol TN/VA....a town > in both states. Campbell was located further north in VA. This gives you > some locations where these Maxwells probably lived. > I think Shelby also had some land near Bean's Station (but there were a > few > Shelbys). I know the Henry Turney had some land next to Evan Shelby's > claim > and I don't think it was Bristol TN/VA but rather around Bean's Station. > > I think you are on to something about Bean's Station area - will keep > digging for those land records. > > Mary Turney Miller > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard and Pat" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > > >> Gene: >> >> Thank you for all of that information. Everyone has been very helpful. > I >> have seen most of those records in the Tennessee histories and don't know >> which line most of them belong to. So many Williams, Johns, Thomas' and >> James' I have to be careful placing them. >> >> The siblings of our William Maxwell were: >> John, Margaret Mary, WILLIAM, James, Thomas, Audley. The Tax lists for >> Logan Co., KY show William to be there from 1795 until his death in 1820 > and >> he and his sons were the only Maxwells on the lists. >> >> Two of his brothers in Virginia, I am told, were in the battle of King >> Mountain and I am supposing William was too but haven't found him on the >> partial lists I have found, or his brothers either. I have about a 40 > year >> gap between when William was born in Virginia (1742) and when his son, >> William Jr., was born in Davidson Co., TN., later to be Sumner Co. I > keep >> trying to place his movements during that time. >> >> Someone e-mailed me awhile back to say that William's wife was Mary BEAN. >> This was exciting news as I had not been able to find a marriage record > for >> him and didn't know Mary's maiden name. When I asked where she had found >> that information I didn't hear back from her. William Jr. moved to the >> Arkansas Territories about 1811. In the 1821 tax list for Crawford >> County >> was a Mark Bean and a Richard Bean. William Jr. and Mark Bean had side >> by >> side homesteads in Washington Co., AR. and William Maxwell and his wife, > Ann >> Rea Billingsley, are buried in the BEAN CEMETERY on the Bean Homestead. >> >> I was going through one of the sites someone sent to the list during this >> exchange and in it I found the story of WILLIAM BEAN who set up a small >> community 4 1/2 miles above modern Knoxville sometime before 1768. He > was >> called the first white settler into Tennessee. The first child of > William >> Maxwell Sr. and Mary was born 1768. Could William have been among that >> small group with William Bean??? >> >> Isn't this fun? Like a giant puzzle, and we love the hunt. Thanks again >> everyone. Without each other the search would be endless. >> Pat Stevens > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mary Yes, I'm sure they are one and the same. I can't believe with all my research I hadn't heard of William Bean or his station until these exchanges. I found the first reference in " The Beginnings" by John Buchanan. Then I looked him up on Google and found the site you sent over, thank you. I haven't had time to read everything yet. In "The Beginning" it said John Christian came across William Beans small settlement in 1768. In "Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom" It has John Christian's muster roll of 75 men in 1742 included William Maxwell's Father, John Maxwell. It was the year William was born. This was Augusta Co., VA. I need to sit and do some more reading as these names come together. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > The William Bean you are talking about, could this be the one from Bean's > Station? Cherokee Lake area, Bean's Station is still above water, but > German Creek is underwater and Henry and Peter Turney along with a Beeler > nephew were there....Henry moved 1780 to Cumberland......I have some land > records I think for that area and will dig them out. I seem to remember a > Funkhouser living nearby - notice all the German names, perhaps why it was > called German Creek. > > I think this is Grainger Co now, but way back it was Hawkins....and before > that it might have fallen in Spencer County of State of Franklin. > > It was a well known early station.....kind of the last stop before > Cumberland Gap, so a lot of people moving to Cumberland area went thru > Bean's Station area. > > Mary > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard and Pat" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > > >> Gene: >> >> Thank you for all of that information. Everyone has been very helpful. > I >> have seen most of those records in the Tennessee histories and don't know >> which line most of them belong to. So many Williams, Johns, Thomas' and >> James' I have to be careful placing them. >> >> The siblings of our William Maxwell were: >> John, Margaret Mary, WILLIAM, James, Thomas, Audley. The Tax lists for >> Logan Co., KY show William to be there from 1795 until his death in 1820 > and >> he and his sons were the only Maxwells on the lists. >> >> Two of his brothers in Virginia, I am told, were in the battle of King >> Mountain and I am supposing William was too but haven't found him on the >> partial lists I have found, or his brothers either. I have about a 40 > year >> gap between when William was born in Virginia (1742) and when his son, >> William Jr., was born in Davidson Co., TN., later to be Sumner Co. I > keep >> trying to place his movements during that time. >> >> Someone e-mailed me awhile back to say that William's wife was Mary BEAN. >> This was exciting news as I had not been able to find a marriage record > for >> him and didn't know Mary's maiden name. When I asked where she had found >> that information I didn't hear back from her. William Jr. moved to the >> Arkansas Territories about 1811. In the 1821 tax list for Crawford >> County >> was a Mark Bean and a Richard Bean. William Jr. and Mark Bean had side >> by >> side homesteads in Washington Co., AR. and William Maxwell and his wife, > Ann >> Rea Billingsley, are buried in the BEAN CEMETERY on the Bean Homestead. >> >> I was going through one of the sites someone sent to the list during this >> exchange and in it I found the story of WILLIAM BEAN who set up a small >> community 4 1/2 miles above modern Knoxville sometime before 1768. He > was >> called the first white settler into Tennessee. The first child of > William >> Maxwell Sr. and Mary was born 1768. Could William have been among that >> small group with William Bean??? >> >> Isn't this fun? Like a giant puzzle, and we love the hunt. Thanks again >> everyone. Without each other the search would be endless. >> Pat Stevens >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell >> >> >> > At 03:27 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote: >> >>-------------------------------------------------- >> >>NOTE: >> >>There was a David Maxwell and a James Maxwell listed in other very >> >>early >> >>records. >> >>David Maxwell received 640 acres from a NC Grant in 1787. >> >>------------------------------------------- >> > >> > >> > David Maxwell never got to use his land grant. He was killed by Indians > at >> > Caney Fork one one of the later trips he made from VA to Davidson > County. >> > William and Moses, the heirs of David inherited his land grant and sold > it >> > to Judge John Overton. The land grant is located around the site of >> > Traveler's Rest. David's brother Jesse (my ggg-gf) claimed 640 acres to >> > the south of David's. My ggg-gf William Phillips did not have an > original >> > land grant, but lived on adjoining property to the west of Jesse. He >> > married Jesse's daughter, Elizabeth. Judge Overton's son, John Jr, >> > married Jesse's granddaughther. Harriett. Her father was Jesse Jr. John >> > Overton Jr built the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. He named it >> > after >> > his wife's family. >> > >> > Jacob Cheek, a coffee merchant persuaded him to serve his coffee in his >> > hotel. That was the start of the Maxwell House Coffee Company. >> > >> > Also a history of the Maxwell family says the William and Moses Maxwell >> > went to Cincinnati "Northwest Territories" >> > >> > Gene >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

George, I show a Nancy Earhart as the daughter of Phillip Earhart and Catherine as mentioned in his will recorded 16th February, 1818 Davidson CO. TN. The will does list her living siblings. If you think this could be your Nancy, I'll be glad to send you a copy. Carolyn Eveland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geo Cowgill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Nancy Earhart I am looking for data on Nancy Earhart married in Davidson Co Tenn. 3-8-1808 to Abner Cowgill b. 1789. Also would appreciate any help in finding out if they had children? Thanks,George _________________________________________________________________ See what you’re getting into…before you go there. http://newlivehotmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: "Nancy Noel" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: Re: question re: reply to Davidson Co list > Quite some time ago a group of us tried to figure out the locations > different commands took their men from. By finding where the commander > lived at the time of King's Mountain, you could figure he had his neighbors > in his unit.....there is no hard a fast rule about this but a good guess. I > will send you what one man came up with. > > About Anderson.....I will give you what I found in a couple of books, but if > there were several Williams it might not help much. > > THE KING'S MOUNTAIN MEN > The Story of the Battle, with Sketches of the American Soldiers who took > part > by Katherine Keogh White > (persons marked with a star are not clearly known to have been at Battle of > King's Mountain) > ANDERSON. George was a captain in the South Carolina contingent, according > to the Lineage book, Volume XIX, D.A.R. Waddell's Annals of Augusta relates > that George Anderson with his wife and their children, William, Margaret, > John, and Francis, proved importation from Britain, March 24, 1741. > Jacob was living in Washington County, Virginia, in 1777, and joined > Campbell's regiment. He received a pension in Berkely county, Virginia, > 1835. > John* had land in Augusta countin in 1738, where he proved importation > for himself, his wife Jane, and his children John, Esther, Mary, and > Margaret March 24, 1741. John Jr., was justice in Washington Co VA in 1777, > and also a lieutenant, serving at King's Mountain under Colonel Campbell. > When Colonel William Byrd was at Long Island on Holston River in 1760, > he was accompanied by William Anderson and Gilbert Christian, both of whom > were at King's Mountain. Summers' History of Southwest Virginia tells of > the two men wandering on the Holston, and Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee > mentions their trip hither in 1769. Draper places Anderson in Campbell's > regiment. > page 237 ADDITIONAL > Anderson. George (1740-1808) was from Laurens county, South Carolina. Was a > major and lost a leg in the battle. married Mollie Saxon, and his son > William married Annie Coker. Died in Anderson county, S.C. > William, born 1766, enlisted from Botetourt. Was also at Cowpens, and > Eutaw. Wounded in thigh at King's Mountain. Five years service, including > three months guarding lead mines in Wythe. Applied for pension in Davidson > County, Tennessee, 1839. Affirmation by Colonel John Nesbitt of Dickson > County. > > > ONE HEROIC HOUR AT KING'S MOUNTAIN > by Pat Alderman > under Anderson - George, J. Fain, Jacob, James, John, John Jr., William > > > perhaps something there will help you > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy Noel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:27 PM > Subject: question re: reply to Davidson Co list > > > > Mary; > > You mentioned in your reply to someone's question about the settlement > > of Nashville and their Black family that Joseph Black was at Kings Mtn > > with Campbell in that Battle, which you said meant he would have been > > from SW VA. Can you tell me more about Campbell and why his men would > > have only been from that part of VA? > > > > I have a "brick wall ancestor who was also at Kings Mtn, and was with > > Campbell. this geographic location may help us find where in VA he came > > from. His name was Wm Anderson, and every county in the 1770s had at > > least 1 Wm Anderson, hence the difficulty in locating his place of > > origin. > > > > Thanks~ > > Nancy > > > > > > >

Gene: Thank you for all of that information. Everyone has been very helpful. I have seen most of those records in the Tennessee histories and don't know which line most of them belong to. So many Williams, Johns, Thomas' and James' I have to be careful placing them. The siblings of our William Maxwell were: John, Margaret Mary, WILLIAM, James, Thomas, Audley. The Tax lists for Logan Co., KY show William to be there from 1795 until his death in 1820 and he and his sons were the only Maxwells on the lists. Two of his brothers in Virginia, I am told, were in the battle of King Mountain and I am supposing William was too but haven't found him on the partial lists I have found, or his brothers either. I have about a 40 year gap between when William was born in Virginia (1742) and when his son, William Jr., was born in Davidson Co., TN., later to be Sumner Co. I keep trying to place his movements during that time. Someone e-mailed me awhile back to say that William's wife was Mary BEAN. This was exciting news as I had not been able to find a marriage record for him and didn't know Mary's maiden name. When I asked where she had found that information I didn't hear back from her. William Jr. moved to the Arkansas Territories about 1811. In the 1821 tax list for Crawford County was a Mark Bean and a Richard Bean. William Jr. and Mark Bean had side by side homesteads in Washington Co., AR. and William Maxwell and his wife, Ann Rea Billingsley, are buried in the BEAN CEMETERY on the Bean Homestead. I was going through one of the sites someone sent to the list during this exchange and in it I found the story of WILLIAM BEAN who set up a small community 4 1/2 miles above modern Knoxville sometime before 1768. He was called the first white settler into Tennessee. The first child of William Maxwell Sr. and Mary was born 1768. Could William have been among that small group with William Bean??? Isn't this fun? Like a giant puzzle, and we love the hunt. Thanks again everyone. Without each other the search would be endless. Pat Stevens ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > At 03:27 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote: >>-------------------------------------------------- >>NOTE: >>There was a David Maxwell and a James Maxwell listed in other very early >>records. >>David Maxwell received 640 acres from a NC Grant in 1787. >>------------------------------------------- > > > David Maxwell never got to use his land grant. He was killed by Indians at > Caney Fork one one of the later trips he made from VA to Davidson County. > William and Moses, the heirs of David inherited his land grant and sold it > to Judge John Overton. The land grant is located around the site of > Traveler's Rest. David's brother Jesse (my ggg-gf) claimed 640 acres to > the south of David's. My ggg-gf William Phillips did not have an original > land grant, but lived on adjoining property to the west of Jesse. He > married Jesse's daughter, Elizabeth. Judge Overton's son, John Jr, > married Jesse's granddaughther. Harriett. Her father was Jesse Jr. John > Overton Jr built the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. He named it after > his wife's family. > > Jacob Cheek, a coffee merchant persuaded him to serve his coffee in his > hotel. That was the start of the Maxwell House Coffee Company. > > Also a history of the Maxwell family says the William and Moses Maxwell > went to Cincinnati "Northwest Territories" > > Gene > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh how interesting -- I'm descended from some Castlemans and those mentioned could be the ones. Sandy Martin ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I have a death certificate for one Willie Edgar Brooks b. 20 Mar 1893 d 9 Aug 1973 Davidson County Tennessee. It is not my Willie Brooks. If this a family member and you would like a copy of the death certificate please contact me at [email protected] Carol Nida Random Act of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) Volunteer Anne Arundel County, MD Creative Memories Independent Consultant Your Life | Your Story | Your Way

Here is a list of folks who removed to Logan county Ky. during the Indian raids. The indians, numbering 10,000 within a 200 mile radius of Nashborough, continued firing upon the settlers causing numerous deaths and burning their homesteads which made life very precarious on the Cumberland frontier. A year after signing of the Comberland Compact, only about one-forth of settlers remained. More than fifty had been killed and with their crops destroyed, their cattle killed and their food and gunpowder nearly depleted, the rest left for safer quarters in Kentucky.The following court record in Logan Co. Ky., dated January 15, 1782, The following court record in Logan Co., KY dated January 15, 1782, states. "Elanor Potts, James Harbison, William Arnold, Elizabeth Loe, James Little, Catherine White, Edron Angliin, Littlepage Proctor, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, THOMAS FERRIER, Robert Mccain, Richard Perry, Jacob Castleman, Benjamin Castleman, Abigail Johnson, Mary Collins, Mary Cates, Mary McCormak, ARCHIBALD MARLIN, Thomas Hamilton, John Hamilton, John Robertson, Michael Shaver, Isaac Trotter, GEORGE PIRTLE, WILLLIAM McWHIRTER, Jediah Johnson, Robert Campbell, Edward Hall, Jonas Menefee, John Casinger, John P.Carmichael, Richard Sinnet, Philip Panther, and James Dooley, proved to the court that they were not able to purchase land at the State price and have never possessed any in the county. Ordered that the Surveyor lay off to each a quantity of land not exceeding 400 acres. Mr Jesse O. McWhirter 61 Ellis Childress Rd. Fayetteville, Tennessee 37334 E-Mail [email protected] vallnet.com

The Maxwells may have went up to Logan Co KY because Jean Maxwell, sister to Jessie Maxwell married Thomas Sharp. He moved his family to the vicinity of Christian Co, KY prior to the Revolutionary War and later to Logan County KY. I haven't researched the evolution of KY counties, so it is possible Logan may have been formed from Christian County and they never moved. Some of the children were born in Hopkinsville in Christian County. Thomas died in Logan County. My information came from his great granddaughter who was a member of the DAR. Gene At 09:59 PM 7/10/2007, you wrote: >Thank you Ken for removing the question mark on which Maxwell traveled with >the Donelson group. The history I have is that our Maxwell was with a large >wagon train leaving from Charleston shortly after the Revolutionary War. >Buchanan and Drake went out first to check out the area that became Logan >Co., KY. Our Maxwell family and some others settled in the Sumner Co area >until 1795 before going on to Logan Co., KY. > >Some of the names that were supposedly in that wagon train were: Buchanan, >Carnahan, Pyeatt, Shannon, Billingsley, White, Blair, Newton, Porter, >Preston, MAXWELL, Rankin, Marrs and most likely Morrow, Tennant, Pylant and >Garvin. Wherever I have looked for our Maxwell's I have found many of these >names from the ongoing generations from VA, TN, KY, AR and into TX. > >I would love to have the list from the Robertson group, thank you. > >Pat Stevens >[email protected] >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ken Dunlap" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:16 PM >Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > > >>I saved an email someone sent to a list with a LARGE list of names of those >> making the trip with Col. Donelson, and a separate list of those coming >> with >> Capt. Robertson. >> The Donelson list has "Jesse Maxwell family" >> >> To answer another question as to anyone killed, it shows Eli Payne >> (killed). >> >> This list came from a large chart the original poster ordered from a >> Virginia historical society. I'm reluctant to post the entire list here, >> but >> anyone who asks me I will send it to them. (Word doc) >> >> Ken Dunlap [email protected] >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "alan ishikawa" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell >> >> >>> >From the book, "Pioneers of Davidson Co. TN", by Edythe Rucker Whitley, >>> 1965, >>> ISBN 0-8063-0840-0 >>> >>> Page 4 >>> COLONEL JOHN DONELSON'S COMPANY >>> The first immigration to the resent site of Nashville >>> Col. John Donelson's Journal >>> Settlement at the Bluff. Built Fort Nashborough. >>> The names of the persons who came in this company are given by Col. >>> Donelson >>> as follows: >>> John Donelson, Sr. >>> Thomas Hutchings >>> John Caffrey >>> John Donelson, Jr. >>> James Robertson's lady and children >>> Mrs. Purnell >>> M. Rounsifer >>> James Cain >>> Isaac Neely >>> John Montgomery >>> Jonathan Jennings >>> Benjamin Belew >>> Peter Looney >>> Capt. John Blackemore >>> Moses Renfree >>> William Crutchfield >>> Mr. --------- Johns >>> Hugh Henry, Sr. >>> Benjamin Porter >>> Mrs. Henry (widow) >>> John Cotton >>> Thomas Henry >>> Mr. Cockrell >>> Frank Armstrong >>> Hugh Rogan >>> Daniel Chambers >>> Robert Cartwright >>> ----------- Stewart >>> David Gwinn >>> John Boyd >>> Reuben Harrison >>> Frank Haney >>> ------------ MAXWELL >>> John White >>> Solomon White >>> ---------- Payne (killed) >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> NOTE: >>> There was a David Maxwell and a James Maxwell listed in other very early >>> records. >>> David Maxwell received 640 acres from a NC Grant in 1787. >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Kathleen in CA >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>For the list,The? Robinson 1779 over the land party to Tennessee is said to >have meet up with another party of folks on the way to Tennessee. Can anyone >tell me who this other party was and where they were from? Robertson met up with John Rains and his group from New River, VA. http://www.famousamericans.net/johnrains/ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Black is a common name..... Joseph Black was at King's Mountain in fall of 1780 and served under Campbell. This means he would have been from the SW area of Virginia. Black's Station later became Abingdon VA.....the Turneys and their sisters Teeter and Beeler families in Feb 1774 registered land on Beaver Creek of Holston River between Abingdon Va and Bristol Tn/VA..... There was a later Black's Station in Blount Co TN.... anyway, you might look at that Holston, Clinch river area and around Bean's Station. Casper Mansker was also involved in that area. Your Black might have come from there. And in the early times it was North Carolina. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Duncan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > This email may have shed some light on my brick wall. > My ancestor, Michael Black was married in Nashville in 1791. He next shows up in the census in Sumner Co and has 640 acres. I havent looked at the deeds yet, but could this be where the 640 acres came from? > The census states that he was born in NC, but I have not been able to locate his family. He just seems to show up in Nashville in 1791 and I dont know how to connect him with his parents...who ever they are....argh! > Anyone have any suggestions? > Thanks, > Gina > > Mary Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > These are mostly NC people and the ones credited with settlement of Fort > Nashborough - the signers of the Cumberland Compact..... > > but there was also a group which I have never really seen listed anywhere - > these were some of the German speaking people moving from around Bean's > Station and Holston and Clinch river area......they still got there in time > to get 640 acres of land free for defense of the fort when the Indians > attacked. I figure they must have gone overland - from present eastern TN > thru Cumberland Gap, across part of KY and then down to Mansker's Station > area. I also think when the Indians attacked, some of this group moved back > up into KY and perhaps back to where they had come from......But Henry > Turney stayed and he got 640 acres later on. It is difficult to put this > group together since they seem to have been German speaking families > originally out of the Shenandoah / Augusta County Va area. > > I am surprized to see Peter Looney name on this list for the Signers of > Cumberland Compact as the Looney family was also out of VA....and Peter > Looney had a lot of land dealing with Henry Turney, Henry's oldest daughter > born 1769 married a John Looney. Two of his older sons married into the > Gilliam family, one son married a Barger, etc. > > I think a Sommer/Summer might have come with Henry Turney, but moved back to > KY during the attacks. Henry Turney is included in some of the lists of the > first settlers of Ft Nashborough, etc. but not the Donelson group since he > did not come with them. > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Dunlap" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:16 PM > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > > > > I saved an email someone sent to a list with a LARGE list of names of > those > > making the trip with Col. Donelson, and a separate list of those coming > with > > Capt. Robertson. > > The Donelson list has "Jesse Maxwell family" > > > > To answer another question as to anyone killed, it shows Eli Payne > (killed). > > > > This list came from a large chart the original poster ordered from a > > Virginia historical society. I'm reluctant to post the entire list here, > but > > anyone who asks me I will send it to them. (Word doc) > > > > Ken Dunlap [email protected] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Henry Turney's mother might have been an Eva Swartz - and some of the Swartz became Black......just something for you to consider. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Duncan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > This email may have shed some light on my brick wall. > My ancestor, Michael Black was married in Nashville in 1791. He next shows up in the census in Sumner Co and has 640 acres. I havent looked at the deeds yet, but could this be where the 640 acres came from? > The census states that he was born in NC, but I have not been able to locate his family. He just seems to show up in Nashville in 1791 and I dont know how to connect him with his parents...who ever they are....argh! > Anyone have any suggestions? > Thanks, > Gina > > Mary Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > These are mostly NC people and the ones credited with settlement of Fort > Nashborough - the signers of the Cumberland Compact..... > > but there was also a group which I have never really seen listed anywhere - > these were some of the German speaking people moving from around Bean's > Station and Holston and Clinch river area......they still got there in time > to get 640 acres of land free for defense of the fort when the Indians > attacked. I figure they must have gone overland - from present eastern TN > thru Cumberland Gap, across part of KY and then down to Mansker's Station > area. I also think when the Indians attacked, some of this group moved back > up into KY and perhaps back to where they had come from......But Henry > Turney stayed and he got 640 acres later on. It is difficult to put this > group together since they seem to have been German speaking families > originally out of the Shenandoah / Augusta County Va area. > > I am surprized to see Peter Looney name on this list for the Signers of > Cumberland Compact as the Looney family was also out of VA....and Peter > Looney had a lot of land dealing with Henry Turney, Henry's oldest daughter > born 1769 married a John Looney. Two of his older sons married into the > Gilliam family, one son married a Barger, etc. > > I think a Sommer/Summer might have come with Henry Turney, but moved back to > KY during the attacks. Henry Turney is included in some of the lists of the > first settlers of Ft Nashborough, etc. but not the Donelson group since he > did not come with them. > > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Dunlap" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:16 PM > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > > > > I saved an email someone sent to a list with a LARGE list of names of > those > > making the trip with Col. Donelson, and a separate list of those coming > with > > Capt. Robertson. > > The Donelson list has "Jesse Maxwell family" > > > > To answer another question as to anyone killed, it shows Eli Payne > (killed). > > > > This list came from a large chart the original poster ordered from a > > Virginia historical society. I'm reluctant to post the entire list here, > but > > anyone who asks me I will send it to them. (Word doc) > > > > Ken Dunlap [email protected] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

These are mostly NC people and the ones credited with settlement of Fort Nashborough - the signers of the Cumberland Compact..... but there was also a group which I have never really seen listed anywhere - these were some of the German speaking people moving from around Bean's Station and Holston and Clinch river area......they still got there in time to get 640 acres of land free for defense of the fort when the Indians attacked. I figure they must have gone overland - from present eastern TN thru Cumberland Gap, across part of KY and then down to Mansker's Station area. I also think when the Indians attacked, some of this group moved back up into KY and perhaps back to where they had come from......But Henry Turney stayed and he got 640 acres later on. It is difficult to put this group together since they seem to have been German speaking families originally out of the Shenandoah / Augusta County Va area. I am surprized to see Peter Looney name on this list for the Signers of Cumberland Compact as the Looney family was also out of VA....and Peter Looney had a lot of land dealing with Henry Turney, Henry's oldest daughter born 1769 married a John Looney. Two of his older sons married into the Gilliam family, one son married a Barger, etc. I think a Sommer/Summer might have come with Henry Turney, but moved back to KY during the attacks. Henry Turney is included in some of the lists of the first settlers of Ft Nashborough, etc. but not the Donelson group since he did not come with them. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Dunlap" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > I saved an email someone sent to a list with a LARGE list of names of those > making the trip with Col. Donelson, and a separate list of those coming with > Capt. Robertson. > The Donelson list has "Jesse Maxwell family" > > To answer another question as to anyone killed, it shows Eli Payne (killed). > > This list came from a large chart the original poster ordered from a > Virginia historical society. I'm reluctant to post the entire list here, but > anyone who asks me I will send it to them. (Word doc) > > Ken Dunlap [email protected] > >

Thank you so much. Brenda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Samuel Barton and other pioneers. Samuel Barton was an important early settler. He is mentioned in a number of histories on the Cumberland settlement. I found this internet site on the Barton family - _http://bartonsite.org/Newsletters/Spring_2006.htm_ (http://bartonsite.org/Newsletters/Spring_2006.htm) Look under family histories for Samuel Barton of Middle Tennessee. Look for Haywood's History of Tennessee, Putnam's History of Middle Tennessee and you should find information about Barton and many other early Middle Tennessee pioneers. Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland both by Harriette Simpson Arnow are among my favorites. The Southwest Territory 1790-1796 by Walter Durham is another good one. In many case your local library can borrow these books for you on interlibrary loan. You can do a search at amazon.com or abebooks.com if you would prefer to purchase them. Also look for "The Preemptors, Middle Tennessee's First Settlers by Irene Griffey. Ms. Griffey published this book, listing the preemptor grants, a few years ago. Preemptor grants were given to heads of house and males over the age of 21 who were living on the land in what is now Middle Tennessee before the first day of June 1780. A 1784 petition by the settlers to North Carolina added the heirs of those killed in the defence of the settlements, those who arrived shortly after the June 1st date and males who were under 21 on June 1st but came of age soon after. There were other early important settlers who arrived too late to receive a preemptors grant. Not every settler signed the Cumberland Compact and the reason is not known. Perhaps they were at a remote location preparing fields or building a house. A commonly believed and often published myth about the Cumberland Compact is that each settler except one signed his own name, which indicated that the majority of the settlers were literate. An examination of the original doument shows instead, that many of the names were in groups, written by one hand. James Robertson for example signed his own name and then wrote the name of number of other settlers. Another commonly believed and often published myth is that the main fort or station in the Cumberland settlements was called Fort Nashborough by the residents. A search of the Draper manuscripts which contains many first hand accounts of the lives of the pioneers of Davidson County shows that it most often referred to as the French Lick Station by the settlers. It was called Fort Nashborough in early documents and referred to that way by a few settlers but the majority preferred French Lick Station. Here are some links with information about the early settlers. If the links don't work for you I am sorry. Try typing the web address into your browser instead. _http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/published.html_ (http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/published.html) _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/bios/bradley.txt_ (http://ft p.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/bios/bradley.txt) _http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/FoundingTN.htm_ (http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/FoundingTN.htm) _http://www.wnfoundersmuseum.org/foundfamilies.htm_ (http://www.wnfoundersmuseum.org/foundfamilies.htm) If your ancestor ended up in Sumner County you might find information here. _http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html) But remember it all started with Davidson County! (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/bios/bradley.txt) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This site has the text of Donelson's journal. Beware that many modern historians believe that the journal was actually written many years after the fact by Col. John Donelson's son. _http://www2.volstate.edu/cbucy/History%202030/Documents/Donelson-12.htm_ (http://www2.volstate.edu/cbucy/History%202030/Documents/Donelson-12.htm) This site has information on James Robertson and links to many site with history of early Middle Tennessee. _http://jrshelby.com/rfotw/genjames.htm_ (http://jrshelby.com/rfotw/genjames.htm) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

This email may have shed some light on my brick wall. My ancestor, Michael Black was married in Nashville in 1791. He next shows up in the census in Sumner Co and has 640 acres. I havent looked at the deeds yet, but could this be where the 640 acres came from? The census states that he was born in NC, but I have not been able to locate his family. He just seems to show up in Nashville in 1791 and I dont know how to connect him with his parents...who ever they are....argh! Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Gina Mary Miller <[email protected]> wrote: These are mostly NC people and the ones credited with settlement of Fort Nashborough - the signers of the Cumberland Compact..... but there was also a group which I have never really seen listed anywhere - these were some of the German speaking people moving from around Bean's Station and Holston and Clinch river area......they still got there in time to get 640 acres of land free for defense of the fort when the Indians attacked. I figure they must have gone overland - from present eastern TN thru Cumberland Gap, across part of KY and then down to Mansker's Station area. I also think when the Indians attacked, some of this group moved back up into KY and perhaps back to where they had come from......But Henry Turney stayed and he got 640 acres later on. It is difficult to put this group together since they seem to have been German speaking families originally out of the Shenandoah / Augusta County Va area. I am surprized to see Peter Looney name on this list for the Signers of Cumberland Compact as the Looney family was also out of VA....and Peter Looney had a lot of land dealing with Henry Turney, Henry's oldest daughter born 1769 married a John Looney. Two of his older sons married into the Gilliam family, one son married a Barger, etc. I think a Sommer/Summer might have come with Henry Turney, but moved back to KY during the attacks. Henry Turney is included in some of the lists of the first settlers of Ft Nashborough, etc. but not the Donelson group since he did not come with them. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Dunlap" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > I saved an email someone sent to a list with a LARGE list of names of those > making the trip with Col. Donelson, and a separate list of those coming with > Capt. Robertson. > The Donelson list has "Jesse Maxwell family" > > To answer another question as to anyone killed, it shows Eli Payne (killed). > > This list came from a large chart the original poster ordered from a > Virginia historical society. I'm reluctant to post the entire list here, but > anyone who asks me I will send it to them. (Word doc) > > Ken Dunlap [email protected] > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.

For the list,The Robinson 1779 over the land party to Tennessee is said to have meet up with another party of folks on the way to Tennessee. Can anyone tell me who this other party was and where they were from? Jesse McWhirter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard and Pat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > Thank you Ken for removing the question mark on which Maxwell traveled > with > the Donelson group. The history I have is that our Maxwell was with a > large > wagon train leaving from Charleston shortly after the Revolutionary War. > Buchanan and Drake went out first to check out the area that became Logan > Co., KY. Our Maxwell family and some others settled in the Sumner Co area > until 1795 before going on to Logan Co., KY. > > Some of the names that were supposedly in that wagon train were: > Buchanan, > Carnahan, Pyeatt, Shannon, Billingsley, White, Blair, Newton, Porter, > Preston, MAXWELL, Rankin, Marrs and most likely Morrow, Tennant, Pylant > and > Garvin. Wherever I have looked for our Maxwell's I have found many of > these > names from the ongoing generations from VA, TN, KY, AR and into TX. > > I would love to have the list from the Robertson group, thank you. > > Pat Stevens > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Dunlap" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell > > >>I saved an email someone sent to a list with a LARGE list of names of >>those >> making the trip with Col. Donelson, and a separate list of those coming >> with >> Capt. Robertson. >> The Donelson list has "Jesse Maxwell family" >> >> To answer another question as to anyone killed, it shows Eli Payne >> (killed). >> >> This list came from a large chart the original poster ordered from a >> Virginia historical society. I'm reluctant to post the entire list here, >> but >> anyone who asks me I will send it to them. (Word doc) >> >> Ken Dunlap [email protected] >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "alan ishikawa" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Col. John Donelson's Co. - Maxwell >> >> >>> >From the book, "Pioneers of Davidson Co. TN", by Edythe Rucker Whitley, >>> 1965, >>> ISBN 0-8063-0840-0 >>> >>> Page 4 >>> COLONEL JOHN DONELSON'S COMPANY >>> The first immigration to the resent site of Nashville >>> Col. John Donelson's Journal >>> Settlement at the Bluff. Built Fort Nashborough. >>> The names of the persons who came in this company are given by Col. >>> Donelson >>> as follows: >>> John Donelson, Sr. >>> Thomas Hutchings >>> John Caffrey >>> John Donelson, Jr. >>> James Robertson's lady and children >>> Mrs. Purnell >>> M. Rounsifer >>> James Cain >>> Isaac Neely >>> John Montgomery >>> Jonathan Jennings >>> Benjamin Belew >>> Peter Looney >>> Capt. John Blackemore >>> Moses Renfree >>> William Crutchfield >>> Mr. --------- Johns >>> Hugh Henry, Sr. >>> Benjamin Porter >>> Mrs. Henry (widow) >>> John Cotton >>> Thomas Henry >>> Mr. Cockrell >>> Frank Armstrong >>> Hugh Rogan >>> Daniel Chambers >>> Robert Cartwright >>> ----------- Stewart >>> David Gwinn >>> John Boyd >>> Reuben Harrison >>> Frank Haney >>> ------------ MAXWELL >>> John White >>> Solomon White >>> ---------- Payne (killed) >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> NOTE: >>> There was a David Maxwell and a James Maxwell listed in other very early >>> records. >>> David Maxwell received 640 acres from a NC Grant in 1787. >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Kathleen in CA >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/894 - Release Date: 7/10/2007 > 5:44 PM >

Most of these books will not be in the genealogy section. They will be in the states section in the main library stacks. I have found these and a lot of others there on the founding of Nashville and the Robertson family ( I come from Amnne Robertson Johnson Cockrill) in the main history section. Catherine<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> See what's free at http://www.aol.com.</HTML>

Samuel Barton was an important early settler. He is mentioned in a number of histories on the Cumberland settlement. I found this internet site on the Barton family - _http://bartonsite.org/Newsletters/Spring_2006.htm_ (http://bartonsite.org/Newsletters/Spring_2006.htm) Look under family histories for Samuel Barton of Middle Tennessee. Look for Haywood's History of Tennessee, Putnam's History of Middle Tennessee and you should find information about Barton and many other early Middle Tennessee pioneers. Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland both by Harriette Simpson Arnow are among my favorites. The Southwest Territory 1790-1796 by Walter Durham is another good one. In many case your local library can borrow these books for you on interlibrary loan. You can do a search at amazon.com or abebooks.com if you would prefer to purchase them. Also look for "The Preemptors, Middle Tennessee's First Settlers by Irene Griffey. Ms. Griffey published this book, listing the preemptor grants, a few years ago. Preemptor grants were given to heads of house and males over the age of 21 who were living on the land in what is now Middle Tennessee before the first day of June 1780. A 1784 petition by the settlers to North Carolina added the heirs of those killed in the defence of the settlements, those who arrived shortly after the June 1st date and males who were under 21 on June 1st but came of age soon after. There were other early important settlers who arrived too late to receive a preemptors grant. Not every settler signed the Cumberland Compact and the reason is not known. Perhaps they were at a remote location preparing fields or building a house. A commonly believed and often published myth about the Cumberland Compact is that each settler except one signed his own name, which indicated that the majority of the settlers were literate. An examination of the original doument shows instead, that many of the names were in groups, written by one hand. James Robertson for example signed his own name and then wrote the name of number of other settlers. Another commonly believed and often published myth is that the main fort or station in the Cumberland settlements was called Fort Nashborough by the residents. A search of the Draper manuscripts which contains many first hand accounts of the lives of the pioneers of Davidson County shows that it most often referred to as the French Lick Station by the settlers. It was called Fort Nashborough in early documents and referred to that way by a few settlers but the majority preferred French Lick Station. Here are some links with information about the early settlers. If the links don't work for you I am sorry. Try typing the web address into your browser instead. _http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/published.html_ (http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/published.html) _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/bios/bradley.txt_ (http://ft p.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/bios/bradley.txt) _http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/FoundingTN.htm_ (http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/FoundingTN.htm) _http://www.wnfoundersmuseum.org/foundfamilies.htm_ (http://www.wnfoundersmuseum.org/foundfamilies.htm) If your ancestor ended up in Sumner County you might find information here. _http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html) But remember it all started with Davidson County! (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/bios/bradley.txt) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.