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