Did you work on the ships' logs concerning these surnames to see when they immigrated? Many came in through Pennsylvania and then spread out to other states. Try ships with German registry first and look at the ports. I have German ancestry and worked it from that angle. A few in that time frame came in from Canada and then down to the US. Just a thought. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "jj" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] German inhabitants - RINEMAN >I too have a German ancestor that I am stuck on. I find him in Sumner Co. > (south near the Davidson Co. line) tax records in 1819-21 as > Frederick/Ferdinand RHYNEMAN and RUNMAN and RINEMAN. Before that, he > married > in Davidson County in 1810 to Susannah RULE/RUYLE. I've checked the Sumner > County deed index and he isn't in it, nor did he own real estate in > Davidson > County. I can't find any citizenship papers on him. I have no records on > him > earlier than the 1810 marriage. He had to have come from somewhere! > > Jeanne > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Gayle > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Stover > > Mary, > > In your study of the German-speaking inhabitants, have you come across any > Stovers? I've hit a brick wall with my ancestors at 1817, and feel they > may > > have migrated with Robertson. They were supposed to be German. Any > suggestions? > > Gayle > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:01 AM > Subject: TNDAVIDS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 26 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Fw: Land of settlers of Ft Nashborough (Mary Miller) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:14:38 -0500 >> From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Fw: Land of settlers of Ft Nashborough >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:12 PM >> Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Land of settlers of Ft Nashborough >> >> >>> no problem......from what you sent I think I am going to have to look in >> NC >>> records >> >> I just thought perhaps somewhere there was a book or listing of what free >>> land the defenders of Ft Nashborough got. >>> >>> Of course, when I began all this about 15 years ago - all you could find >> out >>> was about the Donelson, etc. group. The people moving to Ft Nashborough >> in >>> time to fight the Indians who were moving from the Clinch / Holston >>> river >>> areas of eastern Tn (an most originally from VA) were hard to find. The >>> German speaking ones were a real challenge. >> >>> You gave me lots of good ideas, thank you very much. >>> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the TNDAVIDS list administrator, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> To post a message to the TNDAVIDS mailing list, send an email to >> [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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of TNDAVIDS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 26 >> *************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > 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