Hi Sarah, From the book One Hundred Years in the Cumberland Mountains by A.R. Hogue Charles Sevier Certificate "Monroe. February the 9th 1814" This is to certify that Peter Reagan who was ordered out of Capt. Finleys old company as one of its quota in the requisition under Division order of the 18 January, that he has furnished Jacob Skipper as a substitute equipt as the law directs and is thereby entitiled to a credit for a tour of duty for the same. Charles Sevier, 2nd Maj. 35 Regt. Dept. of M.... A few years ago I sent away for records on James Finley and Peter Sr. but they showed no records on either. Pat

Pat, Thanks for the paragraph relating to service in the War of 1812. I'm assuming that this is the same James Findley whose daughter married John Reagan. There is much Findley research in Augusta Co, VA and the expert on Findley is the person in charge of that Rootsweb site. I have e-mailed her in the past and she can't figure out where James Findley fits in. Maybe you have more information and you and she can figure it out. But I just know he has to be part of that crowd. Here is something about James Findley: Petition of Inhabitants of Overton Co, TN to the General Assembly of TN . . .Feel disposed to have a part in the present war with Britannic Majesty's allies--Creek Nation of Indians . . . James Finley, Samuel Miller, John Miller, John Kennedy 1813 Overton Legislative Petition for Mounted men under Col Stephen Copeland. signed by James Finley, John Kennedy, and James Smith. I don't know whether this is ours. I tried to track back into VA and think it might be that James' father was William and his grandfather John, but those are guesses. William and John both have records in the Rev. War. I have put these other names from the same lists (Miller, Kennedy--connected to Findleys from VA, and Smith--connected to another side of my family and Fentress Co) because they turn up in my family line about the same time. They may have nothing to do with our descendants. Maybe just chance that they have similar surnames. I know what you mean about having to dig through records. Even a computer doesn't help me post and sort all of the possible connections. Sometimes it seems useless and endless.