I saw Sheri's message on the Grainger list concerning Sarah Magee, who was the daughter of Zara Magee and wife of John Mayes. Is there a Magee family in Grainger County in the early 1800's? I have a Garrett Martin Hammock whose wife is said to have been Nancy Magee. Garrett (or Martin, as he was known) and Nancy & family were in Grainger in 1850 and by 1860 in Union County. Nancy would have been born abt 1813 and their oldest child was born July 15, 1835. I don't find them in any of the Grainger marriage records. Of course, if they married in Claiborne County, the record is in the first marriage book, which is lost. This couple had 4 sons who fought in the Federal Army from Union County. Upon entering the army they were registered as HAMIC rather than Hammock, and Hamic they have remained. Two of the sons went to Missouri after the War, and it is in an old history of Dade County MO that the name Nancy Magee was found, listed as the mother of Judge George W Hamic. I would appreciate any info about Magee's in the Grainger County area, and would also like to hear from any Hamic or Hammock researchers. Nancy Cassada Nelson Bordentown NJ