At 30-05-07 03:52 PM Wednesday, Nancy Ross wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Tennessee was actually N. C. until it became a state. The counties >that existed then, that are now part of Tennessee were Washington, >Sullivan, Greene, and Davidson. They pretty much covered all of >the eastern 1/2 of Tennessee, (or more). Greene Co., NC as it is >today, never became Greene Co., TN. >(snip) **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Please see the reply I posted to the Greene County Message Board at Rootsweb: I beg to differ, although it may be a matter of semantics. Greene Co. WAS a part of NC and although a small portion of it became part of Jefferson Co. and part of Cocke Co., it has remained almost like it was when it was Greene Co., NC. Regards, Sarge