Regarding birthplace of a John Roberts in Cumberland Gap, TN. If a John Roberts was born in Cumberland Gap then his family preceeded Daniel Boone into the Wilderness. Cumberland Gap area was mapped in 1750 but the frontier was soon closed because of the hostilities of the French and Indian War. It was not until 1775 that Daniel Boone and his party ventured out into the Wilderness Road area. History does say that several families, most often those of longhunters, were living in Upper East TN by the mid-1770's but they were few and far between. That would be the area around present day Elizabethton, TN. And, there could have been some NC Tory families hiding out in the woods. Claiborne County is the TN county were the Gap is located. It is highly unlikely there are public records in Tazewell, the county seat, supporting births, deaths, marriages from this very early period prior to statehood. The state archives in Nashville may have them if they exist. I'm a Roberts descendant and looking for the parents of the John Roberts from Greene County that married Rebecca Susong. He was born about 1790 and lived all his adult life as far as I can tell in Greene County before dying there in 1870. He's buried in the Susong Memorial Cemetery. Judy