This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3251.1 Message Board Post: Mim, There was no Hamblen co Tn until 1870, when it was formed from Grainger, and Hawkins co Tn, and not the other way around. Hamblen co still exists and the co seat is Morristown, Tn. So when your Martins etc went ther in 1820, it was probably Hawkins co, Tn. I have not been able to locate 'Read'.