While it doesn't note a link to your George, according to the book People and Places of Jefferson County by Muncy: John Webb received a land grant from North Carolina for 550 acres on the south side of Indian Creek. He is thought to be the first white man to permanently settle "in the land of chestnuts". Area later known as Chestnut Hill and is south of the French Broad River. John along with his son Jess, a Methodist Minister, considered themselves Indian Missionaries. ----- Original Message ----- From: <connie.ruffner@edi.gatech.edu> To: <TNJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 12:33 PM Subject: [TNJefferson] William Webb of Dandridge, Jefferson Co > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Webb > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nhB.2ACI/1305 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello. I am looking for the family of William Armstrong Webb (1/8/1869-11/25/1941). His death certificate lists he was born in Dandridge, TN and his parents were Emily Webb of TN and George T. Webb of TN. Emily's death cirtificate (10/15/1845-10/24/1919) states that she was divorced (which I think would have been fairly unusual back then), so no spouse is listed. Neither is a mother, but her father is listed as William L. Webb and she died in Knoxville. (Based on this apparently Emily's father and husband were both Webbs, but I don't know the specifics of this). > > I haven't found anything on a George T. Webb. > > I don't know if there is a connection, but I found a Settlement of Estate for a William Webb of Dandridge, TN. He left several orphaned children. He died 12/14/1829, so this could not be Emily's father, but it lists that one of his orphaned children was William. If so, he would be about the right age to be Emily's father. > > Long shot, but can anyone confirm or deny or does anyone have any other information? > > Thanks. >