This message is being forwarded to a moderated list. Kathleen Burnett List Mom "Joyce G. Reece" wrote: > Jim > > I noticed on the email you sent concerning your surnames that you have the surname Spears. In Monroe County, TN in the 1830 census > there is a Millie Spears who married Thomas Gaston. I am pretty sure they married in Knox County, TN. I have done years of > research on the Gaston's and still don't know who he is. I suspect he may be a son of Alexander Gaston of Anderson County...the > Clinton area. > > This is a long drawn out story that involves the Galbraiths of the Watauga Settlement about 1770-1780 and later and the marriage of > the eldest dtr to a Gaston then a Dinwiddie. > > I suppose I am writing all this to see if you know anything about Millie and Thomas. > > you will recall that we have spoken about the McMinn County Shields before......... > > Joyce Gaston Reece