I have several unrelated lines that crossed each other's paths in McMinn Co. at one time or another. These are just three: Allen GENTRY b. 1792 TN/SC -d. 1846 Taney Co., MO. He m abt 1815 to Margaret and appears on the 1830 tax lists and census in McMinn Co. He left TN in 1837 settling in Taney Co., MO. Known ch: Allen jr, David and Elizabeth all born in TN and married in Taney Co. I can't find proof of a father for him - lots of guesses from knowledgeable people, but paper trail lacking. John Achilles HONEY - Rev. War Vet - b. abt 1760 in VA was in Claiborne, then McMinn by 1830 and died there aft. 1840. His wife unknown. His known ch: Sarah - she had 3 children but no husband, Stephen b. 1801 TN d. aft 1880 Laclede Co., MO m. Cynthia (James?) member of Shiloh Primitive Bap Church had 10 ch who all moved to Maries Co., MO 1851; John b. abt 1804 TN m. Lucinda Cadle - they're on the 1850 McMinn census with 8 children. Thomas RATLEDGE b. Rowan Co.,NC and wife Marilla Griffith were married in Carter Co., lived in Greene and Monroe Co. and were in McMinn Co. 1860 with 8 children and his mother Sarah Gatton Ratledge living with them. She was #2 wife of James Ratledge Jr. who had died in Greene Co., TN aft 1850. In 1864 their dau Amanda marries a Benj. Satterfield in Maury Co.,TN and by 1870 Marilla & younger ch living with this widowed dau in Louisville, KY . . why? Where is Thomas? Ch: David d. CW; Joseph m. Margaret M.; Amanda mentioned above; Adolphus; James d. bef 1860; Orlena; Daniel; Myram; and John Thomas. These younger ones in Louisville, KY with mother in 1870. Have more information on these families if anyone interested. Pamela Geisler Smith Gresham, OR