My ancestor, John Parchman/Parchment appeared on grand juries in Robertson county, along with his brother, Philip, between 1796 and 1801. There is evidence they arrived in the area around Robertson County about 1787. One of their brothers, Jacob Parchment was scalped by Indians in West Virginia in 1785, probably while they were migrating from Pittsburgh to middle Tennessee. An older brother (Peter) stayed in the Pittsburgh area, where he had been an Indian Scout with Simon Girty and Samuel Brady, and also was wounded with an Indian arrow as a soldier in Ohio during the Revolutionary War. There is a record of a deed in Tennessee County for Isaiah Parchman, receiving the land grant of Edward Parchman as his heir. I am trying to determine the relationship of these Parchmans from North Carolina. John Parchman settled on Guice's Creek in Stewart County in about 1790 or 1801(?). He was on the grand jury of Stewart County in the first year of its formation in 1804. Both John and Philip are listed as members of Sumner County militias in 1794. Philip apparently was acquainted with David Crockett in middle Tennessee and also with Daniel Boone in the Pittsburgh area before the Revolution. John appears to have had 2 wives, perhaps Nancy Herod and Margaret ? It is not clear which one was the mother of each of the children and I am trying to trace the wives/mothers of the family. I wonder if his wife was related to the Herods of Kentucky. Any information would be appreciated. Gerry Parchman Trenton, New Jersey