Steve I would also check Polk County....there were Robinson's in the Old Fort area many, many years ago. The best source for info online is always the gen web sites www.tngenweb.org/polk www.tngenweb.org/bradley etc etc for each county McMinn and Monroe have wonderful sites with loads of links Then there is the ftp sites with some info on them if you are set up for them ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb or ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com Joyce Gaston Reece, Rootsweb Listminder for South East Tennessee; North East Tennessee; Hembree; Galbreath; Knuckles; Raper & Meigs Co., Tennessee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Robinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: [TNROOTS] S/E TN Question > > My gggfather and gggmother, John and Nancy Robinson/Robison Family lived in > Bradley County TN during the 1870, 1860, 1850 and possibly 1840 census. > Before 1836, Bradley county was Indian territory, and I have no idea where > they lived before that. According to the records that I can find, He was > born in Tennessee and she in Georgia. The area of Bradley County in which > they lived is very near the Red Clay GA area, so that one isn't much of a > stretch. Now the real question comes in where were they before that? > Tombstones say that he was born in 1812 and she in 1822. I did find an > entry for them in the IGI that said that he was born in 1809. In any case, > it was in that time frame! Anybody have any ideas about sources of info > from Rhea, Meigs or McMinn counties. I saw a posting this morning about > some info from the Families of Rhea County, and that prompted this posting. > I would appreciate any assistance anyone could offer. I have a very large > amount of information regarding this line after John and Nancy, but none > before. > > Steve Robinson > Ooltewah TN > > > ==== TNROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >