I seem to remember someone asking about the surname "Wade". Marriages of Rutherford Co: Randolph V. Johns to Lucinda Wade, Jan. 8, 1832. I have another notation: Randolf V. Johns, wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Wade., Sr. who died in Rutherford Co. before 1840. This is from the Rutherford Co. Historical Soc. Publication No. 8, Winter 1977: John Wade, Sr. son of John Edgar and Abagail Brawner Wade, was born in 1760 in Fredrick Co., Maryland. He had 2 sisters, Elizabeth and Ann, 3 brothers, James, William and Jessee. John Wade, as did his father, fought in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as a private under Captain John Reynolds in Fredrick Co., Maryland July 18, 1776, re-enlisted May 5, 1778. He served during the War in Captain Bernard Hubley's Co., under Lt. Col. Ludwig Weliner, German Batallion, Continental Troops. His name appears in Register 1783, and on a similar list November 2, 1784. He was married in 1781 in Montgomery Co., Maryland to Elizabeth Offutt, who was born in Maryland. They had 13 children: 1. Mordecai Burgess, b. 4-28-1800, d. 10-30-1886, m. Martha A. Campbell, b. 7-5-1818, d. 9-10-1863 2. Eliza, b. 1803, d. 1840, m. William Snell who died 11-1-1836 3. Elizabeth, b. 1-8-1804, d. 10-21-1886, m. 7-15-1825 to Ed Alexander Cochran 4. John M., b. 1805, d. 1886, m. Harriett Calhoun, 12-21-1826. She was born 1808, d. 1887 5. Richard William, b. 4-1811, d. 1-3-1880, m. Narcissa Frances Neal, 4-10-1844. She was born 12-26-1824, d. 12-18-1905. 6. Annie, b. 11-11-1817, married Billy Timmons 7. Martha, b. 7-21-1821, m. Robert Bumpass. 8. Mehaley or Mahala, b. 3-27-1823, married Elisha B. Vaughn. 9. Jane, b. 11-4-1824, married Isaac Brown 10. Henry C. (bachelor) d. Sept. 6, 1882, no birth date given 11. Lucinda, b. 1-8-32, married Randolph Johns (note per Estelle Hall-in Rutherford Co., TN Marriages 1804-1872 by Edythe Whitley a marriage between a Lucinda Wade and Randolph V. Johns took place on Jan. 8, 1832) 12. Sally, married 1. John Sperry, 2. John Wade (1st cousin) 13. Catherine (Kitty), married Osias Wade (1st cousin) Six of these were confirmed in the will of John Wade, Sr. Sometime prior to 1820 John and two of his brothers, William and James, with their families, immigrated to Tennessee. John and William settled in the northwest section of Rutherford Co. in what is now Bethel-Leana Community. John Wade, Sr. was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Sulphur Springs. He was a highly respected citizen and a man of integrity. He had an eminent ancestry. Four generations back, Zachory Wade, born in 1627, died 1677, and his wife, Mary Hatton, who died in 1678, came as immigrants to Maryland from Warwichshire, England. He was an extensive land owner and a donor of land upon which Washington, D. C. is located. There is a monument in Washington, D. C., on 15th Street, between Constitution Ave. and East Street, erected by the National Daughters of American Colonist, April 25, 1936. It bears the following inscription, "To the original potentees prior to 1700 whose land grants embrace the site of the Federal City. The name of Zachery Wade is among those listed, followed by the date 1670. John Wade, Sr., died in 1840, his wife, Elizabeth, died in 1835 in Rutherford Co. A number of his descendants still live in Rutherford Co., some in the community where their ancestors settled so many years ago.