My SOUTH, MOORE, THOMAS, and JOHNSON roots are in East Tennessee and SW Virginia, centered around Bristol, TN/VA. My mother is MABLE VIRGINIA THOMAS and both of us were born in Dante, VA. My dad ROBERT EDWARD SOUTH Jr. was born in Bristol, TN. The following is data I have on my grandmother OLLIE VIRGINIA MOORE the first wife of my grandfather ROBERT EDWARD SOUTH. Children of JAMES SOUTH and SARAH MOORE are: 1. ROBERT EDWARD SOUTH, b. December 24, 1897, Bristol, TN; d. January 1986, Kingsport, TN. 2. OLLIE MAE SOUTH, b. February 02, 1900; d. Unknown. 3. HUBERT L. SOUTH, b. October 21, 1902, Bristol, TN; d. April 12, 1981, Bristol, VA. R.E. South is my grandfather. My grandfather's last occupation was as Manager of the Kingsport Laundry. He is buried at the East Lawn Cemetary in Kingsport, TN. My grandmother is OLLIE VIRGINIA MOORE daughter of NATHAN MOORE and unknown. In the 1910 Census for Sullivan County I could not make out the name of Nathan Moore's wife, it did not look like "Alice" though and it could have been "Jennie". She was listed as being born in VA. and her age was 48. She was the mother of 7 children with 6 living. There are 6 listed in the census, Claude may not have been born yet. Mother & father listed as being born in VA. I believe her surname is ORENDUFF and not ARENDUFF as transcribed In the "Sullivan County Tennessee Marriage Records 1863-1893" by Shelia Hunt, The names are so similar that I think it must have been misunderstood. Looking in the book by Shelia there are additional Orenduffs that were married in Sullivan County but only one Arenduff. The other Orenduff was Alice who married Nathan T. Moore on 10/9/1883. The similarities of these two marriages make me wonder how if at all these two couples may be related or if they may be the same people with mixed up dates. The 1910 Census had them married 21 years putting their marriage date about 1888 or 1889. The Sullivan County, TN marriage record of December 26, 1888 for Nathan Moore and Jennie Arenduff fits the census data. In the 1910 Census for Sullivan County he was listed as being born in VA. and his age was 58. Mother & father listed as being born in VA. Nathan's occupation listed as Wagon Driver. Children of NATHAN MOORE and JENNIE ORENDUFF are: i. MITTIE2 MOORE, b. 1890, Tenn. ii. RAY MOORE, b. 1892, Tenn. iii. GALON MOORE, b. 1899, Tenn. iv. IRENE MOORE, b. 1902, Tenn.; m. PEARL L. DAVIS; b. August 01, 1891; d. June 1970, Bristol, VA. v. OLLIE VIRGINIA MOORE, b. June 03, 1903, Tenn.; d. July 11, 1961, Bristol, TN. vi. WILLY MOORE, b. 1905, Tenn. vii. CLAUDE MOORE, b. Aft. 1910, Tenn. OLLIE VIRGINIA MOORE was born June 03, 1903 in Tenn., and died July 11, 1961 in Bristol, TN. She married (1) ROBERT EDWARD SOUTH October 04, 1919 in Sullivan County, TN, son of JAMES SOUTH and SARAH MOORE. He was born December 24, 1897 in Bristol, Sullivan County, TN, and died January 1986 in Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN. She married (2) FLOYD COMBS. He was born June 01, 1899 and died July 12, 1989 in Bristol, TN. Children of OLLIE MOORE and ROBERT SOUTH are: i. ROBERT EDWARD JUNIOR SOUTH, b. August 01, 1920, Bristol, TN. Still living in Bristol as of this date 11/7/1999. ii. ALBERT LEE SOUTH, b. July 25, 1922, Bristol, TN; d. August 11, 1982, Kingsport, TN; m. LOIS UNKNOWN. iii. HOWARD MARSHAL SOUTH, b. October 14, 1924, Bristol, TN; d. May 04, 1995, Johnson City, TN; m. GLADYS UNKNOWN. iv. PATSY LOUISE SOUTH, b. January 15, 1927, Bristol, TN; d. July 09, 1929, Bristol, TN. v. BERNICE SOUTH, b. June 20, 1929, Bristol, TN; d. August 25, 1994, Bristol, VA; m. BILL WORLEY, Unknown, ?. vi. SHIRLEY ANN SOUTH, b. September 27, 1932, Bristol, TN; m. (1) ALLEN UNKNOWN; m. (2) FRACKER. Still living in Roanoke, VA as of this date 11/7/1999. My father is R.E. South Jr. My Aunt Shirley and he are the only survivors at this date. Fredrick Thomas South Goose Creek, SC