In a message dated 08/17/2001 2:38:42 AM Central Daylight Time, ronnief@bellsouth.net writes: > I thought that since they were in North Carolina before 1787 Don't let references to North Carolina throw you off. Tennessee *was* North Carolina until 1790 at which time it became The United States Territory South of the River Ohio, and in 1796 it became the 16th state, Tennessee. May I recommend two other books by Walter Durham to help you get a handle on this period of Sumner County history. They are: _The Great Leap Westward, A History of Sumner County, Tennessee, From Its Beginnings to 1805_ and _Before Tennessee, The Southwest Territory 1790-1796_. These books should be available on Interlibrary loan. Walter Durham cites as his source for names of militia members as the Court Minutes, Vol. I, p. 1 at the Sumner County Archives. Carol Wells has abstracted court minutes for Sumner County from 1787-1805 and from 1808-1810. Also, she has abstracted Davidson Co. minutes for 1783-1792. These books are available for purchase from Heritage Books. Both of these books would point you to sources for your James Frazier and others. I'm not affiliated with Carol Wells or Heritage Books but find the Sumner Co. court minutes very useful in my own research. Happy hunting. Joyce