Is anyone researching the surnames Murray or Clendening from Sumner County, TN? I am searching for early Murray/Clendening families (1815-1880) who lived in the Shackle Island area. The names are associated with Dorris, Bruce, Hogan, Wix / Wicks, Honeycut / Honeycutt etc. families who lived in or around District 9. I have been helping a cousin sort and identify his Murray family. The farthest ancestor we have been able to identify is Jonathan Murray who married Rachel Dorris, dau. of Samuel Dorris. Jonathan and Rachel had children: Elizabeth m. Anderson Wix / Wicks, Alsey Murray m. Mary "Polly" Garrison, Daniel Hiram Murray m. Harriet Swift, Samuel D. or B. Murray m. Mary Ann Clendening, Simpson Murray m. Sarah Ann Honeycutt, William Anderson Murray m. Narcissa Emily Hogan, and Rachel Murray Murray m. James F. Clendening. William Anderson Murray and his wife Narcissa both died young, but left two daughters: Martha Elizabeth Murray m. William Thomas Benning Clendening and Sarah Catherine Murray m. Columbus Bruce. Do these names strike a bell with anyone? Danene Vincent