Posted on: Sumner Co. Tn Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tn/Sumner/11953 Surname: PERRY, BLACK, RIPPY, JACKSON, TROUT, DAVIS, POWELL, GREGORY, PARKER, CALDWELL, CARR, BROWN, GIBBS, PURSLEY, BORING, TROLLIETT ------------------------- MALCHAIAH PERRY OWNED A FARM NW OF WALKER'S CHAPEL. DRUERY AND HIS BROTHERS MALCHAIAH, JR, WILLIS, HENRY AND JOHN GREW UP ON THEIR FATHER'S FARM. DRUERY PERRY MARRIED FRANCIS BLACK OLDEST DAUGHTER OF GEORGE G BLACK AND THEY MADE THEIR HOME NEAR HIS FATHER. THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALFRED (SID) SIDNEY PERRY, TWIN BROTHER OF BETH ELIZABETH PERRY, JOSEPH DINK WHITNEY PERRY, MARSHALL BEBE ANNIAS PERRY, WILLIS PATTON PERRY, ANDREW JACKSON PERRY, MARY ANN PERRY AND ELIZA PERRY GEORGE AND MARTHA DAVIS BLACK MADE THEIR HOME NW OF WALKER'S CHAPEL NEAR FRANCIS BLACK PERRY AND DRUERY. THEY HAD CHILDREN LAURA AND TOM THERE AND AFTER GEORGE G BLACK DIED IN 1867 AT 71, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY DECIDED TO JOURNEY BY WAGON TRAIN TO ODIN, MARION CO, IL WHERE A COAL MINE WAS BEING SUNK. THERE WERE 10 WAGONS THAT MADE THE TRIP. NAMES OF THE FAMILIES WERE BLACK, PERRY, DAVIS, PATTON AND TROUT AND OTHERS. DRUERY PERRY DIED AT 75 ON APRIL 24, 1900 AND FRANCIS DIED AT 54 JUNE 17, 1884. THEY MOVED BACK TO CHAPEL HILL FROM ODIN AND DIED THERE AND ARE BURIED AT THE WALKER'S CHAPEL ALONG WITH MOST OF THE PERRY FAMILY. HOPE THIS HELPS, PATTI ANN RIPPY HAIR