This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Deal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HiB.2ACI/2752 Message Board Post: My gggf, Henry Deal, lived in Sumner Co.and most of his children were born there, but I do not know exactly where. A map I found of Tn. shows a town, New Deal. Could anyone tell me the history of this town, or any info at all about it? I wonder if my gggf lived there, or if the names have any connection.