Elise: Which James Somers is your ancestor? One James Somers was the brother of Capt. John and the son of George. He died 1820. The other James was the son of Capt. John and the brother of John, Arden and Ira. The latter James gained control of the 2nd land grant to Capt. John for Rev. War service, claiming all 3840 acres in Weakley County. A law suit in Wilson Co., Tn. concerning James grabbing all the 2nd land grant, gives all the descendants of Capt. John Somers, of Caswell Co., N.C, You can look it up in Wilson Co. records, circa 1825 or so. Arden was the father of my George Somers who also moved from Wilson Co. to Weakly Co ( as did his uncle James)> However, my George did not own 3840 acres as did James. But the land he left on the rd to Dresden from Sharon right by New Salem Church is still being farmed by his descendants and Arden's house is still there. Please share with me your descent from this fine American family. Grace On 9/20/2010 10:34 PM, Elise Myers wrote: > Grace > > I am a descendant of James Summers. Any information you have to share would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > Elise > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message