For anyone who might be interested, below is an excerpt from a history of Maury Co., TN. The name Maury caught my eye, as I visited for over 30 years in Williamson Co., TN and Maury Co. was just 2-3 miles from where we stayed. I heard about Abram P. Maury on different occasions. Also, the name, Fontaine, probably ties in. BTW, I subscribe to this mailing list as I have Jenkins ancestors on the Northern Neck that lived in the Warsaw and Montross areas. Valerie Gibbs ---------------------------------------------- The following is part of the history of Maury Co., TN which can be found at: http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/history/historyindex.htm âMaury County, Tennessee History Maury County was formed in 1807 from Williamson County and Indian lands. The Cherokee Indian title was bought at Washington, D.C., on January 7, 1806, for $10,000 and $100 per year annuity paid to "Old Black Fox," who surrendered all claims to lands stretching from Duck River to Alabama. (What is now Maury had been part of that Middle Basin land that the Cherokees, Chickasaws, and sometimes Shawnees and Northern tribes, claimed as their own preserve, defended against trespass by all others). On November 24, 1807, an Act passed at Knoxville created Maury County from Williamson. Maury originally comprised all of Giles, most of Lewis and Marshall, and portions of Bedford, Hickman and Lawrence Counties. Maury County was named in honor of Maj. Abram P. Maury of Williamson County, who was a member of the Tennessee legislature and an officer under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. Maj. Maury was the uncle of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. The first court of Maury County convened in Columbia on December 21, 1807, at the house of Col. Joseph Brown. The first permanent courthouse was a two-story brick structure built in 1809-10 at a cost of $6,990. The second courthouse, a three-story brick, was completed in late 1847. After 56 years in use, the second structure was torn down. and the present stone courthouse was begun in 1904 at a cost of around $100,000. In addition to the county seat of Columbia, some other important towns.......â Oct 8, 2011 08:30:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: Charlene, MAURY and MAUZY are not the same families. The emigrant MAURY was Mathew Maury of Ireland, who had married a sister of John Fontaine, who thankfully left a wonderful journal of his trip to America (mostly all in Virginia) from 1715-1718. I have written about John Fontaine and his journal in two articles (with different angles). One is on line at the Germanna Foundatation's web site under "premium content" which means only memember can read it. The other was published earlier this year in the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine. Though John Fontaine returned to England, married and died there, he did a wonderful job of scouting out the countryside. Two of his brothers, as well as his sister and Mathew Maury, came to Virginia and stayed. The Mathew Fontaine Maury monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond is for one of the descendants. As to MAUZY, I know next to nothing about them except they were in Culpeper County. Craig