Clear DayWho was the first PEERY (s) to settle in present day Tazewell County? Were there several PEERY families in early Tazewell co who were not related to each other? Did the spelling EE develop after they came to Tazewell? Where did they come from before coming to Tazewell? I'm descended from Rebecca PEERY shown below and Archibald Thompson. But the information below is all I have for that line. Can anyone enlighten me? 1-Thomas PEERY (abt 1715-1762) sp-Mary (-) . . . . . 2-George PEERY (Jul 12, 1755-Nov 9, 1830) . . . . . sp-Martha DAVIDSON (1757-Nov 21, 1836) . . . . . . . . . . 3-Rebecca PEERY (Jul 2, 1778-Nov 12, 1836) thanks, Robt Perry robertperry@citlink.net -------------------------- Judy- My Tazewell roots are on my mother's side and include the names Ward, Bowen, Thompson, George, McCall and of course PEERY [ with 2 e's]. The [ ONE E ] PERRY side of my family was in Pickens county, SC [Pendleton District] after 1800. I descend from Jesse Perry and his wife Johanna Cooper who were both born 1776-1780 and died in the 1840's in SC. Johanna was born in Henry county, VA [ near present day Martinsville ] and there is some unproved evidence that Jesse was also. We have not found jesse's parents. We are at a dead on Jesse, but Johanna's paents were Thomas T. Cooper, Sr and Elizabeth Rea who were married Henry county before 1788. Several other families who married in SC to Jesse's & Johnanna's children were Pilgram, Jameson, Mauldin, & Johnson, and they seem to have Hnery county roots as well. Possibly some or all these families migrated together from Henry county, VA to Pendleton District, SC in the 1790's. It is entirely possible to speculate some of Jesse Perry's siblings and cousins moved westward toward Tazewell and your Nancy Perry could have come from that family. If we are to ever find out more about jesse Perry, I believe that information will come from research into the colateral lines of jesse. If you have any information that your Nancy had any connection to Henry county or the names I've mentioned above, I would love to hear back from you. thanks- Robt Perry