In a message dated 3/23/02 1:12:04 PM Central Standard Time, kssooners@earthlink.net writes: > Holston River in North > Carolina (later Tennessee). Just a head's up -- many of the settlers in this area were from, and identified with, Virginia. Deeds and marriages were frequently recorded in Washington Co, VA. So if you haven't looked there, it might be an avenue. Also Sullivan Co., TN. See these county sites at www.usgenweb.com. Anne