my family Wetzel's migrated to Greene county Tn for land grants. The Hales also . Jeff there are still several families of Carr's in this area . I believe the Wetzel's and Carr's migrated to this area 1850-1860- from the Shenandoah Valley of VA. Remember Wva was not a state at this time. The Whetsel's-Wetzel's-Whetzel's and Carr's married into each other families late 1700-early 1800's. Go to Google type in JESSIE WETZEL for more info if you choose. Whetsel's and Car's also went to Texas . It is rumored that the Whetsel's that left for Texas was drinking up all the profits from the family business on Bays Mtn. in Kingsport ,TN. It was also said they like to take care of other peoples horses and sell them for their cost incurred in brining them back to good health. (This is of course a family joke) I hope!!! Robert Whetsel Radford, va. ----- Original Message ----- From: ffejlny@juno.com<mailto:ffejlny@juno.com> To: wvhardy@rootsweb.com<mailto:wvhardy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] Greene County TN Can anyone tell me why families left Hardy Co. for Greene, County TN? Don Young I believe that Greene Co, TN, was also bounty land given to those who had fought in the Revolution. I cannot find any war record for my wife's Hale family who got requested and got their land from NC. Frederick Hale got his land in East Central TN when it was all Greene Co. He ended up in Athens, McMinn Co. Jeff Carr of TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message