[email protected] wrote: > > What confuses us more is the fact that TN was part of a county of NC before > statehood in 1796. So when they said TN, it may have been NC at the time. > When they said NC, it may have become TN later. Hi Linda, Have you possibly run across a good online resource that has a map of the former counties of TN? I believe some were formed from NC, some from VA, and it's all very confusing, like you said. Thanks, Laurie