Ancestors Who Settled Northeast Tennessee Including The Watauga Settlement.
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“IT IS REQUIRED THAT YOU PROVIDE NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF ANCESTORS WHO WERE IN THESE AREAS PRIOR TO 1850 TO BE ACCEPTED! We are using DNA to help us locate family members to further our research. We encourage members to interact and post findings! All that is required to join this Gedmatch Project is that you have ancestors who settled in: The Watauga Settlement, Anderson, Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Roane (no longer exists), Sullivan, Unicoi or Washington Counties in Tennessee before 1850. (We are cutting off at 1850 because that’s the first census that lists all family members. I know William Bean’s family is listed as the first permanent family to settle in Tennessee in 1769 but Bean, Blevins, Duggars, Grear’s, Wallen’s, and other families were in this area before the 1750’s as Long Hunters. Julius Dugger and Andrew Greer were the first white men to settle in the Watauga County. They settled about three miles above the present town of Elizabethton. The first permanent settlement in Tennessee was made in 1769 on Boones Creek by Captain William Bean, and his wife Lydia.) Other less documented families were also in the area as LongHunters began moving their families into the fertile valleys. We would love to know who these families were! Gedmatch Posts MUST OMIT EMAIL ADDRESSES! Gedmatch Posts MUST INCLUDE SURNAMES YOU ARE RESEARCHING AND YOUR GEDMATCH NUMBER! So your post should be of your matches and then please add your known surnames in the post so folks have an idea who you are related to. ALL MEMBERS MUST BE POLITE AT ALL TIMES! FRIENDLY Discussions/Disagreements are welcome but abuse of Members will NOT be tolerated. PLEASE PARTICIPATE AND FEEL FREE TO ADD ANY ARTICLE, COURT DOCUMENT, GRAVE SITE, etc. you find regarding families who settled here including where their descendants moved to! This helps other members! NO SOLICITATIONS, SPAM, etc. as that will get you immediately banned! GEDMATCH POSTS MAY NOT BE SHARED OUTSIDE THIS GROUP! Please contact me if you have any questions or issues to report.”
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