Sumner County, Tennessee : Abstracts of Wills, Books 1 and 2 (1788-1842)
By Unknown Author.
Description
When it was erected in 1786, Sumner County was still a part of North Carolina. Understandably, its early settlers came mostly from the Watauga region, although many came directly from Virginia. Sumner County was a kind of crossroads in the flow of westward migration, and many families tarried there--or remained indefinitely--leaving behind a wealth of tantalizing records. Some had come only recently from the battles of the Revolution; some even from King's Mountain. The work in hand consists of abstracts of Will Books 1 and 2 in the county courthouse in Gallatin, covering the years 178...
ISBN(s)
0806308257, 9780806308258
