Comments on: A Genealogy Place for Tennessee… http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2010/01/04/a-genealogy-place-for-tennessee/ "...reared in the common cause of family." Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jutkey http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2010/01/04/a-genealogy-place-for-tennessee/comment-page-1/#comment-113 jutkey Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:34:16 +0000 http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/?p=91#comment-113 Arlene Your blogsite is fantastic. My family has an East TN/West NC conundrum. Our research takes us to a Captain John Key who was supposedly the son of Moses Key, Jr., from the Quaker Moses Key line in PA. Reputed Key Researcher Julia Lane states that he was a captain in the Rev. War from "Washington County, NC" which we understand to be West NC/East TN territory. A Key family certainly settled that area, mostly in Greene County around 1790 and after. Although this John Key has both a SAR and DAR record, we've been unable to retrieve any military documents for him or locate him and other Keys there until after 1790. The first we find John Key is in Greene County where he obtains 100 acres on Lick Creek in 1794. Julia Lane mentions "family papers" when talking about John's children, so we think that perhaps this is where she gets his military and other information as well. We also know that Julia Lane put in lots of requests to the government for military documentation on those she was researching. Any help or guidance on where to look for the Washington County or "District" records... whether military, tax, land records, petitions, etc.? Will appreciate anything you have to offer! Thanks! Arlene
Your blogsite is fantastic. My family has an East TN/West NC conundrum. Our research takes us to a Captain John Key who was supposedly the son of Moses Key, Jr., from the Quaker Moses Key line in PA. Reputed Key Researcher Julia Lane states that he was a captain in the Rev. War from “Washington County, NC” which we understand to be West NC/East TN territory.

A Key family certainly settled that area, mostly in Greene County around 1790 and after. Although this John Key has both a SAR and DAR record, we’ve been unable to retrieve any military documents for him or locate him and other Keys there until after 1790. The first we find John Key is in Greene County where he obtains 100 acres on Lick Creek in 1794. Julia Lane mentions “family papers” when talking about John’s children, so we think that perhaps this is where she gets his military and other information as well. We also know that Julia Lane put in lots of requests to the government for military documentation on those she was researching.

Any help or guidance on where to look for the Washington County or “District” records… whether military, tax, land records, petitions, etc.?

Will appreciate anything you have to offer! Thanks!

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