25 year road block in northeast Tennessee
Help!! Several family members have been looking for my 3rd great grandfather's parents. We know his wife, children, where they moved to, and where buried. We just can't get beyond him. He was born 1812 in Mulberry Gap, TN. His mother may have been Cherokee. His name is George Washington Nelson 1812 to 1899. Several of our searchers have died and I am going to be 70 my birthday. If we are going to solve this, we need help. The parents listed in Ancestry and FS are not correct if you follow the sources.
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I suggest you compile your information and post in the Southern States Research group, where folks with experience in the region will support your search.
https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/174-southern-states-researchHope this helps!
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I know that area, the grand Cumberland Gap corridor. My folks are there on both side of VA and TN border.
Might as well consider the possibility of the Melungeon group, too.
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Hi @janie ruthie,
FamilySearch has just come out with a new search tool. It is called full text search and you will find it in the drop down box under search on FamilySearch.
Here is a link with a few videos that talk about full text search and how to use it https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-use-fulltext-search . Good luck with your research.
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Does this part of Brief Life History not help lead to father?
"George Washington Nelson was born in 1812 in Hancock/Claiborne Co, Tennessee, his father whose DNA speculates is John Nelson of Lawrence, Tennessee. John's children are indicated by DNA to be half siblings."
Parents previously added and deleted in change history
Nancy Carrick Redwine Female 1790–1874 MYDL-V69 [Merged KNF4-2ZJ]
Emma Nelson Female Deceased GD64-B7P
George Nelson Male Deceased 277N-YB3
Winnifred Lewis Female 1784–Deceased K8T2-B4B [Merged K88V-7D8]
George Nelson Male 1781–1848 L17L-BN2 [Merged GH9Q-KFQ]
Mary Polly Valentine Female 1792–Deceased P4NZ-4PD [Merged PWXV-6MT] [Merged GH3Z-F2M] [Merged L17G-HY9]
George Nelson Male 1770–Deceased LKFJ-72F
Agnes Forster Female 1770–Deceased LKQD-KL6
John Nelson Male 1788–1858 GRLX-H4K [Merged G4NM-ZGR] [Merged KC4K-SFB]
Nancy Emaline Lybrook Female 1792–1858 9H8Z-55S
John Nelson, Jr. Male 1784–1844 KD1N-XFL [Merged GH3Z-9DP] [Merged GZ6C-CR6]
Talitha Jane Montgomery Female 1788–1865 LZ2K-ZCQ
John Eli Nelson Male 1781–1848 G73L-JFS
Mary Daley Female 1796–1860 KFPF-BNJ
John Nelson Male 1771–1850 GQCS-NR7
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