Red River Settlers

This book deals with the northern half of Montgomery Robertson and Sumner counties Tennessee which was incorporated from the Mero District of North Carolina in 1796. It consists of a collection of county state church and family records and also contains genealogies of Red River families developed from a wide variety of sources including cemetery records Bible records military records and private papers as well as from records of deeds wills and marriages. A substantial portion of the book derives from private family records many of which were subsequently lost or destroyed and as a result Red River Settlers comprises a collection of genealogical materials that is largely unique. The genealogies covering some ninety-five families comprise the largest section of the work and provide an enumeration of births marriages and deaths in successive generations with a good measure of biographical data. Besides the genealogies this work contains valuable lists of militia officers pensioners and overseers of roads as well as a lengthy chapter featuring numerous sketches of early Methodist pioneers and pioneer families of Middle Tennessee. The full-name index contains references to some 6500 persons.