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- Hi Lorrie, I heard the list of Texas sayings on the radio today. Therest of your Mc Cormick message came through as messed up code sothere wasn't anything to read.
I've been in communication with Frankie (Francis Rose) Liles inRichmond VA the last week and she is gung ho on tracking down theearly TN family lines to help her sort out the early families movingout of the Carolinas, so I'm sending her about a three inch stack ofpaper. She already has a ton of stuff from years of searching throughSC and NC courthouses and being a primary Liles contact for manygruops. She is an ardent computer user and is on medical retirementspending all her time researching. We will jointly pay a localresearcher to collect all the land deed records for additionalanalysis. She's the best genealogist I know and extremely tenaciousand I am very excited to have her decide to focus on Roane County,plus Knox and Anderson. She's already in the DAR and Colonial Damesand requires strict documentation. She is possibly the best Lilesathority in the country and her brother and I are only one out of 37mutations apart in the DNA so we probably link somewhere in the1700's. Frankie doesn't think my John Lyles theory will ho;d up as hehad property in Anson Co, NC and our Robert is believed to have comefrom Rutherford Co. She's also going to work it forward a little toverify family naming trends and try to sort out the early groupings,I can bridge you over to your known data after that. I consider thisa boon to our search. I'll keep you posted.........Larry Liles
I'll send a bunch of emails we've been exchanging but we also had along phone conversation last Thursday LEL
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I don't know the reference that you said I had sent you. I'm tryingto do better. I do believe the brother connection is highly possible.And it gives me some concern with regard to the Robert Jr. that TerryLiles is trying to link to as a son of Robert 1759. He could be anephew to Robert Sr. as I don't really see Sr/Jr. naming patterns inthe family. My Thomas Jr shows up with his grandfather as Thomas Sr.
I have a theory that I will try to prove. That is the Rev. Warveteran John Liles that died in neighboring Anderson County, marriedto Nancy Soward, was Robert's father. Assuming old John was movingcloser to older sons, David and Robert. This would make the SamuelLiles, Nancy's son, a half brother. Old John's Rev War records areavailable but I don't know how he ties into the Carolina lines. Haveyou connected this individual?
I have some property record information through a daughter of Nancywho married a Talent and had property dealings in either Anson orRutherford cos with old John that I would like to explore further.
I gathered some more property data for Robert in Roane Co thatidentifies his land near Clacks Gap I drove the area and its on atributary of the Emory River. There is a Big Emory and a Little EmoryRiver. Between Kingman and Oliver Springs. Let me know if you go toKnoxville, what are you working there and in Roane?
Spent my first night in VA last Saturday - will be there againtomorrow or rather tonight start preparing to paint I'm excitedHave Rush family lines to research in Orange and Culpepper Counties
Will move permanently in June after Carl is out ofschool.........Larry Liles
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d. 1848, Roane, Tennessee, United States