Knox County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies

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DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Knox County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Brown] Descendant of John Brown, b. 1799, d. aft 1860 of Knox County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 7512). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 25), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.
 * [Brown] Multiple descendants of William Brown, b. abt. 1730 of Augusta County, Virginia, d. 1807 Knox County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 12, 25, 37, and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 3996, 4020, 12719, 88144, 20243, 61359). Genetic signatures available online (labeled Group No. 2), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study.

General
Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online. As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Knox, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 90,000 entries.

For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:


 * East Tennessee Historical Society. First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000..