Rowland Family
Information
(last updated
13
August 2009 with new info on the William Farr and
John Davis families)
Our Rowland ancestry (with all
its various and sundry lines) has its ultimate roots in
England, Wales, and among the lowland Scots (whether in
Scotland or northern Ireland we don't know yet). As far as
we can determine, all lines were in North America by the
time of the American Revolution. Nearly all initially
settled in Virginia, with a scattering of families in North
Carolina and at least one in South Carolina.
Once the great migrations westward began after the
Revolutionary War, most of our families chose to move to
Tennessee, where they have resided since the early 1800s.
Most of these settled in middle Tennessee (largely in what
is now Rutherford County) or in Hawkins and Fentress
Counties in eastern Tennessee. Two branches -- the Roarks
and the Grigsbys -- moved to Hawkins County in the early
1790s, even before Tennessee became a state.
Several lines -- the Branhams and Thrashers, in particular
-- lived in eastern Tennessee during the early 19th century
but then moved to south-central Kentucky, where they
resided in Clinton and Cumberland counties. Others (such as
our Lawrence, Wray, and John Davis lines) moved directly to
Kentucky from Virginia in the early 1800s.
We have posted information on over half of our families,
and plan to complete the others soon. Thank you for your
patience!
Rowland
Surnames
Rowland -- Brown -- Underwood -- Windrow
Whitus/Whitehurst --
McCoy
Puckett -- Manor/Maynor --
Blankenship
Branham -- Wright -- Burchett -- Lawrence -- Wray
John Davis -- Hamilton -- Maloney -- Kinkead
Thrasher -- Cline/Klein -- Roark -- Grigsby
Cochran -- William Davis -- Daugherty -- Brewster
Stringfield -- Farr
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