Benjamin Merritt, ca 1780 E. Tenn.
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Benjamin Merritt
1/13/02
Bays Mountain outside Kingston, Tenn. is today a beautiful nature preserve.
In the 1770s, it was settled by the earliest settlers in Sullivan County Tewnn.
From an old article on the settlement -
"Benjamin Merritt had 200 acres (on Bays Mt.)known as The Old Dillingham Place. Vachel Dillingham had land very eary on the Horse Creek side of Bays Mointain ..."
- Ken
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Re: Benjamin Merritt, ca 1780 E. Tenn.
Ken Haas 12/12/03