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{{Main|Knox County, Tennessee}}  
{{Main|Knox County, Tennessee}}  
=== DNA  ===
{{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. <br>
*'''[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 [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groups21thru29.htm online]&nbsp;(labeled Group No. 25), genealogical description available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/earliestancestorsGroupsOnethru50.htm online], courtesy: [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/overview.htm Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study]. Matches have been found.
*'''[Brown]''' Multiple descendants of&nbsp;William Brown, b. abt. 1730 of Augusta County, Virginia, d. 1807 Knox County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 12, 25, 37,&nbsp;and 67&nbsp;Marker Tests,&nbsp;FTDNA (Kits 3996, 4020, 12719, 88144, 20243, 61359). Genetic signatures available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groupsOnethruNine.htm online]&nbsp;(labeled Group No. 2), genealogical description available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/earliestancestorsGroupsOnethru50.htm online], courtesy: [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/overview.htm Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study].


=== General  ===
=== 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|Library of Virginia]]. The cards have been digitized and made available [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/aronhime/ online].<ref>[http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/10/12/original-virginia-records-imaged-and-indexed-online/"Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online,"] ''Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog,'' 12 October 2008.</ref> {{CommunityTree}} <br><br>As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Knox+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Knox, Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 90,000 entries. <br> For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:  
'''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|Library of Virginia]]. The cards have been digitized and made available [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/aronhime/ online].<ref>[http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/10/12/original-virginia-records-imaged-and-indexed-online/"Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online,"] ''Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog,'' 12 October 2008.</ref>
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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. {{FHL|974123|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 H2}}.
*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. {{FHL|974123|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 H2}}.
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