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==== DNA  ====
{{DNA}} DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Greene County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested. <br><br>
*'''[Brown]''' Multiple descendants of Benjamin Brown, b. 1807 Greene County, Tennessee, d. 1881 Fulton County, Indiana. Y-DNA 25 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 22271, 35699). Genetic signature available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groups21thru29.htm online]&nbsp;(labeled Group No. 27), genealogical description available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/earliestancestorsGroupsOnethru50.htm online], courtesy: [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/overview.htm Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study].
*'''[Brown]''' Multiple descendants of Jotham Brown, b. 1783 prob. Botetourt County, Virginia, d. 1859 Greene County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 20597, 40665, 40836, 41839, 41841, 72264, 155288). Genetic signature available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groups30thru39.htm online]&nbsp;(labeled Group No. 34), genealogical description available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/earliestancestorsGroupsOnethru50.htm online], courtesy: [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/overview.htm Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study].
*'''[Brown]''' Descendant of Peter Brown, b. abt 1793 Ayrshire, Scotland, d. 1837 Greene County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 43434). Genetic signature available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/group20.htm online]&nbsp;(labeled Group No. 20), 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]''' Descendant of Brown family of Greene County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 30190). Genetic signature available [http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groups40thru49.htm online] (labeled Group No. 44), 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.
*'''[Rader'''] Descendant of Casper Rader (1732-1812)&nbsp;family of Greene County, Tennessee.&nbsp; About 2/3 of the Rader's are in this group.&nbsp; y-DNA of 40 Rader's tested are on Jim Rader's web site at [http://www.rader.org/dna/y.htm http://www.rader.org/dna/y.htm]&nbsp; There are Representatives’&nbsp;of many Rader lines also listed there.&nbsp;
=== 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. 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>  
'''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 [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>  
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=Greene+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Greene (County), Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 150,000 entries!


For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:  
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|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8 H2ff}}. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.]
*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. {{FSC|974123|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff}}. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.]


Books that discuss multiple local families include:  
Books that discuss multiple local families include:  


*Greene County History Book Committee. ''Historic Greene County, Tennessee and Its People 1783-1992''. Waynesville, N.C.: Don Mills, 1992. {{FHL|470786|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.891 H2g}} and Index: {{FHL|470786|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.891 H2g index}}.  
*Greene County History Book Committee. ''Historic Greene County, Tennessee and Its People 1783-1992''. Waynesville, N.C.: Don Mills, 1992. {{FSC|470786|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.891 H2g}} and Index: {{FSC|470786|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.891 H2g index}}.  
*Hensley, Benny E. ''Beneath the Oaks at the Foot of Meadow Creek Mountain, Oak Hill, Parrottsville, TN''. {{FHL|1182167|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8895 D2h}}.  
*Hensley, Benny E. ''Beneath the Oaks at the Foot of Meadow Creek Mountain, Oak Hill, Parrottsville, TN''. {{FSC|1182167|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8895 D2h}}.  
*McAmis, Edward Crawford. ''Tennessee's First Settlers &amp; Soldiers''. St. Leonard, Md.: E.C. McAmis, 2000. {{FHL|1048650|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.891 H2m}}.
*McAmis, Edward Crawford. ''Tennessee's First Settlers &amp; Soldiers''. St. Leonard, Md.: E.C. McAmis, 2000. {{FSC|1048650|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.891 H2m}}.


=== Bibliography  ===
=== Bibliography  ===
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It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
 
*Locate publications about direct ancestors
*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
*Identify publications, to quote [[Elizabeth Shown Mills|Elizabeth Shown Mills]], about an ancestor's "FAN Club" ['''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors]


*'''[Alexander]''' Peterson, Ruth S. ''Descendants of Captain William Alexander and Elizabeth King of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Guilford and Randolph Counties, North Carolina, Greene County, Tennessee''. Detroit, Mich.: Louisa St. Clair Chapter, D.A.R., 1951-1952.&nbsp;{{FHL|345208|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 858657 Item 7
*'''[Alexander]''' Peterson, Ruth S. ''Descendants of Captain William Alexander and Elizabeth King of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Guilford and Randolph Counties, North Carolina, Greene County, Tennessee''. Detroit, Mich.: Louisa St. Clair Chapter, D.A.R., 1951-1952. {{FSC|345208|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Film 858657 Item 7}}.
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=== References  ===
=== References  ===
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Message boards and online family trees can help you learn if someone is actively researching your ancestors. More than 90 books or articles have been published about Greene County's families. Descendants of some historic residents have had their DNA tested.

Main article: Greene County, Tennessee

General[edit | edit source]

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.[1]

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. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.]

Books that discuss multiple local families include:

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online," Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog, 12 October 2008.