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The BY CH RISTINE R. BROWN and DONALDV.BROWN Ed.D. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS 111 ACKNOLEDGEINT iv PREFACE T1- NA1V AND FAIVIILY OF DUFF •..........xi COATOFARMS Xiii BIOGRAPHICALSECTION XV PEDIGREE CHARTS .. .53 GENEALOGICAL SECTION . 5L1. 1VIAPOFTYRONECOUNTY,IRELAND...........55 MAP OF ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE ..... .. .93 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, ROANE COUNTY, TN.92+ BIBLI OGRAPHY INDEX 1) ABBREVIATIONS a.-ae-age abt. -about 'o.—born bpt. -baptized Capt. -Captain cert. -certificate ch. -child chr. -children Co. —county dau. -daughter d. -died Dr0 -Doctor dectd —deceased Esq. -Esquire h. -husband hrs. -hours inf.-infant mt.-publishmentof intentionsof marriage Jr. -junior Sr. -senior Lt. -Lieutenant Maj. -Major md. —married mo. -month rec.—recorded Rev. —Reverend Rev. W. -RevolutionaryWar s. —son s.r. -militaryservice record unmar. —unmarried w. -wife,week wid. - y.-yearwidow I - ACKNOWlEDGEWENT In making grateful recognition to all the people who have made -thisbook possible, the authors do not mean to withhold their sincere thanks from anyone, even in a small way, who has shown an interest in this preparation. No statments have gone into this history without a careful research of many sources. However, there is no claim for immunity fromerror in statements of facts, spell- ing o± names or dates. Many long years have gone into the compiling of these records. It is hoped by the writing of this record that it will preserve such of the early family records and history as can still be rem- embered or can be found from the various records still available. We have taken great care to prevent errors from happening yet in doing a genealogy it is impossible to avoid ALL of them. Various members of a family have not always agreed upon original facts. Letters, telephone calls and many miles of travel to verify quest- ionable information have gone into this book. To some individuals who could have been helpful, they choose to ignore our request. To these people we offer no apology or regret for any error that they may find. It is hoped that anyone using this book will help to substant- iate with further reference, any additional information or to disprove any connections with DOCUMENTED PROOF. We have searched all available records such as Civil and Ecclesiastical records including: census schedules, probate and orphan court records, vital records (birth, marriages and death) military, pension and bounty land warrants; land and property re- cords, sexton records and tombstones from many cemeteries, lodge and club affiliations, many family bibles, old newspapers and civil and criminal court records0 The DUFF FAMILY has been a very illustrious and ingenuous family. Their life spotlighted segments of Roane and Loudon County, Tennessee in the exciting historical period and presented personal accounts of the trials, tribulations as well as the joys and sat- isfaction of early Tennessee pioneers. Some of the traditional stories of this early family will by necessity remain "family trad- itions" since records to prove or disprove these facts can no longer be found nor verified. The confirming or verifying of these traditional stories does not in any way take away from the fact that these dear people did live, love and suffer and rise from all trials to become a strong and forceful part of the early times of our country. Perhaps the writing of this record is the only moment of real honor that has come to these who people it, and the listing of their names here becomes a memorial of a human heart that lived and loved through some period of time, its pulsations once steady, then ceased to beat and mouldered into dust. Each name represents an individual human life that had its joys and its sorrows, its cares and burdens, its affections and hopes, its conflicts and achieve- ments, its opportunities wasted or improved, and its hour of death. To this we should each be thankful to our Heavenly Father and judge not. If it had not been for them, we would not have been here at this great time. Christine R. Brown Donald V. Brown, Ed. ID. East Second Avenue Magnet Point LenoirCity, Tenn. 37771 PREFACE Arange of mountains forming a lofty rampart, commencing in the county of Aberdeen and extending in a south-west direction across the country, till it terminates beyond Ardmore, in the county of Dum- barton, divides Scotland into two distinct parts. The land south of -this line is called the Lowlands, and that to the north, the Highlands. The general surface of the country is mountainous, yet nowhere excelled for various forms of beauty and sublimity. The inhabitants living within these boundaries were as unique as their bens and glens. From the middle of the thirteenth cent- ury they have been distinctly marked from those inhabiting the low countries. By their Lowland neighbors they were imperfectly known, being generally regarded as a horde of savage thieves, and their country as a wilderness. From this judgment the Highlanders made no effort to free themselves, but rather inclined to confirm it. Thetwo races spoke a different language. The language spoken by the Highlanders was one of the oldest and least mongrel types of the great Aryan family of speech. The Highianders were tall,robust, well formed and hardy. Early marriageswere unknown among them, and it was rare for a female of puny stature and delicate constitution to be honored with a husband. Amongthem there were few bodily imperfections. The division of the people into clans, tribes or families, under separate chiefs, constituted the most remarkable circumstance in their political condition. For the most part the monarchs of Scotland had left thepeople alone, and had but little to do in the working out of their destiny. The ruler of each clan was called a chief whowas really the chief man of his family. Each clan was divided into branches who had chieftains over them. The idea never entered in-to the mind of a Highlander that the chief was anything more than the head o' the clan. The tribesman were strongly attached to the person of their chief. He stood in the light of a protector, who must defend them and right their wrongs. They rallied to his supp- ort. The chief resided among his clansmen and his castle was the court where rewards were distributed and distinctions conferred. All dis- putes were settled by his decision0 His nearest kinsmen became sub- chief s, or chieftains, these counsellors and assistants would act in his behalf in all emergencies. The high sense of honor cultivat- ed by the relationship sustained to the chief was reflected by the most obscure inhabitant. The Highlanders were a brave and high-spirited people, and living under a turbulent monarchy, and having neighbors not the most peace- able, a warlike character was either developed or else sustained. Because they were used to proverty they acquired a hardihood which enabled them to sustain severe privations. In theirway of life it was taught to consider courage an honorable virtue and cowardice the most disgraceful failing. Loving their nativeglen, they were ever ready to defend it to the last degree. Theirown good name and devotion to the clan emulated and held them todeeds of good. The Highlanders are well known eventoday for the high regard they hold for their women. No country in Europe heldwoman in so great esteem as in the Highlands. An unfaithful, unkindor even care- less husband was lookedupon as a monster. The parents gave dowers according to their means, which consisted of cattle,provisions, farm equipment etc., to the newly wed. Wherethe parents were unable to provide, then it was customary fora newly-married couple to collect from their neighbors enough toserve them for the first year of their married life. Marriage vows were sacredly kept. If it were violatedby either male or female, they were made to stand ina barrel of cold water at the church door, after which thedelinquent, clad in a wet canvas shirt was made to stand before the congregation, and atthe close of service, theminister explained the nature of theoffense. A separation of a married couple among the common people was almostunknown. Intheir religious convictions theywere peaceable, never arming themselves wit.h Scriptural texts in order tocarry on offensive things. The principles of Christianreligion were warmly accepted by the people and cherished with astrong feeling. The reverence forthe Creator was in the heart ofeach individual. To a certain extent the religion of the Highlanderwas blended with a belief in ghosts, dreams and visions. These beliefs may havebeen developed becauseof the narrow sphere in which hemoved. causecould not be assigned for a When a reasonable operationsof evil spirits. calamity it was ascribed to the The Highlanders were a poeticalpeople. Their poets, or bards, were legion, and possessed a marked influenceover the imaginations of the people. Many were set to attendance on all important music. The aged minstrel was in death. occasions, at births, marriage and The bards were the historians ofthe clans and in the absence of books they constituted tribe. the library and learning of the The piper was an important factor the earliest period in Highland society. From the Highlanders were fond of musicand danc- ing, and the notes of the bagpipe moved themas no other instrument could. The piper performed hisduty in peace as well as in war. At harvest homes, Hallowe'en, christenings, weddings, and evenings spent in dancing, he was the hero for theevent. Withal the piper was a humorous fellow and hewas full o all sorts of stories. No background of the Highlanderwould be complete without a description of his garb. His costumewas as picturesque as his native home.

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