First Families of the Tennessee Valley
What do I have to prove? Two things:

First: You must prove that , before 14 December 1819, one of your ancestors lived in one of the nine counties of Alabama served by the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society: . And,

Secondly: You must prove that you are a direct lineal descendant of the ancestor proving the bloodline in each and every generation.

 
How do I apply? Obtain an application from TVGS and complete the application. Attach your documentation and a $25 check made out to "TVGS - First Families." Send the package to : Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society; P.O. Box 1568; Huntsville, AL 35807-0567.

For detailed instructions on requirements and rules for admission an instruction form will be supplied with the application.

 
: Earliest Ancestors Accepted as "First Families of the Tennessee Valley":

 

Adams, Jonathan

Adams, Rachel McClendon

Allison, John Sr.,

Bayless, John

Bean, William

Beason, Jehu (John)

Bibb, William

Black, John

Boggs, Samuel O.

Bond, Nicholas Pirtle

Bowling, Alexander

Bowling, Elizabeth Walton

Bowling, Elizabeth Worthy

Brandon, Mary Sample

Brandon, William

Brazelton, Henry

Byram, Levi

Chandler, William Robert

Chewning, Thadeus

Childress, Robert Uel

Clem, Adam

Clem, Jemima

Click, Elizabeth Middleton

Cobb, David

Coffee, Richard Smith

Collier, Green

Cooper, Allen

Coopwood, Benjamin

Cowan, Samuel Mitchell

Cox, James

Craft, Ezekiel

Crafton, Temperance

Criner, Joseph

Crow, Thomas Sr.

Culp, Catherine D.

Culp, Fredrick

Culp, Mary Flanagan

Davis, Nicholas

Davis, Samuel

Dedman, James Francis

Derrick, Adam

Ditto, James (John)

Ditto, Josiah

Donnell, Rev. Robert

Drake, Andrew

Drake, John

Evans, Jessee

Evans, Josiah

Fearn, Sarah Bledsoe

Fearn, Thomas

Fielding, William

Finley, William Larkin

Finney, Robert

Garner, John

Glover, Benjamin

Glover, Richard

Graham, Jesse

Greenhaw, Jonathan Jr.

Gresham, Mary Thornton

Gresham, Thomas

Gresham, Thomas Jr.

Griffin, Pleasant

Hamm, John

Harless, Henry Sr.

Haughton, Richard

Hester, Amy Malone

Hester, William H. Sr.

Hewlett, Augustin Andrew

Hinds, Huldah

Hinds, Levi

Holland, Thomas

Holloway, Barnes

Holloway, Jane Tinder

Hopkins, Samuel A.

Hornbuckle, Demaris Amanda

Jones, Freeman

Jones, John

Jones, John III

Jones, John Nelson Spottswood

Jones, Lewellen

Jones, Mary Saunders

Jones, Major William

Lanford, Robert

Law, Wyatt

Lawrence, Elisha

Ledbetter, Joel

Lesueur, Thomas Littleberry

Lindsey, David

Looney, Absalom Jr.

Lynn, William

Malone, Frances Robertson

Malone, Pomphret

Malone, William

Masterson, Thomas Sr.

Mastin, Frances Turner

McKinney, Samuel

Methvin, Levi

Milam, Bartlett

Milam, John Jr.

Mitchell, Mary Collier

Mitchell, Robert

Mitchell, William Thomas

Neel, Eleanor Harrison

Neel, John

Page, Lewis

Patton, William

Penn, Stephen

Pettey, William

Pope, Ethelred

Pruitt, Jacob

Pruitt, William

Pruitt, William Madison

Reedy, John

Reedy, Shadrack

Richardson, Catherine Stutts

Richardson, John David

Richardson, Susannah

Roach, George

Roach, Lavina Faires

Robertson, Samuel

Robertson, William P.

Robinson, Rev. John D.

Robinson, Margaret

Robinson, Priscilla Blunt

Robinson, William

Royer, John

Ryan, Phillip

Sanderson, Elizabeth Grande

Sanderson, James

Scruggs, Gross

Simmons, Reuben

Simpson, William M.D.

Sims, Littlepage

Speer, Elizabeth

Speer, Elizabeth Martin

Speer, Moses

Speer, Nancy Ann Morris

Speer, Robert

Speer, Robert (grandson of previous Robert Speer)

Stout, Abraham

Stover, Elijah

Street, William

Strong, Nathan

Taylor, George William

Thorn, Charnel Hightower

Tipton, Jonathan

Tipton, Samuel

Turner, Nancy Bynum

Turner, Simon

Turney, Joseph

Wall, James Augustus

Wallace, Joel Joseph

White, John Bradford

White, Margaret

Wimberly, Joel

Woodward, John

Wright, Robert

Wright, William

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