Brief Note on Captain John Medearis

Captain John Medearis was a veteran of the American Revolution who settled on a land grant of 3,290 acres in Marshall County, Tennessee. Captain Medearis named his holding "Liberty Valley." He was born in Essex County, Virginia in 1744, served as Deputy Quartermaster General of the North Carolina Continental Army and died at Liberty Valley in 1834.

Estienne Chenault

Estienne (or "Stephen") Chenault arrived in March 1701 at the mouth of the James River near Yorktown, Virginia, and settled in Essex County where he died after 1740.

From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).