East Tennessee Germanna Descendants Reunion

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Tennessee Germanna Descendants
Reunion, 2008
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Index To This Page:
1. TN Germanna Families List
2. Maps Of The Area
3. Driving Directions
4. Area Lodging


Table of East Tennessee Germanna Families
Tennessee Germanna Families List

The early German settlers in lower Washington County & upper Greene County, TN, were comprised of 3 main groups, but mainly of the 1st group below:

1.  The "2nd Germanna Colony" German families, whose members arrived in Virginia in 1717, from villages in the Kraichgau area of Baden-W�rttemberg, Germany, and who later migrated to Tennessee.

2.  German families from the same general area of Germany as the 2nd Colony, but who arrived between 1718 and later, and settled in the same area of Virginia as the 2nd Colony, then migrated on to Tennesse with them.  (Some of these families were probably related to some of the families of the 2nd Colony, or at least knew of them.)

3.  German families who emigrated from Germany but did not arrive in Virginia, but who migrated later into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.  (Some of these families did subsequently migrate to the Robinson River Valley of Virginia where the earlier Germans were settled, and then migrated on to Tennessee with them.  Others migrated directly from the Shenandoah Valley to East Tennessee at about the same time as families of groups 1 and 2 above.)

4.  The "1st Germanna Colony" German families, of whom some migrated to Tennessee at the same time as the families of the 2nd Colony.

(The surnames are given with the original German spellings (where known) in bold letters and with the "Americanized" spellings.)

Ambergey
Amburger
Aylor
�hler
Back
Bach
Ballenger
Barlow
Parlur
Barlur
*Bayles
Bayless
Bitner Blankenbaker  Blankenbeckler
Pickler  Beckler  Blank
Blankenpickler  Blanken
Plankenbeckler
Plankenb�hler  Blankenb�hler
Bottles
Bortles
Bortle
Bartles
Bowman
Bauman
Baumann
Bright
Beorht  Brecht
Brown
Braun
Broyles  Briles  Brile  Bryles
Briel  Broil   Broiles  Br�yhel
Breuel  Brohl  Bruel
  DeBruhl  DeBreul
DeBrohl
Burgner
Bergner
Bush
Busch
Carpenter
Zimmerman
Castler  Kastler
Geseler
Click  Glick
Klick
Gl�ck  Gleuck
Copp
Cupp
Kupp
Clore  Glore  Cloer
Claar
Klaar
Cook
Koch
Crigler
Kriegler
Critselous  Critselious
Cretselous  Cretselious
Crecelius
Crecelius  Crecelious
Earnest
Ernst
Fellers Fillers Fishback
Fischbach  Fishbach
Fleshman  Fleishman
Fleischman  Fleischmann
Freshower
Froschaur
Friesenhagen G'Fellers
GeFellers
*Guinn  Guin
Gwinn  Gwin
Hafley  Havelich
Havely
Haflich
Halflich
Hanback
Hanbach  Helmsbach
Harnsbarger
Herrinsparger
Hoffman  Huffman
Hofman  Hofmann
Hufman  Hoofman
Hopfman
Holt Huffine  
Huffines  Hufhines
Hofheintz
Holtzclaw  Holsclaw
Holesclaw  Holzklau
Holtsclaw  Holtzklau
Kabler  Cobler  Cabler
Kiebler  Keibler  Keebler
Kibler  K�bler  Kaebler
Kafer  Keefer
K�fer  Kaefer
Kemper
Camper
Keplinger   Kyker
Kerker
Klug Krim  Krimm
Grimm  Grim  Crum
Crim
Kuntz  Kuntze
Cuntz  Coons  Coontz
Coonts  Coonz  Cuntze
Layman
Lehman
Long
Lang Lange
Lotspeich Martin Mauk
Mauck
Mawk  Mock
Meisser  Meiser
Miser  Mizar
Mizer  Myser
Myzer
Miller  Muller
Mueller
M�ller
Motz Moyer  Moyers
Myers  Meyers
Meir  Myer
Painter  Bender
Pender  Benter
Penter  Paynter
*Patton Paultiz Railsback
R�hlsbach  Rahlsbach
Rasor  Resor  Racer  R�user
R�ser
  Reasor  Riser  Risser
Reaser  Reiser  Rieser  Raysor
Rector  Richter
Rictor
Ricker
Rush  Rouse
Rausch
Rousch
Schluchter  Schlucter
Sluter  Slucter
Sluchter  Sluder
*Seaton Sheibley
Sheible  Scheible
Smith
Schmidt
Snapp
Schnepp  Schnepf
Schnepfe  Schnepff
Snyder  Snider
Schneider
Stonecipher  Steinseiffer
Stonecypher  Stonesifer
Stonesipher  Steinseifer
Tanner
Danner
Utz  �tz
Otes  Oats
Oates  Wood
Volck
Folg
Walters
Walters
Valter
*Waddell  Waddel  Waddle
Wadell  Wadel  Wattle
Wedel  Weddle  Weedle
Wayland  Wieland
Weiland
Wyland
Wayman
Weidmann
Weiman
Weaver
Weber
Webber
Wilhite  Willhite  Wilheit
Willheit
  Wilhoit  Willhoit
Wilhoite  Willhoite
Windle
Windell
Windel
Yager  Yeager
Jager  J�ger
Jaeger
Young
Jung
Yowell
Yowel  Owell
�hl  Uhl
Zimmerman  Carpenter

(*The Waddell/etc. family above is of Irish extraction, but its members married so heavily into the East Tennessee Germanna and other German families I feel it should be included here.  I doubt that there is a member of this family from Greene County, TN, that does NOT have at least one Germanna ancestor, probably several.)

(*The Bayles/Bayless, Patton, and Seaton families are probably not of German extraction, but, likewise, they married so heavily into the East Tennessee Germanna and other German families they should be included also.)

If there are any names missing, or if other variations of spelling need to be added, send me an email, and I'll add them.
 

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If you plan to attend the 2008 Reunion, PLEASE RSVP !!!!!    I'm keeping a list of all out-of-the-area visitors, and would appreciate the following information:

Name
Address
Germanna Connections
Number in Party
Any other information you would like to send

(To send me your RSVP, click here, and be sure to give information as indicated above.)

(If you can possibly make it, we WANT to see you at the Reunion.  Start planning NOW !!!!!    Sgt. George, George W. Durman)



MAPS OF THE AREA:   The maps are below, with an explanation of each.

Below the maps are driving directions from Greeneville and Johnson City, as formulated by MapQuest (with a little editing from me).

(NOTE:  The first 3 maps on this page are Thumbnails of the actual maps.  They were created to make this page load quicker.  To view one of the actual maps, just left-click on its image.  If you wish to save the map files to your computer, DON'T do so from the Thumbnails!  You must click the Thumbnail to load the full-sized map, THEN save it.)



Map # 1

Map Nr. 1 is large-scale and shows the Church in relation to Johnson City and Greeneville, TN.  The Church is depicted by a gray star, outlined in red, approximately in the center of the map.
(File size:  600 x 600,  140,884 Kbytes)



Map # 2

Map Nr. 2 is a smaller scale map and shows the Church in relation to State Highway 107 out of Greeneville.  Again, the location is shown by a gray star, outlined in red.  This map will aid those arriving via Greeneville.  Coming from Greeneville on State Route 107, as soon as you see the sign that identifies the Greene County-Washington County line start looking for Jerry Broyles Road on the left.  It's less than a half mile past the sign.
(File size:  600 x 600,  110,531 Kbytes)



Map # 3

Map Nr. 3 is a smaller-scale map and shows the Church in relation to Limestone, just off US Highway 11E from Johnson City.  (This map is quite large in height.  You won't be able to see all of it in one screen and it will be necessary to scroll down.  I tried to outline the route from Highway 11E to the Church in the color green.  (An alternate route from Limestone is shown in pink.  This is the "old" route, which goes past the road to the Davy Crockett Park.)  This map will also help those coming from Greeneville via Highway 107, the Erwin Highway.  (The Jerry Broyles Road from Highway 107 to the church is outlined in blue.)  If anyone wants to print this map, using 8� x 14 paper produces a copy suitable for navigation.  If you use 8� x 11 paper, it will be much smaller and some of the geographical names may not be legible.)
(File size:  600 x 894,  142,894 Kbytes)

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From Greeneville, TN, via TN-107:


From Johnson City, TN, via TN-67 and TN-107:


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AREA LODGING

(PLEASE NOTE:  These lodging listings are several years old!!!!!  I found the original listings on Mapquest.Com, but they no longer offer the service of finding all motels and hotels in an area, regardless of affiliation.  There are others besides those listed, and I'm sure some of those listed are no longer in business.  You'll just have to do a web search yourself to make sure.)


Greeneville, TN:

(To see detailed street map for each motel or hotel, click on its name.)

  1. Days Inn, 935 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy., 423-639-2156
  2. Holiday Inn, 1790 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy., 423-639-4185
  3. Andrew Johnson Inn, 2145 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy., 423-638-8124
  4. Greene Villa Motel, 2370 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy., 423-639-1112
  5. Charray Inn, 121 Serral Dr., 423-638-1331
  6. General Morgan Inn, 111 N. Main St., 423-787-1000
  • (The Andrew Johnson Hwy. is the same as Hwy. 11.)
  • (If you look between Nrs. 4 and 5, you will see a road that turns off from Hwy. 11 [dark gray], and goes through College View and Tusculum.  That is the Old Hwy. 107; go north about 2� miles and you will come to a traffic light at the entrance to the new 107 Bypass around Tusculum.)


Johnson City, TN:

(To see detailed street map for each motel or hotel, click on its name.)

  1. Sleep Inn, 925 Woodland Ave., 423-915-0081
  2. Best Southern Broadway, 2606 N. Roan St., 423-282-4011
  3. Ramada Inn, 2406 N. Roan St., 423-282-2161
  4. Days Inn, 2313 Browns Mill Rd., 423-282-2211
  5. Fairfield Inn, 207 E. Mountcastle Dr., 423-282-3335
  6. Garden Plaza Hotel, 211 Mockingbird Ln., 423-929-2000
  7. Super 8 Motel, 108 Wesley St., 423-282-8818
  8. 11-E Motel, 3500 W. Market St., 423-928-2131
  9. Fox Motel, 3406 W. Market St., 423-928-0267
  10. Capri Motel, 3008 W. Market St., 423-926-2952
  11. Johnson Inn, 2700 W. Market St., 423-926-8145
  12. Hampton Inn, 508 N. State of Franklin Rd., 423-929-8000
  13. Jam N Jelly Inn, 1310 Indian Ridge Rd., 423-929-0039
  14. Wingate Inn, 1304 W. State of Franklin Rd., 423-929-8900
  15. Comfort Inn, 1900 S. Roan St., 423-928-9600
  16. Family Inns of America, 100 Country Club Dr., 423-743-9181

George W. Durman
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