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.)