Around 1798, Hugh became determined to capture some livestock thieves who had been selling meat to the butcher in Knoxville. These thieves were brothers by the name of Harp who were recent arrivals to Knox County. They killed a man named Coffee, thinking he was Hugh Dunlap. There were other murders in the region that the Harps committed as well, to no purpose other than amusement. They left the county for Kentucky and left a trail of murders across the frontier rarely seen, until a posse caught and eventually punished them for another despicable crime.
Hugh bought and sold land all over Tennessee, some of which included Cade's Cove and the area near Rockwood, Tennessee which included Oak Ridge, where nuclear material was processed for the world's first atomic bomb 130 or so years later.
He moved his family west on rafts along the Tennessee River about 1826, settling in Paris, in Henry Co. and spent the remainder of his years there. He was the father of numerous sons, all lawyers, prominent in government and the courts of TN, and several daughters, totaling 15 children.
(bio by: Census taker)
Around 1798, Hugh became determined to capture some livestock thieves who had been selling meat to the butcher in Knoxville. These thieves were brothers by the name of Harp who were recent arrivals to Knox County. They killed a man named Coffee, thinking he was Hugh Dunlap. There were other murders in the region that the Harps committed as well, to no purpose other than amusement. They left the county for Kentucky and left a trail of murders across the frontier rarely seen, until a posse caught and eventually punished them for another despicable crime.
Hugh bought and sold land all over Tennessee, some of which included Cade's Cove and the area near Rockwood, Tennessee which included Oak Ridge, where nuclear material was processed for the world's first atomic bomb 130 or so years later.
He moved his family west on rafts along the Tennessee River about 1826, settling in Paris, in Henry Co. and spent the remainder of his years there. He was the father of numerous sons, all lawyers, prominent in government and the courts of TN, and several daughters, totaling 15 children.
(bio by: Census taker)
Inscription
Hugh Dunlap - Susanna Gilliam
They assisted in laying the foundation of civilization in Tenn. from the eastern to the western border and were the parents of sons distinguished in their native state and in LA, Miss. and Texas.
Family Members
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James Rankin Dunlap
1789–1873
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Edith Ellis "Eady" Dunlap Keneley
1795–1862
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Gen Richard Gilliam Dunlap
1796–1841
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Hugh White Dunlap
1798–1849
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William Claiborne Dunlap
1798–1872
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Devereaux Gilliam Dunlap
1800–1826
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John Henry Dunlap Sr
1801–1874
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Susannah H Dunlap
1804–1823
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Charles G Dunlap
1805–1827
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Ellen Work Dunlap
1807–1823
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Polly J Dunlap
1809–1810
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James Trimble Dunlap
1810–1879
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Charlotte Dunlap
1812–1827
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Martha Jane Dunlap Greer
1815–1888
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Ripley Ellis Dunlap Sr
1817–1881
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Bethenia A Dunlap
1820–1839
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