East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
Lawrence Glaze was born about 1776 and was the son of Lawrence Glaze and Ella Wilson.
Lawrence married Hannah Humphreys on October 11, 1809. The ceremony was performed by Robert McFarling.
Their children included:
Mary Ann (Polly) Glaze (1811, married Solomon Wilson)
Hannah died and he married Hannah's cousin, Elizabeth Humphreys. Their children included:
William Buford Glaze (1818, married Elizabeth Clark),
Moses Glaze (1820),
John H. Glaze (1823),
Lawrence Rutledge Glaze (1828),
Jane Glaze (1829),
Minerva Glaze (1829, married, Archibald Broyles),
Jesse Glaze (1830)
Humphrey Glaze (1832),
Caroline Glaze (1832), and
George Glaze (1836).
In 1840 the Glaze household was in Washington County, Tennessee and consisted of 12 members
a man and a woman between 40 and 49 - Lawrence & Elizabeth
3 boys born between 1821 and 1825 - Moses, John
a boy and 2 girls born between 1826 and 1830 - Lawrence, Jane & Minerva
2 boys and 2 girls between 5 and 9 - Jesse, Humphrey, Caroline
a boy under 5 - George
Lawrence and Elizabeth started building a one-story, five bay, L-shaped, federal style house about 1845 in Greene County, Tennessee. The house was on the Nolichucky River at the ferry crossing and was made of hand fired bricks.
Lawrence and Elizabeth, died from an illness in 1849 before their house was completed.
In 1850 the Glaze household consisted of:
Rullego Glaze 22
Jesse Glaze 20
Humphrey Glaze 18
George Glaze 14
Jane Glaze 21
Caroline Glaze 18
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.
The Nolichucky River flows through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is a tributary of the French Broad River. During the 1770s, European Americans established the "Nolichucky settlements" in what is now Greene County, Tennessee.
