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.
Nathan Webb was born in 1784 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was the son of David and Elizabeth Webb.
Nathan married Catherine E. Miller who was the daughter of John Miller and Malinda L. Royston.
Nathan and Catherine's children included:
James Webb (1807, married Polly Elizabeth Smith),
Ruth Webb (1808, married John Emmert),
Deborah Webb (1811, married Felty Devault Massengill),
Priscilla Webb (1813, married John D. Wolfe),
David Webb (1818),
Elizabeth Webb (1819, married Jacob Malone),
Benjamin Webb (1822, married Elizabeth),
and
Rachel Webb (1823, married Joseph Massengill).
At the time of the 1830 census the household was in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The household consisted of family members:
a man between 70 & 79
a woman between 50 & 59
a woman and a man between 40 & 49
a man and 2 women between 20 & 29
a boy and 2 girls beween 15 & 19
a boy and a girl between 10 &
14
a boy and a girl between 5 & 9
a girl under 5
and people they enslaved.
a woman between 36 & 54
a man between 25 & 35
a young woman between 10 & 23
2 boys under 10
Nathan died in 1850 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
