Robert
Tunnell
Born in Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Tunnell
and Mary (Maysey) Tunnell
Brother of
John Tunnell, William Tunnell Jr, Catherine (Tunnell) Coulter, Nancy Tunnell, Lettice (Tunnell) Worthington, Elizabeth (Tunnell) Roberts, James Tunnell, Polly (Tunnell) Leib, Calvin Tunnell, Luther Tunnell, Stephen Tunnell and Sally (Tunnell) Miller
Husband of
Elizabeth Susan (Johnson) Tunnell
— married
about 1802 in Knox, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 64
[location unknown]
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Robert Tunnell served for Tennessee in the War of 1812
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Biography
In 1792, the Tunnell family moved to Robertsville, North Carolina (which is now Tennessee). Then he moved to Knox county, Tennessee, where he married Elizabeth Johnson in 1802. They had 10 children: Matilda (married William Reagan), Susan (married unknown Johnson), Eliza (married Benjamin Bartlett Cannon(, James W, Noble J, William, Mary Louise, Harriett (married Rev William Harle), Emily Jane Mortimer, married James Wyley Harle), Nancy (married Dr James B Vaught)
Served in the War of 1812 and the Indian Wars. Appointed an Indian Agent. In 1837 he served as the Hamilton county surveyor.
After 1845, he and his wife Elizabeth had visited one of their daughters in Texas and were on their way home, when they were both killed on the state line between Arkansas & Indian Territory.
Robert was born in 1782. He passed away about 1847.
Sources
- http://smithbonner.com/getperson.php?personID=I31780&tree=SmithKyle
- Record Url: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48263/images/NotableSoFamiliesI
001090-236 Source Information Notable Southern Families. Volume III [database on-line]. Original data:
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
S (Billingsley) Mosher 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A613428 [compare], Ancestry member dooney560
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Daniel Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch T393332 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T393332 [compare], Ancestry member calvinchobbes
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T393332 [compare], FTDNA kit #715219
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T393332 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T393332 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch T393332 [compare]
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~1.56%
Pat (Rawlings) Moore :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Bobbie Ann (Todd) Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZU8703965 [compare], Ancestry member BobbieAnnAnderson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal bandersontx, FTDNA kit #524259
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~1.56%
John Mergendoller :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Dianna (Teague) Curtis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dianna75075
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~1.56%
Kathryn (Middleton) Wenzel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T658838 [compare], FTDNA kit #486032
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~0.78%
Lenny Darnell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M623536 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A931011 [compare], Ancestry member CatesDarnell
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B12538
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~0.78%
Carol Simons :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Carolcaldwell54
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Amanda Sherwin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A683079 [compare], Ancestry member amsherwin
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Charles Sherwin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HH8937723 [compare], Ancestry member chazzs27
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~0.78%
Lindsay Livingston :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Livinlg
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Kay Lynn (Curtis) Rhodes :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kaylynnrhodes65
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Tunnell-377 and Tunnell-194 appear to represent the same person because: My mistake. Please merge the new Tunnell-377 with established Tunnell-194. Thank you.
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