When Jacob Arney moved to North Carolina, he had a son, Peter, in the year 1772. Jacob Arney died in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1784.
In 1787, Peter Arney age 15, considered an "orphan" by the court was bound to a John Fullenwider (Fulenwider), until the age of 21 to learn the trade of a miller. Somewhere between 1790 and 1793, Peter Arney moved to Wythe County Virginia, where he married and began his family. Then around 1799-1800, Peter Arney moved again, this time to Tennessee settling in what was Overton County, where he died in 1845.
As far as my lineage it would be as follows:
Jacob Arney to Peter Arney to Matthew Arney to William Irvin (Ervin) Arney to Opha Jouett Arney to Stanley Goble Arney to Jerry Kenneth Arney to myself. I guess, you could call us the Tennessee Arney's because all but Peter and myself were born in Tennessee.

The problem with the Frederick Ernigh connection is, that Frederick Ernigh's son, Jacob, died in Pennsylvania. Therefore a dead Jacob could NOT have possibly moved to North Carolina, and if Jacob (son of Frederick Ernigh) died in Pennsylvania, he certainly could NOT have died in North Carolina as well.

This is where the mystery begins. This Jacob Arney could NOT have been the son of Frederick Ernigh, having said that, we wish to answer the question, who was Jacob Arney the son of? Who were Jacob Arney's siblings, who were his parents, where was he born, where were his parents born, etc.?

Believe me, it would be a lot easier if my Jacob Arney was the son of Frederick Ernigh, because then I would know exactly when my branch of Arney's entered the United States.

Since my Jacob is NOT the son of Frederick, hence the mystery and "brick wall".

But I will be willing to listen to any information you can provide that might shed some light on this subject.