I wanted to add to the information I posted last week, re Holliman Bennett in Western NC (Haywood County). I noted that I had found a reference to Holliman in the Lenoir family papers at the UNC library. I should clarify why I was looking in the Lenoir papers. My ancestors were Hardiman Bennett and his wife, Permelia (Young) Bennett, who were living in Haywood County, NC, in 1820. I suspect they had been there for some time before that but have not proven at this point. There are very few records for them, so in desperation I looked for records of prominent families who lived nearby. The most prominent, perhaps, was Col. Wm. Lenoir, a hero of the Revolution and owner of property near Hardiman Bennett. So far as I can tell, there was no intermarriage with the Lenoirs. Hardiman is called "Dr." Bennett, and there is a payment to him for $12 in the 1820's, noted in the Lenoir papers, for medical services. However, "Dr." did not mean the same thing in those years, and, in fact, Hardiman was retained by the Lenoirs to look after their cattle. Later, several of Hardiman's sons performed these same services for the Lenoirs, so there was a large class difference. However, the Lenoir papers, which span several generations, contain detailed diaries, records of payments to sharecroppers on Lenoir lands, and many other papers which yield fabulous genealogical information. There are 30-some reels of microfilm to wade through in this collection, but anyone researching that area of North Carolina will be rewarded with tidbits not to be found elsewhere. From these papers, for instance, I learned that Hardiman Bennett's sons were John (b. 1810), Young (b. 1812), James, Mark, and Holliman. I did not have James, Mark, and Holliman from any other source. There were also daughters Polly and Betsy (who married Wood brothers), Francis (or "Fanny") who never married, and another daughter who married a Burnette. These are not referenced in the papers I have researched, but I include them here in case others are interested in this Bennett line. Anyway, I wanted to clarify why I was searching Lenoirs. For others who have hit dead-ends in your research, I urge you to look for the papers of prominent (or not-so-prominent) families who were neighbors of your Bennetts. It is tedious research, but may yield something you won't find anywhere else.