This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRC.2ACIB/60.62.65.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have been searching also. Since the Sampson Co. marriage and bastardy bonds were lost that could possibly tell us something, it appears we will never know. My only conclusion is he was a bastard son of a Barefoot lady. I feel that Noah Barefoot, Sr.'s (b. 1725 d. May 1793 in Johnston Co.) daughter Nancy would be a good candidate but have been unable to find any proof.