===================================================================== Match: Boles Source: [email protected] From: Marlene Shake Subject: [NCSTOKES] Stokes Co. map: For Fran/France, Kerby/Kirby, Re: Frans/France surname listings: Since you have Bynum in the address of your email - I am assuming that you already have the info from this map on Gray Bynum? If not, I can do the look up for you. No Frans found, France as follows: France, Henry, 1783 purchase in the extreme NW corner of Stokes, approx. 1/2 mile from VA border, and 2 miles from Rockingham County on the East lying on Crooked Creek and very close to the Dan River/VA Road. Neighbors close by: John and Wm. Merideth, John Martin, Joel Ketchum. France, Henry, approx. 8 miles SW from land listed above, 1790 purchase lying on Raccoon Creek, very close to Moores Road. Neighbors: Warham Easley, Sam Stewart and Joel Halbert's Mill. ( The Easley family married to the Deatherage family) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Robert Kirby: Kerby, Joel 1795 purchase, land lying approx. 1/2 mile from the border of Surry Co., NC, SW portion of Stokes, very close to Hollows Road. Neighbors: John Horn, John Hardman, Joseph Kerby, John Boles. Kerby, Joseph, SW portion of Stokes, 1795 Land purchase, just a few houses away from Joel Kerby lying on Boilsfork creek. Neighbors: James Hartmann, James Quillin and John Colvard Tavern. Kerby, Henry 1785 purchase close to Little Yadkin river, extreme SW corner of Stokes - near the border of Surry Co. Also close to Joshua Frost Mill (1744), John Connell, Jacob Lash, about 1 mile from Town Fork Road. Kerby, Edmund, No land listed, but listed on the 1790 Tax list for Stokes Co. with 640 acres. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Roger Reedy: Douglas (none found), Hill Hill, Samuel 1792 purchase on Hawkins Mill Creek, few miles from Rockingham Co., lying between Town Fork Road and Moore's Road that run N/S. Neighbors: Harmon Hawkins, Wm. Merideth, Wm. Boyd. Hill, William, 1763 purchase, close to Martin's RockHouse 5 miles from Surry Co. border, very close to Rockhouse Branch Creek and Middle Fork Creek, maybe 1/2 mile from Quaker Road and Jack Martin 1770 "muster ground". This Rock House was used during the Revolutionary War. Neighbors were: Charles Mitchell, John Hix, James Bennett. Hill, William, 1770 land grant by Neatman's Creek and Townfork Creek, 1/2 mile from the Stokes/Forsyth border. Neighbors: Morgan Davis, Henry Frey, Jacob Lash, Ann Hampton. Hill, William, 1784 land grant, maybe 6 miles from 1770 land grant listed above, lying on Ashcamp creek. Neighbors: Patrick Mullins (1759 grant), Daniel Poindexter. Hill, Jesse, 1787 purchase by Bull Run creek, SE portion of Stokes, Townfork Settlement area. Neighbors: Andrew Roberson, Peter Fulp, Gray Bynum, Dan Hill, Nathaniel Watson. Hill, Dan, 1787 purchase SE portion of Stokes, Townfork Settlement area. Neighbors: Jesse Hill, Nathaniel Watson, Elias Brock. [email protected] wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: NCSTOKES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33 ([email protected]) 2. Re: NCSTOKES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33 ([email protected]) 3. Re: NCSTOKES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33 (Connie Williams) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 06:32:53 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCSTOKES] NCSTOKES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33 To: [email protected] Any Frans or France Families listed on the map ? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:39:40 -0400 From: [email protected] My Stokes County ancestor is Henry Kirby who died in 1790. I have his family names and also know that he got a land grant along he river. Pleasd advise what information you have about his land grant and where it is located or any other information you have of interest. Thanks for your assistance. Robert Wl Kirby ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------