This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UFH.2ACEB/444.1.1.1.2.1.2.2 Message Board Post: This I believe is why I was thinking he had married an Nancy Prior to the Nancy Rockett. The marriage bond for Nancy Rockett is after most of the children were already born. There has not been a bond for the first Nancy. I do not think any of if is certain though. The earliest record found in NC for John Bumgarner are the deed transactions in Mecklenburg Co., one dated December 21, 1762 and another one dated November 16, 1764 for 150 acres. This land was located on Leepers Creek. A number of years separate the date of the deeds found in Mecklenburg Co. from the one dated May 15, 1772, for 600 acres found in Tryon Co for John Bumgarner's deed also on Leepers Creek. Research has not definitely established a relationship between Peter and John, but since they lived in the same vicinity, it is believed that they were related, possibly as father and son or uncle and nephew. We do know that Peter was in NC at an early date, and we do not find a record of John in NC until 1762. There is a possibility that John in NC is the son of John whose will was made in Augusta Co, VA in 1751. Since no probate was found, it is not certain that John died in 1751. But that is the date of his will and the will does name a son named John. In reviewing the records of Augusta Co., Va. we see the John, Jr. heir of John Bumgardner, deceased, sold his property in February 1757, so we do know that his father was dead by this date, and since Peter was in NC prior to this date, there is a possibility that John came on to NC since Peter was there. Further evidence found later, states that John, Jr. died in VA. We know that John and Nancy, were in fact, married; but, no marriage bond has been found; so we do no know the date of matrimony, her birth, death or burial place. So far a tombstone for John has not been found, but we do know that his will was filed in 1819 and probated in 1820 in Licoln Co. John and Nancy had at least 56 grandchildren. Other research has shown that John was born 1754 and died 1819 and Nancy Rockett waas born 1755 and died 1835. Bumgarner, John , Sr. Marriage 1 Nancy b: ABT. 1754 Married: BEF. 1773 Children John Bumgarner , Jr. b: 24 Jun 1773 in Lincoln, North Carolina Thomas Bumgarner b: 1774 in Lincoln, North Carolina Elizabeth Bumgarner b: ABT. 1778 Moses Bumgarner b: ABT. 1780 William Melger Bumgarner b: ABT. 1789 in Lincoln, North Carolina Aron Bumgarner b: ABT. 1784 in Lincoln, North Carolina Absolom Bumgarner b: ABT. 1788 Nancy Bumgarner b: ABT. 1792 Marriage 2 Nancy Rockett b: 1758 in Wilkes Co. North Carolina Married: 24 Jun 1793 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina Children Andrew Rudolph Bumgarner b: ABT. 1794 in Catawba, North Carolina Michel Bumgarner b: ABT. 1804 in Lincoln, North Carolina Hope this helps.