--part1_0.c5166af3.255df9e3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Betty: I believe that I am also descended from your George CARLOCK, b. 1740, Shenandoah Valley, VA (s/o Frederick, David), listed on page 615 of the book T he History of the Carlock Family, but I cannot yet prove same. (As you know, David and Frederick are listed on pages 436 and 437 of the same book.) My maiden name was CEARLOCK and many of the descendants of my earliest identified CARLOCK ancestor changed the spelling and pronunciation of their surname to "CEARLOCK". Through correspondence I have also found that some of David's son Hanchrist's descendants have used the spelling and pronunciation "CEARLOCK", but I have no evidence that any of Hanchrist's descendants migrated to Mecklenburg Co., NC. (Hanchrist is listed on page 436 of the book.) My earliest positively identified CARLOCK ancestor was George W. CARLOCK/CEARLOCK, b. ca. 1779, NC; m. Rachel LANDERS, 11 Oct 1805, Warren Co., KY; d. ca. 1862, possibly Fayette Co., IL. I believe that his mother or stepmother may have been the Elizabeth who sold 124 acres in Warren Co., KY, in 1818. I believe that your George CARLOCK (s/o Frederick, David) is a very likely candidate for the father of my George. Here is the evidence I have to support this: 1. The book says that George (s/o Frederick, David) was born in 1740 and died in Mecklenburg Co., NC, in 1815. It seems unlikely that his eldest child would have been born in 1785 as the book states. 2. The book says that George (s/o Frederick, David) "appears in various records as Caerlock, Cerlock, Cerlough, and Kerlock." These variations of the surname are consistant with the pronunciation of my maiden name "CEARLOCK". My branch of CEARLOCKs pronounces the "Cear" like you would pronounce "car" in "carrot". However, I have also heard other family members use a pronunciation more similar to "Kerlock". 3. My George is known to have had LANDIS/LANDERS and GUTKNECHT/GOODNIGHT in-laws in Mecklenburg Co., NC. In fact, I would very much like to know who the "Kerlock" is who is referenced in the Mecklenburg Co., NC, court minutes, Oct. 1787 session, Ct. R.s 65, Vol. 2, pp. 166/67. According to the newsletter "Landers' Landings", Vol. 3, #1, July - August 1983, the record was titled "Kerlock & the Landess vs. Joseph Rogers." It ordered Joseph ROGERS to pay a nominal sum of money to "said Kerlock" for the orphans of Christopher LANDESS, deceased. Christopher LANDESS was the grandfather of my George CARLOCK/CEARLOCK's wife Rachel LANDERS. I also have not yet identified Joseph ROGERS. I would very much like to correspond with anyone who has information regarding either your George CARLOCK (s/o Frederick, David) or my George CARLOCK/CEARLOCK (b. ca. 1779, NC). I would also be interested in corresponding with anyone who has any information on individuals with the surname CEARLOCK. Sue Tilleman Live Oak, TX (suburban San Antonio) --part1_0.c5166af3