Gene: See Burke Co. Land Entry record #1182 - 12 Dec 1778 for 640A where the administrators Conrad Tipong (Tipps) and George Pope in behalf of the orphan, said Mathias, son of Mathais Barringer, deceased. which included the improvements his mother lived on. Margaret latter married Conrad Tipps (Tipong.) For more on these families see "German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800" Matthais is supposed to have died late summer of 1776 on John's River during an encounter with the Indians. Only Phillip Fry survived to tell aboutit. Lorena "Gene Rooks" <[email protected]> wrote: Does anyone have a documentable date of death for Capt. Mathias BARRINGER? Was it 1776 or 1779? thanks, Gene in Gotha ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== 781,000+ surnames =|= Archives =|= 16,100 discussion listss Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.