>I found the following article in a book called "Tennessee Tidbits-1778-1914, >Vol III" R929.3768 F524 t 1986 V.3. It proves that you need to check all >kinds of spellings. I had never thought about Cogby until now. the only >reason I found it was that the name Cozby is also in the article. > > " COGBY, JOHN >snip> Thanks for sharing this information with us, Wadene. I had not seen this variation of spelling either. I was looking at some of the early Guilford County records recently and noticed they spelled the name CORSBIE in some of them. It is helpful to see all these variations in spelling so we will all know what to be sure to check for! Wanda