In a message dated 09/08/2003 8:56:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jimgilmer@alaweb.com writes: > Great info on Forrest. One error, though; the part that says "About 1740 > moved VA. to a colony in N.C. settling in what > would become Orange County when the state was admitted to the Union." is > obviously lin error. NC was an original colony, and as such, was never > admitted to the union". Yes, NC was, of course, one of the thirteen original colonies, and when you read "admitted to the Union" I think it is referring to the colony becoming a "State," the United States, hence, the "Union." America started out with thirteen colonies the Southern colonies, the Middle colonies, and the New England colonies. There were five southern colonies Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. STATE NAME STATEHOOD DATE/ORDER PRE-STATEHOOD NOTES Delaware Dec. 7, 1787 1 st The first of the original 13 colonies. Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1787 2 nd The second of the original 13 colonies. New Jersey Dec. 18, 1787 3 rd The third of the original 13 colonies. Georgia Jan. 2, 1788 4 th The fourth of the original 13 colonies Connecticut Jan. 9, 1788 5 th The fifth of the original 13 colonies. Massachusetts Feb. 6, 1788 6 th The sixth of the original 13 colonies Maryland April 28, 1788 7 th The seventh of the original 13 colonies. South Carolina May 23, 1788 8 th The eighth of the original 13 colonies. New Hampshire June 21, 1788 9 th The ninth of the original 13 colonies Virginia June 25, 1788 10 th The 10th of the original 13 colonies. New York July 26, 1788 11 th The 11th of the original 13 colonies. North Carolina Nov. 21, 1789 12 th The 12th of the original 13 colonies. Rhode Island May 29, 1790 13 th The 13th of the original 13 colonies.