Well, I got all the council minutes for the year 1766 and have made a most interesting observation in them.... There is no William Coate listed on July 1st of 1766 as having gotten a warrant for 200 acres on Bush River....there isn't any William Coate in the entire year as a matter of fact... However, on July 1st, 1766 a petition was granted to Edward Seaborn for 200 acres on the Bush River...and it says Bush River not Craven County.... I don't recall off hand seeing a plat for a Seaborn...but it was common from looking at these minutes that a plat could be certifed to someone other than the original requester... There is only one entry for the month of August in these minutes...and William Coate's survey was suppose to have been certified the 5th of August I believe it was but this minute entry is for August 23rd 1766 and it only deals with a letter to encourage the manufacture of Silk...and is less than one page in length...this is the only entry for the month of August... Sooooo now I'm wondering if there is a tie in with this Edward Seaborn and William Coate on the Bush River...???? I think there could be a possiblity that this Seaborn petition is the William Coate survey.... Charlotte ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com