Well, we finally know where Jeptha DANIEL was from -- Duplin County, NC, He later moved to Richmond County, GA. <<< Duplin County, NC book 3A 349 (and Timothy Spence) Jephtha (X) Daniel to Isaac Spence, both planters of Duplin Co., 26 Nov 1795, for 100 pds. current money 100A on the NS of Goshen Swamp & incl. part of the place called the Lake Land, beg. at a white oak, the beg. of John Sheffield's land near Pompey's Pocosin & running a direct line to the center of 3 pines, marked formerly Weston Prairses (sic) corner, to Hart's line, to a pine the beg. of the land John Hart sold to Jesse Cook & which the sd. Spence now lives on, being half of a patent granted to Jesse Barfield 1 Apr 1780 & conveyed through several hands unto sd. Daniel. Wit: Stephen Jones, Timothy Spence. July Ct. 1796. >>> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA