I assume you mean this deed, right? If so, do you know how may Eastern NC DANIEL families these names connect to? The BRADFORDS are all over the MARSHALLS, PAULKS, MARSH, LANES (Sarah BRADFORD married Joseph LANE III), GRIFFIN, MOORE, MOYES (Sarah BRADFORD married Capt. George MOYE of Pitt). The KINCHENS are tied to the PETERSONS who are, in turn, tied to the THWEATTS and MITCHELLS. PARKERS and GIBSONS are all over a lot of this bunch, including mine and my 2nd GGM was a LANE. my GGA, Amelia DANIEL married a William P. TAYLOR and a Ransom PETERSON was living with my GGF DANIEL as his overseer in 1860. If this is the Thomas DAVIS that I think it is, Thomas DAVIS, Sr. (1701-1778) of Surry County, VA then it is very important, since this Thomas was the son of James DAVIS and Elizabeth WARREN of Surry County, VA. Anyway, Thomas and Elizabeth's daughter, Mary DAVIS, married Samuel TARVER II of Surry County, VA, later Northampton County, NC. Mary DAVIS's siblings married heavy into the PHILLIPS family of Surry County, VA -- children of John PHILLIPS and Hannah FORT. Hannah was the d/o of John FORT and Elizabeth JORDAN of Surry. Do you want me to tell you who John and Elizabeth's kids married. This whole deed is who's-who in these IOW families, as I see it........ I do not think anyone even commented on the Joseph WATTS name in one of those deeds. Please remember that Josiah is usually derived from Joseph. MS Lucy, are you out there, somewhere? <<< Edgecombe County, NC Book 2, Pg. 273 WILLIAM TAYLOR of Edge. Co., Esquire, Sheriff to JOHN LANE, WILLIAM KINCHEN, JR., NATHANIEL BRADFORD and THOMAS DAVIS all of Edge., Co., gentlemen 14 Aug. 1748 for their being security for the sd. TAYLOR land, stock and goods of the sd. TAYLOR Wit: THOMAS PARKER, JONATHAN GIBSON Reg. Edge. Co. Aug. Ct. 1748 B. Wynns C. Ct. page 98 John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <ShuShuFlyPie@cs.com> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] Is this an important deed or is it not? > Ok John.... draw me a picture, please. I've read this before and > something > keeps nagging at me about it. > > Ole Nettles > Annie > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to change the Subject line of your message when you change > the subject of a reply message. > >