Good Morning, I was going through the tax records of Pitt County, NC last night and something struck me as being not quite right. In both the 1762 and 1763 Tax Records of Pitt County, NC they have two entries for DANIEL (White, Slaves, total) . Thomas DANIEL, William BUTLER and Josiah DANIEL (3,2,5) Robert DANIEL, Esq. (1,4,5) . More interesting are the entries for the CASONS and CANNONS: Henry CASON (1,0,1) John CASON, Zacharia PINKET, Thomas PINKET (3,1,4) William CASON, Hillary CASON (2,0.2) William CANNON (1,0,1) Samuel CANNON (1,0,1) This entry really interests me because he end up later end up in Greene County, NC, later. Richard EVANS (1,12,13) How about these entries: William Daniel PINKET (1,1,2) William LANEAR, Michael ELLIS (2,7,9) William STOKES (1,0,1) Those persons who had the Esq. attached to their names. Robert DANIEL - Entry: Robert DANIEL Esqr. (1,4,5) Benjamin BOWERS - Entry: Benj, BOWERS Esqr. (2.0.2) John HARDEE - John HARDEE Esqr. (1,7,8) George MOY - Entry: George MOY Esqr.(1,3,4) Edward SALTER - Entry: Edward SALTER Esqr., Edward SALTER, Jr, Robert SALTER (3,31,34) Edward STAFFORD - Entry: Edward STAFFORD Esqr. (1,3,4) Abraham TYSON - Entry: Abraham TYSON Esqr., Joel SUGG, Allen SUGG (3,12,15) John TYSON - Entry: John TYSON Esqr., Samuel TYSON (2,2,4) Notice: Robert DANIEL is not listed as Robert Lanier DANIEL. I know this Robert had many deeds with George MOYE. I think all of these folks are probably related in various ways. The SALTERS and the CASONS were all over each other. Edward SALTER born ABT 1735 married an Ann BONNER b. ABT 1740 from Beaufort County, NC. John HARDEE (1707-1784) is an interesting fellow. He married Susannah TYSON. Look at this deed. <<< 29 Apr 1783 | John Cannon => Farnifold Cannon, son | 140 A; Ð50. Former owner: Col. John Hardee. | Bk.I-103 >>> Farnifold is a big name in the Timothy GREEN (he married a FARNIFOLD) family of Northumberland County, VA, later, New Bern Craven County, NC. Their son, Farnifold GREEN, Sr. married a Hannah KENT and their son, James GREEN, Jr. married Mary GRAY and their son was Col. Joseph GREEN who married Sarah WHITFIELD, d/o William Jr. and Rachel BRYAN and 1st cousin of Elizabeth WHITFIELD who married Aaron DANIEL. The KENTS are tied to the WADSWORTHS who, in turn, are tied to the WISE family of Greene County, NC. All of this bunch smells to me to be of the same collateral bunch but we do not have it laid out, correctly, in my opinion. The one thing I noticed about all of these Esqr. folks, is they were all in their later years - 40-50 years of age or older. The William Daniel PINKET connection also makes me I wonder if the CASON-DANIEL relationship went back to Princess Anne County, VA, where CASONS and CANNONS were from and this Robert DANIEL is not out of the Tyrrell County, NC DANIELS but one from that area. Does anyone have any thoughts on this bunch? . John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA