I found this in an on line database and I think it may have been posted before. If not then I did not want to take a chance and miss it. There are some other Dover records there as well. They are references to pensions filed for by Dovers. I will collect and post them if there is any interest in them. Someone may already have them or have posted them to the list though. http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/default.htm Database SourceState Records A Hammond, John. Bladen Co. Title:Hammond, John. Bladen Co. Provenance:Class: State Records [Collection] Group: Secretary of State Record Group Series: Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey Box: Bladen County, A-W; Bute County, D; Chowan County, B-S Years:1750, 1752 Creator: Secretary of State, Office of Granville Proprietary Land Office Secretary, Office of the Call Number:S.108.270--S.108.283 Location:MFR MARS Id:12.12.8.14 (Folder) Genres / Forms:Warrants, Plats, Plats Scope / Contents:Warrant: 1751 October 3. 300 acres. Descriptive references for land: Cane Creek, Haw River. Plat: 1752 February 21. 200 acres. Descriptive references for land: Haw River, Cane Creek. Surveyor: Richard Caswell. Chain carriers: Zacharian Martin, John Dover. Grant not ripened. Index Terms:Geographic Names: Bladen County Cane Creek Haw River Personal Names: Hammond, John Caswell, Richard (1729-1789) Martin, Zachariah Dover, John Sharon Dover Romanek Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, soft and still, "Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will ?"-----------