Ok, so today I got curious enough to pull out an Atlas, go to ancestry and rootsweb and try to add more to the mysteries of John #1, York Co. SC, and Hezekiah and Francis J. of Haw River. >From ancestry AIS NC census index it shows a John Dover in Buncombe Co. in 1800, 1820, and 1830. A John Dover Jr. in Buncombe Co. in 1820 (fed. pop schedules) John Dover in Rowan County in 1768 (Early Tax List and pop schedule) AND John Dover in Orange County, NC in 1755 (NC Early Census Index). Perhaps this has been posted before, but I don't remember a post showing a John D. in this area at this time. Haw River, of the time period that Hez, Francis J. and Joshua are place there, would have been in Orange County NC. So, a John Dover was somewhere near Haw River, NC 5 years before Francis, at least, was born. Janelle Dixon