Dependent upon which version of the 1755/45 tax digest of Orange County you view, there were two John Dover's listed. One of these was a land surveyor, who is listed in some deeds in conjunction with Wm. Churlton, the surveyor responsible for surveying present day Raleigh or Charlotte (I forget which). Parts of Orange became other counties, and John Dover (one or both) was listed also in Mecklenberg, Tyron, Lincoln and other counties which were created out of the early counties or were themselves the early counties. I don't have my material with me at the present time, but Dennis and I and some others put together a document covering early references to land and court documents for John, Zeph, Joshua, Elijah, etc. Then, of course, there was the John Dover who obtained land with the Quaker population in Wrightsborough Georgia (probably one of the John's from Orange County). >>> <Cloversc@aol.com> 04/11/99 02:13pm >>> 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 ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== Some of the information you see may not be verified. Remember to verify sources yourself.