This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fair, Choate Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pdV.2ACEB/622.2 Message Board Post: I have considerable info on the Joseph Fair/Farr, SR family who arrived in Burke County, NC prior to 1800. He had a son, Joseph, Jr who was born 1777 in Chatham County, NC. Joseph, Jr had 4 sons (per his 1860 will)--Joseph III, who was born about 1804; Ambrose, who was born about 1810 and settled in Haywood County, NC around 1830; Davidson; and Shuford. Except for Ambrose, this group has been hard to trace. There is a Joseph Fair/Farr in the 1820 Haywood census but I have been unable to link him to this group. I believe that Ambrose had a son named Joseph who was killed in the Civil War at Seven Pines but have not had a chance to run this down. There is a Joseph Fair/Pharr in 1850 Carter County, TN who MAY be the Joseph III above but I have discovered NO LINKS to Fairs/Farrs in Iredell County.