This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murray, Jones, Norman, Crook, Glaze, etc. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ic.2ADI/757.1 Message Board Post: Their is a land transaction in 1797 for a James McCorkle. The 1800 census compiled by Frank Parker Hudson lists James and John McCorkle as landowners in Lincoln County. Since they probably were in what was Wilkes County before 1796, you might also try looking there.