Dear Harris Hunters,  In case I have failed to share this info with you: The Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina have been digitized by the Univ. of North Carolina.  As I remember there are about 26 volumes of hard copies.  Each volume of the digital version has its own index.  The index is a little *clunky* but at least there is an index.  I believe each volume has a date on it, which will help if you have any idea when your ancestor was living.  Just google for the title (which is the subject of this e-mail). It has been some years since I have looked at a few of the hard copies of these volumes which were at my family history center, but,was I pleased when I found letters from Col. Richard Henderson (of Granville Co.)to his agent at Transylvania--his maternal cousin--Col. John Williams, son of John Williams, Sr.of Granville Co. NC who died intestate ca 1770.  There was one letter which was of particular interest--Henderson wrote that John's nephew Jacky Williams had died suddenly, not long after Jacky's own father, William Williams, had died testate at Boonesborough [then part of VA] Dec 1770. As I remember, some of the early volumes tell of land grants to grantees.  There are tax lists, etc.  In other words, some of these volumes are like our genealogical collections--a jumble of papers.If you have colonial Virginians, North Carolinians and later Tennesseeas an Kentuckians, make a list of your surnames and look over this digitized collection.  E.W.Wallace