This may be of interest to some researchers. Please feel free to post to other lists, if appropriate. These two men were married to daughters of Richard Simpson, Sr. of Caswell Co., NC, formerly of Orange Co., NC and formerly of Fairfax Co., VA. Simpson's wife was the former Mary Kincheloe. Tyree Harris later lived in Caswell Co., formed 1777 from Orange Co., NC. Submitted by E.W.Wallace WILLIAM NUNN, Junior.. William Nunn of North Carolina., spouse of Ede Simpson and thus son-in-law of Richard Simpson II of Caswell Co. (Simpson is called II as his father in Fairfax Co., VA was called Sr., although Richard II later bore that suffix.) Nunn may be a younger man than the one found in Orange Co., NC records. There is no evidence that the family resided in Caswell Co. There is evidence that William Nunn, Jr. resided in Guilford Co., NC. Orange Co., NC Records 1755 Tax list of Orange Co.: William Nunn wt. [with] Sarah, Hanna, Joss & Jean, Negroes 1-4 (William Perry Johnson, "1755 Tax List of Orange County, North Carolina," THE NORTH CAROLINIAN ..., P. 103) At Orange Co., NC court, Aug 1764: "William Nunn, Sheriff, complains about the Prison." (This may be an older William Nunn.) >From Deeds Register of Orange Co., NC: 10 Feb 1767, the Trustees of Hillsboro' sold William Nunn 33 sq ft in Lot #99. On the same date, William Nunn sold 348 acres to William Comb. (Eve B. Weeks, REGISTER OF ORANGE COUNTY, NC DEEDS, 1752-1768 AND 1793.) He was one of the jurors listed by the sheriff of Orange Co., 22 Sep 1769, to the Superior Court at Hillsboro, NC. (From Orange Co. court records as listed in Saunders, THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, VOL. 8 1769 to 1771 [Raleigh: 1890], p. 72) There is evidnece in Guilford Co., NC deeds of 1777 that William Nunn, Junr. resided in Guilford Co., NC. He was selling land to a brother-in-law of his wife, Ede Simpson. That brother-in-law was Tyree Harris, husband of Mary Ann Simpson (Harris's second marriage): Guilford Co., North Carolina DB 1-408: 10 Oct 1777 William Nunn, Junr. of Guilford to Tyree Harris of Orange, 400 pounds 519 acres land where William Nunn now lives, begin at a hicory on a line formerly Joseph Pinson's by Hick[ory?] Rock Cr., N 85 ch. to a white oak, E 72 ch. to a white oak, S 85 ch. to a red oak on the side of a fork of High Rock Cr., W 72 ch. along the line formerly Joseph Pinson's to the first station; signed: William Nunn, Ede Nunn; witness: Richard Simpson, John Peper; proved November 1777 Term by Peper. (William D. Bennett, CG, GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DEEDS 1763-1784 [Raleigh: 1990] [NSDAR Library, July 2003]) In 1784 tax list of Caswell Co., St. David's district, where other sons-in-law of Richard Simpson appear, there is no listing for William Nunn. One Elijah Nunn is listed: 0-1-0. There is earlier evidence that a William Nunn resided earlier in Halifax Co., VA. Halifax Co., VA (DB 7-320): "Nov 1, 1768 from Thomas Tunstall of H[alifax] to William Nunn of King and Queen Co. 90 pds. about 400 acres which is the upper part of a greater tract of land patented Apr 10, 1751 to William Irby and by him sold to Daniel Williams who devised the same to be equally divided between his 2 sons James Williams & Joseph Williams by the conveyance from William Irby to Daniel Williams & by his will & the same was conveyed by Joseph Williams to Thomas Tunstall by deed recorded in H[alifax]. Signed - Thomas Tunstall. Wit - none. Recorded 19 Jan 1769 after a commission examined Ruth, the wife of Thomas Tunstall." (TLC Genealogy, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1767-1772, [Miami Beach: TLC Genealogy] p. 25) There is some indication William Nunn resided in Stokes Co., NC in 1795. Virginia Origins? Possibly the Nunn family was originally of Orange Co., VA, but there is no way at this time to make a connection to William Nunn of North Carolina. From John Frederick Dorman, ORANGE COUNTY DEED BOOKS 3 AND 4, 1738-1741; JUDGMENTS 1736 [Carlsbad CA PL Gen 975.5372 R2 DOR], p. 68 Part of a case "John Chapman vs. William Henderson [Deputy Sheriff] "Bond of John (O) Chapman of Spotsylvania County to Francis Nunn of the Province of Carolina for 2000 pounds of tobacco and 15 shillings or 150 pounds of tobacco and all fees in a suit in Spotsylvania County Court of Francis Nunn vs. John Chapman. Also signed by Francis (N) Nunn. Wit: Z. Lewis, Jno. Cristopher." ....... Was Elijah Nunn of this family, possibly a brother of William Nunn? His name appears under Caswell Co. in a list entitled "North Carolina Militia Paroled by Lord Cornwallis in 1781," transcribed by Kathleen B. Wyche and published in NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL....., p. 149.