Hi: Note the two ways of spelling the same man's name in one paragraph- Hines & HInds. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com ======================================== Found at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dobson/nc/ncrandol.htm Randolph County Tax List in 1779, from June 1956 issue of The North Carolinian, quarterly journal of genealogy and history, in Joseph Hines's District: Elias Allred, John Allred Jr., Thomas Allred, John Duncan, William Allred, James Allred. In William Cole's district: Joseph Hopkins, Charles Hopkins. In Jacob Sheppard's list or Dist as returned by assessors: Dennis Hopkins. Those in Joseph Hinds's District who have not taken the oath nor returned inventories on their taxable property: John Allred, William Allred Jr., William Allred Sr.