My last post on this subject got sent off (operator error) before I finished it. Here are a few additional points on the subjects I raised: In Part 6 of my series of posts on this subject I had the following record: Nov. 1749 will of Thomas Hodges, Cumberland Co. Va. naming wife Christian and children William, John, Drury, Thomas, Edmund, Mary, Delaney, and James (?). Proved Mar. 1750. Cumberland Co. (Va.) Will Book 1, page 6. This contains an error. Thomas Hodges only had seven children ("my seven children" are the residuary legatees of the will), so there is no James. The seven are William, John, Drury, Thomas, Edmund, Mary, and Delany. Here is a link to the Trading Path site. This has several interesting articles on the general area of the Trading Path, which are all worth reading, but I direct your attention to the maps. The 1733, 1770 a,d 1780 maps all show practically all of the areas I was talking about in my posts. http://www.tradingpath.org/ Finally, here is another record I think might have some significance: William Julius Riddle was in Orange County, NC August of 1764 as on that date court minutes show where it was "ordered that a road from Hodges Ford to Copeland's Landing on Haw River be opened and repaired by William Riddle,Thomas Holden, James Holden, Richard Kirk, Cary Minter, Richard Holden, James Brantley, John Sheppard, Benjamin Braswell, William Gamblin and George Wooten and that William Riddle be overseer thereof ". http://www.weberontheweb.com/FamTree/Riddle/public/n_5.html Hard to tell exactly where Hodges Ford might be. It sounds like the Riddle property was on the Deep River at Little Buffalo Creek (about where U.S. 15-501 crosses today). The Haw River is to the north, so Hodges Ford would be south if we assume Riddle's property was along the route. In that case, it is hard to see where Hodges Ford might be. The closest may be the property on the south side of Deep River near its mouth. If not, it may the Isham Hodges property on the Rocky River. Note the name of James Brantley. John Brantley was the witness to the sale of 100 acres to Thomas Hodges in 1765. Finally, here is a link to a site with a lot of historical information on the Pee Dee region of South Carolina: http://peedeeheritage.tripod.com/ Bob Hodges