I would like to comment on Starling's book. I happened to find this book on the shelves of a genealogical library in Los Angeles, and it fascinated me. I had already done some research on the Henderson family of colonial Granville Co., NC. Starling explains the connection of Henderson Co. with Col. Richard Henderson and Henderson County. Richard Henderson was a prominent figure in colonial North Carolina. He is said to have established Nashville, TN, originally called Nashborough. As I remember, and correct me where I have erred, Col. Henderson claimed great parts of both Kentucky [which was part of Virginia] and of Tennessee [which was part of North Carolina]. The American Revolution interrupted his plans to begin a 14th colony. He wanted a proprietorship, such as Lord Granville had in North Carolina and Lord Fairfax [and his heirs] had in Virginia. After the Revolution, Virginia and North Carolina both refused to grant him all the land which he claimed he had bought from the Indians. Henderson Co., which was a larger county in the beginning, was part which Virginia alloted to Henderson and Co. In fact, in the grantor and grantee indexes, one will see an occasional notation for a deed *Henderson & Co. grant*. I have an old map, which I photocopied from one of the books published by a genealogical society, showing the lot numbers in Henderson Co. My main interest lay in doing a title search [for myself only] of Lot 23 on or near Lick Creek. The history which Starling gives can be augmented by a book called Boones borough by George Washington Ranck and published at the time by what was called the Filson Club. Apparently the Filson Club has had to change its name and is now called Society, I believe. Boonesborough does not treat of Henderson Co. but of the plans of Henderson and Co. If you cannot arrange to interlibrary loan either of these books, perhaps through your State Library, check local libraries in your area to find which, if any, subscribe to the online genealogical database called HeritageQuest. Older books have been reproduced, and both these books about Kentucky places appear in HeritageQuest. Ranck's book has some wonderful appendices concerning Henderson and *his gang* of speculators. Some of Henderson's relatives, I believe, migrated to Henderson Co. Certainly people from Granville Co., NC migrated to Henderson Co. About Starling, one does have to take with a grain of salt some of the biographies. Much of the information is skewed. I was looking for Williams families. In the beginning there were two main Williams families. One was headed by one Samuel F. [Farrar] Williams, and the other by Burwell Williams. So I began diligently searching each of these families, mainly in tax and land records plus court order books. (Aside: Where are COBs A and B? County clerks do not seem to know. COB C has been filmed and is available through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. CO Books A and B would shed so much light on the early settlers of Henderson Co.) Starling has a biography of one Jenks Watterman Williams. Jenks gives good information about himself and his parents [I believe]. He was the son of John Williams and his wife Susannah. But, after giving information about himself and his parents, his facts fall apart. Like many of us, he really did not clarify with his parents who were his grandparents and step-grandparents, etc. Should any subscriber be a descendant of Jenks Williams or of his siblings I have information to share with you. None of it is conclusive, as John Williams was not my ancestor but a sibling of my ancestor, circumstantial evidence in Henderson co. implies. The roots of both John Williams and his wife, who were married in Henderson Co., go back to Granville Co., NC. The Williams great-grandparents were of colonial Southside Virginia, as that is where many North Carolinians came from--Virginia. Have fun with this hobby. It certainly stretches your mind. A genealogist always wants to know the answer to the next question. E.W.Wallace