My 4th great grandparents were Captain William Rascoe and Rachel (Harrell) Rascoe. Their mariage bond in Bertie County North Carolina is dated December 10, 1777. I have not been able to prove who William Rascoe's parents were. He had one known brother named Teagle Rascoe who died February 24, 1778 while serving in the 7th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. In 1792, William Rascoe swore an oath in the settlement of Teagle Rascoe's military pay settlement account and stated that he (William Rascoe) was a brother of Teagle Rascoe, and the only living brother ( 1792) of Teagle Rascoe. As the heir of Teagle Rascoe, William Rascoe received the back military pay owed for Teagle Rascoe's service as well as the 640 acres of bounty land given by the State of North Carolina to it's soldiers of the Continental Line. The bounty land was in the North Carolina Territory of Tennessee. William Rascoe was a Captain in a North Carolina Militia made up of men from Bertie and Hertford Counties During the Revolutionary War. Rachel Harrell was a daughter of Jesse and Fereby Harrell. Jesse made his will in Bertie County September 19, 1786, probated February 1788. In the fall of 1794, William and Rachel Rascoe sold the last of their lands in Bertie County and moved to Sumner County Tennessee. They were only there a couple of years and then settled in Robertson County Tennessee. William Rascoe can be found in the early deed books of Sumner, Robertson, Montgomery, and Stewart Counties Tennessee buying and selling property. By 1799 He was living in that part of Christian County Kentucky that became Trigg County. He owned property in both Christian County Kentucky as well as Stewart County Tennessee. He died in Stewart County Tennessee in March of 1806 and his estate was settled in May of 1806 (see Stewart County Tennessee Court Minute Docket 1804-1807 for a complete inventory of the estate and list of heirs). Rachel Rascoe and most of her children lived on in Christian (Trigg) County Ky. She is last listed in the 1820 census and on the 1827 tax list. The children of Captain William Rascoe and his wife Rachel were: 1) Ferebee or Phereby Rascoe. She wlisted in her grandfather Jesse Harrell's will but was not included in the list of heirs of her father Captain William Rascoe. It is assumed that she died prior to her father. 2) Jesse Harrell Rascoe born ca. 1780 in Bertie County N.C. and died March 20, 1840 in Dallas County Alabama. His wife was Elizabeth sur-name unproven but believed to be Harrison. She was born in Tennessee. Jesse lived in Stewart County Tennessee untill about 1814-15. He served in a Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812 in a Company commanded by his brother-in-law, Captain Dudley Williams. His name as well as his father's can be seen on several jury list of early Stewart County. About 1814 he moved to Jackson County Tennessee and shortly after 1820 he moved to Dallas County Alabama. 3) Freline Rascoe born ca. 1783 in Bertie County N.C., died ca. 1817 in Kentucky. She married Jesse Fort ca. 1800 in Tennessee. 4) Laban Taylor Rascoe born March 30, 1784 in Bertie County N.C., died October 22, 1860 in Dallas County Alabama. He married Sarah "Sallie" Reese January 17, 1804 in Christian County Kentucky. 5) Margaret Elizabeth Rascoe born ca. 1786 in Bertie County N.C. Married the Rev. Dudley Williams November 14, 1805 in Christian County Kentucky. 6) John Rascoe born ca. 1788 in Bertie County N.C., died ca. 1845 in Trigg or Ballard County Kentucky. He married Lucy Taylor July 20, 1820 in Christian County Ky. 7) William Rascoe born ca. 1790 in Bertie County N.C., died after 1870 in Ballard County Kentucky. He married Delilah Lindsay December 15, 1808 in Christian County Kentucky. 8) Mary "Polly" Rascoe born ca. 1797 in Robertson County Tennessee, died after 1870 in Ballard County Ky. She married Ascher Davis December 31, 1811 in Christian County Kentucky. I am interested in all lines of the Rascoe family. The name is sometimes spelled Rasco, Rascow, or Roscoe. Related families in the Trigg/Christian/Stewart County areas that I am interested in are Harrell, Reese, Prince, Vanderslice, Fort, Harrison, Lindsay (Lindsey), Davis, Taylor, Williams. James R. Rasco