There is a Turkey Trap at plats to a Thomas Pearson, 1762. Might be the same one. You could also check Sussex - I have found info on some land parcels in both MD and DE. Elizabeth In a message dated 6/17/2012 10:59:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tarantulac@aol.com writes: I'm stumped and I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm researching a family named Smith (yes, I know that's genealogical suicide) but fortunately they have odd first and middle names that makes researching them infinitely easier! The earliest Smith I have is a George Smith, formerly of Worcester County, Maryland who, after the drawing of the Provincial Line, discovered he was now in Sussex County, Delaware. Per Scharf's History, George Smith had a land patent dated June 25, 1776, called "Turkey Trap" which included 107 acres of land, a sawmill and a grist mill. My questions are: would the records for "Turkey Trap" be in the old Worcester County land records? Is is possible that this tract was made up of several smaller tracts and renamed "Turkey Trap"? I've been looking for the deed to this property on Mdlandrec.net and I cannot find it. My client is curious about this land tract. Help! Thanks a million!! Teresa A. Derrickson nee Chandler now searching prior to 1804 for those elusive Chandler ancestors *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message