A correspondent has been asking about a Sherwood Harris of Granville Co., NC. From time to time, Harris was associated with Reuben Searcy, a resident of Granville Co., NC. I have collected notes from time to time on Reuben Searcy as I study neighbors around Nutbush Creek area and try to sort out who is related to whom. The name Sherwood Harris appears a good deal in the abstracted Granville Co. records of Zae Hargett Gwynn and of Timothy Rackley. This abstract has to do with some records in Madison Co., KY, where Boonesborough is located. Boonesborough, of course, was part of the speculation in Kentucky-Tennessee lands of Col. Richard Henderson, who hoped to set up a 14th colony, only to have his plans ruined by the outbreak of the American Revolution. If you are missing some Granville Co., NC ancestors, you might try searching some early Kentucky records. Some of my North Carolinians also went to Henderson Co., KY, and you will find former Granville co. residents in the records of that Kentucky county. Henderson Co. was the part of Kentucky alloted to Col. Henderson and the other proprietors by Virginia, as I understand the history of SOME of Kentucky. Here are my brief notes: Here is a part from my notes about Reuben Searcy. As I understand it, his first wife was Susannah Henderson, sister of Col. Richard Henderson. His second wife is said to have been Susannah Jett. The Jett family, one genealogist tells me, were of Northern Virginia. Madison Co. KY Deed Book C-107 Searcy to Wilburn .... January 1794 between Reuben Searcy of Fayette Co., KY to Zachariah Wilburn 75 pds parcel in Madison Co., KY ... waters of Otter Creek /s/ Reuben Searcy, Elizabeth Searcy Wit: Isaac Hockaday, Henry Karden (?), Saml Robertson, John Reed, Sherwood Harris Submitted by E.W.Wallace If you can identify any of these persons, please post your comments on this rootsweb site. Thanks. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com