You mention that you find the name Guess in Granville Co., NC as well as in Madison Co. KY. As you must know, a good many people migrated from North Carolina to Madison Co., KY where Boonesborough is located. The impetus was provided no doubt by the Transylvania Colony, later called in western Kentucky as Henderson & Co. In fact, one of my ancestors, William Williams of Granville Co., NC died at Boonesborough Dec 1775, writing his will there as he lay dying. Another ancestor accompanied Daniel Boone there on one (at least but probably several) of his expeditions there. At any rate, concerning the surname Guess, I was reading some photocopied pages from Craven Co., NC (where New Bern is located) and found the name Guess. This may be of interest to you. This is an excerpt from Weynette Parks Haun, Craven County North Carolina Court Minutes Book VI 1764-1771 [Durham, NC: 1993], p. 32 [book at DAR Library, Washington, DC] [181]-162-folio 23 [noted at top of page : Apr-Jul 1765] ..... On Motion of Mr. Heritage Ordered that Thomas McLin have Administration on the Estate of John Guess decd. Unadmd. by John Camsey late admr. of the said Guess he giving Thos. Coc?K & Wiloughby ..... Secy. in the sum of Sixty Pounds Proclamation money at the same time he Qualified as Admr. agreeable to Law. Submitted by E.W.Wallace Comment: If this John Guess, deceased, of Craven Co., NC had male offspring, it is conceivable they may have had Revolutionary War service. Also Guess surnames may appear in either the Colonial Records of North Carolina or the State Papers of North Carolina. These hefty volumes, found in many LARGE libraries, such as University libraries or large city libraries or large genealogical libraries, are well indexed, and are pretty good people-finders for early North Carolinians. In case you are really interested in North Carolina events, these volumes named above have been put on microfilm by the Family History Library at Salt Lake City, and probably can be purchased by you (or any other subscriber) for 15 cents apiece for your local LDS family history center. But first check the number of fiche as they may run into the hundreds!!! Check the FHL catalog on www.familysearch.org EWW

Thanks for the information on the John Guess of Craven Co; he may be related to my John Guess in Granville Co -- he was born around 1750 but we have no additional information yet on where he came from or who his parents were. Thanks for the tips on searching for early North Carolinians. I live near Wash, DC and will make a trip to the DAR library to check it out. Stuart Neel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 2:42 PM Subject: [MADKY-L] Guess Surname in Colonial Craven Co., NC > You mention that you find the name Guess in Granville Co., NC as well as in > Madison Co. KY. > > As you must know, a good many people migrated from North Carolina to Madison > Co., KY where Boonesborough is located. The impetus was provided no doubt by > the Transylvania Colony, later called in western Kentucky as Henderson & Co. > In fact, one of my ancestors, William Williams of Granville Co., NC died at > Boonesborough Dec 1775, writing his will there as he lay dying. Another > ancestor accompanied Daniel Boone there on one (at least but probably several) of his > expeditions there. > > At any rate, concerning the surname Guess, I was reading some photocopied > pages from Craven Co., NC (where New Bern is located) and found the name Guess. > This may be of interest to you. > > This is an excerpt from Weynette Parks Haun, Craven County North Carolina > Court Minutes Book VI 1764-1771 [Durham, NC: 1993], p. 32 [book at DAR > Library, Washington, DC] > > [181]-162-folio 23 [noted at top of page : Apr-Jul 1765] > > ..... > On Motion of Mr. Heritage Ordered that Thomas McLin have Administration on > the Estate of John Guess decd. Unadmd. by John Camsey late admr. of the said > Guess he giving Thos. Coc?K & Wiloughby ..... Secy. in the sum of Sixty Pounds > Proclamation money at the same time he Qualified as Admr. agreeable to Law. > > Submitted by E.W.Wallace > > Comment: If this John Guess, deceased, of Craven Co., NC had male offspring, > it is conceivable they may have had Revolutionary War service. Also Guess > surnames may appear in either the Colonial Records of North Carolina or the > State Papers of North Carolina. These hefty volumes, found in many LARGE > libraries, such as University libraries or large city libraries or large genealogical > libraries, are well indexed, and are pretty good people-finders for early > North Carolinians. In case you are really interested in North Carolina events, > these volumes named above have been put on microfilm by the Family History > Library at Salt Lake City, and probably can be purchased by you (or any other > subscriber) for 15 cents apiece for your local LDS family history center. But > first check the number of fiche as they may run into the hundreds!!! Check the > FHL catalog on www.familysearch.org > > EWW >