Dear McCarty researchers: in my effort to learn more about my proven Enoch McCarty, and his father, proven to be another Enoch by the following documents, I was about to email this to another researcher. Then I realized that other McCarty researchers might find these helpful, so I am enclosing details of these VA documents. They are from a professional whom I hired a few years ago. In trying to be cautious, I have said I do not have proof that my proven Enoch was the son of the Enoch born 1753, and said to be the son of Darby McCarty. But now that I think about it, the names of siblings here are so correct I think, and while the same names were used over and over again in the family, this probably does prove that they all are my family. It does not give a proven connection to Darby McCarty, but again, the time and place are correct. Here are the document details. Hopefully they will help someone: In the original county records for Washington County, Enoch McCarty from William Bennett and wife Keziah, 1/486... dated October 10, 1796, both parties res. in Washington County... for "value received" ... 125 acres of land on a branch of the north fork of the Holstein River, in Washington County, bounded in part by land Enoch McCarty already owns... witnesses were John Campbell, Young Lee, John Marshall, Newberry James, and John Shannon. E. McC. from Isaac Spratt & wife Jean (or Jane), 2/102... dated December 16, 1794, both parties res. in Washington County... for ___ pounds current money... 42_ acres of land in Washington County on the north side of Walkers Mountain and on the waters of the north fork of Holstein River, bounded in part by land owned by Enoch McCarty... witnesses were not named. E. McC. from William Bennett, 2/117... dated October 2, 1797, both parties res. in Washington County ... 267 acres of land in that county, on Mill Creek, where Bennett lived at the time, and being "contiguous to Walkers Mountain"... witnesses Adam Neel, Clark Baning, Jesse Richardson, Robert Fowler, and Young Lee. E. McC. to David Smith, 3/43 (84) and E. McC. from David Smith, 3/44 ... both deeds dated March 12, 1803, and both parties reside in Washington County... each sells a parcel of land to the other... McCarty sells 158 acres on the north fork of Holstein River and on the north side of Walkers Mountain, for $700... Smith sells 387 acres on the same stream and same side of the mountain, for $1,000... the parcel Smith sells is bounded in part by lands of William King, John Campbell, and someone named Wylie... no witnesses named, and no mention of any wife of E.McC. E. McC. to Benjamin McCarty, 4/322 ... no mention of a wife of E.McC.... dated June 20, 1810, both parties reside in Washington County... the 387 acres Enoch purchased from David Smith in 1803, the consideration here being $1,000 also... no witnesses named. E. McC. from John Campbell, 6/198... dated January 16, 1816, both parties, the res. of neither being specified... acreage is not specified either, and the title is warranted by the grantor only in so far "as a right may be vested in him through the conveyance of the agent of the Loyal Company and no farther"... no witnesses named. (see 325 too) The heirs of Enoch McCarty, deceased, to James McCarty, a son of the deceased, and a resident of Washington County, Virginia ... 9/406... dated January 14, 1819, the deceased having been of Washington County, Virginia... for $1,200 current money of the United States... 300 acres of land in Washington County, "encumbered nevertheless with the dower of Eleanor McCarty widow & relict of the said Enoch McCarty deceased"... the tract of land is described in part as "comprehending within its limits the whole of a tract granted to William Bennett and the residue surveyed for the Loyal Company grantee to John Campbell and by his son John conveyed to Enoch McCarty senior assignee of Robert Fowler"... the heirs who signed the deed are Benjamin McCarty, Elizabeth T. McCarty (Benjamin's wife), Jesse Richardson, Sally Richardson (by her X mark), James Wylie, Polly Wylie (by her X mark), Henry Williams (by his mark), Elizabeth Williams (by her mark), Thomas Bates, Nancy Bates, Jacob Hays, and Rebecca Hays... the signatures and marks of the Williams, Richardson, and Wylie couples were certified in Lee County, Virginia, while the others were certified in Washington County. E. McC. to Robert Weirs, 9/643... dated September 20, 1828, both res. in Washington County, Virginia... 134 acres on the north side of a spur of Walkers Mountain... the text of the deed states that this Enoch had a brother James McCarty who had died by the time this deed is executed, and that James left heirs who are unspecified here... no witnesses named, and no mention of any wife of Enoch. E. McC. to James McCarty's heirs, 9/647... dated September 27, 1828, residences not specified... the heirs of James McCarty deceased are all his children, and their names are given as Able Little and Eliza his wife, Ellenor McCarty, Maria McCarty, Enoch J. McCarty, William McCarty, Francis McCarty, and Sally McCarty... the deed conveys Enoch's one-ninth part of 300 acres left to him by Enoch McCarty Senr, deceased, and also a tract containing "between six and ten acres", all in Washington County... no witnesses are named, nor is any wife of Enoch mentioned. Enoch McCarty junr to George Buchanan, 9/648... dated September 20, 1828, a bond for title... the property is in Washington County, "in the rich valley", on the north fork of Holston River, near the foot of Walkers Mountain, adjoining lands of John Lamie, James Buchanan, Patick Buchanan, and Samuel Smith... witnesses Charles Tate, Benj. McCarty, and James Kincannon... no mention made of any wife of Enoch McCarty... a related deed follows... E. McC. to George Buchanan, with no mention of McCarty's wife, 10/302 ... dated in 1830, residences not specified... the land is the aforesaid property, which Enoch (jr.) had obtained from his late brother, James, but for which no deed had been executed before James died... the bond aforesaid was related to Enoch's acquisition of the title to the property, which needed to await action of the court. There is also one other deed from Enoch McCarty Jr. to the heirs of his brother, James McCarty, dated in September of 1828, and recorded on page 133 of deed book 10, Washington County, Virginia, in which no mention of Enoch's wife is made. Beyond these, there are no deeds recorded in Washington County involving Enoch McCarty. Clearly, we can see from these that the man you wanted me to study, who was born in Virginia in the 1790's, was the son of another by the same name. The senior Enoch was living in Washington County as early as 1794; and again, he was taxed there as early as 1787. Enoch Sr. died by 1819. In the Washington County probate records, I found that Enoch Sr. did not leave any will. He did have an inventory submitted, which amounted to $2,407.61. It included some horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, grain, potatoes, etc., and three slaves. Besides the usual household goods, it also included bee hives, pistols, a still, a wagon, and more. The inventory was signed by Ellander McCarty, the administratrix, and Benjamin McCarty, administrator, as well as John Campbell, John Shannon, and Isaac Spratt, and was submitted to the court on March 18, 1819. The account and settlement report was dated December 16, 1822, and while it does not name any other family members than Benjamin and Eleanor, it specifies that the distribution went to nine legatees (these did not include the widow/administratrix, as she received her thirds on a separate line).