This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hF0.2ACIB/478.487.495.1 Message Board Post: The John Sr. in Mecklenburg Co. was from Prince Edward Co. VA and the son of James McElroy/Sarah McCune we believe... However, there is mention earlier (1760's) of McElroys in Old Tryon Co. minutes - don't have a clue who they were - since the John McElroy of Prince Edward Co. was appearing in records there during that same time period. There was another John McElroy in Prince Edward Co. records - he had a wife named Mary... purchased land in Prince Edward Co. and then sold it (which is where his wife's name became known) in 1770's -- in the deed he and wife Mary are identified as "of Buckingham County" There are also records (Rev. War payments for goods/services) which show this was a totally different John McElroy - he appears in VA records during same time that the other John McElroy is appearing in Mecklenburg Co. records and census... I think somewhere along the way these two John McElroys and their descendants have been confused - though I am far from being able to document that theory... Hopefully one day soon I will have time to sit down and try and sort out some of the old NC records... LaVerne steveandlaverne@hotmail.com