This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reed/Reid, Lyda, Ownby, Taylor, Hill, Case Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RO.2ADE/104.2.1 Message Board Post: You might check with Buncombe County, NC Gen.Society. I know a lot of Frady's live in the Dick's (Dix) Creek area close to the NewFound Gap in Buncombe Co. We were searching for Reed relatives recently and found out that much of the area was purchased by some of the Frady families. Good Luck.