Tuesday, we went with Terry Bland and his father, William Howard Bland to check Bland houses and grave sites. We went to Hancock Primitive Baptist Church where Christopher Columbus "Kit" Bland is buried. They have placed a Civil War Trails marker there honoring him for his heroics at Fort Fisher. He is buried at the church. Next we went to his house at the edge of Ayden and took some pictures. Barnes Bland's wife Elizabeth is buried there. Their son Joseph John Bland is buried here also. They looked at what PCFR had in the file. I hope to get more information from them on the Blands who went to Brunswick County, NC A number of Pitt County families moved down there also. Bill Then on to the Brooks Cemetery near Grifton