Bryant: I'm sure that we are related, although a bit distantly. My Lawrence ancestor Robert and his son Humphrey Lawrence lived in the Cashoke Creek/Cashie River area before the Revolutionary War. Humphrey's son Nathaniel left Bertie County for Charleston S.C. with older relations (Thomas Ashley, I believe) shortly after the war. I'm attaching a paper I prepared discussing the locations in Bertie County where my people lived. I prepared this last September after I visited Bertie and did some research. All of this is quite close to Merry Hill and, in fact, I stopped at the old store there and asked for directions. Paul Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] Fw: [DRAKE] important maybe My Lawrence relatives were in the Merry Hill area. My grandfather was David Perry Lawrence and my Grandmother was Arrie Victoria Lawrence. My mother was Alice Lawrence (Allie) and my father was John Raleigh Bryant Sr. I had a number of relatives in the area, but I believe the last one that was alive was Rev. Glen Lawrence who died about 3 years ago. There are other distant Lawrence relatives in the area, but since I have not lived in that area for 50 years I don't know who they are. My mother had a brother named Paul Lawrence who had several children, mostly in the Chesapeake area. I would like to hear from you if you are related. (even if you aren't) <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message