My 4th great grandparents were William Rascoe and Rachel Harrell whose marriage bond in Bertie County is dated December 10, 1777. Rachel's parents have been positively identified through the will of her father, Jesse Harrell, dated September 19, 1786 and probated during the February term of 1788 in Bertie County. Identified in his will, Jesse named his wife Fereby, daughters Priscilla, Ferebee, and Rachel; sons Josiah, Jesse, Joshua, and Jonathan. We have not been able to identify or prove who the parents of William Rascoe were or exactly when and where William Rascoe was born or what relation he was to the other Rascoe found in Bertie and surrounding counties before 1800. It is known from post Revoluntionary War settlement records that William had a brother named Teagle Rascoe. This name is often spelled Teakle, Teele, ect in the old records. Teagle Rascoe was listed in the 1769-70 tax records of Hertford County. Teagle Rascoe enlisted in Captain Vaughan's Company of the 7th North Carolina Regiment of Continental Soldiers on January 14, 1777 and was promoted to Corporal in January of 1778. Teagle Rascoe died while serving in the army at Valley Forge, Pa. on February 24, 1778. In August of 1792, William Rascoe lay claim to Teagle Rascoe back military service at the court in Orange County N.C. In depositions given by both William Rascoe and H. Murfree of Hertford County, William was identified as Teagle Rascoe brother and the only living brother. William Rascoe was granted and received Teagle's back military pay. As the only living heir of Teagle Rascoe, William Rascoe also received a 640 acres bounty land grant in the middle Tennessee Territory granted by the state of North Carolina to each North Carolina soldier of the Revoluntion. The land grant was for Teagles service and went to William Rascoe the only living heir of Teagle. During the Revolution, William Rasco served in a North Carolina Militia Company. By March of 1779 he was a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain Charles Rhodes. The company was engaged in battles with the British in South Carolina and Georgia. By April of 1781, William Rascoe was elected Captain of his militia Company. William and Rachel Rascoe purchased lands from John Morris, John Wimberly, and Guin Harrell on several occations between 1783 and 1792. This property seems to have been in the Flag Run Gut area of western Bertie County. In the fall of 1794, William and Rachel sold this land to Jesse Averitt and William Pugh. William and Rachel Rasco then migrated with their children to Sumner County Tennessee, then to Robertson County Tennessee, and then to Christian County Kentucky. William and some of his grown children owned property in Montgomery and Stewart Counties in Tennessee and in Christian and that part of Christian which later became Trigg County Kentucky. William Rascoe died in March or May of 1806 and his estate was settled in Stewart County Tennessee. His widow, Rachel Rasco, continued to show up in the census and tax record of Christian County Kentucky untill 1826-27. It is believe but not proven that William Rascoe was a near relative of Alexander Rascoe or Roscoe who was enumerated in the 1790 census of Hertford County N.C. and married Rachel Howell in Bertie County on April 30, 1791. Alexander and his family migrated to Sumner County Tennessee in 1795. Some of his descendants also moved to Christian County Kentucky. It is believed but unproven that William Rascoe was also a near relative of James Isma Rascoe of both Hertford and Bertie Counties and was likely a near relative of Catherine Elizabeth Rascoe who was 1st married to George Wynne Sessums and 2nd to Rev. William Williams and lived on the Chowan River in Hertford County. I have been told that a William Rasco and Sarah, his wife, was involved in litigation with a Joseph Jones and his wife Charity and the case was recorded in the 1759 Court Records of either Hertford or Bertie County. It is possible that this William and Sarah may have been my William Rascoe parents or perhaps this was my William and Sarah was a wife prior to his marriage to Rachel Harrell. If anyone has run across this litigation record in the court records or can assist me with additional data which might help identify who the parents of my William Rascoe were and his relation to other Rascoe in Bertie County prior to 1800, I would appreciate it very much. James R. Rasco Harvey, La. jrrasco@aol.com