I have been wading through CLARK history in the Martin, Bertie, Hertford County areas looking for information on the ancestors of John CLARK, Revolutionary Patriot of Martin County. In his deposition to the courts regarding his service in the Revolution, John CLARK stated that he was born in Hertford County and lived there until after the Revolution. John CLARK was a much used name in the northeastern NC area from the earliest days, so most of the information on CLARKs in that area seems to lead to other John CLARKs. I did find a few things that may be of interest to other descendants of this particular John CLARK. Clarence E. Ratcliff's book, NC TAXPAYERS, vol. 2, p. 39 shows a John CLARK and a John CLARK, Jr. in Hertford County in both 1779 and 1784. Mary Best Bell's COLONIAL BERTICE COUNY, NC, DEED BOOKS A-H, 1720-1757 has the following deeds that mention a John CLARK that may have been an ancestor of Patriot John's. D 200 HENRY VIZE, carpenter, to JOHN CLARK Jan. 10, 1734/35 "for loe I bear" 100 A. on SS Horse Swamp. Wit: CHRIS. HOLLIMAN, ISAAC BRAWLER, FINCHER HAYNES. August Court 1735. *. E 129 HENRY VIZE, carpenter, TO WILLIAM MIDDLETON, carpenter Dec. 8 1736. 60 pds. for 150 A. On Horse Swamp adj. JOHN CLARK. Subject only to quit rens and "one morgage to the Treasury of Bertie Precinct for thirty pound (to wit: the payments hereafter growing due only excepted)...." Wit: ANTHONY WEBB, JAMES OVERTON, NATHANIEL NICHOLAS. May Court 1737. JOHN WYNNS D. C/C. (Deputy Clerk of Court) E 182 THOMAS BRADFORD & WIFE ELIZABETH & SAMUEL NORWOOD & WIFE MARY TO BARRABY MELTON Sept. 3 1737. 20 pds. for 150 A. on NS Moratuck River Beginning at the bent of a Branch, binding on MELTON's own land...." Part of a tract granted to WILLIAM REEVES for 440 A. dated March 13, 1721. Wit: JAMES SMITH, JOHN CLARK, JOHN PATTERSON. N. C. Court Nov. 1737. * E 500 WILLIAM MIDDLETON TO ANTHONY WEBB Aug. 16, 1739. 80 pds. for 150 A. On Horse Swamp adj. JOHN CLARK. Land bought by Middleton of HENRY VIZE between JOHN CLARK's "and the land called BARNESE's". Wit: FRANCIS PARKER, HENRY VIZE. Aug. Court. 1739 *. E557 JAMES WILLIAM & WIFE REBECCA TO ROBERT HICKS, "marrinor? October 17, 1739. 140 pds. for *. JAMES WILLIAMS "late of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England Marrinor:. Land on NS Roanoke River and ES Jump and Run. Adj. "Land formerly belonging to JAMES BLOUNT byt now JEFFREY BUTLER...". Adj. THOMAS PAGE. Wit: JOHN CLARK. LOTT LEWIS. December 1, 1739. Signed: "Suffolk Boston Oct'r 17th 1739 HABIJAH SAVAGE (Jus Pec)". W. SMITH C. J. "Recorded in ye secretarys office RATH RILL sec... Rec'd on the day of the date hereof Mr. ROBT HICKS the sum of one hundred and forty Pound in full consideration and purchase of the afore Devised Premisses by je JAMES WILLIAMS...". G 553 WILLIAM WEBB TO JOHN SUMNER of Chowan Co. Oct. 28, 1752 10 pds. for 150 A. Land on NS Wiccacon Creek at Horse Swamp "below the Hows:. Adj. JOHN CLARK. Being the plantation the HENRY VIZE sold to WILLIAM MIDILTON and s'd MIDILTON sold to ANTHONY and by him given to WILLIAM WEBB. Wit: MOSES SUMNER, WILLIAM SKINNER. SAMUEL SKINNER. Aug. Court 1753. *. Four of these deeds, D200, E129, E500 and G553 obviously refer to the same JOHN CLARK. The other two may refer to a different JOHN CLARK since the property descriptions are not as clearly related. According to William S. Powell's THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTEER, "Wiccacon River is formed by the junction of several small streams in Hoggard Swamp in s Hertford County. It flows e into Chowas River. Approx. 17 mi. lon. Appears as Weecaunse Creek on the Moseley map, 1733, Veecaune Creek on the Collet map, 1770; and as Wiccacon Creek on the Richardson map, 1808. See also Weyanoke Creek". Hertford County was formed in 1759 from Chowan, Bertie and Northampton Counties. The mention of Wiccacon Creek in one of the four related deeds and of Horse Swamp which according to Powell, "rises in s Hertford County and flows se and ne to join Flat Swamp in forming Bear Swamp" in all four of these deeds tells us that these properties were in the part of Bertie County that became part of Hertford County. Does anyone have any comment on the location of the other two deeds in relation to Hertford County? Any more info on this particular group of CLARK's? Jo ROBERSON Prytherch