From # 16 PATENT BOOK ONE 171 pg. 66 JOHN SAWYER and ROBERT SAWYER in Comon (sic) 25 February 1696 400 acres on the S.W. side of Pasquotank River, joining JOHN HUMPHRES, ye Swamp of the Creek, the Gumberry Swamp and a branch /s/ JOHN ARCHDALE, DANL. AKEHURST, FRANCES TOMS, THO. POLLOCK, SAML. SWANN, HENDERSON WALKER. Dee For a detailed bibliography on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Arcell Sawyer To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: Bladen_County_lookup PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1663 - 1729, ABSTRACTS OF LAND PATENTS Earliest Sawyer or Salyer or Sallier. Any county. Research John Sawyer who shows up in Onslow 1750s and then Duplin in 1760s. Trying to trace back. Thanks again Arcell Sawyer I know there is a headright as early as 1680 for John Sayor, Sawyer