Dear Linda, On your next visit to Fayetteville your best bet would be to go to the Headquarters Library on Maiden Lane in downtown Fayetteville They have a Local and State History dept with much info to help you including old newspapers on fische that you can print copies from and the librarians there are very helpful http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/ The courthouse papers you would need are not located there anymore but are in the NC State Archives------ http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/default.htm you can also access the Cumberland Co Register of Deeds online http://www.ccrodinternet.org/ Have you checked the Cumberland Co Genweb site? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccumber/cumberland.htm Fayetteville is my hometown and my McArthurs settled here in the mid 1700s I have been fortunate that they all seemed to like this area because few of them moved away and that has made my research so much easier,on my Mother's side anyway :) Happy Hunting!! Debi --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.