Hi Paula, Well, I have been working on this one since about five this morning and I can only find the Will of James (1660-1729) and a possible mention of James Junior (1707-1790) in the Will of Epaphroditus Moore of Bertie in 1757 mentioning his son-in-law James Howard. I notice that from the Will of James (1660-1729) you have not listed his son Samuel. 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: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:05 PM Subject: Re: Bladen_County_lookup Dear Dee, Thank you so much, you are sweet to check so many sources for me, but I made a mistake in my request. The men I am looking for were in Bertie, not Bladen, County and the reason I requested the look-up in those books was because they were general NC books that we do not have here. This is a new line of inquiry for me. I knew that my gggg grandfather came from Lincoln County, NC to Rutherford County, TN to Greene County, IL to Harrison County, IA over the course of his 85 years. It was only in seeking the names of his parents in the Lincoln County, NC Deed books by Dr. Pruitt that I came across a "deed" that spoke of the division of property between the children of William Howard (that included my ggg grandfather Henry Howard and his siblings). This is what I know of the family: Descendants of Francis Edward Howard 1 Francis Edward Howard 1637 - 1722 b: 1637 in England d: 19 Apr 1722 in North Carolina . +Mary Chowan ........ 2 James Howard 1660 - 1729 b: 1660 in Kingsale, Virginia d: Aft. 06 Oct 1729 in Bertie, NC ............ +Sarah Titus 1660 - b: 1660 m: 1691 in Nansemond, Virginia ................... 3 John Howard 1718 - 1776 b: 1718 in Nansemond, Virginia d: 1776 in Bertie, NC ....................... +Mary Sanders .............................. 4 William Howard 1747 - 1816 b: 04 Apr 1747 in Lincoln, North Carolina d: Abt. Jan 1816 in South Fork of Mountain Creek, Lincoln, North Carolina .................................. +Unknown ......................................... 5 Freeman Howard 1773 - b: 05 Feb 1773 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Sally Howard 1775 - b: 22 Mar 1775 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ............................................. +James Reed ......................................... 5 Allen Howard 1778 - b: 13 Aug 1778 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Mordecai Howard 1780 - b: 23 Feb 1780 in Lincoln County, North Carolina .............................. *2nd Wife of William Howard: .................................. +Sally Childress 1763 - b: Abt. 1763 in Lincoln, North Carolina m: 19 Dec 1784 in Warren County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Henry Howard 1787 - 1872 b: 15 Apr 1787 in Lincoln County, North Carolina d: Feb 1872 in Jefferson, Harrison County, Iowa ............................................. +Charlotte Ballard 1787 - 1840 b: Bet. 1787 - 1790 in North Carolina m: 19 Nov 1813 in Lincoln County, NC d: Bet. 1840 - 1850 in Greene County, Illinois ......................................... 5 Warner Howard 1789 - b: 20 Sep 1789 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Polly Howard 1793 - b: 19 Feb 1793 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ............................................. +John McMin ......................................... 5 Nancy Howard 1795 - b: 17 May 1795 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Betsy Howard 1797 - b: 02 Oct 1797 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Patsy Howard 1797 - b: 02 Oct 1797 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 William H. Howard 1800 - b: 29 Jun 1800 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Robert S. Howard 1802 - b: 08 Nov 1802 in Lincoln County, North Carolina ......................................... 5 Thomas Howard 1807 - b: 05 Apr 1807 in Lincoln County, North Carolina .............................. 4 Milly Howard 1742 - b: 17 Dec 1742 .............................. 4 Mary Howard 1744/45 - b: 25 Jan 1744/45 .............................. 4 Thomas Howard 1750 - b: 08 Jun 1750 .............................. 4 Mordecai Howard 1751 - b: 21 Aug 1751 .............................. 4 Nancy Howard 1753 - b: 05 Aug 1753 ................... *2nd Wife of John Howard: ....................... +Katherine m: Abt. 1756 ................... 3 James Jr. Howard 1707 - 1790 b: 1707 in Nansemond, Virginia d: 1790 in Bertie, NC ................... 3 Sarah Howard 1708 - b: 1708 in Nansemond, Virginia ................... 3 Solomon Howard ................... 3 Edward Howard 1709 - b: 1709 in Nansemond, Virginia This terrible, but I am not sure how it was that I got on the Bladen County GenWeb site (it may have been following a search of the site) and found your bibliography, when it was Bertie County that I was interested in, so I will totally understand if you can't do the look-ups for me. Of the entries that you sent me, I believe From # 11 Howard, James, 010 [Bertie County], c 1729 Orig only, SS/AR may be the will my James Howard From what you sent me, it seems there were a great number of Howards in NC during those years and inconveniently for their descendents they all repeatedly used the same first names for their children. All of William Howard's children appear to have been born in Lincoln County, NC, so he may have moved there from Bertie County as early as 1773. As I said before, this is the very beginning of inquiry into James Howard (1660-1729), his son John Howard (1718-1776) and his son William (1747-1816), so in answer to your question, I have not exhausted all of the sources here in TN, particularly at the TN State Library and Archives. I do appreciate your help in this and will gladly do look-ups in return at the TSLA if you have any Tennessee ancestors that you need help with. Paula