Bill, Do you have a copy of "William Johnston of Isle of Wight County, Virginia And His Descendants 1648-1964"? Part I Johnstons of the Colonial Period, Chapter 1. William Johnston (1648-1719), and branches settling in Southampton and Nansemond Counties (Va.) and in Halifax, Edgecombe, Northampton, Warren, Wake, Johnston, Bladen, Columbus, Bertie, Duplin and Wayne Counties (N.C.). There is a great deal of information on Joel Johnston, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Johnston, brother of Josiah , Moses , Starling ,Elizabeth, Polly, Sarah, Rebeckah, Henry, and Drury. The dates are a prety good fit but there is not a single mention of Joab Johnston. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: 1736 Settlers Thank you for all the help you provide to those of us searching for our ancestors. Do you know if there is any record of the family names of those Scotch-Irish settlers who came to Duplin-Sampson County with Henry McCulloch from Ulster in 1736? They established themselves along the tributaries of the Cape Fear River, at Sarecta, Kenansville, Goshen Swamp and the Black River. Perhaps Grove Church, which they founded, has a record. The family names I am researching are Pollock, Johnston, Ward and Edens, and I have wondered if some of them came to America with that group, since Pollock and Johnston are Scottish names. The Pollocks and Wards were certainly present at Goshen in he 18th century. My Johnston ancestor was Joel Johnston, Sr, born about 1755 along the Black River in southern Sampson. He lived most of his life in northern Bladen County, near Johnsontown. The family cemetery is just east of there, in Bladen State Forest. I wish I knew his parents names; family oral history indicates his father was Joab Johnston from the Albemarle District, but we have too little evidence of Joab to confirm that theory. Regards, Bill Mallory