In a message dated 10/29/2001 12:00:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, bjr@rcsdr.com writes: > Dee- I am about ready to seek more info. I was there too briefly in July and > could not complete my research. I was driving around near Fairmont, N.C. > in > Robeson County (originally Bladen, I think. ) I found a land grant to a > Herring on both sides of Ashpole Swamp. I was led to believe that the town > of Ashpole now is Fairmont. Do you have any info on Ashpole Swamp? I never > made it to Bladen County, as I got lost in the library in Lumberton and ran > out of time. > My Herrings-John L, Anthony, and Samuel were in Isle of Wright, Va. and > then Samuel moved on to North Carolina. I show him dying in Lenoir County, > N.C. But his line( Michael and William Giles were in Robeson County. Do you > have info on any of these Herrings? The original one-John Herring came into > the Jamestown Colony in VA.from Wales.I do not know the reason for the > Herrings to come to N.C.-but I think it was for land. Later they went to > Mississippi. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Betty > > From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> > > Reply-To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com > Betty Do you have any dates on your Samuel Herring? How does he fit with Enoch Herring 1786-1833 m Margaret Anders dau of Stephen Anders and Catherine Pridgen. Enoch and Margaret had a Samuel Anders b 1795 who moved to Florida or Texas. Samuel was a popular name in the Anders/Andress/Andrews family and they managed to scatter all over Bladen and Robeson county. Kay