This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVB.2ACI/1042.1 Message Board Post: This is all I see in the published records of Carteret County: Marriage Bonds: McConn, John m. Kesire Creef, 21 Dec. 1794, David Co(o)per, bondsman, (w) Benja. Fulford Piver, Richard m. Polly Creaf, 27 June 1811, William Piver, bondsman, (w) Saml. Leffers, Junr. From "A History of the Taylor Family of Sea Level, Carteret County" by Dawn Eckhout: "A local man, George Washington Creef, invented a new round bottomed, tapered bow “shadboat” which enabled local fishermen to have greater maneuverability." 1800 Census, “North River, east side, between the Straight and Tanner’s Creek.”: Martha CREAF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0