Posted on: Chowan County NC. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Chowan/10960 Surname: Odom, Sketoe, Stringer ------------------------- RICHARD ODOM))) EDWARD SKETOE))) my ancestors JOHN STRINGER)) I'm searching for the Odom family (headed by Richard Odom who arrived in Chowan Precinct abt 1700 from Nansemond Co., VA and died leaving a will in 1728 in Chowan County), and also for Edward Sketoe, who was named on the 1753 tax list of Chowan Co., NC, and a Joseph Skittoe, his possible relative, who bought land from Jacob Odom, son of the above Richard Odom in 1748. Also I am searching for John Stringer (b ca 1710's or 1720's) who lived in Chowan Co., NC before living in Edgecombe Co., NC in the Revolutionary War era. Nathan W. Murphy