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/EVB.2ACI/923.1 Message Board Post: A pocoson (also spelled poquoson, pocosin) is a swamp or marsh. That area has probably changed significantly over the centuries. You would need to locate an old map of the area to see where it showed a pocosin. Jean