I am trying unsuccessfully to locate on today's maps the Rockfish Creek area that in 1783 was known as Miry/Mirey Meadow. Did it become or was it located in South Division of Duplin County? Google searches have shown a few things but not a Miry/Mirey Meadow. Thanks.

I've done a lot of research into families, geography and land deeds in the Rockfish Creek area. 'Mirey meadow' was probably (or was very near) Mirey/Miry branch. I recall thinking that Miry branch was located somewhere in the fork of Rockfish Creek and Cape Fear River but I can't be sure. To see a map of this area, go to my site, http://www.capefearclans.com, click on 'locale maps' in the navigation bar and scroll down to the second map. This is the Rockfish Creek tax district in 1829. If you tell me what name you're searching, I might be able to help you further. Also, if you're local to that area, you could contact an experienced surveyor who's worked in that area--sometimes they have to trace old deeds in the courthouse for lost corners of much older land tracts, so they learn where old branches, swamps and watercourses used to be. Steve Fran wrote: >I am trying unsuccessfully to locate on today's maps the Rockfish Creek area >that in 1783 was known as Miry/Mirey Meadow. Did it become or was it located >in South Division of Duplin County? Google searches have shown a few things >but not a Miry/Mirey Meadow. > >Thanks. > > > > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > >