I've got some GRIMES and PEARCEs in my database. Most seem to be in the Brunswick County, NC area. Let me know if you would like me to share any of this data. bp ----- Original Message ----- From: <CGT714@aol.com> To: <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 10:07 AM Subject: Grimes > Have come across something that have not notice before a new Grimes name in > Stewart Co.,Ga, and a lot of the Grimes that were in Stewart Co.,Ga came from > Duplin Co.,NC and there is a belief that the Pearce(Pierce) line is > connected. > This is what i found on pages 556/557 Stewart Co.,History. > Joel Grimes had an account at a Merchantile store in Lumpkin,Ga Owner > (decd) was Wade H. Ball, July 1837. > the other is TESTATOR: Alexander NELSON. Date made: Sept 1834. legatees: > wife, Sarah; children Ruth Chappell, Elizabeth Speers, John , Wm, Matilda > Jamerson(dec'd), George Robertson,Martha Ann, Joseph Wilson, Joshua Jackson, > Mary Jane, Benjamin Franklin. > Executor: son William; Thomas S Chappell(son-in-law). > Witnesses: Elijah Pearce, J.J. Jamerson, W.C. Grimes. (later found where > W.C. m in Dale Co.,Al. or Coffee Co.,Al. > As most of the Grimes researches know that a Grimes did marry into the > Nelson line , here is info where Grimes ,Nelson, and Pearce, have a knowledge > of each other. > If anyone can add antyhing , please let me know . > Thank you All > Christine Grimes Thacker >