Duplin County early records are not so easy to come by I understand. It seems that when the British were nearby that their records were buried for safe keeping. After the Revolutionary War was over there was a dispute as to where they were buried and they were never found. This came from a renown Duplin/Sampson County researcher and I am just repeating what was told to me. I know there were so many Joseph Williams in that area that I have not been able to prove the father and/or siblings of Joseph Williams m Martha Perritt/Parrott ca 1766/7 and sold the land that was first granted or patented to Robert Tew about the middle 1700's but had been sold before my Joseph bought it. My Joseph Williams had sons William, Perritt/Parrott, Lemuel, Henry and Hezekiah; daughters Martha "Mollie" and Rebecca "Rebeah." He was a corporal in the Rev. War 1st NC Regiment and I have a copy of this muster record. Soon after the Sampson Co. 1800 census my Joseph Williams moved to Anson County, NC. He was a Baptist elder helping organize a number of Primitive Baptist churches in Anson County (that part that became Union Co. in 1842.) Any information or clue would be greatly appreciated. Dorothy White dotwhite@comcast.net 804.795.4296