Looks like someone may have misread or mistranscribed the record. Lura is right, there has never been a Blufield County in NC. Newport is in Beaufort County, always has been. Try searching the Beaufort County web site or post a message to their forum. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbeafor/ncbeau.htm -Beaufort web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbeafor/boquery.htm -Beaufort queries Good luck! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: Lura Date: 11/22/2006 3:13:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] Hicks/Hix I can't tell you anything about Thomas, but I can tell you that the Account could not be accurate as stated. There is no Blufield County In NC, and I'm almost certain there never has been a county by that Name. At http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/county.html You find some information about when each county was formed and when Some were dissolved. There is no Blufield. I wonder if it could have Been Beaufort? Lura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris R. Ryan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: [NCDUPLIN] Hicks/Hix : In the latest New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register: : In Nov 1734 Mary Studley of Newport, widow, filed a complaint agt. Thomas : Hicks of Newport, yeoman, for money owed & goods del. To his wife in Nov. : 1730. : At the same court, Thomas Hix of Blufield in the County of Blufield In NC : sued Mary Studley... : Can anyone I.d. Thomas? : ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message