I am looking for information reguarding the following persons and their families. beeman Barnes Hardy b 7/3/1819 m. Susan Crenshaw Andrew Hardy b 1786 m. Sarah Barnes b. abt 1790 Thomas hardy b 1760 m. Rachel Absolum Barnes m. Martha Beeman Nathan Barnes edward barnes Sarah Pope JohnPope Elizabeth Powell thanks you, Stacey

I found these today, neat stuff. http://ccharity.com/indexes/slavesinwills.htm http://www.ca-probate.com/wills/ (celebrity wills are first, scroll down to the wills of ordinary folks)

Hi, I am looking for information and assistance on my line. I have just started and know little. Louis Henry Harrell married to Maggie( Margaret?) Biggs, dates of birth and death unknown. They had two children that I am aware of...Mary Elizabeth Harrell, born 1905 and Louis Harrell, birth date unknown. Mary Elizabeth was born in Tarboro, N. C.( this is my grandmother) Does anyone do lookups? Interested in census of 1900 or later to determine where they were. Any help or information would be greatly received! Thanks, Kim Sands Nassau, Bahamas

The Woodlief/Woodliff Family Association Webpage is up and running, as is the new Woodlief/Woodliff email list. Woodlief/Woodliff Family Association website: http://members.home.net/teylu/woodlief/assn.html On this site you will find some nifty surprises....links to our new Woodlief QUERY Forum, as well as boards for posting Wills, Deeds, Bible Records, Obituaries, etc. To subscribe to the Woodlief email list: turn off any email signatures, and send message to: [email protected] (for digest mode, [email protected]) Hope to see you on the list, Sandy -- [email protected] homepages: http://members.home.net/teylu/ ----

Seeking email address for Nancy Edmundson Taylor, a researcher in Rocky Mount, NC. Please reply privately. TIA, Rae Jean

I'm trying to prove that Robert Hudnall was the son of John Hudnall circa 1700 - 1720. Can anyone help? I've looked, but with no success. John is said to have died in 1703 in Edgecombe Co. and Robert was said to have been born in 1713. I believe that someone made a mistake in transcribing the records. Robert Hudnall owned property around Fishing Creek, I'm not sure if it still exists or not.

I am looking for info on a JOHN ABRAMS that was born abt 1840 in NC. A John Abrams is suppposedly in the 1860-Edgecomb Co-Tarboro PO-census If anyone has access to this census and the time to do a lookup for me I would greatly appreciate it. He is listed on a FTM CD as in Tarboro, 1860, pg. 439 I am not sure how reliable the page number is. In another situation the page number was wrong. Also, listed are: Elisha Abrams, pg 414 Tarboro Sally Abrams, pg 532 Tarboro thanks!! Jeanne

Seeking information on marriage and children of Mary PEED and Stephen WEBB, see below. Since Henry PEED and his wife, Tabitha STRINGER, lived in Edgecombe Co and Nash Co before moving to Beaufort Co, I am hoping information exists in your county on these individuals. ANY scrap of information appreciated. Rae Jean in cloudy Memphis. _________________________________________ Descendants of Henry F Peed 1 Henry F Peed 1747 - 1792 VA-NC . +Tabitha Stringer 1754 - 1802 VA-NC m: Abt. 1770 place unknown ........ 2 Martin Peed 1771 - 1801 ........ 2 William Peed 1772 - 1802 ........ 2 Mary Peed 1774 - ............ +Stephen Webb 1772 - ? m: Bef. 1792 place unknown ........ 2 Frances 'Fanny' Addams Peed 1776 - 1834 ............ +Amos Tuten 1774 - 1834 m: Bef. 1792 maybe Beaufort Co, NC ........ 2 John S Peed 1778 - 1826 ............ +Elizabeth (---) 1780 - 1845 m: Abt. 1800 Richland Twp, Beaufort Co, NC ........ 2 Lemuel Peed 1780 - 1836 ............ +Susan Ellison? 1776 - ?? m: Abt. 1796 maybe Beaufort Co, NC ........ 2 Milley Peed 1782 - 1802 ........ 2 Nancy Peed 1784 - ............ +Lodowick Dowty 1782 - ?? m: Abt. 1807 maybe Beaufort Co, NC ........ 2 Trigana 'Gain' Peed 1787 - 1851 ............ +Nancy R|H (---) 1789 - 1850 m: Abt. 1816 maybe Beaufort Co, NC _______________________________________________ Prepared by Rae Jean Hay 12 March 1999

I am new to the list, am hoping that someone might have the same lines that I am researching. Any help appreciated. Descendants of David BARLOW 1 [2] David BARLOW . +Mary ? Knight .... 2 Becca BARLOW .... 2 Lewis BARLOW .... 2 Sally BARLOW .... 2 Sarah BARLOW .... 2 Benjamin BARLOW .... 2 Arthur Knight BARLOW 1809 - ........ +Elvira Pleasants READ 1833 - 1860 m: May 14, 1851 d: July 16, 1860 in Edwards, MS ........... 3 Ida Lawrence Barlow 1854 - 1909 d: February 12, 1909 ............... +Alpha Peebles Trotter 1846 - 1909 m: April 27, 1871 d: February 12, 1909 in at home, Winona, MS .................. 4 Claudia Ward Trotter 1872 - ...................... +Harry L. Watts 1867 - 1928 m: November 27, 1889 in Winona MS d: July 18, 1928 in Hernando, MS. .................. 4 Neva Maude Trotter 1873 - ...................... +Edwin Beeman Bell 1873 - 1940 m: October 07, 1902 in Winona MS d: January 14, 1940 in Jackson MS .................. 4 Alden Percy Trotter 1875 - 1924 d: December 28, 1924 in San Francisco CA or Clear Lake ...................... +Mary Schweitzer m: November 14, 1907 in San Francisco CA .................. 4 [1] Mabel Claire Trotter 1877 - ...................... +Richard Griffith Bailey m: March 08, 1902 .................. *2nd Husband of [1] Mabel Claire Trotter: ...................... +Charlton Dunn 1860 - m: October 06, 1908 in father's home, Winona MS d: in Greenwood, Ms. .................. 4 Powell Binford Trotter 1878 - ...................... +Mamie Attneave m: October 02, 1902 in Memphis TN .................. 4 Arthur Guy Trotter 1880 - 1918 d: November 04, 1918 in Canton MS ...................... +Mary Mallet Provost Grayson 1892 - 1955 m: January 04, 1916 in Westfield NJ d: 1955 in Dayton, Ohio .................. 4 Leon McLean Trotter 1889 - 1944 d: June 17, 1944 in Memphis TN ...................... +Elsie Crowder 1892 - m: March 12, 1919 in MEMPHIS, TENN .................. 4 Ida Lenore Trotter 1892 - ...................... +John Dabney McLemore 1883 - 1925 m: November 23, 1910 in Greenwood MS d: December 24, 1925 ........... 3 Walter Read Barlow 1856 - ........... 3 James Barlow *2nd Wife of [2] David BARLOW: . +Lucy KNIGHT 1782 - 1867 m: Abt. 1811 d: July 02, 1867 .... 2 Peter Knight BARLOW .... 2 David BARLOW 1812 - 1868 d: April 28, 1868 ........ +Peninah SHIRLEY 1817 - 1862 m: January 31, 1843 d: May 28, 1862

I am looking for Joseph Sims/Simms, Sr. and his son Joseph Sims/Simms, Jr.(1714-1795). Joseph Sr. may have married Sarah. Joseph, Jr. married Charity Barnes. One son William (1760-1827) married Edith (Ede) Horn, sister of William Horn. William and Ede had children Jesse, William Thomas, Mary (Polly), Sara, Leroy, Jacob, Charity, Patience, and others. Any help you can give me with dates of events, names, etc. will be greatly appreciated. Sue Simms Hill

Hi Researchers, The Edgecombe County Genealogy Society is starting a new project. We will be collecting Bible Records for the County of Edgecombe. As you know bible records are very important to researching anyone's family. Not only does it have birth records it also has marriage records recorded. (For got to mention in my first posting that Edgecombe County is in North Carolina. ) Anyone who would like to contribute a copy of their records please send them to: Jo Webb Vice President Rt.2 Box 285-G Saratoga Road Pinetops, NC 27864

Hi Researchers, The Edgecombe County Genealogy Society is starting a new project. We will be collecting Bible Records for the County of Edgecombe. As you know bible records are very important to researching anyone's family. Not only does it have birth records it also has marriage records recorded. Anyone who would like to contribute a copy of their records please send them to: Jo Webb Vice President Rt.2 Box 285-G Saratoga Road Pinetops, NC 27864

fyi everyone -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TAYLOR-L] LDS Family Search Online Test This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_920491191_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I found this on another list and thought it important enough to send on. Karen Grubaugh Wesley Chapel FL ----Original Message----- From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:00 PM Subject: LDS FAMILY SEARCH COMING SOON As the director of a LDS Family History Center, I have received a notice from Salt Lake LDS FHL, announcing the Beta testing of Family Search on line. It is not yet up, a problem with a piece of equipment, but will be starting sometimes this month and will be up only a few weeks as a test run. If there is not a lot of interest it will be taken off and not put back on. So spread the word and keep trying to get through. When it comes on line the URL will be: > www.familysearch.org <. I have not been told exactly what will be available but know at least the Ancestral File and Family History Library Catalog will be included. Family Search is the name of the program we have on CDs in all LDS FHCs. Some public libraries also have this program. FS includes the IGI, Ancestral File, Family History Library Catalog, Social Security Death Records, Koran and Vietnam war death records, and Scottish Church Records. For those of you not familiar with the various searches, the IGI is the International Genealogical Index. It includes, in alphabetical order, all of the names that have been sent to the Temples to have ordinances performed in their name. Names in the IGI are usually submitted by members, but not always. Non-members also submit their family names to get them into the IGI. Some of the marriages may have been part of extraction programs. The names were taken from courthouse records and checked and rechecked by several volunteers before being accepted as correct. Most people do try to send in accurate information but there are many mistakes. My advice is, always check the original source. Use the IGI to find where people with your surname would have lived and order the census and court records from that area. Ancestral File is Gedcoms of group and pedigree sheets sent in by members and non-members. The name and address of the submitter is included and hopefully will allow you to contact others working on your line. If the address is out of date sometimes a letter to the Membership dept. in Salt Lake will get you a correct address if the person was a member of the LDS church. Once again, the material is only as good as the research that went into it and some of it is pretty bad. Check it out before you 'adopt' it. If you find a mistake on Ancestral File, you can send in your corrections, along with your sources of proof, and it will be noted in the next update. The first submitter does not have to provide proof, but you do, if you are making a correction. You can add additions to a file, or submit a new file. You do not have to be a member to submit material. The Family History Library Catalog is a listing of every book, film and fiche available at the Salt Lake City LDS Family History Library. This allows us to find what is available for each locality, world-wide. It includes the FHL call numbers and a description of what is included in the film/fiche or book. The material from the books and film/fiche will not be on line. That is not something they can do, at this time. Hopefully it will be a possibility some time in the distant future. The film and fiche will still have to be ordered through FHC. Microfilm and microfiche are the property of the FHL and are sent into the care of the LDS FHC director and must remain under her/his care until returned. For this reason they are never allowed to be taken from the LDS FHC. Almost all of the microfilm and microfiche at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City can be ordered into any LDS FHL, anywhere in the world, but there are a few exceptions. Copyright laws prevent them from using material without the written consent of the owner. Some of the film and fiche where filmed by companies other than the LDS Church and permission to circulate these film to LDS FHCs has been denied. There will be a notice included in the description, saying it can not be circulated. Many of the SC microfilm where made by a company who has refused permission to allow the film to be circulated, but there are many microfilm available for SC, some covering the same material that is on the restricted film. The LDS FHL is a non-profit organization, and that is why it still cost only 15 cents a sheet for a microfiche, $3.25 plus tax to rent a microfilm for a month [may be more in other countries] and the SourceGuide and other home use programs are sold at such a reasonable price. We aren't allowed to make a profit, even in the FHCs. The books that are listed are not loaned out but can sometimes be obtained through an Inter-library loan through your public library. You can request copies of pages and if a book is indexed, by ordering the index you can see if your people would have been listed. In cases where the copyright has expired the book may have been filmed or can be filmed upon request. Never hurts to ask. Virginia Ewing [email protected] listowner: Gober, Perry, Ashley & MSWilkin[son] co, MS search the mailing list archives at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ----- End Included Message ----- --part0_920491191_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (rly-zb05.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.5]) by air-zb01.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:41:20 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id TAA29751; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:41:04 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA15724; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:40:41 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:40:41 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:23:55 EST Old-To: [email protected] Old-Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_920420636_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Subject: [CARR-L] Fwd: LDS Family Search Resent-Message-ID: <"LkOfXB.A.f1D.IUI32"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2033 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_920420636_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I got this today and thought that I would pass this on to the different lists I am on. Everyone seems to be wondering what is going on. Maybe this will help some. Ann in Texas --part0_920420636_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Tue, 02 Mar 1999 12:21:02 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id MAA07852; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:20:50 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA08376; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:21:25 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:21:25 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:12:23 EST Old-To: [email protected] Subject: LDS Family Search X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Resent-Message-ID: <"lD1GlD.A.iCC.U4B32"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2856 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit FYI, I received this today from the [email protected] List. It was sent to that list from > [email protected] (Glenn Campbell) < who wrote the following: "This is a bit long winded but worth reading. PLEASE circulate, at least the address of the FAMILY SEARCH, to any roots-l you may belong (to) so that the LDS will consider to keep it running." ----Original Message----- From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:00 PM Subject: LDS FAMILY SEARCH COMING SOON As the director of a LDS Family History Center, I have received a notice from Salt Lake LDS FHL, announcing the Beta testing of Family Search on line. It is not yet up, a problem with a piece of equipment, but will be starting sometimes this month and will be up only a few weeks as a test run. If there is not a lot of interest it will be taken off and not put back on. So spread the word and keep trying to get through. When it comes on line the URL will be: > www.familysearch.org <. I have not been told exactly what will be available but know at least the Ancestral File and Family History Library Catalog will be included. Family Search is the name of the program we have on CDs in all LDS FHCs. Some public libraries also have this program. FS includes the IGI, Ancestral File, Family History Library Catalog, Social Security Death Records, Koran and Vietnam war death records, and Scottish Church Records. For those of you not familiar with the various searches, the IGI is the International Genealogical Index. It includes, in alphabetical order, all of the names that have been sent to the Temples to have ordinances performed in their name. Names in the IGI are usually submitted by members, but not always. Non-members also submit their family names to get them into the IGI. Some of the marriages may have been part of extraction programs. The names were taken from courthouse records and checked and rechecked by several volunteers before being accepted as correct. Most people do try to send in accurate information but there are many mistakes. My advice is, always check the original source. Use the IGI to find where people with your surname would have lived and order the census and court records from that area. Ancestral File is Gedcoms of group and pedigree sheets sent in by members and non-members. The name and address of the submitter is included and hopefully will allow you to contact others working on your line. If the address is out of date sometimes a letter to the Membership dept. in Salt Lake will get you a correct address if the person was a member of the LDS church. Once again, the material is only as good as the research that went into it and some of it is pretty bad. Check it out before you 'adopt' it. If you find a mistake on Ancestral File, you can send in your corrections, along with your sources of proof, and it will be noted in the next update. The first submitter does not have to provide proof, but you do, if you are making a correction. You can add additions to a file, or submit a new file. You do not have to be a member to submit material. The Family History Library Catalog is a listing of every book, film and fiche available at the Salt Lake City LDS Family History Library. This allows us to find what is available for each locality, world-wide. It includes the FHL call numbers and a description of what is included in the film/fiche or book. The material from the books and film/fiche will not be on line. That is not something they can do, at this time. Hopefully it will be a possibility some time in the distant future. The film and fiche will still have to be ordered through FHC. Microfilm and microfiche are the property of the FHL and are sent into the care of the LDS FHC director and must remain under her/his care until returned. For this reason they are never allowed to be taken from the LDS FHC. Almost all of the microfilm and microfiche at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City can be ordered into any LDS FHL, anywhere in the world, but there are a few exceptions. Copyright laws prevent them from using material without the written consent of the owner. Some of the film and fiche where filmed by companies other than the LDS Church and permission to circulate these film to LDS FHCs has been denied. There will be a notice included in the description, saying it can not be circulated. Many of the SC microfilm where made by a company who has refused permission to allow the film to be circulated, but there are many microfilm available for SC, some covering the same material that is on the restricted film. The LDS FHL is a non-profit organization, and that is why it still cost only 15 cents a sheet for a microfiche, $3.25 plus tax to rent a microfilm for a month [may be more in other countries] and the SourceGuide and other home use programs are sold at such a reasonable price. We aren't allowed to make a profit, even in the FHCs. The books that are listed are not loaned out but can sometimes be obtained through an Inter-library loan through your public library. You can request copies of pages and if a book is indexed, by ordering the index you can see if your people would have been listed. In cases where the copyright has expired the book may have been filmed or can be filmed upon request. Never hurts to ask. 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To all, I need some help after much searching and head scratching. I am trying to obtain more information on my greatgrandfather James Matthews( Mathews or Mathis). In the 1880 census he is listed in Wilson Co with his wife Laura Gill Matthews and their newly born son-William Leslie and a farm laborer-Riley Mattox. James is 30. In the 1870 Wilson Co census, James is listed with a Wash Mathews and Margaret Mathews. Wash is short for Washington and he is 25. James is 20 and Margaret is 22. My assumption is that Washington and James are brothers but I have no proof yet. Margaret is probably Washington's wife. I have a listing for Washington Mathews who married a Mary A Horne on 1/6/1867. Still with me. In the 1860 Wilson Co census, James Mathis is living with Nancy Bass-age 63. The age for James is off by 1-2 years but this is possible. Obviously, the spelling changed but I'm almost sure this is the same person. Nancy is 63 and has a medium to large farm in the Black Creek township. In this same household is an Exaline Eatmon 18-F, and a Gilbert Ward 18-M. All are listed as farm laborers. Within a few miles is Washington. He is in a household with Mordecai Bass. Mordecai is 34 and a farmer. Martha-25 (I assume his wife) has 2 small children. Washington Mathis (note again the change in spelling) is listed as 16 (still possible). My assumption is that Mordecai is probably the son of Nancy. Neither the Bass families nor Washington are listed in the 1850 census for NC. My next step is to check for guardianship papers for James and Washington but I have no idea when this may have occurred if it did. I have no information other than a family verbal history that said that James originally came from VA. If he did, he was awfully young and possibly without his parents. I don't know if the Bass families and the Matthews boys are related. In researching VA, I did find one listing for a Washington Mathews in Accomack Co. Washington is about the right age to be the youngers grandfather-not father. I haven't researched this line yet to see if there is a connection until I resolve the issues below. Where do I go from here? Anyone have information on the Bass families in the Black Creek area of Wilson Co. I checked the 1850 census, and there are very few Bass families in this area in that census but by 1860, there were 10-15 different Bass families in the area south of Wilson. Although you may not have immediate information on these families, most of you have enough experience to know where to look next. So far, most of my "hunches" on the other lines have proven to be true but this one has me worried. Larry M Matthews 5412 Dutchman Dr Raleigh, NC 27606-9794 Researching-MATTHEWS in VA, Wilson Co-NC and Moore Co-NC GUIN in Moore Co-NC, Hoke Co-NC, and VA WEEKS in Edgecombe Co-NC MOORE in Pender Co-NC and New Hanover Co-NC GILLIS in Hoke Co-NC and Scotland MOORE in Edgecombe Co-NC GILL in Edgecombe Co-NC

I am researching for factual data pertaining to the BURT and the COLEMAN ancestors who lived within the northern section of Edgecome County prior to 1758 which later became part of Halifax County. NC. Need help with the names and information of the parents of Joseph BURT and Thomas COLEMAN, who were living within Halifax County 1800 - 1821-22. Regards, Robert____ Researching: BILLINGSLEY, BURT, CALVERT, COLEMAN, CULBERSON, ECHOLS (ECKOLS), HOLLINGSWORTH, NELSON, McELROY, STEWART (STAUART, STUART) WALTER, WILLIAMS,

<A HREF="http://www.pastconnect.com/">Your Past Connections</A> http://www.pastconnect.com/ This site is FREE How does this site work? At the heart of this site is a database of items that have been discovered at auctions, estate sales, flea markets, yard sales and from other sources. These include (but are not limited to): •letters •diplomas •marriage certificates •photographs •birth certificates •funeral cards •postcards •receipt

The Edgecombe County Genealogy Society will met March 18 at 7:00 pm at the Edgecombe County Memorial Library for there monthly meeting. The guest speaker will be Elizabeth Whitley Roberson who will do a slide show on her two books "Weep Not For Me My Dear Mother", and "In Care of Yellow River, based on Civil War letters of a Georgia soldier.

Looking for the parents of James Dean(s), b. ca. 1825 in the Tar River area of NC. He moved to Georgia around the age of 14. Any help would be appreciated. Hunter Ferrell

I am searching for the predecessors of my gr gr gr grandfather, Mitchell WATKINS (b. between 1740 and 1750. He and his two brothers Levin and Peter WATKINS probably descended from one of the three brothers of the same names who are said to have emigrated from Wales in the 17th century. My gr gr gr grandfather Mitchell Watkins and his brothers lived in Edgecombe and Duplin Counties in North Carolina. Mitchell was a Revolutionary soldier under the command of General Green. Peter and Mitchell left North Carolina for Kentucky and Georgia respectfully around 1801 or 1802. Levin stayed in Duplin County, N. C., where he served in the North Carolina State Legislature. Does anyone have information on the parentage of these three North Carolina brothers? Thanks, Oliver -

Looking in Edgecombe Co. for Joseph SIMS/SIMMS (died in 1795), married Charity Barnes. Son William (1760-1827) married Edith (Ede) Horn. Their children were Jesse, William Thomas, Mary (Polly), Sara, LLLeroy, Jacob, Charity, Patience, and others. Any help with this line will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sue Simms Hill