In a message dated 4/25/01 4:50:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jleehunt1@aol.com writes: << However, on the county links page for NC at ncgenweb, there is the formation date for each county, and from which county(ies) it was formed, so you can easily follow it backwards. >> Sorry, I forgot the link!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/county.html