Paul, Yep, those counties were splitting like crazy at that time! What is your source for Charles in Edgecombe in 1754? He doesn't appear in any of my Edgecombe records, and the only time I see his name in conjunction with Edgecombe is in someone else's land grant dated 1762, in which he is listed as a sworn chain carrier. Everything else I find on that name at that time points toward Granville County. A Charles Bartholomew (and various spellings) is mentioned several times in the land records of Granville. The earliest mention I find of him in my records is dated 1754, Granville County, and suggests Charles had been there previously: "Robert Cheek warrant dated 13 January 1754 to Sherwood Haywood to survey 300 acres in Granville County, joining William Cheek - including the vacant land between the sd. lines and Charles Bartholomew. Entered 14 May 1753." A possible place to look for Bartholomews is Virginia, particularly whatever counties lie north of Granville, which borders Virginia. In 1754 this would have been Brunswick County. I would probably rule out more easterly N.C. because I checked my other land grant books, and deeds for Bertie/Chowan County, and did not find any Bartholomews. Turning to VA I looked in my Virginia books and found these tidbits: 1.) From Virginia Wills and Administrations: three Bartholomews are listed as having early wills - John, 1786, Rockbridge County; Richard, 1696, Princess Anne County; and Jno. (John or Johnathan), Brunswick County, 1735. 2.) In Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, vol. 3, a John Poythress is listed as having received a grant of 609 acres in Charles City County, on the south side of the James River, 23 October 1703. He is also mentioned as having transported 13 persons into the colony, including a Charles Bartholomew. You might want to look further in Granville County and Brunswick Co., Va records (and whatever counties Brunswick was eventually split into); I don't have a lot of books for either place. The good news is that this doesn't appear to be a very common name. Much better than Smith or Jones! Hope this helps some. Traci the Librarian _________________________________________________________________ From: "Paul Buckley" <PaulDBuckley@worldnet.att.net> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCEDGECO] Bartholomew Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:52:40 -0400 My apologies for doing a blanket posting to several lists. However, my Bartholomew bunch that I am searching seems to have settled in an area that was constantly changing county affiliation back in the late 1700's! Have a Charles Bartholomew in Franklin Co. and a Lewis Bartholomew in Warren Co. both ca. 1805-80. Have also found a Charles, John, and Lewis in Warren Co. in 1790 census...but don't have their relationship to the later Charles and Lewis. Then there is a Charles in Bute Co. in 1769 and his son John there also. Have a James and a John in Nash co. ca. 1810. And the oldest record found to date is of a Charles Bartholomew in Edgecombe co. in 1754. The whole bunch seems to have owned land along the Fishing creek and some aroung the Possumquarter branch. Any help connecting this line and with the origins of the 1754 Charles is appreciated. Regards, Paul Buckley _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com