In a message dated 6/27/01 11:21:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, andouglas@davidson.edu writes: << This is probably the best site I have come across on the formation of the counties in North Carolina. >> Actually, I found that you have to work the county formation dates on the county links page for NCgenweb to REALLY get a handle on that particular map. The two of them in tandem work well. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/county.html Neither of them really adequately address the land that is "Indian Territory", where supposedly I have someone born ca 1803. On the link you gave "IT" doesn't appear, but in some census guide books, it is clearly there covering parts of several counties that are "Buncombe" on the maps at your links. Anyway, the two links work well together. Janet Hunter