..is sometimes as important as where they are. No Murphys (or variations thereof) in the following: "Nash Co. NC Court Minutes, Vol. I 1778-1785" by Dr. Stephen Bradley "Nash Co. NC Court Minutes, Vol. II 1787-1793" by Dr. Stephen Bradley "The Wills of Nash Co. NC, Vol. I 1777-1848" by Dr. Stephen Bradley At least I found a few more names for my Funny Name List. Cheers. Much more to come. For those following the Bass family, Counsel, Jethro, Jesse & Augustine are here in abundance. -- "I'm a student of life, and I hope I don't graduate soon." Mark A. Murphy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/