Thanks for your offer to share Worth S. Ray's info about the Williamses and the Hendersons of Granville Co., NC. So it has been reproduced on HeritageQuest, you say??? I must admit Ray helped me somewhat--until I did as my mentor in genealogy instructed me--making some family group sheets. Making family group sheets makes one analyze the information. As I did as I had been insturcted, I found at least one glaring error. The dates of birth were wonky--there seemed to be a missing generation, and indeed, there was. When I shared my frustration with Ray's book with my mentor, who is a librarian-genealogist-author-publisher-traveler, on a trip to Salt Lake City, she said for me NOT to pay attention to Ray's writings but instead I should inspect the correspondence written to Ray and which Ray and his wife had donated to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. She took me to the open shelves at the Library where this correspondence was housed. There are volumes and volumes of correspondence to Ray--material of which we will never see the likes again-- with e-mail, cell phones, FAXes, etc. The correspondence was, in general, [who could examine ALL of it?], arranged by families. I spent a LOT of time reading the correspondence about the Henderson family, and one of the letters which I treasure was from a well-known Virginia county judge-genealogist [his vast collection is at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond--a private institution] challenging--nay, he used the word *exploding*--Ray's conclusions about the origins of the Henderson family. Judge Bazile cited chapter and verse of several county deeds, mostly, *exploding* Ray's conclusions about this family. I have since used the sources cited by Judge Bazile and found, indeed, his letter was accurate about who was the mother [possibly a stepmother, but highly unlikely] of Samuel Henderson and his two brothers. I believe there were some sisters, but they did not get land, as the fellows did. What dismays me is that the Ray book about Granville Co., NC is constantly reprinted. There is some truth in it, but every sentence--particularly the conclusions Ray reached--should be challenged. One way to do this is to ANALYZE--the old-fashioned way--with family group sheets and then check whatever sources there may be. Many computer genealogy programs challenge us on the dates. With all the emphasis on *citing your sources*, I am trying to be meticulous in that also. One well-known genealogist says she uses this abbreviation--STB which is *said to be*. That is the hand-me down material one gets. In some respects, I have been lucky to have had access to [or currently own] two well-known genealogies for two of my great-grandmothers' ancestral families, but, still one must be open to corrections and revisions. A third genealogy is less well-known but is quite well researched. Thank you for telling me about the Granville Co. book by Ray which is now on the internet. Nowadays, I am using Zae Hargett Gwynn's books on Granville Co., one by Thomas McAdory Owen [some nuggets of information there], and several new ones by Timothy Rackley of Kernersville, NC. Of course, Brent H. Holcomb transcribed the marriage bonds (with an error or two, particularly about two Elizabeth Hendersons, if I remember correctly.) Don't get sunburned--and don't get drowned by those rainstorms in the east. The West Coast is HOT in most places, and brush fires are seemingly bursting out spontaneously in some places. E.W.Wallace with two distinct lines in various parts of Granville Co., one on Nutbush Creek area, another in Knap of Reeds/Tar River area