According to the "GUILFORD CO, NC, a map supplement" by Fred Hughes, pgs. 56 & 57, a stream by the name of Bull Run was named 1752/53, apparently for a Richard BULL. Ca: 1772/3 this family had some "catastrophic event" happen (cause unknown), splitting this (by then) large family into 3 groups. Some changed their names to TALBOT, others to RANDAL and some stayed BULLs. This little book goes on ... In 1767, John Bull was using the name of TALBOT (on Regulator petitions) and had a mill on upper Deep River (deed said John Talbot, formerly Bull.) In Dec., 1803 a John Bull with wife Hannah and children: Oney, Jackson, Elisabeth, John Leonard (Lenny) was granted legal right to change their name to Randal (maiden name of John's mother?) and in 1804 migrated to GA. (According to this book, John TALBOT was a member of Deep River Quaker Meeting and was the grantor of the land on which the Meeting was held.) Does anyone have any further information on the family of John (BULL) TALBOT who had the mill on upper Deep River? Was he the one who changed his name in 1804 and moved to GA? (I do not believe so, because in 1805 the NC Legislation granted 14 Bulls the right to change their names to TALBERT and I believe John Talbot/Talbert was still in Guilford Co. at that time.) John TALBOTs' land is now under water (City Lake at Jamestown) along with the original MENDENHALL Plantation. Thanks. Marsha McWilliams