Dear Lee, I am the one who posted the message about hearing that some Quakers left for Canada. Your explanation sounds as good as any--I had thought perhaps religious persecution caused the move. I wish I could remember where I got the information about the move to Canada. It might have been from a web site called Quakers Corner because I know I contacted someone there about my Paces. Some of the names in my family were Biblical (one female named Lively), and I thought perhaps they might have been Quaker. No luck. Betty Pace On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:22:05 -0500 "G. Lee Hearl" <glh@naxs.com> writes: >It appears that some loyalists were resettled in Canada and Nova >Scotia >after the Rev. War..by the British Government..perhaps some of these >Quakers were loyalists.. According to some reports, there were several >loyalists in western N.C...Infact, I am not at all sure that some of >my >ancestors were not on the British side, I have found no Rev. War land >grants made to Hugh Herrell who would have likely been in the Rev. >war...According to some family members, the Harrells etc. received a >land >grant from the English Crown in Burke-Rowan county, N.C...this would >have >been my folks..Also, the British were interested in getting the >Cherokees >on their side in that conflict and gave some settlers who were >friendly and >possibly, intermarried with Indians, land near the Cherokees in >western >N.C...I would like to learn more about settlement in western N.C. >during >the Rev. War period.. >G. Lee Hearl..Abingdon, Va.... ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.