What year was this book published? Does it contain any information on the settlement of New Bern beyond the basic info that you normally see. At 11:26 PM 2/8/00 -0400, you wrote: >Forrest, > >I pulled out my copy of The History of a Southern State - North Carolina, >by Hugh Talmage Lefler and Albert Ray Newsome. Larry M Matthews 5412 Dutchman Dr Raleigh, NC 27606-9794 Researching Paternal MATTHEWS (Mathews/Mathis) in VA, Wilson Co-NC ;Nash CO-NC; Moore Co-NC WEEKS in Edgecombe Co-NC BASS-Wilson Co-NC GILL-Edgecombe Co-NC MOORE-Edgecombe Co-NC Maternal GUIN in Moore Co-NC, Hoke Co-NC Cumberland Co-NC, and VA MOORE in Pender Co-NC ; New Hanover Co-NC; Hoke Co-NC GURGANOUS-Pender Co-NC;New Hanover Co-NC GILLIS in Hoke Co-NC and Scotland McINNIS-Cumberland Co-NC; Hoke Co-NC McEACHERN-Cumberland Co-NC McFARLAND-Cumberland Co-NC