Virginia Green, In reply to your recent roll call of your Henderson County NC ancestors, you mentioned Nobel JOHNSON who died in 1800. Several clues lead me to believe that Nobel may be part of my Johnson family who perhaps lived where Henderson County is now (Rutherford Co. and then Buncombe Co. when they were there). My ancestors are William (born @ 1785), Joseph (born @ 1787), and Aaron Johnson (born @ 1792) who I believe to be part of the Edward Johnson family listed in the 1790 census of Ruth. Co. and the 1800 census of Buncombe Co. (where Hend. Co. is today). Living nearby at least in the 1790 census are the families of James Sr. and James Johnson Jr. That these three boys came from Edward's family is conjecture. What I know for sure is that about 1810 these three brothers married three daughters of John F. YOUNG (it appears he is also listed in the 1790 census of Ruth. Co.) then living just across the state line in Greenville District, SC. They each started families then all moved to Knox and Clay Counties KY with the YOUNGs and several neighbors by 1820. Meanwhile, your Noble along with kinsmen Jacob and John Johnson, I believe, appear first in the 1790 census of the Pendleton District SC just across the line, then by the 1800 census lived near this Edward Johnson in what was then Buncombe Co. (now Hend. Co.). Do you have any information about these other Johnson families, especially Edward Johnson? How do all these men relate to Noble, and where did they come from? I was told Noble is a Rev. War veteran. Bruce Nichols Mapmaker3@aol.com