I haven't found that out yet. The people that told me about it didn't know. I suspect it's in the records at the Northampton County courthouse and in the Hertford County courthouse. But it's not exactly a priority with me, yet. <<smile> I'm still working on my family history. I haven't gotten good enough at that yet to figure out other people's history very well. <<grin> -Susan At 21:58 08/01/01 EDT, you wrote: does any one know the name of the fellow that burned the courthouse? Claudia Williams