Bill, hope you are still on this list. Have just found the only mention I have seen of an Ephraim Fields in Dobbs Co. Just goes to show there were more of this crowd in Dobbs than we know of and most of them ended up in Darlington Co, SC From the Noah Rouse Collection at Duke Martha Envelope containing pieces of deeds, labeled Patent, Dobbs co. NC State to James Lawson, 182 a. SS of Ground nut 11/10/1784. 10 Nov 1784 - Patent #693 to James Lawson of Dobbs Co S Groundnut adj Dan'l Young, sd Lawson 182 acres there was an accompanying plat doen in 1783 says on an entry made by Armstrong Waters and conveyed to Lawson on 17 Nov 1779 Charles Markland was surb CB Obed Lawson, Ephraim Fields NOTE: This is the first time I have seen the name Ephraim Fields in Dobbs Co