Hi Jack: I notice you live in SF, and I live in Vallejo, only 32 miles away. I have two books, one on Old Mecklenburg Co. aster Anson Co., that went all the way to Tenn. 1763/1768. After 1768, it became Old Tryon Co., and covered from Burke Co., down into South Carolina, around Spartanburg or Greenville, and from where Mecklenburg is to the state of Franklin, Tenn. There are no Dar Der or Parr. in either books. The two books above show land grants granted during the time frame from 1763 to about 1784, when it became Lincoln Co., Rutherford, Cleveland, Gaston and part of Catawba Co. Contact the office of land records in Lincolnton Co., NC, and see if they have a land Grant for either spelling, and it will tell you exact location of the property. Betty Heryford ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com