Dear Macon Gang, We have several new subscribers to the list, so I think it would be a good idea for us all to post the surnames we are researching in Macon County. Here's mine: Shepherd, Dalton, Welch, and some collateral lines connected to the three (like some Brysons, Rabys, McCoys, Pattersons, etc.). My research focuses mainly in the Cowee Valley and Burningtown community. You can see my descendant reports on these families at: http://www.angelfire.com/nc/cowee/index.html Kind regards, Philip Philip R. Underwood-Sheppard, Beaufort, S. C. Rootsweb Sponsor and Listowner: ncmacon, nctransy, ncswain, ncjackso Transylvania GenWen Page: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nctransy/> Homepage: <http://web.infoave.net/~sheppard/kerr.htm> Homepage II: <http://www.angelfire.com/nc/cowee/index.html>