There was a cultural clash between the German trait of neatness, "a place for everything and everything in it's place" and the tendency to inpoved the land. While the high sprited and aventureous Scotch-Irish with gun and Bible in hand though the land was worn out after a season or two. Always seeking to look for new land. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm