In a message dated 11/13/97 11:05:00 PM, dhuffines-birmingham@worldnet.att.net wrote: <<Has anyone come across a William Grimes of Orange Co? I have his son Green Grimes (b.2/12/1809 in Orange Co. NC) who married Mary M. Lipscomb in VA 2/11/1844.>> David, The name Grimes is a variation of Graham. In several early records, my ancestor John Graham was referred to as John Grimes. John Graham's daughter Jennet Graham who married John Walker, Junior of Caswell, was referred to as Jane Grimes in the marriage bond. There was a William Grayham who settled in Caswell County in the 1750's. Perhaps this was your William Grimes. I do not know much about him, except that he settled there about the same time as my John Graham settled in southern Alamance, then Orange County. John Fox Winston-Salem, NC ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line