I am sorry but the county of NC is unknown. Searching for the ancestry of Willis CARPENTER, son of John CARPENTER and Jane TUCKER. Willis was born in NC c. 1780. He married in Grainger Co. TN to Elizabeth (Betsy) ROSS daughter of Frances and Catherine (Katie) ROSS, May 01, 1813 in Grainger Co. TN. I have thought that it was possible that John CARPENTER was in the REV WAR and obtained land in TN as a result. Willis served in the TN VOLS in the Creek and Indian War of 1813. Their oldest son, John C. Carpenter was born c 1814 in TN. They came to ALA about 1820. Willis' brothers and sister as was told by family history was Martin, Sam, and Rita. I would appreciate help in locating this family or the family of FRANCIS ROSS. Thanks in advance. Mary W. Glenn ==== 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