Fred, these aren't towns in that time frame . . . they are counties. ROWAN (which is correct spelling) was once a huge county covering almost the hole half of NC from the central area westward. Someone on the list has a site location of which counties formed from others, and also possibly what their boundaries looked like way back then. Bob Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Hagan" <fhagan2@earthlink.net> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: [NCROOTS] City Locations > Some state web pages have city locators: type in a city name and the web > site tells you what county it is in. I cannot find such a locator on the > N.C. site so can someone tell me what county(s) the following towns are in? > Rowen in 1786; Davidson in 1791. > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > (or NCROOTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for digest mode" > Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also. >

See this site for N.C. County development http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/counties.htm Howard Rhyne : "Bob Carter" <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] City Locations > Fred, these aren't towns in that time frame . . . they are counties. ROWAN > (which is correct spelling) was once a huge county covering almost the hole > half of NC from the central area westward. > > Someone on the list has a site location of which counties formed from > others, and also possibly what their boundaries looked like way back then. > > Bob Carter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Hagan" <fhagan2@earthlink.net> > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:21 PM > Subject: [NCROOTS] City Locations > > > > Some state web pages have city locators: type in a city name and the web > > site tells you what county it is in. I cannot find such a locator on the > > N.C. site so can someone tell me what county(s) the following towns are > in? > > Rowen in 1786; Davidson in 1791. > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > (or NCROOTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for digest mode" > > Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also. > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NCGenWeb project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ > >

Thanks Howard! Good site, and now I've book marked it for reference. Bob Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard S Rhyne" <hsrhyne@earthlink.net> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] City Locations > See this site for N.C. County development > > http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/counties.htm > > > Howard Rhyne > > : "Bob Carter" <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:58 PM > Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] City Locations > > > > Fred, these aren't towns in that time frame . . . they are counties. > ROWAN > > (which is correct spelling) was once a huge county covering almost the > hole > > half of NC from the central area westward. > > > > Someone on the list has a site location of which counties formed from > > others, and also possibly what their boundaries looked like way back then. > > > > Bob Carter > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fred Hagan" <fhagan2@earthlink.net> > > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:21 PM > > Subject: [NCROOTS] City Locations > > > > > > > Some state web pages have city locators: type in a city name and the web > > > site tells you what county it is in. I cannot find such a locator on > the > > > N.C. site so can someone tell me what county(s) the following towns are > > in? > > > Rowen in 1786; Davidson in 1791. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > > (or NCROOTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for digest mode" > > > Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also. > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > NCGenWeb project: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > (or NCROOTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for digest mode" > Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also. > >