Lisa: I am not researching these names but I do have several books of taxpayers, will indices, etc. that I'll be glad to check. These surnames all appear in them in various counties. If you give me some first names to go along with the variants, I'll be glad to check. Craven Co., btw, was formed in 1705 as the Archdale Precinct of Bath County and became Craven Co. about 1712. A 'blurb' I have on Bath Co. reads: "Formed in 1696 from the territory south of Albermarle Sound...consisted initially of Archdale (Craven), Pamptecough (Beaufort), and Wickham (Hyde) precincts...discontinued in 1739 when precincts were renamed counties...some indication that there was a county court for Bath, but its records descended to Beaufort County...the county seat of Bath Co." I'm in Dare Co. and some of the spellings are with us today in local families. Dare was formed from Hyde, and well, you see how it's all connected! :) An interesting note is that in 2001 there was a book written chronicling graveyards of Dare Co., NC - the two authors include their names and encourage contact with info., orders or questions, etc. One of the authors is: Amy Midgett Gamiel, 1681 Colington Rd., Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. Maybe she would have some information of interest to you on her Gamiel family? ...Candy :) > [Original Message] > From: Lisa Grimes <kcks@gorge.net> > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/15/2003 1:39:01 PM > Subject: [NCROOTS] Researching CAMPBELL [Gamble] and BELINDEN [Balantine] > > Good morning all, > > I was wondering if there is anyone on this list researching > in Craven Co.??? > > I'm trying to follow-up on GAMBLE, GAMMILL which are variations > of the surname.... CAMPBELL, and BALANTINE, which is a variant of > the surname BELINDEN, BELLENDEN, VALENTINE. > > I found recorded documents that list these variants, in the same > county together, pre-1800. In all my years of research, this is > the very first time I've found both those names, recorded as living > in the same area. > > I'm hoping that I can find a researcher that's also looking into > one, or both, of these names. I'm trying to breakthru a brickwall. > > Looking forward to sharing data, > > Lisa Grimes > KCKS@gorge.net > > > > ==== 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. --- Candace Roth --- clroth1229@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.