This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Locke, Howell, Shore Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/541.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks. I was wondering how this family ended up in Surry where my line has been traced to as follows. Perhaps someone else has these lines: Husband: Thomas HOWELL Born: Abt 1750 - Rowan, NC. Father: Thomas HOWELL (Abt 1722- ) Married: 1775 Place: Rowan, NC. Wife: Rebecca LOCKE Born: 1754 - Rowan, NC. Died: 1800 (? Father: Col Francis LOCKE (1732-1796) ( ? Mother: Anne BRANDON (1722- ) My line- Robert HOWELL Born: Abt 1782 - Rowan, NC. Died: 1862 Buried: - Iredell Co., NC Spouse: Rebecca HUNT (Abt 1785- ) Marr. Date: Abt 1802 - Granville Co. NC Other children born in Rowan Co. NC Husband: Robert HOWELL Born: Abt 1782 - Rowan, NC. Died: 1862 Buried: - Iredell Co., NC Father: Thomas HOWELL (Abt 1750- ) Mother: Rebecca LOCKE (1754-1800) Married: Abt 1802 Place: Granville Co. NC Wife: Rebecca HUNT Born: Abt 1785 - Granville Co. NC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events * Census, 1850 - Surry Co., NC Robert Howell 68 Rebecca 65 Jasper H. 22 Almeda Shores 19 John C. Shores 19 married within the year Children: My line 1 F Hattie Almedia HOWELL Born: Abt 1831 Died: 9 Nov 1913 Buried: Swan Creek Baptist Ch - Jonesville, Yadkin Co., NC Spouse: John Calvin SHORE (Abt 1831-1862) Marr. Date: 27 Dec 1849 - Surry Co., NC Died June 6 1862 Charlottesville Hospial Buried Civil WarCemetery Univ of VA Note: other children that are not included here