Gary, About half of Duplin County became Sampson County in 1784, so your Stephens family might have been named in both counties without moving. My ggggrandfather Alexander Carrell lived very near the line between the two counties, and I once copied from the 1790 census the names of the heads of household shown on the same page as Alexander. Living beside Alexander was - as well as I could read it - a Coor Cooper, and beside him a Daniel Coor. Coopers listed in the 1784 tax evaluation for Sampson County that I copied from the "Heritage Book" are: Coor Cooper Fleet Cooper John Cooper William Cooper Hope this gives you some possible families to search into. Lura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary W Cooper" <garluke@juno.com> To: <NCSAMPSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: STEVENS / STEPHENS Brickwall Can anyone help with this brickwall? Drusellah STEVENS/STEPHENS was born April 17, 1791. (married a COOPER ca. 1809) Her name is spelled as first shown here in the STEVENS/THAMES Family Bible record. Her father's will (John STEVENS) records her as Drewsiller COOPER, and I have also seen the spelling Drewsiller. I assume the correct spelling is Drusilla or Drucilla. Her family was in Sampson County, NC most of the time, but may also have been in Duplin or Cumberland Counties, NC. She had a sister named Zilpha that married Daniel COOPER, a grandson of Fleet COOPER, Sr. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Gary garluke@juno.com Gary W. & Christie J. Cooper 653 Lover's Lane Road Dawson, Georgia 39842