EARLY NC TAXPAYERS by Ratcliff shows a George Cummins in Onslow County 1769,1770, 1771. The First listing for a Cummins that Ratcliff shows in Surry Co is for Joseph and Samuel Cummins 1782. [email protected] wrote: > Greetings > I'm a new subscriber, from the Des Moines, Iowa area. I'm researching > my CUMMING/CUMMINS ancestors who, I believe, came from Surry County--this > would be prior to 1770. My ancestral grandfather, George Cumming was born > 1771 and left there abt 1790 to go to Ireland to claim a land inheritance in > County Down. I believe he married before leaving there. I don't know his > father's name but I believe he married a woman whose surname was either BELL > or CHAMBERS; I'd like very much to hear from anyone with ancestors named > CUMMING-CUMMINGS-BELL-CHAMBERS. George's wife was born in Ireland. This > couple, with their children remained in County Down until 1802, when they > removed to NY City. I have information on this line, but need their NC > roots. Thanks you very much, Carol Ashby - 5655 NW 113th Street - Grimes, > Iowa 50111 > > ==== NCSURRY Mailing List ==== > Surry County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.geocities.com/~surryco