In a message dated 99-03-22 09:22:11 EST, you write: << RESEARCHING: ANSON/UNION CO. - REFEARN, RUSHING & RORIE >> Dear Ida: In the Summer1997-98 Bulletin of the Carolinas Genealogy Society, there is an article titled: The Rushing Families of Anson County, NC, by Betty Kuykendall Price. I cannot tell from scanning the article if they are African Americans or not. Please let me know if you would like more information about the article. Mary B.