Hi, everyone. I'm Joanne Baucum and I'm new to this list. I live in Walnut Creek, California, outside San Francisco. I've been researching my family for about five years now. I am just starting to look into the North Carolina lineage. I grew up in New York, just outside Manhattan. After seventh grade, I went to summer camp at Rockbrook Camp in Brevard, North Carolina (near Asheville). I had no idea at the time just how close I was to my roots! My grt grt grt grandfather was James BAUCOM [Sr.], born abt 1759. On 30 January 1780, he married Sarah ROGERS in Johnston Co, NC. Witnesses were Green ROGERS and John Rayford. Green may have been her brother. He appears in the 1790 census in Johnston Co, NC. He appears in the 1800 census in Guilford Co, NC. On 12 November 1806, he married Sukie (Lucy) HARWARD in Wake Co, NC. Bondsman was Corie A. ROGERS and witness was Seth Jones. He appears in the 1810 and 1820 censuses in Anson Co, NC. He apparently died between 1820 and 1830 because his widow Lucy appears in the 1830 census in Anson Co, NC with a daughter. My grt grt grandfather was Asa Abraham BAUCUM, son of James Baucom and Lucy Harward. Asa was born a BaucOm in North Carolina in 1807 and died a BaucUm in McNairy Co, Tennessee in 1895. The revised spelling has stuck through succeeding generations. Asa married Linnie Bell ROGERS, who was also born in 1807 in North Carolina. Their oldest known child was Eliza Jane Baucum, who was born in August 1829 in Salem, NC (now New Salem). Based on the birthplaces of their children, they lived in North Carolina until about 1847, when they moved to McNairy Co, Tennessee. I have not been able to locate Asa in the 1830 or 1840 censuses in North Carolina. There is another Asa Baucom who does appear in the censuses, but he is an older first cousin of my Asa. (The other Asa was married to Elizabeth Pistole.) I am interested in any information about the BAUCOM family. I am also interested in identifying the family of Linnie Bell ROGERS, wife of Asa Abraham Baucum. My only clues are the apparent connection between the Baucom and Rogers families. James Baucom's first wife was a Rogers (Sarah), as was one of the witnesses at their wedding (Green). The bondsman at James' second marriage was also a Rogers (Corie A.). I know that there were a number of Rogers families in Anson/Union counties at the time. I have been unable to find any information on Corie A. Rogers. My best guess is that he might have been Carson Rogers (from adjacent Carrabus County) at the time. Corie could well have been a nickname for Carson. I am also interested in knowing anything about Sukie (Lucy) HARWARD and her family. There was a Myrick HARWARD who appears as a witness in a number of Anson Co deed records with various Baucoms at the time and I suspect that he was closely related to her. Does anyone have any knowledge of the people I've mentioned? I would be happy to share any information I have. Thanks very much for any help you can give me. Joanne Baucum