I am researching the Durham and Fortune families in Warren County and elsewhere. The 1790 census shows Charles Durham as living in Chatham County, NC, aged between 20-30, together with one female in the same age bracket, name unknown, but presumably his wife. No other Durhams are listed in the 1790 Chatham County Census. A check of the marriage lists of Warren County, NC, reveals a marriage between Charles Durham and Mary Fortune in Warren County on 10 March 1794. The assumption is that Charles' first wife died between 1790 and 1794. Warren County is about 80 NE of Chatham County. No other entry of a person named Fortune has been located in the Warren County records. After the marriage they returned to Chatham County. Charles Durham and wife, Mary, moved from Chatham County, NC, to Pendleton District, SC, apparently between 1796 and 1800, as verified by the National Census for 1800, which showed Charles and his wife as being between 26-45 years of age, with two sons under ten and four daughters under ten. It is believed that one or two of those children were from Charles' first marriage. What relationship, if any, was there between Charles and the Durhams (Edward, James, John, Samuel, Susanna, William, William, Jr. and others) living in Warren County ca 1780-1800? Who was Mary Fortune? Can anyone suggest why Charles, a widower with one or two small children, would travel 80 miles to Warren County to marry Mary Fortune, a woman who has no known relatives in Warren County?