Ann, Also, from Warren Co Will Book 9: (this is merely an abstract, from Mary Hinton Kerr's book): 292. 20 Feb. 1798; Feb. Ct. 1798. MARY DUKE to her dtr. WINNEFRED DAVIS. Gift of negroes & other property, part of her share from her late husband & deeded by her to GREEN DUKE 7 Jan. 1794 against her intention & without her knowledge, her intention being to give him part of her stock. Wit: THOMAS WORTHAM (Jurat) & D. W. DAVIS. fyi, in the event you haven't done so already, be sure to visit the Warren Co NCGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwarren as well as the Bute Co NCGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbute Nola Duffy and Ginger Christmas-Beattie have put Mrs. Kerr's abstracts on those sites, as well as a wealth of other data. It's a HUGE help for research! -Sandy