Hi Betty, At this point, any and all help would be greatly appreciated. My John of 1807 is one of two John Swinson's, an uncle and nephew (mine's the nephew) who made their way from Chowan (Tyrell/Washington) to Pitt/martin counties, and on to Duplin in the 1770s. According to information I've found over the years, this John made it as far as New Hanover county before returning to Washington Co. around 1800. He supposedly died their in 1807, leaving a will. One document I've referenced, written in the 1950s indicated the will was in the Courthouse, but didn't identify a book #. I've since scanned the Register of Deed holdings on the Washington Co. Genealogy page, but found they didn'y have wills that old in the Register's Office anymore. Who knows? It's too far from Charleston, SC for me to go look for myself. So, I went out begging for help...laffs. My Swinson family info is posted on the Family TreeMaker homepage at www.familytreemaker.com/s/w/i/Chris-Swinson. Please review it at your leisure. Thanks, Chris NCWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > NCWASHIN-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 33 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NCWASHIN-L] Swinson [Betty White <bwhite@pinn.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCWASHIN-D, send a message to > > NCWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NCWASHIN-L] Swinson > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:55:36 -0400 > From: Betty White <bwhite@pinn.net> > To: NCWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi to the List: > > Chris wrote asking help in locating a will for John Swinson. > > Chris, I have in my line (actually Collins) a Lucy Ann Jackson, b.1853, > that married Dave Swinson. They had a child named John Swinson. Your > John Swinson of 1807 is probably related. The mother of Lucy Ann was > Elizabeth Collins, b. 1830 who married William Henry Jackson. Many of > the Swinsons are kin to me on both sides - mother and father. If this > seems to fit with yours, I have more info and would like to hear what > you have also. > > Thanks, Betty