I have in front of me a copy of a microfilm document that is sure presenting problems. It is from p49 of court records and is a "deed of gift" from an "old and infirm" Joshua Harbin to s-i-l Wm. Byrd for maintance of Joshua and his wife, and gives his s-i-l William Byrd essentially all his possessions. The problem is this: The deed was dated the 15th day of Sept 1872 - no question about the writing. It is listed under the Nov Term AD 1872, and the following deed is also dated Nov Term AD 1872. All the ones are ones, all the sevens are sevens. My records indicate Joshua was born in 1755 in MD, married Ruth Hoskinson in 1778 in MD, appears in deeds & censuses in Wilkes County 1778-1810, but not thereafter. He had a dau who married William Byrd. So are the court records dated incorrectly (1812 would make much more sense) or do we have two Joshua Harbins who married two Ruths and had two s-i-l's named William Byrd? Since both things sound abit unlikely to me, I would appreciate readers' comments on this. You know your early settlers - do you think the latter might have happened? Thanks so much! Joan Marie