Hoping to catch Ned before he takes his newly transplanted heart home. Those Mo Dr's don't understand new hearts need a dose of early NC history. Ned had people on the Clermont-Brown Co,line from 1800,but has been slow writing Emails lately. The explorer ,1750-51 of Ohio for the Ohio Co was indian trader,Christopher Gist. His son,Thomas,was at Uniontown,Pa,and Weirton,WV,AND [?] Gist's creek,,n Bardstown,KY. Another son,Col Nathanial Gist was married to a Va lady, but was an Indian trader among the e Tenn Cherokee,and had a love there,by which he fathered Sequoya,who invented the Cherokee abc's. Anyway, it's 1775, and Col Nat Gist's Va wife's uncle spreads stories of Col Nat Gist being pro-British [most important Indian traders were] and living amont the 'Over-the-hill" Cherokee. So,in very sw Va,and w NC, [and e TN?] a militia army was raised to go on the 'Cherokee expeditition" and protect the frontiers from Cherokee,and British activity, in 1776. And as this militia army arrivied at the Cherokee head town, Col National Gist came out to meet them, saying that he's just been able to get free from the Cherokee, and 'TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!" or Gen George Washington, whose been a family frend,and fellow soldier for 25 years. And Washington makes him Col of Va forces,and soon he is back in the same Cherokke village he recently left,but on oppisite sides. And,as a Va offier,he qualifies for Va Military Land bounties, located,in part,here at Bethel,Ohio. I debate whether the Breckenridge survey itself,on which Bethel was founded ,was bargined for by Obed Denham,1796-97,from Col Nat Gist,then east of Lexington,Ky . When Gist died,1800, Lexington lawyer Breckenridge became his co-excr,,