Buddy, I think we corresponded before??? I think this Moses Payne was in VA to NC then Franklin Co. GA. I don't know anything else about him though. His father Thomas Payne SR. was in them places I understand. BTW, Ihave some Pritchett's in Franklin Co. GA in my gedcom and you can view them in myu WorldConnect URL below. From: Darrell Pritchett <dpritchett@northstate.net> To: PAYNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Thomas in Wilkes County NC Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:54:49 -0500 List The discussion about Moses Payne interested me because I descend from that line. Has anyone heard mention that Moses Payne went to NC from Virginia,on to Franklin Co GA and then moved back to NC??? I am also interested in the New River. Several of my Hartman ancestors had relatives or were connected to New River. The Question is why was New River so popular because it seems there was a lot of wild country between New River and Winston Salem NC at that time??? Buddy Pritchett Thanks, David S. Payne Check out my new genealogy pages and view my Gedcom at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=otime http://www.myfamily.com/front_members.asp (Username: user_n Password: user90) Searching for surnames mostly in Upstate SC/GA: ADDISON, ALLISON, CANADY, CORBIN, CRAIG, DEAN, FOWLER, HALEY, GORDON, GRAY, HENSON, JAMES, McPHERSON, NEWTON, PARKER, PATTERSON, PAYNE, REDWINE, REID, SWANN, WEST, WHITMIRE, WOODALL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com