I looked in my TN books because of Dee Dee Sanders post and this is what was in Davidson County Pioneer's Book. TN was part of NC before gaining independence. Audrey Pioneers of Davidson County, Tennessee Compiled by: Edythe Rucker Whitley "Names of persons who were in Davidson County in 1787, being the first year in which the tax on land and polls was taken, being (White) males over twenty-one years, three hundred and seventy-two, and blacks one hundred and five between twelve and sixty years old." Taxable males PENNINGTON, Isaac 3 PENNINGTON, Jacob 4 THOMPSON, Azariah 4 Note: I am a direct desedant of Azariah THOMPSON who was from Orange County, NC, as several of these people on the list were. (Audrey) 1812 In Davidson County TN -In Captain Thomas' Militia company- PENNINGTON, Greaves