Just a note. My experience with the Texas records is that the date a county is formed does not equal the date they commence keeping records. Consider going to the county that they county or counties were formed from. The legislature formed a county on a certain date, but an organization must be created before they can even commence to file records. Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: Rachael Beale <[email protected]> > Robert and All, > Nancy and I went to "NEW HANOVER COUNTRY, NC" in > April. > New Hanover County, NC came off of "CRAVEN COUNTY, NC" > in the year 1729. New Hanover County (Wilmington) is > mention in some of the court records of Craven County. > Was really disappointed because a lot of records were > destroyed in 1798. Was not able to help us. > > "BLADEN COUNTY, NC", came off of "NEW HANOVER & BATH > COUNTIES, NC" in the year 1734. > Suppose to have land records from 1734; NOT at the > courthouse. > The earliest we could find was 1784-1789. > 1-William Stevens selling to Absalom Powell--1784 > Witness: Reubin Stevens & Hardy Brown > 2-William Stevens selling to Absalom Powell--1786 > Witness: Samuel Porter & Richard Brown > 3-James & Ann Gurney to Isaac Powell--1789 > Witness: Barnabas Powell & John Chancey & > Wm. Wilkison. > > Robert, you probably already know the above > information. I believe they tie into your Isaac line? > > We are planning another trip to Raliegh, NC this > summer. Maybe some of the records are there; we won't > know until we try. Still looking for our needle? > Nancy and Rachael (Kits 8205 & 44391) NC-1 > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message