I have a copy of A History of Rowan County, North Carolina, by Rv. Jethro Rumple, pub. 1881, which in Chapter V the early settlers in the area of the Yadkin River. Perhaps some of these were Pennsylvania Quakers. Here is a condensed piece from the book: "From the Records in the office of the Superior Court Clerk, in Salisbury, it would appear that the first court was held in June 1753, only a few months after the county was established. The names of the justices who presided at the Courts the first year were Walter CARRUTH, Thomas LOVELATTY, James CARTER, John BRANDON, Alexander CATHEY, Squire BOONE, Thomas COOK, Thomas POTTS, George SMITH, Andrew ALLISON, John HANBY, Alexander OSBORNE, James TATE, and John BREVARD. We know or have some reasons for conjecturing the neighborhoods from which several of these magistrates came. Walter CARRUTH owned lands on the east side of Coddle Creek, adjoining the McKnights in the Prospect neighborhood. James CARTER owned the lands in the southeast quarter of (the town of) Salisbury. John BRANDON lived six miles south of Salisbury near the Concord Road. Alexander CATHEY lived on Cathey's Creek, near Thyatira (Presbyterian) Church. Squire BOONE lived on the Yadkin at Alleman's or Boone's Ford, and was the father of the great hunter and pioneer, Daniel BOONE, of Kentucky. At this place young Daniel spent the days of his boyhood and no doubt often hunted over the hills and through the thickets of the Yadkin. Thomas POTTS probably lived in the Jersey Settlement, where Potts Creek, running into the Yadkin River, perpetuates his name. George SMITH was probably from this same neighborhood. Andrew ALLISON owned large tracts of land on Fourth Creek, a few miles from Statesville. Alexander OSBORNE lived on the headwaters of the Rocky River. John BREVARD was probably in the same neighborhood, a little further west and not far from Beattie's Ford on the Catawba." I hope this is helpful.