You have the "genealogies" of Guilford and Randolph counties correct. Roughly, the eastern third of the two was part of Orange County before 1770, and the western 2/3 was part of Rowan. What was known as the "Trading Path" ran basically east to west across the northern part of Randolph County. Tom Hamm >I am going through some of the land transactions that I looked at >while visiting NC two weeks ago. The following is from a book >called: > >Randolph County >North Carolina > >Deed Abstracts >Books 1 thru 5 > >1779-1794 > >Volume I > >by Barbara Newsom Grigg >Rt. 2 Box 458 >Ashboro, NC 27203 > >I have made a note to myself that Abraham Elliott, Jr. seems to have >lived on Polecat Creek--also Joseph Elliot and Abraham Sr. and John >Elliott > >Here is the entry that I am hoping someone can interpret for me: > >5;19, 11 Sept. 1792---James Alexander to Daniel Dawson, both of >Guilford County, for 150 pds. 150 a. in Randolph Co. being 1/2 the >tract whereon his father, George Alexander formerly lived on Polecat >waters and both sides the Trading Road adj. Benjamin Beeson & Jacob >Elliot, crossing the Old Orange Co. line. >Signed James Alexander, Wit: John Coe, Isaac Causey > >It is Jacob Elliott that I am interested in....and this seems to >narrow down just exactly where he lived better than any of the land >transactions that I have looked at. Is there a place that I can >look at a map to see where the Trading Road and the Old Orange >County line would be? I have a map that shows me the area where >Polecat Creek is located. It seems to be just west of Ashboro. Was >Ashboro on the Trading Road? I have looked at the animap images of >the creation of Guilford and Randolph and it is somewhat confusing. >It looks to me as if Guilford was formed from part of Rowan and part >of Orange with both giving up some of their territory and then >Randoph was created from Guilford. Is my interpretation correct? >It is my gut feeling that my Jacob Elliott bought land in 1764 in >Rowan County....then lived in Guilford and finally Randolph without >ever moving off of his original property on Polecat Creek. Is my >thinking valid? > > >==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl