In a message dated 11/29/2004 1:20:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, QUAKER-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > 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? yes, most of the time the people did not move, the lines did. <A HREF="http://www.genealogyatlas.com/1822/index.htm">1822 - A Complete Historical, Chronological, And Geographical American Atlas</A> here is a map site that has old maps that may help