I am sure they do NOT! About the best you could do is find deeds and/or wills, and I'm sure you've already done that. This 1759 tax list from Rowan does not include any Ragan-or-variations http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rowan/taxlists/tax1759.txt "An" Eli Ragan was enumerated in the 1790 Rowan Co. census. An Eli is in Ashe Co. 1800. The American Genealogy Biography Index places "an" Eli Ragan in NC as born about 1750 (earlier than other sources, if he was the same man). It doesn't say in what county he was born. It is possible your Eli was born elsewhere and migrated to this part of the state. As slippery as the state line was back then, it's possible he came from southside VA or more northerly VA counties. There was a Nicholas Ragan in Washington Co., VA...maybe he was related? He was possibly a son of a Michael Ragan of Fairfax Co., VA, and he had a son named Peter... One of the Burtons I have tracked "went" from (or owned land in or was in court in) Goochland Co. to Cumberland Co. to Augusta Co. to Lunenburg (a lot of this was also county line changes) to Johnston Co. (NC) to Rowan/Surry/Wilkes/Ashe/Montgomery/Fincastle/Washington...he died in Wilkes in 1799, just when Ashe was cut. You might get lucky by asking a volunteer to look at the records they have for Rowan: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncrowan/rowan_lookup.htm But I would also look at the counties just across the state line. Anne At 10:45 AM 1/17/2011, you wrote: >Do birth records exist for Rowan Co. in 1765? > >Ragon Willmuth >125 Cliff St >Burlington,VT 05401 > >-----Original Message----- >From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Washburn >Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:33 AM >To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Eli Ragon? > >Ashe Co. was cut from Wilkes in 1799. So Eli was probably born in >what was Rowan Co. in 1765. Surry was cut in 1770 from Rowan, Wilkes >from Surry and the District of Washington in 1777. > >Mary "Polly" Burton who married David Riggins in Adair Co., KY, was a >granddaughter of John Stapp who lived in the Wilkes/Ashe/Burke area >for almost 20 years before moving to Kentucky. Polly Burton had a >brother whose middle name was Gilliam...Their father, Hutchins >Burton, came from Granville Co., NC, he migrated to Adair Co. and >then to Missouri. > >Anne Burton Washburn >Burton & allied families >http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=annebw > >At 08:41 AM 1/17/2011, you wrote: > > >Because of Eli's close proximity (living in Ashe, near Wilkes) > >to Peter Rgn of Wilkes NC, I am speculating they are somehow connected. > >JW Garrett > >and > >The earliest I find a Jonathan Rgn is in 1758 Granville NC, then >again in 1768 when he purchases land from Arthur Atkins adj Wm >Gilliam. Wit: David Pegram,, Henry Foote, Wm Colelough. >Note the Gilliam surname. A James Rgn b. 1748 md a Gilliam > >JW Garrett > > > > > > > > From: lewis.willmuth@uvm.edu > > > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:34:48 -0500 > > > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Eli Ragon? > > > > > > Don't think so. One of his son's was named Eli Ragon, Jr. > > (1797-1864)and the > > > "Eli" name has stayed in the family. There is documentation that Eli >Ragon > > > (Ragan) lived his life in N.C. owned property, served the court, etc.. > > > > > > Ragon Willmuth > > > 125 Cliff St > > > Burlington,VT 05401 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > > > [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maryellen >Horrigan > > > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:16 AM > > > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Eli Ragon? > > > > > > He is on our dead end list... is there any chance e could be an Elisha >or > > > Elija > > > ol Elias... the Elisa would really ring in here... M'ellen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: L. Ragon Willmuth <lewis.willmuth@uvm.edu> > > > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 5:14:31 PM > > > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Eli Ragon? > > > > > > Any one have information or speculations as to the parents of Eli Ragon > > > (Ragan) born in Ashe County N.C. in 1765-6 and died in Ashe County N.C. >in > > > 1807? He was living in Rowan N.C. in 1790 and married to Mary Stewart. > > > > > > Ragon Willmuth > > > > > > 125 Cliff St > > > > > > Burlington,VT 05401