This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Abernathy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1919.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Another possible clue to David Y. ROPER's origin, also following the ABERNATHY family locational information would be the North Carolina land grant to Charles ROOPER for 100 acres of land in Lincoln County, entered in 1786 with grant issued in 1790. This Land Grant is found in File No. 569, Call Number S.108.770. As far as I know, no one has ever examined this land grant because no one has ever been interested in Charles ROPER's family. There may be an extant warrant or survey in addition to the grant. Other Lincoln County grants and deeds may also show adjacency to Charles ROPER's land. In my view, the existence of a land grant to Charles ROOPER in 1790 is supportive of an inference that the Thomas REEPER shown in the 1790 Census in Lincoln adjacent B. ABERNATHY might actually be a "ROPER" rather than a REEPER. Since David Y. ROPER has been definitively ascribed as William ROPER's son by the fictionalists, everyone ceased looking at any of the abundant REAL EVIDENCE. I would encourage you to take a look at the Lincoln records before reaching any firm conclusions about the likelihood that David Y. ROPER was really an out of wedlock son of William ROPER and Kesiah YATES. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>