This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Earhart, Forney, Abernathy, Roper, Rooper Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1919.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If someone looks up the land grant to Charles ROOPER, it might be a good idea to get a look at the Lincoln County, NC, land grant to Abraham EARHART, Abraham FORNEY, Peter FORNEY and Turner ABERNATHY for 173 acres also entered in 1786 with grant issued in 1790. This Land Grant is found in File No. 566, Call Number S.108.770. This grant is very close in time and sequence number to the Charles ROPER grant. The FORNEY and ABERNATHY families were intermarried in North Carolina. David Y. ROPER married an ABERNATHY. Thomas REEPER or ROPER is shown adjacent to B. ABERNATHY and Jacob FORNEY in 1790. It is probably a good idea to get a look at the grants and surveys to learn the names of nearby features and to identify the neighbors. 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>