Elaine, Thanks very much for clearing up this John Wilcox' identity. Kathryn > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:47:38 -0600 > From: "Elaine Oakes" <eoakes@blueridge.net> > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Regulators & Outlaws > To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> > > This John Wilcox is my gg...uncle. His sister Mary married John > Montgomery. > John's father was Thomas Willcox (the usual spelling was with two "l"s), > who > had one of the first paper mills in America. > > For more information, see "Historical Southern Families" Vol. I, > "KENDRICK of GLOUCESTER CO., VA, and NORTH CAROLINA", by B. C. Holtzclaw, > and > > "Ivy Mills 1729-1866, Willcox and Allied Families" by Joseph Willcox > (1911), which is available on-line at HeritageQuest. > > John Willcox died in Richmond County, NC in 1793 so is only slightly > connected to Rowan. > > Elaine Oakes > > >>>I found the following?at Ancestry.com?in the "History of North Carolina, > Chapter LXIII, Randolph County" where it mentions Herman HUSBANDS and John > WILCOX. > > "Resolved, That the lands said to be the property of Herman Husbands, on > which there is pit-coal, hearthstone, &c., be purchased or otherwise > secured > for the use of the public. > > "Resolved, That if John Wilcox and William England refuse to part with the > mortgaged premises, it will be necessary to make a new agreement with > them. > > "Resolved, If they will neither sell nor lease, that they be precluded > from > using any ore or timber from the vacant land of the State adjacent." >