Karen, Have you checked the counties in TN or KY? I have a list of all the original counties....original.......what was formed....and what is defunct.....all from the State Library of NC. There is not a Mocasin County on the list. Sherry In a message dated 12/22/99 5:15:26 AM, rugdept@lexcominc.net wrote: >descendent born in Mocasin County NC in 1810. >He is the grandson of Charles Hunter Jr. of Rowan County NC >His father was John Hunter of Rowan County and his wife ? Deatherage >His name is Braxton D. Hunter born June 30, 1810 Mocasin County NC >I assume this is a now defunct county that was somewhere in the Cherokee >neighborhood of NC Kentucky and Tennessee