Pat, THANK YOU very much. "Wow" is all I can say! <g> Lots of different places to research in ... lots of "goodies" to check. Don't know if we can be there that long though. Do you happen to know of any good researcher there that knows these 'ropes?' I'm thinking that may be a good way to start. All we know is that our Joseph Pavey was granted land there in 1733, but it wasn't acted upon ... then, there was a Joseph Pavey who purchased land (from George Haig) in 1736, then sold it back to him. It is my feeling that the 1733 Joseph was the father of the 1736 Joseph (the 1736 Joseph was a "Victualler" ... supplier of goods to ships ... probably an Indian Trader and Ranger in Savannah who was hired by Oglethorpe, 1736.) We THINK that the 1733 Joseph was moving to Charleston from Sussex Co, DE, but died (bef. Jan, 1734) and that's why the land was never taken. We don't know whether he died in DE or Charleston. So, you can see, there's a lot of things that should be checked out. Thanks, again. Marsha -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Kruger [mailto:pekruger@prodigy.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 4:34 PM To: SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCCHARLE] CHARLESTON CITY ARCHIVES Charleston in the 1730s - that's an interesting challenge. You'd find deeds