Tammy, Thanks. I already have all of the Marlboro, Chesterfield, and Darlington County census from 1790 through 1920 that mentions families with the sur-name Rasco, Rascoe, Rascow, Ruscoe, Ruscow, Rosco, Roscoe. They are all related. These are only variations of the spelling of the same sur-name. I am not sure where they lived prior to their arrival in the Cheraw District prior to the 1790 census but I believe they may have been in Wayne County N.C. in 1786 and probably in Bertie, Hertford, Chowan, Tyrell, or Hyde County N.C. prior to that. The Rascoe families in Bertie County in the mid to late 1700's were slave owners and had large plantations. Most of the descendant of the Rascoe slaves took the family sur-name after the War Between the States. Many of the Rascoe slaves were mulato and some may have even been Tuscarora. The Rasco (Rasgo) families that showed up in The Marlboro Area did not appear to have owned much property and appears to have been rather poor. It is doubtful that any of them owned slaves. To the contrary they may have actually been "free persons of Color" Those that descend from Alexander Rasco, including Purnington Rascoe were always listed as White. Descendants of John seem to have been listed as Mulato or Black but this may have just been due to their dark complexion. Many descendant of the Rascoe/Roscoe families which still lives in Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro, Richmond and surrounding areas as well as those from that area but who now lives elsewhere have a tradition that they are part Indian. Normally they claim to be Cherokee, Pee Dee, Cheraw, Coatian, or Lumbee. They appear to be a people simular to the Mulugeon in North Eastern Tennessee and West Virginia. James R. Rasco