CHARMAINE, thank you. WE don't have the other two counties linked to SELLERS/etc, but possibilities. WE have two SOLLAR, etc that came from MD and VA. WE try and follow ALL = WE need to work on both = THese Burke Co, NC families/neighbors are interesting. WE HAD many of these names in early MD , CAN'T PROVE the connection, unless maybe neighbors, etc. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: NOINTELLG@aol.com [mailto:NOINTELLG@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:31 PM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SELLERS] RE: SABERT SOLLARS History/Buncombe Co, NC/GREENE CO, TN/MO Marie: Just a couple of comments about the area where Saybert Solarz is found listed on the 1810 Buncombe Co., NC census. 1. Saybert Solarz is listed on page 260 of the actual census. The 0081 number is the image number from the census roll M252-39. 2. The area that Saybert Solarz is listed in became Yancey Co., NC in 1833. Then it became Madison Co., NC in 1850. Looking at the census Saybert Solarz is living in what is now present day Shelton Laurel of Madison Co., NC. Note on the census page the Shelton heads of household, and also listed is Colbert Hensley. These families were living in Burke Co., NC prior to the formation of Buncombe Co., NC in 1791, although I don't know if Saybert Solarz was there then or moved into Buncombe later. I don't really have any references to this Saybert Solarz. 3. Yes, Greene and Washington Co., TN are boundaries with this area of present day Madison Co., NC. The route from Asheville into Greene Co., TN ran through this area, originally an old Cherokee Trail, after the Revolution lots of Blockhouses (Guard Stations) were built along the route to station militia troops for protection. By the early 1800 this gap was being used by travelers to move in and out of TN and it later became the old Buncombe County Turnpike also known as the Drover road because it was used to move livestock and other commodities back and forth to market between western NC and east TN. Charmaine