I am not sure if any of my Shaw's were in North Carolina...I see records of Shaw's in Wake County, but have not been able to connect up. At one time, I was looking for James' older 1/2 brother, Zachary, and thought he might have went to NC, but if my Zachary was in NC, he died before 1825. (In an indenture made 19th day of Sept 1825, of Daniel Shaw, it mentioned ..."the heirs of Zachary (or Zachariah...it was at very edge of paper) Shaw, Dec..." On following the lines of the children of Daniel Shaw of Mercer County, KY, I find most of the children went to Boone County, Putnam County, Missouri. A few stayed in Kentucky, in Simpson County, Marion County & Boyle County. And a few headed off to Texas !! Then I find alot went West around 1865 to Oregon, then around 1880's went to California and Washington. On a side note, am keeping track of the William Shaw's (& Ann Porter Harbison) family, which looks like it went from KY to Tennessee and the family of Thomas Shaw (& Catherine Ripperdan), which were from Mercer County, KY also. I am thinking that William, Thomas and Daniel Shaw might be related. Susan Shaw Gardner