Thanks Sheila for posting on the above families. I wanted to throw in my 2 cents on these. From what I have read on Grayson/Carroll it is thought that the Cox families were Quakers who settled early on , then moved away. Of course, they left several older children who had married and stayed behind. The Cock(e) families are thought to be separate families. The tradition goes that 2 of the Cock(e) boys, later on in the 1800's, decided to go by the name of Cox, so that present day Cock descendants go by Cox. I have a Jesse Cox, Quaker, who moved away, that I'm stumped on. Most of the Quaker Cox families went to Tennessee, I think. Anyway, it's an interesting chase on Cock and Cox, because you have to explore both families to nab the ancestor you want......... I have a question for all the guys in the group. WHAT EXACTLY DID A WHEELWRIGHT, DO ? I guess he built wagon wheels maybe. Is that right ? Or did it have something to do with maintaining the stone wheels in a grist mill ? Help me guys ! I got a Franklin County VA settlers map the other day. It's a good map. Well done. Franklin was born from Bedford, so after getting the Bedford map and finding nothing interesting on it, I ordered Franklin and it does have some good things on it. For instance, there were several Burwell families on it dating to the 1700's. There was also a Burwell Tobacco Factory. Not a single Spence noted. I did notice that living near the Burwell families were Choate families. The Choate families were early settlers of Ashe Co. NC........ So this could be a possible link to the Spence families in Ashe/Alleghany Co. NC...... Maybe....... I also bought a Montgomery Co. VA book detailing the tax lists of 1788-1793 along with the free map which came with it, which is a great map. It has all the creek names and locations of old mills, and lead mines, and salt mines. With this I can pinpoint exactly where families lived as per their deeds and neighbors. Tazewell County at this time was not settled except for the eastern side just beyond Burke's Garden. Another thought on the Cocke family. I seem to remember reading once that the English had a habit of adding an "E" to their surname, which we as Americans, have dropped. Example. Cocke/Cock, Greene/Green, Browne/Brown, Blacke/Black, Thorpe/Thorp, Choate/Choat, etc. Does anyone else knowledge of that custom ? Later, Carolyn