Barbara and all, I pulled out my historic map of Randolph Co. NC and wanted to pass along some tidbits from it. Martha Bell was the courageous lady who spied on Cornwallis' army in 1781. She rode horseback, which was unusual for ladies of her day, quite a distance into the neighboring parish of St. Matthew, to Walker's Mill, then galloped back to Bell's Mill which was the commissary for the American Army. The mill, her homesite, the place where she captured a Tory ( Steven Lewis), and the Bell Cemetery are all included on the map. Other names found are: Andrew Hunter, James Hunter ( a Regulator Commander at Alamance... Gov. Tryon burned Hunter's plantation ), Hartwell Hunter ( who was hung by Tories in March of 1781 and Col. William Washington and Light Horse Harry Lee captured a Tory and hung the Tory from the same limb of the persimmon tree), and Ninian Bell Hamilton, a Regulator is mentioned. Of interest to Duke Vickrey would be Marmaduke Vickrey who established a plantation in 1757 and owned a mill known as Vickrey Mill on the Deep River. If Duke has lost his Vickrey's, here they are in Randolph Co. NC.......... Today there is a Vickrey Chapel Road in the area. My husband and I own 4 acres of land just north of the Bell Cemetery. The Deep River will soon be changed forever with the Randleman Dam which has been in the planning stages for 30 years. Many historic properties will be under water and lost. I have tried to photograph as many as I can. Many of the locations on this map will be flooded. Many creekbeds have already been re- routed and dried up. Bell's Branch is just a little creek now, but 218 years ago it was much larger. From this historic map it looks as if it is a part of the little creek that runs through our property. I will get out the Randolph Co. Heritage volumes and see if I can find any relevant articles on Hunters or Bells ( and Spence ) if you would like me to....... Carolyn Spence