My "Ridge" Simmons ancestors are "suspected" former Chatham Co., NC residents but I have yet to prove it. I know the Bagleys were from Chatham from the will of Henry Bagley 1801. Pat Trask In a message dated 11/19/2003 6:59:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, prossergenealogy@comcast.net writes: I was at a recent meeting of the Lincoln County Heritage Book Committee and was in conversation with Mr. Russell O'Neal. Mr. O'Neal made a statement that you have probably heard me also make before. His statement was that about all of our "Ridge" ancestors came into the area from Chatham County, North Carolina. I have noticed this from researching a lot of my ancestors. Have any other cousins found this in their lines and if so could there be a lot of questions answered from this migration into the area?