You're welcome, Ellen. One thing though, there was sometimes referral in records to Little Fishing Creek, as well as Greater Fishing Creek, I'm wondering maybe the Little Creek was a term used in other times. Fishing Creek actually ran through several counties and almost all of the locations in that Piedmont area had a Fishing Creek, including the Township names. Evelyn Wallace may not be around these past few days, otherwise she would have responded. I'm going to send her an email and ask her to get in touch with you, she's the one who's done a lot of work on the Granville Williams family. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams of Granville Co., NC > Deloris, > > I wish I could say the property where my ggg/gf, William Williams, > lived > in Granville Co., NC, was near Little River instead of Little Creek, but > all > the deeds read the same -- sometimes "on", or "in between", or "on both > sides of" ... the Tar River and Little Creek. > > The two maps you sent were very clear and a great help to me. These > were > the 1746 and 1779 maps of the Granville Co. area. This is something I've > been looking for, for years. They both show "unnamed" branches or > streams near > the Tar River, where the Fishing Creek District was located. Maybe one > of > them could have been called the Little Creek by some. It has to be in > the > general area of Fishing Creek District, since that's where he was when > the 1786 > NC State Census was taken. In describing some of the property, two deeds > read: "near the Ridge Path between Tar River and Little Creek." I just > wonder > if "Ridge Path" was a wagon or oxcart trail, and perhaps it became a > well-traveled road during the years -- maybe even a highway today! > > The link you gave me to the RootsWeb site turned out really > interesting. > The writer of that message (Hdanw) mentioned a book he had heard about -- > "The Williams Family of Granville County, North Carolina and Marshall > County, > Tennessee : Ancestors -- Descendants -- connections to Allison, Boyd, > Camden, Haislip, Harris, Ogilvie and Peace Families", by Elizabeth > Thompson > Schack. This is the history of our family, written by one of our > cousins, Bettye > Schack. The families of Williams, Allison, Haislip, Harris, Ogilvie and > Peace, are the ancestors of most of us in this Williams family. They all > lived in > the southern districts of Granville Co. and intermarried before they came > to > Tennessee. The families of Boyd and Camden are only Bettye's ancestors. > > Also, the writer of that RootsWeb message mentioned the Williams > families in the Knap of > Reeds District. That would have been close to the Fishing Creek > District, > but we don't know anything about them. There is only one Williams in the > Knap > of Reeds District in the 1786 Census -- Ralph Williams. We don't know > that > given name in our family. Primarily, the names that have come down to > us, > are -- John, William, Henry, James, Joseph and Daniel. There have been a > few > unusual ones, like -- Chesley, Varnold and Norwood. I'm going to try and > do > some research, though, on this "Ralph Williams". I'm also going to try > more > research on the families of John Williams and Daniel Williams, that you > mentioned, especially as more DNA information comes in. > > Thank you, again, Deloris, for helping me so much. If you think of > anything else that might connect us, please let me know. I'd really > appreciate > it. > > Ellen Williams > Nashville, TN > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >