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