Hmm... 🤔 Well, this map from 1775 shows an idea of where Dobbs County and Dublin (became Greene) County began in relation to Craven. I thin...

I'm wondering if Kemp's ferry was near where the Zeb Tripp bridge is today. I know the old road used to run through my grandfather's farm before they ...

Duh... I just saw that I misread the relationships in your post. I thought you said Matthias was a brother. *facepalm* Anyhow... I did some digging...

This is such a great find! I have James Kemp as the father of the following children: John Kemp (d. 1793) Nancy "Ann" Kemp m. Joseph Phipps (m...

There is a John Speir in the household of Scott Speir in the 1850 Craven County Census. Could this be your John? 🙂

Hey, @ed_ave... Do you happen to know whether or not Capt. John Speir had any sons? I know he had a brother, William, who had a son named John, but...

I appreciate the warning about that Gatlin document! I was just talking about the usefulness of listening references so if I do a name search in the d...

Ok... found this in my files on Nancy Gatlin Morris... (among other items related to James Morris's death). I think this is where I originally got the...

I don't even know where I got the William Gatlin son from. I've been looking at my tree trying to figure it out. I don't usually have anything without...

Quote from Becky Sumrell on January 25, 2019, 8:28 am Traditionally, John, son of Edward (1694-1763) is considered to be the one to marry Esther Joh...

Just stumbled on this... a WARREN deed abstract witnessed by my elusive Laban MORRIS. [from Abstracts of Deeds, Craven Co, NC, Books 40, 41, & 42 ...

Thanks for those two additional Warrens! I'll add those to my tree. In fact... maybe I'll make a WARREN forum, just in case there are other descendant...

So you don't suspect at all that these Lewises are connected to the James Lewis I posted about the other day, huh? I'm fairly new to researching th...

Quote from Becky Sumrell on January 19, 2019, 5:17 am Hey, I just got one about 5th great-grandfather, John Edward Bennett, who died in Craven Count...

I've spent a crazy amount of time researching the KING family because John KING (husband of Winifred KEMP) was a bondsman for my 4th great-grandfather...