Re: #3
It is amazing to me how many queries never give specific record sources
already searched. For example, what sources suggest NC and what sources
suggest SC. Don't assume and think you know. These are research topics and
questions and needed answers don't come easily but through a lot of hard work
mainly in primary sources. I would suggest that county deed and tax records
be searched for Nash, Union, Rowan and Warren counties North Carolina and
prove which area the family lived in. Then begin to search vital (marriage)
and probate records for the same county. The same is true for South Carolina.
However, SC research is difficult and most county records such as land and
probate are found in Charleston rather than at the county level prior to about
1785. Thus any deed records, for example, prior to 1785 will not be found at
the county level but accessed through Charleston's records. The same holds
true for Alabama records. Start with a specific county and work from there to
SC or NC and from there to Virginia. Southern research is difficult, but can
be rewarding and successful. Good Luck J. Carpenter