This week I've been working in the North Carolina state archives in the Wilkes Co. records for the period 1813-1830. I'm working on the DOSS family who moved there from what is now Appomattox Co. ca. 1813. JAMES DOSS was the minister of the Wreck Island Baptist Church, now Red Oak Baptist Church, in Oakville Va. In looking through the records I found virtually all the names I recognize as being Doss neighbors along Wreck Island Creek: Patteson (Patterson), Phelps, Bradley, Thomas, Gilliam, Miller and many, many more. I'd like to exchange information with anyone whose ancestors also made this move. I have a theory that the church may have divided and James may have led part of the congregation to settle in North Carolina. I'd like to try to test this theory, and finding others who moved at the same time would help. Yesterday I discovered a woman I think was James's wife. She signed her name LUCINDA R.M. DOSS. A granddaughter was named Lucinda Rebecca Doss, and now I'm looking for a family whose surname began with M, living near Wreck Island Creek in the 1770s, who may have been her family. FREDERICK MILLER stayed close to this Doss family. Could she have been his sister? Or was she perhaps a MARTIN? She had sons named William, Solomon and Lemuel Doss. Please reply to me directly if you have information to share, as I'm on the digest version of the list. Thanks, Libbie Griffin [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html