Chuckle, in spite of lots of speculations, I agree, they need proving. Sigh.. so hard to do. That's also what I thought after seeing Rebecca on the earlier census.
I'm thinking about heading up to Needham land soon.
Did you know about the Quick Turner reunion that happens every year in Griffin? Most of these Quicks are direct line of Nathan. Their research indicated Nathan was son of Willis. I'm willing to bet that you saw or made contact over the years with Sue Horn (now deceased). She was part of this group. Noticed that my DNA cousins include the name Horn with one as a more distant cousin to me. Haven't found the thread yet. Some Turners as well do show up as distant cousins.
Righto. That Richmond, NC 1820 census included Needham, James, John, and Willis.
There was a James Atlas Quick, from NC, who went to Ark. The Quick lines currently up there (Ark) don't mention anything about James Atlas but they indicate direct lines with Nathan and Willis.
Understand, not my research.....All I found on Willis was what looked liked renting or sharecropping on what I believe was his uncle's land. I looked at the originals in the courthouse. I think someone has since placed those images on Ancestry.com. And. a friend found some information linking Willis and Needham earlier than 1820 in Richmond, NC. Then later Willis's (if same) land deeds in Ala. and a daughter to him by the name of Nancy but not ours. And, of course.
Do you have any idea how Needham came by his lands? And, do you have the exact location of the properties? I had info which led me out past Stanton's Barb-B-Que and not far from a Quick graveyard (grandson of A. Quillar Aquillar, Aquiller buried there).
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Cuz Linda