In May of 2006 I located John and Peggy's land in Buncombe Co, NC. It appears they lived with Thomas Patterson (John's father) from the years 1797 until 1802 when John bought 100 acres from Richard Morrow. John followed that purchase with another purchase in 1805, 170 acres from Reuben Black. Both tracts of land were connected to each other, both lying on both sides of Jenkins Branch, near Alexander, NC. Indeed, this land is located within the postal district of Alexander, NC, very close to the French Broad River. I found the land on Friday, May 19, 2006. Some pictures I took that day are located here. I also took some video footage, one of which I've posted here on my web site. It is rather large, 22 MB in fact. It appears that John and Peggy moved between 1819 and 1820 to Haywood Co, NC just west of Buncombe. They purchased land on the SW side of Pigeon River. John witnessed a deed in Buncombe in 1819, with the appearance that he still resided in said county. However, in 1820 he sold his last 100 acre tract to Peggy's 1st cousin, James Black (and Elizabeth Ray). That deed described John as "of Haywood County".