So far, I have what most people seem to have, the David K Capps journal references, which are not conclusive. There is an English & Wales Christening record for a Thomas Capps, born abt 1723, christened 20 May 1723, in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England. Father's name is listed as Thomas and mother is listed as Mary. I have no proof this is the right person. However, if this is the right person, then it would correlate to the DK Capps assertion that Thomas Capps of NC was the first of the family to live on this continent. This means that looking for records prior to 1745 is probably a waste of time, and location in NC could be anywhere. The 1755 NC tax list from NC Early Census Index, in Ancestry as NC Census, 1790-1890, places a person of this name in Beaufort, NC, age 30, which would be about right. That same index shows him in Beaufort Co., no township, in 1764.