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Page 3	Letter from Mr. Albert DeVane
I shall now stop this line, only stating I come down through John Jr. to Benjamin to Benjamin Frankin to George A. who was my father. Now some revolutionary and political history of DeVanes in N. C.
Whether Thomas 1st and his sons, Thomas and John, served in the French and Indian War, I have not searched the Archives. Thomas II and his brother John Sr. were both members of Committee of Safety; both were officers in the first N. C. militia. John Sr. was Major and Thomas II a captain; their sons Thomas, John Jr., James, were officers in this way. All of this I have documentary evidence, in passing I will state, after I had established the DeVane line with the able assistance of Judge Folks Hurford of Homerville, Ga., we formed the John DeVane Chapter S.A.R. in July 1956. There is a story and picture in the S.A.R. Magazine of the organization. This chapter was formed at Plant City, Fla., place of my birth.
The Honorable Henry Washington Hilliard, author, politician et. of Ala. was born in an adjoining county in N. E. to William Rufus King. He was the author of DeVane, "A Story of Plebians and Patricians?. (I have a copy). This author knew we^Ll or had heard the story of Margaret Conte, the Plebian in the story.
I have not been able to find whether he was a descendant of the King or DeVane line. The book is fiction, but to me the basis of the story are written around William Rufus King and family.
Sometime in 1917 to 1920, a Clara DeVane, daughter of Rufus, was in Ala. teaching school. A letter she wrote, part of which I quote. Several years ago, while teaching in Ala.,
I	made the acquaintance of Cousin Bessie Williams, great niece of William Rufus King, whose mother as you know was Margaret DeVane, sister to our ancestor Thomas .who married Nellie Stewart.
She told me many interesting things, and among her possessions, had an old enlarged picture of Margaret Conde, wife of the first Thomas DeVane that came to this country.
She said she had the picture made from an old magazine picture that was sent to her by some of her people by relatives in Philadelphia about 1843. The picture is of a girl about 18, quite pretty."
I	have a copy of this picture (Margaret Conde) which had been retouched by the Ccpeley of Boston.