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Several years ago, the Drum-Wilkinson Clan based in Catawba County authorized the publishing and distribution of a 2-volume family history entitled, "The Drum-Wilkinson Families." A supplement to that publication has recently been published which contains additional information as well as corrections to the 2-volume set. Should anyone be interested in either of these genealogy resources, please contact me direct for more information. Betty

While reviewing the estate papers of Solomon Filo Huffman who died in 1896 I find he died without a will. His estate was administered by W.P Smyre.. Candace Smyre Huffman, second wife of Solomon relinquished her rights to administer the estate. The following heirs were named: John Hufffman, Edward Huffman, Lela Huffman (who married Daniel Abernethy), Mary Huffman, Minnie Huffman (children of Solomon and his first wife Amanda Holler Huffman) Ella Huffman (child of solomon and Candace and one heir anonymous. Names appearing in the estate papers are as follows: W.P. Smyre, J.F.Smyre, W.E. Smyre, T. D. Symre, G. W. Smyre, J. A. Huffman, D. E. Link, S. G. Shell, L. A. Hunsucker, M.M. Holler. D. S. Holler, J. A. Yount, P.G. Herman, B. J. Summerrow, J. W. Rockett, M. L. McCorkle, T. L. Bandy, P. F. Smith, P. E. Row(?), Dr. Herman, T. L. Herman, M. L. Herman, Gilbert Cline, Miles Baker, William Parker, Cain Abernethy. The following companies also are listed: Isenhower, Cline and Co., McCorkle and Son, Rowe Herman and Co., Sincerely, Cynthia Bolick Gilbert

Hi all, if you are interested I have a copy of the estate papers for Andrew Holler of Catawba County who died May 1898 and is buried at St. Timothy's. These estate papers contain many names from the area and what they purchased at the estate sale and the costs. Andrew was my great great greatgrandfather, his daughter Amanda Holler Huffman my great greatgrandmother, her daughter Lela Jane Huffman Abernethy my great grandmother and her son John Vernon Abernethy my grandfather. Here are the names of the people at the estate sale. Email me if you would like information on what was purchased by them. Bolch, Chas. P., Bolch, M.A,, Bollinger, L. M., Bowman, J. R., Bruner, R. W., Bumgarner, E.E., Cline, George, Cline, W. L., Cromer, J. L., Drum, David, Hawn (Haun), L. J., Hefner, David, Herman, T.L., M.L., J.A., J.T., Holler, R. A. M.M. D.S., Lemuel, A.d., J.E., Hoover, Mrs., Leauretts (Laretts), A., M. A., Lefon, C. E., Miller, J.T., D.P., W. E., Payne, Walter, Poovey, Guss, Pope, R. J. Propst, J.A., Punch, A.M., J. T., Rumples (Rumfiles), M.J., Shell, J. S. Sigmon, J. E., Simmons, J. A., Simpson, Jim and Hariet, Smith, Bob, Will Smyre, T. D., Spencer, E.J., S.E., Taylor, J.P., Wagner, M. E., Wilson, Tom, Yount, D.E. Holler, Gilbert, Williams, F.M., Bolch & Bolch Tombstones, C.W. Herman, J.A. Yount, Isenhour, Cline and Co., DR. McD. Yount, W.P. Smyre, J.W. Blackwelder, W.C. Feimster, Catherine Smyre Sincerely, Cynthia Bolick Gilbert

Searching for anyone that can help me on the Maiden Line of Taylors, 1. Banks Taylor born March 9, 1912 died 1987 2. Clyde Taylor born June 16, 1903 3. Grover C. Taylor born, 1934 died 1998 4. Grover C. Taylor born March 6, 1889 and died May 1970 5. Edith Taylor born Nov 18, 1909 and died April 1982 6. Edith G. Taylor born Oct 10, 1915 and died March 2, 2003 7.Mittie Taylor born May 2, 1879 died Dec 1969 8. Mattie Taylor born Nov 19, 1894 died Sept 1977 9. Melvina B. Taylor born June 5, 1929 died Jan 30, 1997 10. Lester Taylor born Sept 15, 1913 died May 7, 1988 his S. S. was issured in S. C. All of the other Taylors was born and died in Maiden as far as I know? All well know Maiden Taylors, I am trying to link two lines together that I now beleive are related. If any one has any knowledge of the C. W. Taylor merchandise store that was in Maiden around 1800 .His name was Columbus Winfred Taylor born 1876 and died in 1923 in Va. He married Lillie Keener of Maiden. children: George Franklin Taylor Wiley Columbus Taylor married Dollie Burkhart Gilmer Roosevelt Taylor David Monroe Taylor Olan Keener Taylor Lillie Dollie Taylor married Codie Thomas

Someone loaned me the book entitled The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War printed in 1911. I have to return it but if anyone wants me to look up someone I will be happy to. Ginger Smith.

Searching for anyone that can help me on the Maiden Line of Taylors, Banks Taylor born March 9, 1912 died 1987 Grover C. Taylor born, 1934 died 1998 All well know Maiden Taylors, I am trying to link two lines together that I now beleive are related. If any one has any knowledge of the C. W. Taylor merchandise store that was in Maiden around 1800 .His name was Columbus Winfred Taylor born 1876 and died in 1923 in Va. He married Lillie Keener of Maiden. children: George Franklin Taylor Wiley Columbus Taylor married Dollie Burkhart Gilmer Roosevelt Taylor David Monroe Taylor Olan Keener Taylor Lillie Dollie Taylor married Codie Thomas

The following obituary is from our local paper, the Cumberland, MD, Times-News: Ray Yount CUMBERLAND - Elizabeth "Rebel" (Fulbright) Feeney, 84, of Cumberland, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, at Memorial Hospital. Born Sept. 8, 1920, in Vale, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Hattie (Yount) Fulbright. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hubert J. "Mick" Feeney, Aug. 21, 1997; one brother, Glenn Fulbright; and two sisters, Sarah Parker and Willie Mae Coffey. Mrs. Feeney was a retired registered nurse from Cumberland Nursing Center and had been employed in the obstetrics department at Memorial Hospital. She was a 1938 graduate of Banoak High School, Vale, a graduate of Grace Hospital Nursing School in Morganton, and attended Baylor University, Waco, Texas. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, Kathy Lindner, Silver Spring; three sons, Timothy Feeney, Mesa, Ariz., Terrance P. Feeney Sr. and wife Louise, Prescott Valley, and William J. Feeney and wife Weezie, Cumberland; two brothers, Ralph Fulbright and wife Florence, Vale, and Howard Fulbright and wife Nell, Castallian Springs, Tenn.; sister-in-law, Madeline Fulbright, Radford, Va.; five grandchildren, Terrance P. Feeney Jr., Christopher M. Feeney, Douglas R. Feeney, Sarah E. Feeney and Claire Feeney; four great-grandchildren; lifelong best friends, Frank "Sonny" and Betty Sue Wilson, who introduced "Mick" and "Rebel" in 1947. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave. on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian Wake service will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday at 8:45 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's on Saturday at 9 a.m. with the Rev. Milton A. Hipsley as celebrant. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Mary's Catholic Church, 300 E. Oldtown Road, Cumberland, MD 21502 and Bishop Walsh School, Bishop Walsh Drive, Cumberland, MD 21502. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.scarpellifh.com.

I went to Raleigh this past week end and checked the marriage bond listed in the Lincoln bond book for Philip Fry and Elizabeth Stark. The name is definitely Starr, not Stark. So now that I have that mystery solved, does any one know the relationships of the Philip, George, and Henry Fry in the following marriage bonds? Note that the bondsman for both Philip and Henry was George. Philip Fry & Elizabeth Starr - bond date 16 Oct. 1808, signed by Philib Frey and George X Fry (his mark), signed in the presence of ? Wilfong There is a 500 pound bond "void on condition there is no lawfull impetiment to hinder the marriage of Philip Fry & Elizabeth Starr, otherwise to stand and remain in full and venue? as witness our hands & seals this 16th day of October 1808" There's what looks like a slip of the pen on the bottom of the 2nd r of Starr. Henry Fry & Sally Eikerd - bond of 500 pounds put up by Henry Fry, George Fry and John Eikerd. Bond signed by Henry Fry (his mark), George X Fry (his mark) and John Bost I'm still looking for the marriage or parentage of Elizabeth Fry who married Philip Starr, son of Jacob.

Sarah Ann Propst was the daughter of Daniel Riley Propst and Lathania Dagenhart. She married Frank T. Webb in 1869. They went to Montague County, TX about 1893. I have traced some of their descendants to the 1930s/1940s. I will be glad to E-mail copies (WORD document) to those interested. Best Regards, Ray Yount ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today!

Charles Earl Poovey a graduate of Hickory High School class of 1924 died on October 18 at the age of 97. He was the son of L.W. Poovey and Nancy Thomas Reid Poovey and the grandson of Julius Alexander Poovey and Martha Link Houck Poovey. Earl was one of 7 children. Julius Reid Poovey who died at age 92 and was involved in politics locally Lloyd Willard who died at age 12 of Hodgkins disease Lena Rose Poovey Meissner who died in March of this year at age 94 Virginia Poovey Bell who died in 1991 Lloyd William who was killed in WWII Helen Poovey Yelton who lives in Williamsburg, Va. and is 87 Submitted by Ginger Bell Smith, niece

Please share with me ANY piece of information you have about the George Hise mentioned in the abstract below: "13 Nov 1784. John Lewis Beard and wf Christina to Henry Ludwig, for L100 in gold and silver coins, 142 A on both sides of Dutch Buffalo Cr being the land deeded to the grantors by George Hise and wf Mary 21 Aug 1772. Hise bought the land from Jacob Meyer and wf Margaret 18 Jun 1768. Wit: Mark House, Jacob Hise, and Lewis Beard. Prvd in Sep 1786 Ct by oath of Mark House. Sam Martin, CMC." (This abstract is from page 89 of Herman Ferguson's book Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10-14.) I am especially interested in knowing 1. the previous places of residence of George Hise in America before he lived on Dutch Buffalo Creek, in Mecklenburg Co., NC, including those that might have been at another location in Mecklenburg Co., NC, such as west of the Catawba River 2. the place in Europe where he was born; I am assuming he was from what is now Germany, since he lived among German-speaking people on Dutch Buffalo Creek in Mecklenburg Co., NC I would also like to know: 1. when George Hise died 2. George Hise's place of residence at the time of his death 3. names of the children of George Hise If you have information in addition to what I have specifically mentioned, I would appreciate your sharing it with me. If you know of a family history that has been written by his descendants, please tell me the name of it and the name of a library which may have a copy. Thank you, Carole (Carole Irene Crismon Cook)

PRESS RELEASE We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Conover Memorial Service Date: Saturday, 23 October 2004 Time: 2PM <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawm/WmSDeal.htm>http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawm/WmSDeal.htm Confederate soldier William Silas Deal, a native of Catawba County, will be remembered with a memorial marker and ceremony at the St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery in Conover NC. Nearly 140 years ago, Deal, who was a member of St. John's, enlisted with the NC troops during the War for Southern Independence. He was 40 years old, well past the age of required military service. Deal fought for the Confederacy and was captured at the Battle of Hatcher's Run in Virginia. He died of disease at Point Lookout (MD) prison, seven weeks after the war ended. According to local historian and genealogist Derick Hartshorn, Deal's body is buried in an unmarked grave at Point Lookout. Attending the ceremony will be the color guard of C.F. Connor Camp #849 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, as well as re-enactors from neighboring camps. Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Order of the Confederate Rose will attend in period costumes. The Rev. Scott Johnson of St. Johns will give the invocation, and the color guard will present a rifle salute. Descendants of William Silas Deal, as well as special guests, are expected from across the country. The public is invited. The church is located at 2126 St Johns Chrch Road NE, off NC Highway 16 north of Conover. For further details or directions, please call the church at (828) 464-4071 Tell a friend about NCSouth. To subscribe, just send a message to NCSouth-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

This strategy also works for ancestry.com. Gerry

Robin-- This was posted on my TransylvanCoGenList by one of our List Managers, Virginia Green on 18 October 2004 and I thought it might be useful to you and other researchers of Black Heritage..... "I just made a great discovery! At least to me it was! On the census at Heritage Quest, on advance search, you can leave out the surname and the given name, put in the state and county, and black and it will bring up the African Americans on that census in that county. In one county, I had to narrow it down by also putting in male, cause it will only return 1,000 names and more than that had come up. This is an excellent resource when you're not sure of the name or cannot find the person. To other researchers, you can look for other ways to use this: I left the surname off, put in a given name of Mary put in North Carolina put in Transylvania County and left the others at All And it brought up all the Mary's in The 1920 census of Transylvania County. If you don't know how to get Heritage Quest, you get it through your library. If your library doesn't subscribe to it, they probably have a deal with another library that does. And you can access it on the web! So much easier than reading page after page of microfilm, although it will take you to the exact page and you can view the copy of the actual document. Also many, many libraries have Ancestry, but you have to go into the library to use it. For a while I was able to get it on the St. Pete library web page, but that soon went away. Let me know if you need help in accessing Heritage Quest. There are other things there than just the census. Oh, and Wylene found it through her grandson's college library. Virginia Green **** Virginia, If you can't get it locally, and we can't in Augusta, GA, then you can join The Godfrey Library for 35.00 a year and get instant access. I phoned them and joined over the phone with a credit card. They immediately gave me my access code. I figured that I actually save money this way. The nearest library that has Ancestry access is a good 10 miles, and that was before gas prices started rising again. Looks like I will save even more. Their website is www.godfrey.org Cynthia Jane" **** Hope this helps. Ann Propst, Brevard, NC P.S. Virginia & Cynthia Ann--Thanks so much for posting this information. Robin has been doing an excellent job on the Black Heritage web page as well as the Maiden, NC web page.

Sure he preached her funeral but this was not the wife of Johan Adam, if you are thinking that, since this funeral was preached in 1858 and that esteemed lady could not have been alive. Figuring from the ages of the children of that couple, Christina must have been born no later than 1735 and even a miracle would not put her still among the living in 1858. If you are talking about some other Christena, I apologize for butting in. Agnes C. On 10/19/04 9:00 AM, "CATAWBA-WEST-D-request@rootsweb.com" <CATAWBA-WEST-D-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > From: CBGILBERT@aol.com > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:38:32 EDT > To: CATAWBA-WEST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Christina Bolch > > If someone has Vol. 3 of the Catawba Co... Cemetery books would you mind > looking up the entry for Christina Bolch which should be on page 148. The > entry > says something about P.C. Henkel's funeral at St. Stephen's. Could he have > preached her funeral? > Thanks, > Cynthia Bolick Gilbert

If someone has Vol. 3 of the Catawba Co... Cemetery books would you mind looking up the entry for Christina Bolch which should be on page 148. The entry says something about P.C. Henkel's funeral at St. Stephen's. Could he have preached her funeral? Thanks, Cynthia Bolick Gilbert

CBGILBERT@aol.com wrote: >If someone has Vol. 3 of the Catawba Co... Cemetery books would you mind >looking up the entry for Christina Bolch which should be on page 148. The entry >says something about P.C. Henkel's funeral at St. Stephen's. Could he have >preached her funeral? >Thanks, >Cynthia Bolick Gilbert > > "Funerals Preached By Rev. P. C. Henkel at Miller's Lutheran Church Monday after 2nd Sunday 8 March 1858 a funeral for Mrs. Christina Bolch 1 Thess 4:14, 15" > >

Derick, Thank you for this wonderful article. I was interested to learn about the Mississippi connection. I checked for Emma in the 1860 census and found her in her stepfather's household in Hinds County (about 100 miles from me) - with J.C. Clapp living in the household as a teacher. Regards, Teri Tillman -----Original Message----- From: Derick Hartshorn [mailto:DerickH@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:18 PM To: CATAWBA-WEST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Rev. J.C. Clapp Folks, I'm delighted to provide an article on the Rev. Jacob C. Clapp, D.D. His beautiful eulogy is presented by the Reformed Church Standard, Newton, NC July 15, 1910; Vol. XVIII, No 9; pg. 1-4 A special thanks to Vivian Abernathy who did all the leg work (but none of the belfry climbing). I might add, this is being presented on the Conover Web Page since this was Rev. Clapp's last home. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccconov/RevJCClapp.htm Regards, --Derick ______________________________

Derick (and Vivian)-- Many thanks for this post. I've really enjoyed reading the life of Rev. Clapp. The added plus was the fascinating history of the Trinity Bell & the Maneely Bell of which I was unaware of. Ann Propst, Brevard, NC -----Original Message----- From: Derick Hartshorn [mailto:DerickH@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 6:18 PM To: NCLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCLINCOLN] Rev. J.C. Clapp Folks, I'm delighted to provide an article on the Rev. Jacob C. Clapp, D.D. His beautiful eulogy is presented by the Reformed Church Standard, Newton, NC July 15, 1910; Vol. XVIII, No 9; pg. 1-4 A special thanks to Vivian Abernathy who did all the leg work (but none of the belfry climbing). I might add, this is being presented on the Conover Web Page since this was Rev. Clapp's last home. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccconov/RevJCClapp.htm Regards, --Derick ==== NCLINCOL Mailing List ==== ==== LINCOLN Co., NC Mailing List ==== Sharing information on Historic Lincoln Co., NC For further info, see www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/nclincoln.htm Our thanks to RootsWeb for hosting this list and web page