Agnes, Thanks for the reply. I'm starting to think Anna Best was living with her parents near High Shoals. Her parents were both grandchildren of the immigrants Peiter Heyl (Peter Hoyle) and Bostain Best. Anna's parents left the area in the 1830 and settled in Tennessee. Eli and Anna settled in Cherokee County, NC in 1848. The Mathesons were in Iredell and Burke in the early 1800s. Of course, there still a few around Taylorsville. I've often wondered how Eli met Anna. He was the grandson of Highland Scots and lived near Taylorsville. She was of German stock living near what is today the border between Lincoln and Gaston Counties. Kurt Matheson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CATAWBA-WEST] Re: Fullenwilder marriage > Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:39:18 -0600 > From: "Agnes E. Cloninger" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Kurt > There is also a marriage bond for Henry Fulenwider to Ann Ramsour dated 7 > June 1827 with John D. Hoke as the bondsman. There are also a half dozen > others with variations of that surname. > > There are none by that name nor by the surname "Matheson" in 1850 in either > Catawba county or Lincoln county. Where did they go? > > Agnes Cloninger > > >From: "J. Kurt Matheson" <[email protected]> > > > >While searching in the records, I found the marriage bond for my third > >great grandparents. From the information listed, can anyone determine > >where the were married in Lincoln/Catawba county? Is anyone familiar > >with Henry Fulenwide? I've seen the name on this list before. > > > >Kurt Matheson > > > > > > Bride: Anna Best > > Groom: Eli Matheson > > Bond Date: 05 May 1827 > > County: Lincoln > > Record #: 01 088 > > Bondsman: Henry Fulenwide > > Witness: V McBee > > Bond #: 000074493 > > > > ______________________________

If anyone posted about the Kerley/Cerley line lately....please re-send. I have a cousin who's ersearching that line. Thanks....malinda