It is interesting, I see in the 1790 Edgecombe Census, these Cherry men: Levi, Robert, William, Wright, Wiley, William. This census sheet was done alphabetically, not by area, so I have no idea which person lived near the others. Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Gaila" <gaila@merrington.net> To: <CHERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [CHERRY-L] Cherry Families North Carolina > Linda, John and all, > > When I was brand new to genealogy, I found a list in a magazine regarding > the orphans of Wiley Cherry. I haven't been back to the Oakland LDS family > history centre to find that article which named the children of Wiley > Cherry, but someday, I am going to go back. > > Sandra and I are first cousins, our Cherry family lived in Houston County > from at least 1840 to now. Our William Cherry b 1804, NC was married to > Edna Perrin Heard b1824, SC. She was 19 and he was 38 years old at the time > of their marriage. Marriage date was Oct 25, 1842 Bibb County, GA. We > don't know if this was William's first marriage or not. > > Their children, taken from a family Bible, > Andrew D Cherry born Oct 1843 > Wiley Franklin born Oct 1846 > James Raleigh born April 1848 > Cornelia Angeline born March 1850 > Jacob Lonza born Feb 1852 > Emma Edna born March 1854 > William Thomas born April 1858 (?) date hard to read > Robert Hanes Cherry April 1862 > > William Cherry died on 2 June 1862 > Edna (Edney) remarried Meredith Arnett, a contempary of William Cherry. > Meredith was also a widower and about the same age as William Cherry - also > born in NC. > Robert Hanes > > The names Rena Cherry, Sally and Robert, Frances, Margaret were found in > the family for many generations. > Several of our William's childrens middle names: Hanes, Franklin and Raleigh > could be family names. Raleigh could also be Raleigh North Carolina. We > don't know. Robert Hanes Cherry had a son Robert Kale Cherry, which could > also be a family name. > > This is definitely a brick wall for Sandra and I. I would like to know how > all the Georgia Cherry's connect. Bibb County is full of Cherry's. Another > point of interest, our Cherry family seemed to be Methodist/Episcopalian. > William Cherry did not seem as prosperous and Edna's family, but he looked > after her younger brothers and sisters when her parents died and looked > after the estate accounts very well and the children seem to come to them. > > Does anyone have information on Spencer and Riley Cherry families? Sandra > says Riley died young, so his family was probably smaller. Spencer sold > William the land in Houston County, Ga. > Thanks > Gaila > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda C. Webster" <lwebster66@hotmail.com> > To: <CHERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:22 PM > Subject: Re: [CHERRY-L] Cherry Families North Carolina > > > > My William was married to Parmelia Frazier and James was married (1st > > marriage we believe) to Louisa Frazier. James was then married to Mary > > Haywood and then Mary Collins. > > > > William and Parmelia Cherry's children were Mary J., Frances H., Sally A., > > Nancy A., Rena(Renia), William M., Margaret, James and then another baby > > girl whose name I don't know. This was all taken from census and birth > > records. > > > > James and Louisa's children were Nancy, William, Caroline and James. > James > > and Mary Haywood probably had one child, Lenorah and James and Mary > Collins > > probably only one child Harry S. (at least that's all I can find at this > > time. > > > > I do know that some of our relatives moved to Houston County, but do not > > know which ones. i.e., if they were early or later relatives. > > > > Don't know why I've told you all of this as they are probably not in your > > line, but one never knows. > > > > Good luck. Let's hope we all find our missing links soon. > > > > Linda > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >