Matt and those interested: William KORNEGAY II b. 1762 Duplin Co NC (s/o William KORNEGAY I and Elizabeth OUTLAW) m. Charlotte DANIEL b. ca 1766 in Duplin Co NC (one note has wife of William II as Charlotte BEST and this may be right, this needs clarification) Ch: 1. Abraham KORNEGAY b. ca 1800 Duplin Co; m. 18 Nov 1823 Susan GRADY b. 2 May 1804-d. 24 Aug 1866 (From: JOHN GRADY OF DOBBS & DUPLIN by Benjamin GRADY 2.Elizabeth KORNEGAY b. 17 Dec 1802 Duplin- d. 24 Oct 1866 in Lenoir Co NC; m. 23 Apr 1818 as 1st wife of Whitfield GRADY (also from JOHN GRADY book) 3. William KORNEGAY III 4. Zilpha KORNEGAY married 27 Nov 1824 Duplin Co NC John A. CHAMBERD 5. Charlotte KORNEGAY married as 1st wife 29 Apr 1835, Duplin Co NC Zachius SMITH Jr. of Smith Township. Bond signed by H. KORNEGAY; Wit. James DOCKSON. They were the parents of Zilphia Ann SMITH who m. Frederick GRADY 29 Apr 1895 6 George Walter KORNEGAY b. 1820 m. Clarissa ROUSE Now, Abraham above who married Susan GRADY 's 3rd child was Charlotte Best KORNEGAY b. 18 Mar 1826 NC; married 19 Sep 1844 (1) Alsa BEST b. 2 Apr 1812 Duplin Co(8th child and s/o Howell BEST & Prudence WILLIAMS. Howell BEST d. 26Apr 1839 Kenansville, NC) Charlotte married (2) Amos JONES. Since Abraham had a child named Charlotte Best KORNEGAY she could be named after his mother so hopefully this will be cleared up.

ok heres mine__JOHN HENRY MOORE-b-b1883-d-1924 MARY MAGDELINE KORNEGAY wife of john henry-b-1878-d-1923-m-1901 MARYS father was JOHN WILLIS KORNEGAY-b-1843-d-1908. his father wasGEORGE WALTER KORNEGAY-b-1820-d-? mother of JOHN WILLIS-CLARISSA ROUSE-b-1824-d-? I think you know it from there

you know,the only kornegay name i've seen with a b- is basil kornegay.

Ruth, I think I am starting to get screwed up with my records. I have John Willis Kornegay married to Evelyn Branton, not George W. Kornegay. I do have Mary Magdaline Kornegay married to John Henry Moore, but no dates. Where the problem for me is that when someone put info on, they don't necessarily give the parents names plus dates or counties and because there are so so many George's, William's, etc., it is getting confusing trying to figure out just which one it comes down on. Hope someone can clear me up on this. Thanks. Sue in CA

this is barbara. george washington kornegay didn't marry eveline branton. john willis kornegay married her. mary magdeline kornegay was my grandmother and the daughter of john and eveline.

Pat, I copied your notes below to see if I could add anything to my database and couldn't find anyone to definitely tie it to. Could you help me identify William. < I have: George Walter KORNEGAY b. 1820 s/o William KORNEGAY and Charlotte DANIEL married Clarissa ROUSE b. 1824 there children: 1. James Polk KORNEGAY b. 1846; m. Mary Louise COBB b. 1856. Had son Walter W. KORNEGAY b. 1876 m. Mary Jane Elizabeth-------b. 1884; who had Henry Allen KORNEGAY b. 1903 who m. Ruby PENNINGTON. Descendants 2. John KORNEGAY 3. Sarah KORNEGAY 4. --------KORNEGAY m. Sophia GODWIN 5. Prudance KORNEGAY b. 1857; m. John B. BAXLEY b. 1851. Had son Archie BAXLEY b. 1875 m. Sarah Susan WATFORD; who had dau Etta Mae BAXLEY b. 1897 m. James William CARR; who had dau Annie Lou CARR who married (1) -------KORNEGAY; (2) ---- TOLER; (3) ------LINDSEY. 6. Jonah R. KORNEGAY b.1862; m. Margaret BAXLEY b. 1857. Descendants William KORNEGAY II was the son of William KORNEGAY I b. ca 1735/36; d. 22 Jun 1812; m. 1765 Elizabeth OUTLAW in Alum Springs, Duplin Co who was s/o George I & Mary FISHER. This is all that I have on the family of George Walter KORNEGAY and I don't have documentation on that. Pat Hoffman> I have a William b. 1768, son of William Kornegay and Elizabeth Outlaw. My records show this William (b.1768) married Charlotte Best and later married Catherine Grady. By Charlotte Best he had children named: Abraham, Polly, Zilpha, Charlotte, George M., and Elizabeth. The only child I have a date on is Elizabeth b. 1802. Next, William b. 1768 married Catherine Grady and had 5 children named: Nancy Thomas, Thomas Hill b. abt 1828, Catherine Elizabeth b. abt 1831, Winifred, and William Henry Is William b. 1768 the same one that married Charlotte Daniel? Is Charlotte Daniel the same person as Charlotte Best (one of those surnames being a name acquired from a previous husband?) Matt

thank you so very much. this clears up so many of my questions.

Hi All, This came through on the GGraffenreid mail-list. Thought you all might like to read it of course. > > Subj: From Berne to New Bern Date: 98-06-25 13:39:07 EDT From: MsDeG@pangaea.kgs.ukans.edu (Jo Anne DeGraffenreid) Reply-to: msdeg@pangaea.kgs.ukans.edu To: DEGRAFFENREID-L@rootsweb.com Hello group! This is designed particularly for newcomers and "friends of the Baron" (note that Baron Christoph von Graffenried is also referred to as the "Landgrave") and is in reponse to queries that have appeared on DeG-L or that I have received personally in the last few days. For those who have the patience to read through that which follows, and who may rather be described as "Feinde" of the Baron (that's "enemies" in case your German is a bit rusty), I've included bits of an invective discourse by Tom Lincoln <lincoln@RAND.ORG> posted in 1993 which you may read in its entirety in the USGenWeb archives (file: logm9308b.txt). Those interested in the history of the de Graffenried family (primarily in the US, but including also its European foundation) and its connection to the town of New Bern, North Carolina, should refer to the following works as a start. You may read them with a grain of salt, of course, if your distrust of historicism extends as far as that of John Blankenbaker, who dismisses Baron von Graffenried's own accounts as "extremely self-serving": ********** de Graffenried, Thomas P., 1925, History of the de Graffenried Family – 1191 AD to 1925: Vail-Ballou Press, Binghamton and New York, 282 p. de Graffenried, Thomas P., 1950, The de Graffenried Name in Literature: The William-Frederick Press, New York, 32 p. de Graffenried, Thomas P., 1958, The de Graffenried Family Scrap Book 1191 – 1956: University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 270 p. Fiske, John, 1897/1899, Old Virginia and her Neighbours, in Two Volumes: The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, Vol. I, 318 p., Vol. II, 421 p. Todd, Vincent H. (ed.), 1920, Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern: North Carolina Historical Commission, Edwards & Broughton, Raleigh, N.C., 434 p. ********** Other interesting reading includes: ********** Perdue, Theda, 1985, Native Carolinians – The Indians of North Carolina: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Historical Commission, Raleigh, 73 p. Walser, Richard, 1980, North Carolina Legends: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Historical Commission, Raleigh [10th printing, 1990], 76 p. ********** The following article, written by yours truly, is reproduced from 1710 SOCIETY(c) - Newsletter of the Descendants of Baron Christopher de Graffenried; for information contact newsletter editor, Judy DeGraffenreid <JDegraf203@aol.com>: ********** QUARTERLY HISTORY LESSON Thomas P. de Graffenried's "History of the de Graffenried Family from 1191 A.D. to 1925" contains "The Landgrave's Own Story" (pp. 74–140), a translation by University of Illinois Prof. Julius Goebel of Baron Christopher de Graffenried's German manuscript: "Relation of my American Project, Written on Account of Certain Persons Who Complained That I Had Undertaken This Colony Imprudently, to the Disadvantage and Ruin of Many People--a Charge Which is Easily Cleared Up." Most of us will be inclined to accept Baron Christopher's words as true. Among many adventures and misadventures, his fascinating account contains the following two incidents. In January 1710, German and Swiss refugees (but all referred to as "Palatines" and making up part of Baron Christopher's charges) embarked from Gravesend, England, to America in advance of the ship bearing Christopher himself, who awaited a contingent of settlers from Bern, his provincial home in Switzerland. It was a long, arduous crossing and many didn't survive or succumbed to illness upon arrival. One ship experienced what Christopher referred to as "the first misfortune." The one ship which was filled with the best goods and on which those in best circumstances were traveling, had the misfortune, at the mouth of the James River, in sight of an English man-of-war, which however lay at anchor, to be attacked by a bold French privateer and plundered. [Note that this occurred in Virginia.] After regaining its strength, the colony removed to Albermarle County in North Carolina where ships were provided by Col. Pollock to cross Pamlico Sound. A settlement was established on a point of land between the Neuse and Trent rivers. "This place called Chattoka is where the city of New Bern was afterwards founded" (p. 77). The industrious Palatines initially had great success, "inside of 18 months...they had made more advancement than the English inhabitants in four years" (p. 79 ff), but fell upon hard times through treachery, greed, and misled Indians. Christopher sought aid from Gov. Hyde (p. 95 ff). Securing a sloop, he had it filled with provisions (corn, powder, lead, and tobacco) and sent it to New Bern—thus provoking another misfortune among the many which finally convinced the Baron to return to Switzerland: "The good people in their extreme distress waited in vain for it. For when the sloop was clear past the Sound and far from the mouth of the river, the people on the ship drank too much brandy, so that they all went to sleep...but because they had not entirely put out the fire in the kitchen, a spark sprang...into the tobacco leaves....A fire started, and at length the smoke wakened the shipmen, who, out of fear that the powder cask would catch, tried to save themselves, got into the canoe...and left. Before they came clear to land the fire got into the powder, and the sloop went up in flames." That which follows is neither fact nor fiction, it's a folk tale which appears in "North Carolina Legends" (Walser, Richard, 1980; 10th printing, 1990. Raleigh, NC: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 76 pp.). Legends, it would seem, must be based on historical occurrences. Does Baron Christopher's narrative contain the basis for the legend recounted by Walser (1980, pp. 10–12)? The Ship of Fire (Reprinted by Permission) On a certain evening every year, at the mouth of the wide Neuse River, a large bright object speeds into view. It looks like a sailing ship being destroyed by fire, its deck and masts in blazing outline. The apparition disappears, then reappears, then again disappears for another year. It burns furiously but is not consumed. It is the ship of the Palatines. The Palatines were a group of German Protestants who left England in 1710 to settle New Bern. As the vessel crossed the Atlantic, the prosperous Palatines, pretending to be poor, hid their gold coins and silver dishes from the eyes of the ship's sinister captain and crew. When the Palatines caught sight of the shore which they believed to be their future home, so excited were they that up from the hold and out from hiding places came all their belongings in preparation for landing. Unwisely displayed on the deck was their precious wealth, all of it in full view of the corrupt captain and his first mate. Quickly the captain formed a plan. He announced to the passengers that no landing could be made until the morrow. The disappointed Palatines once more hid their valuables and lay down to a sound sleep in anticipation of soon landing at their destination. When all was quiet, the captain gathered his crew together and revealed to them his plan. They would murder every Palatine aboard—the young and the old, the women and children as well as the men—then gather together the gold and silver, set afire the ship filled with its dead, and escape in the lifeboats. The strike was sudden. Many Palatines were knifed before they awoke and in a very few moments every one of them was dead. As planned, the ship was set afire, and the murderers pushed off in the small boats. From a distance they looked back at the ship. It burned brighter and brighter, the brilliant blaze of the fire shooting into the air, but the vessel did not sink into the water. And then the thing began to move. "It continued to burn all night," according to an old account, "--speeding on with the wind, --now passing out from sight, and anon, visible, flaming forever, back again, on the very spot where the crime had been committed. With the dawn of day, it had ceased to burn, --but there it stood, erect as ever, with the spars, sails, masts, unconsumed, --everything in place, but everything blackened, charred." At sundown the flames leaped up again-- "a ship on fire that would not burn!" The frightened murderers could bear no more. They abandoned their boats on the bank of the river and fled into the forest. There they and their descendants lived on their "ill-gotten spoils." To this day the crime has not been avenged, and so every year on a certain evening the burning ship appears off New Bern, and so it will continue to appear till the blood of the Palatines has been paid for in kind. ********* Okay, detractors. Here's what Tom Lincoln has to say, in part, about "Count von Graffenried" [which Count(s), I'm not sure; I leave it to you true historians to check out the dates (Louis XIV reigned 1643-1715) and the branch: Burgistein? surely not Worb!?] in response to the query "One of my ancestors on my mother's side [is] named Degraffenreid [sic]...his group arrived [in] North Carolina from Berne, Switzerland and established a new town--New Bern.... How can I find information?": ********** "Do I know the Count von Graffenried! His castle looked down on the village of Wattenwyl, Canton Bern, a parish 26 kilometers from Berne on the road to Thun. The Count recruited my ancestor, Heirich [sic] Zimmerman (b. 7 Sep 1673) from the village to enrole [sic] as a mercenary soldier for Louis XIV of France. "...Heinrich was probably mustered out in 1696 at 23 [he studied medicine and got married].... "By 1706 the Zimmermans had two children, Emanuel and Gabriel. Once again he [Heinrich] participated in an unsuccessful uprising ['...against the ruling large land owners, including the Count Von Graffenried'], and was forced to flee....pursued by two of Graffenried's Hussars on horseback [NB: A Hussar on foot would be a sorry thing, indeed! JAD], armed with sabers and spears.... [Heinrich] dropped behind and held them off with a cudgle [sic]...while the family gained a boat at the edge of the lake. As he tried to join his family in the boat, one of the Hussars caught up to him..., but Salome [Heinrich's wife, born Rufner, bapt. 28 Dec 1675, d. 1742] felled the pursuer with a well place [sic] blow from an oar, and they made their escape....[to] Philadelphia." ********** FAC RECTE NEMINEM TIME MsDeG > > Sue in CA

Ruth: Re: Hester Eliza KORNEGAY d/o Hargett and Susannah (SIMMONS) KORNEGAY Mrs. John Bryan of West Point had in her records that Hester was married to James WESTBROOK, someone else who wrote me, can't remember who must have had married to Jessee WESTBROOK, so I had written it James or Jesse, trying to correct my data and fill in holes. Do you have any dates for them? Barbara: I have: George Walter KORNEGAY b. 1820 s/o William KORNEGAY and Charlotte DANIEL married Clarissa ROUSE b. 1824 there children: 1. James Polk KORNEGAY b. 1846; m. Mary Louise COBB b. 1856. Had son Walter W. KORNEGAY b. 1876 m. Mary Jane Elizabeth-------b. 1884; who had Henry Allen KORNEGAY b. 1903 who m. Ruby PENNINGTON. Descendants 2. John KORNEGAY 3. Sarah KORNEGAY 4. --------KORNEGAY m. Sophia GODWIN 5. Prudance KORNEGAY b. 1857; m. John B. BAXLEY b. 1851. Had son Archie BAXLEY b. 1875 m. Sarah Susan WATFORD; who had dau Etta Mae BAXLEY b. 1897 m. James William CARR; who had dau Annie Lou CARR who married (1) -------KORNEGAY; (2) ---- TOLER; (3) ------LINDSEY. 6. Jonah R. KORNEGAY b.1862; m. Margaret BAXLEY b. 1857. Descendants William KORNEGAY II was the son of William KORNEGAY I b. ca 1735/36; d. 22 Jun 1812; m. 1765 Elizabeth OUTLAW in Alum Springs, Duplin Co who was s/o George I & Mary FISHER. This is all that I have on the family of George Walter KORNEGAY and I don't have documentation on that. Pat Hoffman

Matt: Thank you for the interesting post on The Founding Of New Bern. It is very interesting and adds to our insight. Also appreciate the help on Hester's WESTBROOK husband. Pat Hoffman

Hello Jerry, I need your help. I need your Uncle Tony's birth date? His correct name is Douglas Albert or Albert Douglas? Thank you too for your tip on PAF... I have noticed lots of people are speaking about Family Tree Maker. I hope they are aware they can contribute to the Ancestral File with LDS Church and there is no charge for acquisition of their materials except for copies which I believe are a nickel or dime. Folks you can't beat those prices. Your genealogy work is assured safe guarding for sharing with others for generations to come. The PAF program is about $15.00 for dos or windows. What a bargain. Thank you---Jerry for forming this list serv and for everyone sharing with one another. It is great. Gayle W. Licari Tarheel at Heart

Just wanted to share this with the KORNEGAY researchers: In the early 70s when I was young and idealistic I worked for Project HEADSTART. This was pre genealogy period. My boss lady was MISS FRANCES KORNEGAY. She was b. in Mt. Olive, NC. She was a school teacher, Principal of an elementary school, and the Director of Project HEADSTART. She took a sabbatical and visited INDIA where she stayed with wealthy family for a period o f a few months. This was arranged through the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. She told us about her travels when she returned and how some the very poor lived in INDIA many sleeping under bridges and outside and begging for their food. After a long career in education Miss KORNEGAY retired. She never owned a TV til she retired. The staff gave her a small dog, too, so she would have a pet to care for and look after. Miss KORNEGAY passed away while I was living away from the area, but since joining the KORNEGAY list serv I have thought of her often and wondered who her line may have been. I believe her brother may have been a Doctor or maybe it was an UNCLE who was a Doctor. She made a great contribution to many children and adults who she came in contact with over her years of dedication to educating young people, myself included. Sharing memories...... Gayle W. Licari

Tell me more about Nick Dail Kornegay. This is one I don't recall hearing about. Ruth At 03:17 PM 6/24/1998 -0500, you wrote: >I have only Nick Dail Kornegay, no dates. > >On Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:51:07 -0400 Ruth Westbrook ><o6t8l5jv@coastalnet.com> writes: >> >>Does anyone out there have a family for Laura Ann Kornegay >>dau of Daniel Kornegay and Martha Dail? >>Ruth >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 01:36 PM 6/24/1998 EDT, you wrote: >>>Hey Matt, >>> >>>FTM is Family Tree Maker the CDs usually are from Broderbund. Getting >>to be >>>too many cans in the soup <G> >>> >>>Sue in CA >>> >>> >>>==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> >> > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > >

Hester Eliza Kornegay (m) Jesse E. Westbrook This is my husband's line. Where did you get your information from? Ruth At 05:46 PM 6/24/1998 EDT, you wrote: >Ruth: I only have that Margaret KORNEGAY d/o Hargett and Susannah SIMMONS >KORNEGAY was born in 1825. While we are on this family, I have her sister >Hester Eliza KORNEGAY born 1836 married to James/Jesse WESTBROOK. Do you know >if it was James or Jesse or any more information? >Pat Hoffman > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > >

Hi Sue, Mailed the Williams material today. Your Keziah Williams and Connerly are in the material. Gayle SUEMEINHRT@aol.com wrote: > Hey Matt, > > FTM is Family Tree Maker the CDs usually are from Broderbund. Getting to be > too many cans in the soup <G> > > Sue in CA > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ====

Hi, Barbara Justice and I are looking for a George Kornegay (born ?) (died ?) married Clarrisa Rouse about 1841. They had four known children, John, born December 31, 1843, Sarah born about 1846, James Polk, born about 1848, and Joseph, born about 1849. I have found Clarrisa with the four children on the 1850 Beaver Creek District Jones County, NC census, but no mention of her husband. I found George and Clarrisa married through the researching the Rouse line. (Very little said other than Clarrisa married a George Kornegay) John's line is the one Barbara and my sons are decended from, but we have not been able to go further back than George. We got John's fathers name as George from an older family member and the Rouse line, but cannot seem to find him anywhere. We have Kornegay family living in AL now, but no one has any information that is helpful that far back. I feel that the first George from New Bern is probably family, but can not tie him or his children to our George yet. John's brothers and sister's names are so common that they are not a lot of help either, but maybe someone knows about them. Does James Polk Kornegay help anyone to trigger something to help? John and James were both said to serve in the Confederate part of the Civil War. Thanks for any clues, Loretta Souder johnsou@Aol.com

I DON'T SEE HOW. GEORGE HAD A SON IN 1843. JOHN WILLIS I WAS TOLD. I THOUGHT HE WAS JOHN WARD BUT I WAS TOLD DIFFERENT. SO GEORGE MUST BE A LATER GEORGE THAN MINE. HE CAME FROM JONES CO.,N.C. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WENT STRAIGHT TO ALA. OR WENT THROUGH GA. FIRST.

Ruth, I am missing BD & DD with places plus Marr date & place for Hester E. Kornegay & Jesse E. Westbrook. Could I have that info please? Thanks. Sue in CA

In a message dated 6/24/98 5:52:09 PM, you wrote: <<DOES ANYONE KNOW THE DEATH AND BIRTH DATE OF MY GEORGE W. KORNEGAY> HE WAS MARRIED TO CLARISSA ROUSE.>> I have a George W. Kornegay, son of Basil Kornegay and Emily Shanks. This George was born 1840 in Georgia, died 1863 in Virginia as a CSA private in the 50th Volunteer Georgia Company D. If this is the right George let me know because I didn't have a wife for him. Do you have any children by him? Matt

Who is George W. Kornegay the son of? I must have his info wrong because others are pointing that out. Thanks. Sue in cA