can anyone out there tell me more about the descendents of William Kornegay and Charlotte O'Quinn Best Kornegay (daughter of Owen O'Daniel and Charity Herring) Ruth

Hi, I'm Kathy Kornegay Chruscielski. I've been working on my family history for about two years now. My latest project was adding a "branch" to my own family tree, son Daniel born May 31st (sleeping in my arms as I write). I 'm sorry I missed the chat session (new babies take a lot of time). I hope there will be more... This group is wonderful!!! My father and I have been compiling information to publish a book for a Kornegay reunion in Texas next year. We would love to have any visual material available (maps/drawings/photos) to enhance the publication. I am a third generation Texan. My line is from George/William/Issac/Hargett/William & Katherine Winders. Son Charles came to Texas with bros. Dick and Dan, his son Leonard was my Grandfather. Curtis Kornegay is my father. I became interested in research when a cousin on my maternal side traced our roots to an indentured servant at the time of the Mayflower. We have three children, two girls and a boy. Also two horses, two cats and a dog. I am a "full time" Mom. Hope to "chat" with you all later...Kathy _____________________________________________________________________ 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]

If this is a connection to the Kornegay's - I must have missed it. or erased it. Ruth At 11:44 PM 6/9/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Lori, > >Thanks for typing that out about the Futch connection for you. The article >does have some good clues in it. > >Sue in CA >

If this is a connection to the Kornegay's - I must have missed it. okease resebd,' Ruth At 11:44 PM 6/9/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Lori, > >Thanks for typing that out about the Futch connection for you. The article >does have some good clues in it. > >Sue in CA >

Dear Ruth, I am sorry. I just read a note that my Aunt Sandy sent, saying she will put her line on the list in awhile. Here is what I have. I am not positive, that I have it right, so you may want to check with Sandy. Here it is: William Houston Kornegay b 24 June 1892 Phillips Co., Turner Ark d 3 May 1955 Little Rock, Pulaski Ark buried at Smalley Cemetery married 20 Oct 1921 Monroe Co., Ark He married: Edna Frances Stone ( I have her parents, but not in front of me) b 9 March 1903 Howell County, Lanton, Mo d 29 Aug 1982 Liberty Co., Romayor, Texas Their children were/are: 1) Jewell Marie Kornegay md) Robert Stace Walters, Sr b 19 Aug 1922 (They were my grand-parents) 2) Sandra Kornegay 3) Troy Kornegay 4) Leon Hugh Kornegay 5) William Vincent Kornegay b 28 Dec 1928 6) Maxine Kornegay Parents of William Houston Kornegay were: William Alfred Kornegay b 17 Dec 1863 d 15 April 1924 Ark married 17 April 1889 Monroe Co., Ark to Florence Reeves. I show only William Houston Kornegay as the only child right now. I am sure there are more. Parents of William Alfred Kornegay were: John Ward Kornegay b 22 April 1822 d 10 Aug 1891 married 27 Arpril 1891 Monroe Co., Ark to Narcissis Smalley. Parents of John Ward Kornegay were: Miller Kornegay and Nancy Ward (dau. of Roxey Lanie Kornegay and John Ward), the children I have for them are: 1) John Ward Kornegay (information above) 2) Roxanna Kornegay b 1812 Tenn. md) Samuel Swan 22 Oct 1833, md) John Ford 22 April 1840, md) William Ketty 1849 3) Charlotte Kornegay b 1814 4) Elizabeth Kornegay b 1816 md) John B. Smith 5 April 1838 Phillips Co., Ark 5) Bryant Kornegay bj1820 6) Melinad J. Kornegay b 1824 md) Robert Owens 10 Dec 1842 Phillips Ark. 7) Mary H. Kornegay b 1818 md) Thomas Miller 24 Feb 1839 8) Burchett Kornegay b 1826 (died during Civil War) Parents of Miller Kornegay were: John Kornegay b 1760 Duplin co., NC d 10 March 1823 Bibb Co., Ala married abt 1784 or 1786 to Civil (also Sivil) Kornegay (dau. of George Kornegay and Mary Lullum) They had: 1) Miller Kornegay (information above) 2) Elijah Kornegay 3) Peggy Kornegay md) John Lee 4) Barney Kornegay this is where I am not sure if I am correct. Following the lines on the list here, this is what I have gathered so far: Parents of John Kornegay b 1760 were: Jacob Kornegay, I b 1734 d 1796 married Mary Ward 19 July 1777 Duplin Co., NC, I show they had: 1) John Kornegay (information above) 2) Jacob Kornegay, II 3) George Kornegay 4) Rebeccah Kornegay 5) Bryan Kornegay 6) Luke Kornegay 7) Abraham Kornegay 8) Henry Kornegay 9) Penny Kornegay 10) Mary Kornegay 11) Martin Kornegay 12) Roxie Lanie Kornegay b 12 Feb 1766 md) John Ward Then it goes back to the first Kornegay, John George. Check this over, and let me know what you think. I just started on my Kornegay line, as I have been doing my Walters line. I am stuck there, and thought I would try another line. You may want to check out my Aunt Sandy's line when she puts it up. She has done alot of research on this line, and I know her's has more than mine. If you want more on the Walters or Futch (Fuchs) let me know. I don't know if you are doing the direct line, or the branches as well. I enjoy doing the branches as well. Let me know. Sincerely, Lori

Hi Sandy, Liked your short bio. You live near where all my Texas relatives live in San Augustine Co. Near Shiloh & Denning. The Sam Rayburn Resv. is now covering my grandparents farm out by Broaddus near the Harvey Creek. When I was back there in 1992 for a 10-day visit, I got a chance to hike into the old property, the lake was low at the time. Would you believe it, but the old Wisteria bush/tree is still there climbing other trees. My mother planted that bush over 75 years ago. What a surprise that was. The only thing standing is the 4 corner cement posts that held the farm house but of course, no farmhouse is left. Did find some old bottles. I was thinking about going back for a Texas visit sometime in the next year. Maybe I'll try to do it at the same time as the Kornegay reunion. Sue in CA

Dear Ruth, I have not put up my family list yet. My Aunt Sandy who is on the list, I beleive has put the list up. My Grand-mother Jewell Marie Kornegay (Aunt Sandy's sister) was married to my grand-father, Robert Stace Walters, Sr. His parents were, Robert Warren Walters, and Mary Caledonia Futch. I can take the Futch line back to the 1600's, thanks to alot of help from some Futch cousins. If you would like more information, such as dates ect...let me know. sincerely, Lori

Dear Ruth, I don't think my Futch line was with the Kornegay line. I have not found them together. My Futch line runs with my Walters line, and My Walters married into the Kornegay line. I just had this from a Futch cousin, and thought I would share it, in hopes of sheding some light on things. Sincerely, Lori

Lori, Thanks for the information. There are two books on the settlement of the Carolina Colony that have been most helpful in understanding the context of the Kornegay story. The first is a fascinating compilation of early documents called "A New Voyage To Carolina" by John Lawson (Edited by Hugh Talmage Lefler); 1967; The University of North Carolina Press. Lawson was an English surveyor and naturalist hired by the Lord Proprietors to investigate and report on the flora, fauna and geography of the massive Carolina land grant. The book can be a bit tedious in parts however Lefler's comments and notes on Lawson's adventures are fascinating. Lawson developed the town plan of Bath, the oldest surviving settlement in NC and he and Thomas Pollack were intimately involved in the "Cary Rebellion". Lawson returned to England to produce his book on his Carolinas adventures and his tales of mines and endless forests captured the imaginations of two Swiss entrepreneurs, Franz Ludwig Michel and Christoph von Graffenreid, courtiers of Queen Anne. A land development company was formed, The Ritter Company, to organize and promote the establishment of the NewBerne Colony on the site of a Tuscarora Indian fishing village in the fork of the Neus and Trent Rivers. The second book is actually a compilation of extracts from a translation of the "Account of the Founding of New Bern", by Baron Christophel von Graffenried. The book is a personal justification of his actions by von Graffenried in response to the controversy raging over his mismanagement of the NewBern Colony. The book gives an biased but fascinating account of the social, political and economic pressures surrounding the settlement. I think I purchased both books from the bookstore of the New Bern Academy museum in New Bern, NC. By the way, I highly recommend that tiny museum as a wonderful orientation to the history of the NewBern colony for any of you Kornegay heirs in distant lands who desire to make the pilgrimage. Robert -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Kornegay | kornegar@mercyships.ch | Work: 41.21.654.32.10 V.P.-Director | rkornegay@compuserve.com | Home: 41.21.654.32.50 Mercy Ships-Suisse | http://www.mercyships.org | Fax: 41.21.654.32.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Thank you Lori, I printed this info out. My KORNEGAY/KNEGE/GNAGI file is growing by leaps and bounds. Interesting chat session. I hope Jerry will have another. I have several other KORNEGAY researchers at least 3 or 4 I have notified about Jerry's web site. It is wonderful the technology we have for doing this and for troubleshooting each other's work. It is so crucial and less time consuming. Have a great week. Gayle DITTOBYTE@aol.com wrote: > Hi all, > I had mentioned some information I got from my Futch line about the Baron. I > am not sure if it will help, but here goes: > > The Futch line after years of religious persecution by the rulers of their > native lands, thousands of Palatine Germans fled to England in1708. When Queen > Anne, whose husbnad was Geman, issued a proclamation promising them land > there. The living conditions were less tha satisfactory and the allotment of > land was slow in coming. At this Christophle De Graffenreid and Lewis Mitchell > of Bern, Switzerland, contracted with the Lord Proprietors of Carolina for > 10,000k acres of land, lying between Neuse and Cape Fear. De Graffenreid > forthwith contracted with the commissioners of England to transport and settle > 100 Palatine families on the land, allotting to each 200 acres of land. De > Graffenreid received the title of Baron. > > In 1709, ninety two families from Heidelberg Germany and it's environs arived > on the Carolina Shores. They named thier settlement New Bern, after Bern, > Switzerland, the home of De Graffenried. Although title to the land was > promised to the Plaatines, it was once more postponed. Lewis Mitchell was > killed by Indians, and Baron De Graffenreid, in great financial difficulty, > returned to Switzerland without bestowing these titles. Instead he mortgaged > the land to Thomas Pollock. > > Baron De Graffenreid, anxious to start another Colony, soon returned to > America. This time he entered the Chesapeake Bay and explored the Potomac > River to a point above the Great Falls. The Potomac River now formas the > border between Pennsylvania and Virginia. Despite his enthusiasom no Colony > was founded. His travels produced a journal and a map, drwn in 1711, that are > valubalbe early records of the history of the area. On a French version of his > map in 1716 De Graffenreid noted Sugar Loaf Mountain, which he possibly named, > located in what is now Montgomery Co., Maryland. It is transcribed there is > "Mont de Sugarloaf". > > In 1716 Baron De Graffenreid wrote, " I beleive that ther are scarley any > places in the world more beautiful and better situated than this of the > Potomac...there is a very pretty island (today's Theodore Roosevelt Island) of > very good ground, facing it, and angle between the great Potomac River and > another little river named Gold Creek (now Rock Creek)...sutied to recieve > everything that comes up the river, the greatest merchant vessels being able > to sail there as well as that which comes down from above the falls or from > the surrounding country. > > Meanwhile, the controversy over the lands of the Palatines at New Bern, North > Carolina continued. After several unsuccessful petitions to the court, opposed > by Pollock, finally in may of 1742 the Palatines successfully petitioned the > council at New Bern to take up title to 400 acres per family. To prove their > rights to the land they cited their agreemant with Baron De Graffenried, and > Mitchell, on one hand and appointees of Queen Anne, on the other, in raltion > to their bing transported to this province and settled there. > > It goes on to tell how the Member of my Futch line got his land. I thought > that the above may come in handy. I, by no means am good at geography. So, to > tell you the truth, I am not sure exactly what area they are talking about. I > know some people on the list are looking for poss. where they started from. > Anyway, Hope it help. > > Sincerely, > Lori

Would appreciate info of families on Letitia and Elizabeth. thank you. MattWard@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/9/98 9:49:51 AM, you wrote: > > <<Dear Matt, > Can we get you line? > >> > > I am Henry Matthew Ward, Jr. b 1943. born in Columbia, TN My father was: > Henry Matthew Ward, Sr. 1913-1963 born in Ward Hollow, Trousdale Co. (formerly > Smith Co.) TN...his father was: > Andrew Bryant Ward, 1870-1926, born in Ward Hollow. His father: > James Bryant Ward 1850-1886, born Ward Hollow. His father: > Bryant (also found Bryan) Ward 1786-1872 born Georgia (according to his > statement in an 1850 census). His father: > John Ward, Jr. 1754-1846 who married Rockalena Kornegay (daughter of Jacob > Kornegay and Elizabeth Fontaine) in Duplin Co. NC 1782 > [incidentally, John's sister, Mary, was the second wife of Jacob Kornegay, > making her both his sister and his step mother-in-law] > John's parents were Luke Ward, Sr b. 1730 and Bridgett Draughon 1730-1827 > (Despite the fact that John had a "Jr." appendage on his name, he is the son > of Luke. He must have had another close relative in the neighborhood named > John Ward so they called him a Jr. to distinguish them.) > Luke Ward b. 1730 is as far back as I have been able to trace the Wards. > > The children of Luke and Bridgett are: > Letitia, Mary, John Jr., Elizabeth, Luke Jr., and Penelope > > I have spouses and children for each of them, but since this is a Kornegay > group, I will stop at this point with the liturgy. > > Matt Ward

Hi Matt, Thank you for the information. I have KORNEGAY's but Penelope WARD who married Anthony DREW is my line too. So I appreciate doubly this information. Gayle W. Licari By chance do you know if this LUKE WARD, SR was any way related to a LEWIS WARD of Dobbs County, NC have you pinpointed where in Duplin County they lived? I am also searching for the father of John William WARD or William JOhn Ward son of Cil or Celia Summerlin of NC He was b. some during the civil war. Any help is appreciated. Thank you. Gayle W. Licari MattWard@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/9/98 9:49:51 AM, you wrote: > > <<Dear Matt, > Can we get you line? > >> > > I am Henry Matthew Ward, Jr. b 1943. born in Columbia, TN My father was: > Henry Matthew Ward, Sr. 1913-1963 born in Ward Hollow, Trousdale Co. (formerly > Smith Co.) TN...his father was: > Andrew Bryant Ward, 1870-1926, born in Ward Hollow. His father: > James Bryant Ward 1850-1886, born Ward Hollow. His father: > Bryant (also found Bryan) Ward 1786-1872 born Georgia (according to his > statement in an 1850 census). His father: > John Ward, Jr. 1754-1846 who married Rockalena Kornegay (daughter of Jacob > Kornegay and Elizabeth Fontaine) in Duplin Co. NC 1782 > [incidentally, John's sister, Mary, was the second wife of Jacob Kornegay, > making her both his sister and his step mother-in-law] > John's parents were Luke Ward, Sr b. 1730 and Bridgett Draughon 1730-1827 > (Despite the fact that John had a "Jr." appendage on his name, he is the son > of Luke. He must have had another close relative in the neighborhood named > John Ward so they called him a Jr. to distinguish them.) > Luke Ward b. 1730 is as far back as I have been able to trace the Wards. > > The children of Luke and Bridgett are: > Letitia, Mary, John Jr., Elizabeth, Luke Jr., and Penelope > > I have spouses and children for each of them, but since this is a Kornegay > group, I will stop at this point with the liturgy. > > Matt Ward

HI Matt, Yes, those men that you listed in your info from yourself through your direct ancestors. Thanks. Sue in CA

In a message dated 6/9/98 6:46:35 PM, you wrote: <<How about the spouses for each of the men? They count too. Thanks. Sue in CA>> Which men? My direct line ancestors?

In a message dated 6/9/98 6:41:20 PM, you wrote: <<When I went into their page to put in the info, I found that I have written Neville Place, Smith Co., TN for John Ward. Did you give me that info from before? >> Neville Place is in Phillips Co. Arkansas. They have placed a DAR marker on his grave within the last 5 years (although his participation in the Revolutionary Ward is noted only by the interview of his grandson who was himself about 87 at the time of the interview in 1927...if memory serves me correctly).

Kathy a quick reply. George KORNEGAY, JR's wife was Margaret Downing Lullum and his 2nd wife was Mourning Wiggins wife Willis Wiggins. Someone just had them mixed up. Gayle Kathy J Chruscielski wrote: > Elijah never married so he had no children or descendants. He > lived in Wayne County. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > John received lands from his father in forks of Beaverdam Creek, > Duplin County. John, Abraham and William received land grants from the > government. Cotton, tobacco and other farm products were raised. It is > recorded that tar and turpentine were products which were sold. > Many of George's descendants owned numerous slaves which they > willed to their heirs. Several mentioned certain pieces of furniture, > and how much livestock and money each child would receive after all debts > and a "decent burial" was provided. Widows were given provisions for > life with instructions for plantations to go to the oldest son. Younger > sons got other lands. > For the most part, daughters were given items such as feather > beds, cows and calves and perhaps a maid slave. The sons usually > received a horse and saddle in addition to land. One Kornegay willed his > Bible to one son and his dictionary to another. All acknowledged belief > in God and committed their souls to His care. > > N. C. State Archives - Jones county wills: > John Kornegay (Ca 1730-1800) will dated 1-26-1790 (son of George Kornegay > (D > 1773) > Heirs: Wife Rachel Kornegay > Sons-- Isaac, Abraham (Abram) and Jacob Kornegay (all minors) > Dtr--Susannah Kornegay (minor) Other daughters mentioned but not named > and were also minors. > Exec, Lemuel Hatch, Jur. Esq. and his brother Durant Hatch together with > sons > Abraham and Isaac Kornegay > Revised 2-13-1790, property to son Jacob Kornegay > Wit > William Granade (probably Grady)( Rw) John Kornegay (Seal) > Wm. Orme Prob Feb Term 1800 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jacob served as a Captain in the North Carolina Revolutionary > militia. He fought in the battle of Moores Creek along with his brother > George, Jr. near Wilmington, North Carolina. He is listed in the 1790 > Census of Duplin County. > He received 1400 acres of land on Beaverdam in Duplin County in > his father's will in 1807. "For the love, good will and affection which > he hath and do bare unto his son Jacob Kornegay, as well as diverse other > good causes, have given and granted a certain tract of land lying in > Duplin County on the North Side of the North East Swamp and East Side of > Lewis' Branch and both sides of the great Horsepen Branch including the > houses and plantation thereon, it being all the land the said George > Kornegay possesses on the East side of Lewis's Branch, except a Patent > for 130 acres Deeded to Basil Kornegay, containing by estimation 1400 > acres. Except the use and privilege of the same during the lifetime of > said George Kornegay, Sr. Witness: Danl. Kornegay, John Kornegay, > George Kornegay." Reg Jan Term 1808 > Jacob left a big estate in land and slaves and a large family. > The Division of his estate is recorded in the Duplin County, NC court > minutes 1793-1798, page 243. Also July term 1796. > Jacob and Mary had four daughters and three sons. The division > of land among heirs was made in 1833 (book 15, page 548). Two daughters > were missing from the records who perhaps died young. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > George was in the Revolutionary War in the battle of Moores Creek > along with his brother, Capt. Jacob Kornegay (near Wilmington, North > Carolina). George was given lands on Beaverdam in Duplin County by his > father's will. Mormon records indicate that George married Mrs. Mourning > Downing. > > George Kornegay (son of George Kornegay, D1773). > Will dated 1-31-1808 (N. C. State Archives - Duplin County Wills) > Item: -son, George Kornegay (B 1760) besides the land he lives on and the > other Property he has already received, etc. (Designated Jr.., he > married one > Elizabeth Kornegay, Duplin Bond 8-2-1783) > Item: - Daughter, Sivil (Civil) and her husband John Kornegay, various > items > (John Kornegay (B 1760) son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fountaine) > Kornegay) > Item - Son, Daniel Kornegay (D1842) - Besides the land he lives on and > the > other property he has received with the negroes Jenny and Silvey and all > her children, which he has in his possession, one boy named Jim, three > cows and heifers and yearlings to make six head. > Item:- son, David Kornegay (D1821) - besides the land he lives on, > various > slaves, $100, etc > Item - Sons, Basil Kornegay (D1822) and Jacob Kornegay (D 1815) - all the > remainder residue or remainder of my negroes not heretofore > mentioned in this Will to be equally divided between them. > Item. - wife, Moorene Kornegau (Mourning Kornegay)- one horse named Snip > and my riding chair. > Executors: Basil and Jacob Kornegay > Witness > Readin Bowden George Kornegay > (Seal) > Abraham Johnson Prob 1808 > > " Duplin County, N. C. Deed Book, Q Page 290. > Deed of Gift dated, 4-17=1807 > George Kornegay, Sr(D1806) to his son, Jacob Kornegay, 1400 acres. > George Kornegay of Duplin and Jacob Kornegay of Wayne Co. N. C. > For the love, good will and affection which he hath and do bare unto his > son > Jacob Kornegay, as well as diverse other good causes, have given and > granted > a certain tract of land lying in Duplin County on the North Side of the > North East Swamp and East side of Lewis's Branch and both sides of the > great Horsepen Branch including the houses and plantation thereon, it > being all the land the said George Kornegay possesses on the East side of > Lewis's Branch, except a Patent for 130 acres Deeded to Basil Kornegay, > containing by estimation 1400 acres. Except the use and privilege of the > same during the lifetime of said George Kornegay, Sr. > Witness > Danl. Kornegay > John Kornegay George Kornegay > (Seal) > Reg Jan Term 1808 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > William was given land by his father's will on North East in > Duplin County, North Carolina. He lived in the fork of the North East > and Goshen where he died. He lived, died and is buried in Glisson > Township, Duplin County. There are no markers on his grave. It is up > on a hill and the old, old graves are not visible due to the fact that > there were not stones put to the grave sites ( in olden days they used > what is know as lightwood markers). > The lightwood markers were made from pine trees that had aged and > were very easily burned. When fires would burn the woodland the > lightwood markers would catch on fire and burn. There are possibly > slaves buried in that same cemetery (or adjoining the Kornegay Cemetery) > and it has grown up and trees are growing on part of what is believed to > be the old Cemetery. > The cemetery is located on NC Hwy # 11. A new highway is planned > to go from Kinston, NC (County Seat of Lenoir County) to Kenansville, NC > County seat of Duplin County). The new road will go back behind the > cemetery because the cemetery is on a curve in the road and they plan to > straighten the road. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mary was the only daughter of ten of George's children (two son's names > unknown). > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > David received lands on the North East River, Duplin County. > David was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A deed is registered in September of 1822 where land is deeded to > Joseph's son, Alfred, witnessed by John B. Kornegay. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Abraham had no children. His will instructs that a church be > built for the use of ALL persons who believe in Jesus Christ and who > worship God. > > N. C. state Archives - Craven county Wills > Abraham Kornegay (1746-1810) Will dated 6-19-1809. (Designated Sen. on > Will > but did not marry) > Item - I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my Brothers, John , > Jacob, George, Davie, Daniel and William Kornegay, one half of a piece of > patented and granted land to said John Kornegay and myself to be equally > divided between them, their heirs and assigns forever. > Item- I give and bequeath unto my beloved nephew, Daniel Simmons > all the remaining part of my property of every kind whatsoever. (Legal > description of land). > Item- My will and desire are that my Executor pay all my just > debts and funeral expenses and that two hundred dollars be applied toward > building a > Meeting House on the lands of Daniel Simmons near the Southwest bridge to > be > free for preachers of every denomination of Christians, also the ceiling > inside of the house above the door be painted black and that the > following > lines be inserted in white letters, Viz. > "It is requested by Abraham Kornegay, Senr. that all Christians should > pray > for him (on this hope) Romans 14th Chapter, 9 Verse. For to this end > Christ > both died and rose and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead > and > living." > I nominate, constitute, appoint and ordain Danile Simmons as Executor of > this my last will and testament. > Witness > Stephen Harris > Wm J. Carman his > Samuel Hae Abraham x Kornegay > (Seal) > mark > Prob March Term 1810 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daniel was living in Jones County, North Carolina in 1795. He > was given lands by his father's will on Falling Creek in Dobbs County. > David was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Daniel was living > in Jones County, N.C. in 1795. > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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]

Hi Lori, Thanks for typing that out about the Futch connection for you. The article does have some good clues in it. Sue in CA

Kathy, There were two young boys: George KORNEGAY and George KOONCE who survived the massacre from the Indians. They were raised by Jacob MILLER, a schoolmaster and Justice of the Peace from New Bern, NC. In addition, I have seen the name variation: GNAGI with the umlaut over the N. Appreciated your post. Gayle W. Licari Tarheel@Heart Kathy J Chruscielski wrote: > The first Kornegays in America waded ashore in March of 1710, > naked and shivering. Less than two years later, all of them were > slaughtered by Indians with the exception of one small boy. They were > not debtors, indentured servants, or peasants, they were cultured, deeply > religious people, driven from their homes by religious persecution. > The Kornegays (originally spelled Knege, also Kornegee, Kenergy, > Kornage, Keregy, and Korneghka) were from the upper Palatine area of > southwest Germany which includes the wine regions of the Rhine and > Moselle valleys and the Black Forest. By 1709, this region had been > wrecked by wars fueled by religious differences. The armies of Louis XIV > were the latest to plunder the Palatines and his victories meant trouble > for Protestants like the Kornegays. > Queen Anne of England invited some of the Protestants to England > to be settled there. The Kornegays were among the 20,000 homeless > refugees. At this time, Baron Christopher de Graffenried of Switzerland > had acquired a large grant of land, 25000 acres between the Neuse and > Trent rivers in the Carolinas, for the purpose of starting a settlement. > He chose about 100 families from the Palatines on condition that he > provide them with land for homesteads (250 acres per family) on his > Carolina tract within three months after arrival. The Baron was to > follow with a ship load of Swiss mechanics and artisans which would > populate a town named after Bern, Switzerland surrounded by farmlands > tilled by the Palatines. > In January, 1710, about 600 Palatines set sail in mild weather > from England for Carolina. The John George Kornegay, his wife and > children were among the chosen. The Palatines had a bad crossing. They > were soon overtaken by such terrible storms that the voyage lasted > thirteen weeks. More than half of them died during the winter voyage > across the Atlantic and many more after landing from poor nutrition. > Their ships carried them off course to the mouth of the James River in > Virginia. > Here one of the two vessels was robbed by a boarding party from > one of Louis XIV's warships. Everything was taken including the ship's > rowboats and the clothes from the passengers. The people of Jamestown > were startled to see naked people wading ashore but they were kind to the > "poor Palatines" and provided them with food, clothing and shelter. > After a few weeks, they set out over land to find the Neuse > River, stopping first at a site that would later be called New Bern. > They took with them their Bibles, hymn books, catechisms, and long guns. > It was from the long guns, originated and made exclusively in the > Rhineland region and brought over by the Swiss and Palatine settlers, > that the famous Kentucky long rifles were evolved. > When they arrived, they found that their land had not been > cleared of its Indian title as de Graffenried had supposedly arranged, > and the Tuscarora were in no hurry to vacate. In September, de > Graffenried arrived finding the Palatines living in the greatest poverty, > selling their limited assets to neighboring people in order to live. A > late crop was planted. Yellow fever from the swamps ravaged the > colonists and took its toll in lives. > Surveyor General Lawson laid out plans for the town to be named > New Bern in the form of a cross with the center reserved for the building > of a church. After the foreclosure of Colonel Thomas Pollock's mortgage > on the settler's land, the town did not get built according to the > original plan. > At dawn on September 22, 1711, without warning, when their first > full crop was ready for harvesting, the Tuscarora swooped down on the > Palatines killing dozens of families. Sixty English and more than sixty > Germans and Swiss were killed. The Kornegay family, with the exception > of nine year old George, was wiped out. > The Tuscaroras, related to the Iroquois, lived in north Carolina, > where they maintained friendly relations with the colonists. According > to the natives, trouble began when the white settlers began to take > advantage of the Tuscaroras, encroaching on their farmland, cheating them > in trades, and in some cases kidnapping and selling their children into > slavery. > In retaliation, Tuscarora warriors, under Chief Hancock, raided > white villages in 1711. The Tuscarora War quickly escalated. In a final > standoff, Colonel James Moore led his men, aided by Yamasee Indians, into > the Tuscarora village of Neoheroka in 1713, killing and capturing one > thousand inhabitants. Many were then sold into slavery to finance the war > effort. > The surviving Tuscaroras migrated to New York, where in 1722 they > became the sixth nation in the Iroquois League. A drawing by Christopher > von Graffenreid, founder of the Kornegay's Swiss-German colony in North > Carolina, shows he and his slave being held captive by the Tuscaroras > during the conflict. > Women and children were captured as prisoners with booty. So > terrible was the decimation and suffering of the people that the date of > the massacre was set apart by the General Assembly as a day of > humiliation and prayer and was observed in North Carolina for more than > 25 years. > De Graffenreid returned to Europe in 1713. He was beset by many > difficulties and became bitter. He abused the colonists as having caused > their own disasters, being "thieves, lewd fellows, profane, slanderers" > and suggested that the Almighty punished them by means of the heathen, > for they were worse than these. He was upon leaving "more sorry to leave > such a beautiful and good country than such wicked people." The > Palatines retorted that he "carried off from our Settlements all that he > could come at." > De Graffenried failed to supply the colonists with the livestock, > tools, implements and other things required of him in the contract. But > their great and bitter grievance against him was that he never gave them > the titles to their lands, which he had mortgaged to Colonel Pollock. > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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]

Kathy, I just noticed in my last e-mail my computer somehow replaced the "a:" of Gna:gi with a "d". Please forgive the error... Robert -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Kornegay | kornegar@mercyships.ch | Work: 41.21.654.32.10 V.P.-Director | rkornegay@compuserve.com | Home: 41.21.654.32.50 Mercy Ships-Suisse | http://www.mercyships.org | Fax: 41.21.654.32.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Kathy, Thanks for your post on the early history of the Kornegay family. I am a newcomer to the KORNEGAY-L List and currently live in Lausanne, Switzerland. I was born and raised in Goldsboro, NC and my permanent home is in Swansboro, NC. While in Europe I have been investigated the origin of the Kornegay name and much of my research points to the Gndgi surname as a likely root. Gndgi is an old Swiss name and is pronounced "kuh-nay-gee", similar to the eastern NC pronunciation of Kornegay as "kuh-nee-gee". You have to get west of Raleigh to hear the more phonetic "Kor-nee-gay" redition. My inquiries in Germany have not be exhaustive, however, I have yet to find a similar root for Gndgi or Knagi in any early 1700 records from the Rhine region (or, frankly, from any other region of Germany). The Kornegay families currently in the Koln region of Germany result from relatively recent marriages to Eastern NC. Research into George I's past is particularly difficult due to the lost of George's parent's family records in either the privateer ship attack in 1709 or the Indian massacre of 1711. The family became so associated with the Palatine migration over the years that most of the research I have discovered appears to assume a German origin of the Kornegay name. In your historical narratives you referred to the Rhine valley/Black Forest regions as the place of origin of the parents of George I and to Germany as the birthplace of George I. I have come across a number of documents asserting the same conclusion, however, I have yet to discover the substantiating evidence to prove that assertion. I would appreciate any help you could give me on finding the "alpha" village of George's parents. As your documents described, there was a massive migration of German-speaking people from the Rhine/Black Forest region in the early 1700's. There was also a significant number of Alsacian and Swiss emigrants drifting down the Rhine River to Holland and beyond during that same period. Perhaps you have seen the same stories of how the Ritter Company, through their Swiss agents Michel and von Graffenreid, was active in promoting the land rush by circulating the "Golden Books of the Islands of the Carolinas", an innovative marketing tool proclaiming the rich bounty of the Carolina Colony. Amazing how some things never change... Thank you, Kathy, for your help on this piece of the puzzle... Robert -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Kornegay | kornegar@mercyships.ch | Work: 41.21.654.32.10 V.P.-Director | rkornegay@compuserve.com | Home: 41.21.654.32.50 Mercy Ships-Suisse | http://www.mercyships.org | Fax: 41.21.654.32.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------