Pattyca103@aol.com wrote: > > Robert: I enjoyed your nice descripted letter to Gayle about your hometown of > Goldsboro. I think I may have received a letter in 1973 from one of your > relatives. She had seen my name in the exchange section of a NC Genealogical > Reference. She was hoping to find information to enable her grand-daughter to > join the children's division of the DAR. She said that her husband was raised > in Mt. Olive, NC and is the son of Robert Kornegay 1871-1931; the grandson of > Caleb Kornegay 1825-1889 and great grandson of John Kornegay 1798-1887, she > went on to say; " The next generation is the one I have not yet found since I > have been unable to locate John's father. John was a Baptist minister, built > his own church and gave the land for it in 1827. It burned, destroying all of > the records. It was called "North Creek, but named North East" when it was > rebuilt on land (1818) his heirs gave, one year after his death." She signed > her letter Elizabeth Kornegay (Miss Kelly) > > I was unable to help her at the time, I could not figure who they were. I > think that I found out later that John was s/o Martin; s/o Jacob. Is that > correct? I also am wondering what she meant about "when it was rebuilt on land > (1818) his heirs gave. He died in 1887; can you explain what she may have ment > by the date 1818? > > A couple of years ago someone sent me a copy of the item in a Heritage Book > about > CALEB FOREMAN RANDOLPH KORNEGAY AND DESCENDANTS by Margaret Tolson which > finally helped me figure some of it out and also with the help of Matt. > Best wishes from another of Jacob's descendants. > Pat Hoffman Pat, Oops...I just looked back through my Kornegay folder and found the following e-mail from you that I filed before I responded. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Yes, Aunt Lib was doing research for years on the eligibility of her daughters for the DAR. She died about 5 years ago and about 2 summers ago I was able to go through her papers being safeguarded by my cousin Libba Ann Kornegay Pate, presently living in Fayetteville, NC. Aunt Lib had collected some fascinating stories about the eastern NC branches of the Kornegay tree. I am not familiar with the history of John Kornegay and I hope to reexamine her files when I'm back in NC next year. Thank you so much for the information on my side of the family. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------