Gayle, I checked my computer and find no connections to your requested families/ Sorry that I can't help you with this. Ruth At 11:31 PM 8/17/01 -0700, you wrote: >Ruth, >I went through all my boxes looking for the WARD information. >He was John William WARD who married >Georgia Rainer dau of June Capps. His second marriage was to Mary Ann >Roberts >He was b. abt. 1850-1860 time period and his mothe was a ________Summerlin >and his father was a ___________WARD. >His mother may have been Lucille or Lucy Summerlin. >Any help is greatly appreciated Gayle L. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ruth R. Westbrook" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 12:55 PM >Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] visited Duplin/New Bern > > > > Sorry, Gayle but I doo not know the history on the > > Ward's.I do know that there used to be a book in the > > Public Library in Kenansville on the Ward family. > > The Summerlin's settled around what is now Summerlin's > > Cross Roads. Am related to some Summerlins through > > marriage - but am not familiar with Lucy. > > Wonder who her parents were. > > Summerlin's X Rods of mpt far from Ward's Bridge Rd. > > Good hunting > > Ruth > > > > > > > > > > > > At 01:30 PM 8/11/01 -0700, you wrote: > > >Ruth, > > >Hello. The Ward's Bridge you mention is it where a lot of Ward's lived. >I > > >am searching for info on Benjamin Ward who married Nancy Hinson. Also a > > >John William Ward whose mother may have been a Lucy Summerlin? Any help >is > > >appreciated. Gayle L. > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Ruth R. Westbrook" <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 1:24 PM > > >Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] visited Duplin/New Bern > > > > > > > > > > -Matt, sure wish that I had know that you and your wife were coming >this > > > > way. I live only about 2 miles from Ward's Bridge Road. > > > > The oldest Kornegay cemetery is about 1/4 mile from my house. there >is > > > > some of Jacob's descendants is buried in a cemetery > > > > on hwy 11 not too many miles from Ward's Bridge Road. > > > > If I am still around and you come this way I will be happy to show you > > > > around this end of Duplin. > > > > Ruth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:20 AM 8/11/01 -0400, you wrote: > > > > >My wife and I are on a vacation. We set out Monday (Aug 6) from > > > > >Murfreesboro, TN (near Nashville) with no plans or deadlines other >than > > >to > > > > >make it down to Columbia, SC by Saturday (Aug 11). After moseying >(first > > > > >time I ever tried to write that word down!) through East Tennessee >and > > > > >Western NC for a couple of days, I made the trek I have been wanting >to > > > > >make for years...I drove to the eastern side of NC and drove through > > > > >Duplin County. We drove through Kornegay three times trying to find > > > > >it! Then we drove to Kenansville. On the way there, I passed a >"Ward's > > > > >Bridge Rd.", and, since my Ward ancestors are from that county, too, >I > > >had > > > > >to back up and turn on it to see what I could see....mostly turkey > > > > >farms! We visited the museum in Kenansville and drove around in the > > > > >historic district (which is just about the whole town) for a short >while. > > > > > > > > > >Interesting incident occured while eating lunch in a Bojangles in > > > > >Goldsboro just before we turned south to go to Duplin Co: I was >studying > > > > >the map to see the best route to take and an older fellow at the next > > > > >table asked me where I was going. When I told him Duplin Co. to see > > >where > > > > >my ancestors had come from, he asked if I had ever met......Dallas > > > > >Herring! How about that! I told him that I hadn't had the privilege >of > > > > >meeting him but I had corresponded with him years ago. Many of us >with > > > > >roots in Duplin Co. owe a great deal to the genealogy work of Dr. > > > > >Herring. Turns out the fellow at the next table had served on the NC > > > > >community college board under Dr. Herring and later I believe chaired >it > > > > >himself. > > > > > > > > > >I regret that it was getting late in the day as we left Kenansville >and I > > > > >wanted to make some tracks toward New Bern before dark, so we didn't >take > > > > >the time to back track up the other route that would have taken us to >Mt. > > > > >Olive and Rose Hill. Maybe next time. > > > > > > > > > >We drove on to New Bern, the landing place of our Kornegay ancestor. >I > > > > >was surprised to find that they pronounce New Bern with the emphasis >on > > > > >the "New", basically like it was one word "Newbern". The old >historic > > > > >district of New Bern is fascinating! It's like a little Savannah or > > > > >Charleston. I wish we hadn't had that Saturday deadline to get to my > > > > >son's house in SC, but my granddaughter's fourth birthday's won't >wait! > > > > > > > > > >Anyway, I just wanted to say, I have made my pilgrimage, now. > > > > > > > > > >Matt Ward (gggggrandson of Capt. Jacob Kornegay through his >daughter, > > > > >Rockalena (Roxie Laney) and John Ward. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > > >To contact the list admin send email to [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > > To post messages to this list send To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > >To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this listsend to > > >[email protected] or if your are using the digest mode > > >substitute a D for the L. > > > > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; > > To subscribe or unsubscribe send to [email protected] > > > > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== >To search mailing list archives go to: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >To view Kornegay Family Pages go to >http://www.jbquinn.net/Family_History/index.htm