-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]

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] > >

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.