Thank you so much, Ruth, for the offer. I'll take you up on that next time. I apologize for not having done so this time, but when we set out on the trip I had no idea where we were going. It was just on a lark that I chose to cross the state after a couple of days in west NC and make the pilgrimage. Matt > > From: "Ruth R. Westbrook" <[email protected]> > Date: 2001/08/11 Sat PM 04:24:49 EDT > To: [email protected] > 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] > >