William SUMMERS was born 22 Apr 1726 in Maryland and died 1810 in Iredell Co., NC. He married first Mary WHEAT and had ten children; he married second to Cassandra ELLIS. I am seeking information on Cassandra. A Samuel ELLIS named daughter Cassandra SUMMERS in his will, and I'm wondering if they are one and the same. Thank you for your time... Donna J. Johnson Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA my url: <http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/1174>

MILES KEETON born about 1775-80 in North Carolina. Need help connecting to parents and siblings.. Miles Keeton married Rebecca and moved to Kentucky, Wayne Co and then to Overton, Co, Tenn and then on to Missouri, Platte Co where he died in 1845..He had 4 sons Bergess, Alford, Sherrod and Clancy..4 daughters, Mary/Clarrisa Malinda Martha and Lively Keeton. Have information to share. Thanks Sally Keeton Eichhorn

I was asking on the list the other day about Jonas Lipe and a Harkey child that was bound out to him. John Harkey. This child was a nephew of one of Jonas Lipes wives. One wife was a Meisenheimer and the other a Hoover . Somewhere someone has a Meisenheimer or a Hoover lady that married a John Harkey sr. . I would certainly like to meet that person. I was asked by someone to start a LIPE list on rootsweb and I have done that today. I also have a list for the Harkey and Bost surnames . Anyone interested please contact me. Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com

Looking for others researching the Fleming surname. My ggg-grandparents were William Fleming and Agnes Starrett. I have a copy of their marriage application dated 1762 in Iredell Co. I know William died in Rockingham Co., however, I don't know where Agnes died or how long they may have lived in Iredell Co. Any information will be much appreciated. Jim Fleming

I would like to know if anyone is researching the Shepherd and Wingfield families from Iredell Co? I am seeking info. on Richard Shepherd who married Elizabeth Wingfield--probably ca. 1803. First child, Thomas Jefferson Shepherd was born 1804. He had a sister Caroline, and after Richard died (by 1807), the children were living in the home of Thomas Wingfield. Any info. would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Marlene

I am a descendant of BARTON DYSON of Iredell Co.. He was born in MD and went to NC about 1780 or so.. I would like to hear from descendants of his line, as well as those of the SWANN family. Barton's grandmother was a SWANN.. FYI.. There is a Dyson Rootsweb list.. To subscribe, send it to: DYSON-L-Request@Rootsweb.com To send messages or posts, sent it to: DYSON-L@Rootsweb.com I would like to know the full name of Barton's daughter-in-law that m. William Dyson. We know she was a "Sary" or "Sallie".. but no surname can be found. Also would like to hear from descendants of his daughter Lezy Dyson Smith. She was married to a Henry Smith and I believe they stayed in Iredell Co.. The daughter, Martha Dyson m. John B. Roby.. they also stayed in Iredell Co. Daughter Amelia m. a Lovelace and both she & her husband were deceased by 1830.. Need documented proof that she was his daughter.. Two other daughters married a Gatton & a Gaither... They went to TN.. Another daughter m. a Mays and went west too.. Kansas I believe.. I hear from descendants of all children, except Lezy who m. Henry Smith.. Any help appreciated. Ellie Stites Swanger, EllieSS@aol.com

Looking for any info on Sipe family. Thanks. Cathy

How wonderful that you have an Iredell list! I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone come here and post their information. My family, I'm told, has been a part of Iredell County and I'm hoping someone can help me with it. I'll just post what I have and then maybe we'll see from there: My g-g-g-g-g grandfather: Samuel ELLIS: Apparently Samuel had a Will (which I have not seen yet) dated 11 June 1798. It gives his wife's name as Mary. It lists his children as: Solomon, Joshua, Samuel Jr., Anne Summers, Kesiah Greenfield, James, Jephemiah, Cassandra Summers and Jemima Wilson. Exec. George Gaither, Wit: Eli Gaither and Basil R. Gaither. I do know know where Samuel Sr. comes from or what his wife's maiden name may be. The below abstract is interesting to me because I cannot figure out just how come this Joshua would do this, and even though it says "father" and "son" in this Will, I believe this James Ellis they're talking about may be his brother who may have been very young and Joshua was responsible for his care, as their father had died about a week or so earlier: An abstract of Wills for Rutherford Co., NC (I haven't seen this either) gives the folowing information; "Bk B: 91 Indenture between Joshua Ellis - Wim Franklin Whiteside, 26 Jan 1798, Jan. Ct. 1798. Joshua Ellis of Iredell Co., "have as a tender father' placed and bound son James Ellis unto Wm. Franklin Whiteside, sadler, of Rutherford Co., NC to learn sadlers trade...Wit: Abel Lewis and Drury Allen. My g-g-g-g grandfather: Joshua ELLIS: The Will of Joshua Ellis (haven't seen this), dated sg 26 Dec 1828, wife Ann (Annie), children Allen, Perry, Martha, Mary, and grandchildren; Thomas A. Johnston, son of Wm Johnston, James A (should be F)-son of Allen Ellis, Greenberry Ellis and Peter Claywell Ellis sons of Perry Ellis, Ex: John A. Marchinson and John Tomlinson Sr.; Wit; Alvin Summers and Perry Tomplinson. Iredell County, NC. orginial Wills FHL film #1571950. The Alvin Summers mentioned above may have some connection to Cassandra Ellis, Samuel's daughter who is listed as Cassandra Summers in his Will of 1798. My g-g-g grandfather: Allen ELLIS: Allen was born approx. 1796-1797 in Iredell Co., NC. At some point in time he married Laurana WEEKS. He may have been married in Iredell to someone before her, but I do not know at this time. They left Iredell County, unknown when, but I know he left Iredell and ended up in Cherokee Co., NC. 1840 Cherokee Co., NC #148/11 Elise, Allen; 5 males and 4 females 1850 Cherokee Co., NC #432 Ellis, Allen 53, Laurena 50, James F. 27, Theophilus 17, Jasper A. 13, Berton A. Weeks 20, Martha Weeks 15 and Thomas Burgess 64. 1860 Cherokee Co., NC I did not find Allen or Laurana so I do not know if they returned to Iredell Co. for a while, or what. 1870 Cherokee Co., NC; Shoal Creek Area #220 Ellis, Theopolis 39, Emmaline 36 and children; Ellis, Allen 77, a miller. Again, we find Allen, but no mention of Laurana. I have further information but it just continues in Cherokee County. I would like to know about the Ellis family in Iredell County and who all is connected, some ancestry maybe (would love this) and descendancy as well. Any, and all help would be more than appreciated. Thank you for your time. Linda Spivey-Bjorklund Baker City, Oregon Researching; Ellis, Kilby, Spiva/Spivey, Souther, Combs, Hayes, Nance, Bussey/Bussell, Jackson, James, Woodward, Rhea, Smalling, Craig, Cook, Cameron, Blair, Corn, Starnes, Weeks, Lovingood, Allen, and more.

Thought I would just jump right in on this new list....hope someone is out there besides me...... For two years I've been trying to establish the line of Margaret "Maggie" Stamper Lackey [born 1861 in Iredell - died 1929 in Alexander]. Married - Thomas Preston "Press" Lackey in 1879 in Iredell. 8 children Siblings - James Melmath Stamper(married an ALLEY and a WHITLEY), Gilbert A. Stamper (married a MILLS and a BRADLEY) and possibly R.A. Stamper was also a brother. Parents - Mothers name was Mary "Polly" ?/father possibly J. Hugh Stamper Father said to died as a result of civil war. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES: for James Melmath show parents J & M.E. Stamper. for Gilbert A. shows parents as Hugh & Mary Stamper. for Maggie shows parents as ? & Polly Stamper. Death Certificate for R.A. shows parents as Ab. & Polly Stamper. Census findings - Living in household of Catherine Coburn Stamper in 1870 with M.E. Stamper. Catherine Stamper living in household of Eliz. Campbell in 1860 w/ Polly Stamper Catherine Stamper living in household of G.W. Stamper in 1880. Catherine is widow of John Stamper - children, M.E. "Polly", Gilbert, George, Margaret Hopefully someone will recgonize a surname and see a connection. Sherry

To anyone that can help; Lokking for my husbands family. What we know is as follows: JOHN WESLEY MCLEOD b. April 2, 1853 NC m. Aug. 6, 1884 d. May 22, 1926 Rusk, Texas married MARGARET WILLIAM WATSON b. 1858 NC d. Dec. 7, 1915 Rusk, Texas. John was a minister. His parents are; ALEXANDER MCLEOD and HELEN CAIN not sure where they are from. Margarets parents are: REV. ANDREW M. WATSON and MARTHA CAMPBELL. Any info at all would be great. Will exchange what I have on other family members. Thanks to any one that can put me in the right direction. Merry

The Cabarrus Heritage Book is being reprinted. Contact me if you are interested. Larry in Kannapolis

Would like to hear from anyone with BAGWELL surname connections to Iredell County. Bill Pierce Everett, WA billp@pstbbs.com

On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:38:23 EST TenTudo@aol.com writes: >Widow Rebecca Shaw came from MD to Iredell Co. shortly after 1790, >bringing >her sons William Shaw and Adamson Tannehill Shaw with her. She died c >1810. >in Iredell. Does anyone know where in Iredell? Is there a Cool >Springs >cemetery? > >Thanks much! > >Mary Shaw M. >Alabama > Quoting from the book by Miller & Crooks, Time Is, Time Was: Gravestone Art, Burial Customs and History, Iredell Co., NC: In Eagle Mills Township, there is the Shaw Family Cemetery, which is "overgrown but identifiable. There are approximately 12 graves. Those marked are: Shaw, Buddy D. 1881 Shaw, Cenith E. Daughter of A.F. and M.E. Ireland B. July 11, 1894 D. Feb. 14, 1895 Shaw, Cornelia B. Dec. 4, 1880 D. Oct. 3, 1894 Shaw, Mary B. June 15, 1848 D. Aug. 21, 1882 Shaw, Mrs. Mother of William Shaw Came from England D. 1801 Shaw, Solomon D. 1869 Age 70 yrs. Shaw, William D. 1846 " These are the only Shaw graves in this book. There is a Cool Springs Township in the county, with several cemeteries. In my experience, the comment about coming from England may or may not be accurate. I think it does infer that she came to Iredell Co. from elsewhere at a considerable distance. The sooner the stone was erected after her death, the greater the probability of its accuracy. Peden's book, Marylanders to Carolina, lists three persons named Shaw coming to NC or SC: Basil Shaw, John Shaw, and another John Shaw. This book, while very valuable, is in no respect a complete listing of Marylanders who came to Carolina. Agnes ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hello Iredell Co. Roots List Members, I received an informative posting from the Rowan Co. list giving the route many of our ancestors took in migrating to N.C. (copied below). I would like to make contact with others on this list who may be related to or have knowledge of the CARRUTH family that traveled these paths from Lancaster, Pa. to where they settled in what is now southeast Iredell Co., N.C. There were three related families of the Carruth family that made this trip. They were Walter, Adam, and Jean (sister-in-law of Walter and Adam) Carruth. Walter and Adam were brothers and Jean was married to their brother Alexander who passed away while the families lived in Lancaster. All three brothers immigrated from Antrim, Co., Ireland shortly after their father died in 1728. They were of Scot/Irish descent and settled along Coddle Creek in the 1740-1750's. My ancestors are Adam Carruth and his son Robert Carruth who moved on to Ga. about 1793 with his family. I would appreciate hearing from others that know of the Carruth family. Best wishes to all, Harvey Carrouth Tallahassee, Fl. Harvey33@aol.com From: "Dan Michael Patterson" << Lancaster and Bethlehem, Pa through York to Gettysburg and into Western Maryland around what is now Hagerstown. It crossed the Potomac River at Evan Watkins' Ferry, followed the narrow path across the backcountry to Winchester, through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, and Roanoke. On it went into Salem, NC, and on to Salisbury, where it was joined by the east-west Catawba and Cherokee Indian Trading Path at the Trading Ford across the Yadkin River. On to Charlotte and Rock Hill, SC where it branched to take two routes, one to Augusta and another to Savannah, Georgia >>

I am researching the descendants of George Clayton b. 1783-d. 1786 (will in Rowan Co.); and his wife Sarah (maybe Lambert or Dodson) 1800 will in Iredell County. Children: 1. Henrietta Clayton b. 1745; d. Married: Alexander Davidson 2. Rebecca Clayton b. 1747; d. Married: Robert Oliphant 3. Rachel Clayton b. 1749; d. Married: John Falls 4. George Clayton b. 1751; d. ca. 1814 Married: Margaret Thompson 5. Margaret Clayton b. 1753; d. Married: Robert Neill 6. Lambert Clayton b. 1755; d. 1828; Married: Sarah Davidson 7. Anna Clayton b. 1757; d. Married: Thomas Cooke 8. Hannah Clayton: b. d. bef,1783; Married: _________ Neill ------------------ Currently revising my book "The Clayton Clique" for publication later this year. Virginia Green Tampa, FL VaGreen100@aol.com

I am interested in the Lipe family and the Harkey family that lived in Iredell Co. Early 1800's . Jonas Lipe died in Iredell County in 1842. Jonas was married two times the 1st to Christina Meisenheimer and 2nd to Christina Huber/Hoover I am searching for information on a John Harkey who was bound out to Jonas Lipe at age 7 around 1821. John Harkey's son refereed to Jonas Lipe as an Uncle to his father. Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com Listowner HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com BOST-L@rootsweb.com and HUBBARD@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Sponsor+

Hi List, I am so delighted that someone started this list. THANKS!!! For over 40 years I have been researching the family of James Young who was in Jackson Co., Tn. early 1800s, perhaps late 1700s. I believe that James' mother may have been Native American, which makes it very difficult. I began to research ALL of the YOUNGs in Jackson Co., Tn. and discovered that they descend from Michael Cadet Young. Because there are several YOUNGs there at a very early date, I believe there must be a familial relationship. I found that Michael Cadet had a son James who sort of drops out of sight, and believe this may be the grandfather of my James in Jackson Co., Tn. I would really appreciate any information about any of these YOUNGs in Iredell Co., N.C. or middle Tn.-Ky. Will be most happy to share information with anyone about this family. Thanks Betty Young Bray

Widow Rebecca Shaw came from MD to Iredell Co. shortly after 1790, bringing her sons William Shaw and Adamson Tannehill Shaw with her. She died c 1810. in Iredell. Does anyone know where in Iredell? Is there a Cool Springs cemetery? Thanks much! Mary Shaw M. Alabama

Our family has been searching throughout all of NC for over 35 years for the parents of David (my gg-grandfather), Thomas, George, Mary Ann and possibly other siblings. David was born in NC circa 1796-1800 and all of the named siblings sans parents moved to Anderson/Union County, TN by 1816. I have all of David's descendants but would desperatly like to find a link to his parents. If you have MORTON information, would you check to see if there were children who left NC? Thanks so very much in advance. Nina MORTON T.

================= Begin forwarded message ================= From: Postmaster@asu.edu (PMDF e-Mail Interconnect) To: catsmeow@aztec2.asu.edu Subject: Delivery Notification: Delivery has failed Date: Wed, 13 Jan --Boundary_(ID_lIagm0U2V4OxWzgYlcbjVw) Content-type: text/plain This report relates to a message you sent with the following header fields: Message-id: <199901131528.IAA10188@aztec2.asu.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:28:12 -0700 (MST) From: catsmeow@aztec.asu.edu (SABRINA K IDE) To: NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM Subject: Joshua Foster WRIGHT/Sara LAMAR Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients: Recipient address: NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address Diagnostic code: smtp; 550 <NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM>... User unknown Remote system: dns; bl-3.rootsweb.com (TCP|129.219.110.86|1942|204.212.38.19|25) (bl-3.rootsweb.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.1a/8.9.1; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:14:19 -0800 [PST]) (bl-3.rootsweb.com Hello post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.86], pleased to meet you) --Boundary_(ID_lIagm0U2V4OxWzgYlcbjVw) Content-type: message/DELIVERY-STATUS Original-envelope-id: 01J6HHSBRQK48WYSQ3@asu.edu Reporting-MTA: dns; asu.edu Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 (Remote SMTP server has rejected address) Original-recipient: rfc822;NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM Final-recipient: rfc822;NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM Remote-MTA: dns; bl-3.rootsweb.com (TCP|129.219.110.86|1942|204.212.38.19|25) (bl-3.rootsweb.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.1a/8.9.1; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:14:19 -0800 [PST]) (bl-3.rootsweb.com Hello post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.86], pleased to meet you) Diagnostic-code: smtp; 550 <NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM>... User unknown --Boundary_(ID_lIagm0U2V4OxWzgYlcbjVw) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Return-path: catsmeow@aztec2.asu.edu Received: from TCP-DAEMON by asu.edu (PMDF V5.1-12 #24133) id <01J6HHSC5LQA8WYSIX@asu.edu>; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:29:07 MST Received: from aztec2.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V5.1-12 #24133) with ESMTP id <01J6HHSBRI2Q8WYSQ3@asu.edu> for NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:29:05 MST Received: (from catsmeow@localhost) by aztec2.asu.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA10188; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:28:12 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:28:12 -0700 (MST) From: catsmeow@aztec.asu.edu (SABRINA K IDE) Subject: Joshua Foster WRIGHT/Sara LAMAR To: NC-IREDELL-ROOTS@ROOTSWEB.COM Reply-to: catsmeow@aztec.asu.edu Message-id: <199901131528.IAA10188@aztec2.asu.edu> Good Morning I'm looking for the parents and family of Joshua Foster WRIGHT, b abt 1777 in what would become the Iredell Co. area. Married Sara Lamar, Randolph Co., NC in 1803, went to Fentress/Overton county area in north central TN abt 1807. Have lots on his descendants, always happy to share. Dusti (catsmeow@aztec.asu.edu) -- --Boundary_(ID_lIagm0U2V4OxWzgYlcbjVw)-- --