Pat; I just sat down to rest for a few minutes from the hectic rush of getting ready for Christmas and saw your message. One of the Braswell girls married a Stokes in probably Isle of Wight. As I recall he died in Bacon's Rebellion and she remarried to a Roberts and later an Eley. I don't know what happened to the Stokes' children. Could this be your line? Our WM WILSON also married of the Braswells from the same line and I have been trying to find the connection between the Wilson's of Pitt Co and our Wilsons. Are there are any signs of a Wilson marriage to the Stokes? I see that John Stokes) bought next door to WILLIS WILSON (land formerly Isaac Stokes in 1823 William Stokes bought adjoining JAMES WILSON & Benjamin Cox in 1826 Trying everyway possible to break through my brick wall in 1719....Marilyn > From: "pat trigilio" <ptrigilio@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:56:29 +0000 > To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NC-PCFR] Surname Book:cv1langley@aol.com > Resent-From: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:56:28 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > I'd be interested in that. I have Stokes, Stocks, Nelson > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and > public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dear Gloray I want to know how to send the surnames to you people that are part of the Nelson ,Stokes, Jolly,Langley and Keel Family names that are all kin to me .

Giles is kin to me and is writen in the Nelson Bible that I have that dates back to the 1600,s Caleb ,James and the other names are listed in the BIBLE that I have . Do you need any of the names?

Gloria, did you ever find a connection betweenGiles, Nimrod and Jonas Nelson, Sr? I remember looking in to that at one time. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Janice, Please include the following for my surnames . In Pitt County - Giles & Nimrod Nelson with all collateral lines which include Brown, Jones, Abbott, McGlohon, Dawson, Grubbs, Byrd, etc. In Craven County, Taylor, Yarborough, Tolson, Brinson, Pate. Gloria Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Tripp Gurganus" <jtginnc@cox.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > Hey Brenda, > > Thanks for your surnames. I do have them, but getting them online allows me > to print them and add to the list without taking time to look them up. > > I hope your holidays are happy and all are healthy. > > Janice > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirleyan Phelps" <shirleyan@clis.com> To: <NCMARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: [NCMARTIN] Christmas for Genealogists > Don't forget to order "Washington County, NC: a Tapestry" for those on your list with Washington County, NC roots. Buy a copy for your local library - and help future generations with their research. AND - share info with Washington County Genealogical Society about your ancestors for future issues of WCGS News. > > "Tapestry" can be ordered thru 24th December at a special price of $45 postpaid. Only thru paid orders by 24th. (Normally $50 plus $5 s/h). And WCGS' Civil War Readers make great gifts for the Civil War buff - Ed Norman edited these over a six-year period (1995-2000). Indexed, illustrations. Sold for $5 each - now all six in one book for $25 pp thru 24th. > > If you are in Plymouth, both can be purchased from True Value/Radio Shack on US 64 W. mail ORDERS WILL BE SHIPPED DAY FOLLOWING RECEIPT. > > Shirleyan Beacham Phelps, President > Washington County (NC) Genealogical Society > Box 567 > Plymouth NC 27962-0567 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Libbey, I saw an e-mail that stated you have a lot of information on the Keels. I tried to get to the address, but kept getting an "address unknown". My maiden name is Keel. My father is Thomas Hardy Keel, 1919, son of William Henry Keel of Robersonvill. W. H. first married Catherine Rogerson, then my grandmother, Beulah M. Godwin. I know that there is (was) a Keel farm, Keel Road, and W. H. built a house in Robersonville. W. H. didn`t have much to do with his children`s families. I saw him only once or twice between the time that I was old enough to remember and his death. I don`t know a lot about the Keels, so I would be thrilled to get any and all information available concerning them. I can give information concerning his and Beulah`s children and their families, if desired. Thank you, Shirley Keel Kingsley

Jo, these were taken from Ellison's books. This lady pulled all the info on a family...let say Kittrell. She listed all Kittrells mentioned in deeds from the early deeds to about 1830. This was former owners, witness, chain bearer, adjoining land, grantee and grantor. They are in order by year, but there is not an index to this. But you can follow it by the year. Now if someone wanted they could take this a step further by copying the index for that family which lists the deed book number. It makes it easier to me for you are mainly working with one family. She has even underlined each name in the family. She even lists the volume number of Ellison's books so you could refer back to it. prytherch wrote: > > Bill, > > Are you talking about the Ellison DEEDS OF PITT CO., NC books? I thought > those books covered all the available Pitt County Deeds for the years she > transcribed. > > Jo > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Jo; I certainly was not "bored" by your information. I have noticed many wills in eastern NC mention business interests in New England especially up through the first 1/3 of the 1700s. It looks like the big money was being made in shipping during that period. That said, some of these families could have established a business office in places where their ships called frequently and sent sons, nephews and cousins to man them. Makes me wonder of some of the missing family members actually ended up somewhere up the coast. In the early days as I understand, one could get land for the import of sailors each time they entered a colony and even after the reforming of the laws, each colony allowed a one time head right irrespective of the individuals head right use in the other colonies. So if a family used their children to acquire land in VA, the children could still go across the border into MD or NC or both and acquire land. I would love to hear more about this from someone who has more knowledge than I do. Marilyn > From: "prytherch" <prytherch@cconnect.net> > Reply-To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:04:05 -0500 > To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NC-PCFR] Routes into early NC > Resent-From: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:29:24 -0700 > > Did I miss something? I didn't see a discussion of how most of our ancestors > reached NC. I have found that to be an interesting subject. None of my > direct ancestors have ever been born west of I-95 since their respective lines > found their way into this state. Most of them did, indeed, come first to > Virginia and then into NC - some as early as the mid-1600's. I have found, to > my surprise, however, that a few old, old NC families were seafaring families > and settled in NC first, although their ships visited ports in Burmuda, the > Caribbean and other ports in Colonial America as well as NC waters. They > could have settled anywhere. These people primarily came to the Roanoke River > area early on. The Roanoke was navigable all the way to Williamston up until > about the 1950's to ships of relatively shallow draft. > > The lumber here also attracted quite a few families from New England and Long > Island even before Revolutionary Days. The attraction of the lumber was for > ship-building at that time. I think it interesting that we seem to have more > members of the Mayflower Society who were born in NC than we do of the Ancient > Planters (Jamestown settlers' descendants). > > If you want to look at immigrants as recently as the mid-1700's, you will find > that many of the Scottish Highlander refugee families came directly into the > Port of Wilmington to settle the Cape Fear Valley. Even Flora McDonald, who > sheltered Bonnie Prince Charlie took refuge in NC. She had to leave, though, > when the Revolution came, because she was a Tory. > > Hope I didn't bore you, but I seem to have at least one ancestor that took > each of the possible routes, so don't overlook an unusual possiblity. Until I > read the November issue of PCGQ, I never would have guessed that part of the > mid-1800's immigration of Carolinians to Texas was by ship from Eastern NC > ports. > > Jo ROBERSON Prytherch > > > > > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and > public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

AMEN!!!! Had a major breakthrough in one of my Greene Co families in the last two issues. Because of distance may make a meeting every two years. Like Jo, when a new issue arrives, everything stops until it has been read cover to cover. Without question, the quarterly is one of the best in the state and it really doesn't matter if a person is one of your ancestors. The Surname Book is labor intensive by unsung volunteers and personally, I consider it a perk of membership and wish it to remain that way. Martha At 06:57 PM 12/9/02 -0500, you wrote: >Pat' > >The annual membership fee for PCFR is worth it even if you don't live near >enough to attend meetings just for the PITT COUNTY GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY. >With the aid of other members, Roger Kammerer, the editor, does an >outstanding job of original research. You never know what he is going to >find and publish from the NC Archives and other sources. I read it from >cover to cover as soon as my issue arrives. The material is fascinating >whether it relates to any of your ancestors or not. Surprisingly often, you >may find something that does relate to one of your ancestors. > >Jo ROBERSON Prytherch > > > >==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== >Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com >Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr >Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thanks for your reply. Shirley

The old Timothy Christian Church building is not the original building either. It was their 2nd building, believed to have been built in the 1890's. The 1950 building was their third. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

I stand corrected. After reading the Monday edition of the Reflector, it appears the building which was destroyed was built in 1950 and was not the original church building. That original church building was across the road from the church which burned and must have been undamaged, as the members held their Sunday service yesterday in the original building. Still a big loss for the members, but they were insured. I understand there had been some fairly recent renovation or additions. The news article can be found at http://www.reflector.com click on: Church members vow to rebuild after fire A few notes of interest to our list: Timothy Christian Church was organized in 1877, with members coming from nearby Fellows Chapel which was already affiliated with the Disciples Church (not sure exactly where that was located). Names involved with this early organization and delegates to the state convention during the church's first ten years, as mentioned by C. C. Ware in his book, Hookerton History: Alicia Gardner Moore Amariah Gardner James Wall J. Stokes B. Moore Isaac Moore Edward Stokes Job Moore J. J. Moore Israel Moore Josephus Causey J. K. Wetherington (clerk) J. G. Wetherington James A. Stokes J. E. Moore Josephus Latham (early minister ‹ 1881) Gideon Allen (early minister ‹ 1882) C. W. Howard (early minister ‹ 1883, 1889) J. L. Burns (early minister ‹ 1884) J. L. Winfield (early minister ‹ 1888,1896-1903, 1911) Trish Worthington Cobb on 12/9/02 11:41 AM, Ila Grey McIlwean White at igwhite@coastalnet.com wrote: > How old was the Timothy Christian church?-- on 12/8/02 8:19 PM, Trish Worthington Cobb at turniproots@mac.com wrote: > For members researching ancestors in the Gardnervile area of Pitt County, NC, > some of your ancestors may have been affiliated with Timothy Christian Church > ‹ STOKES, WITHERINGTON, GARDNER, MOORE ‹ just to name a few of the families in > that area. > > Very sad news to report, but last night the little landmark caught fire. > > Only a brief note in the Daily Reflector today (12/8/02) >> Church damaged in late-night fire >> The Daily Reflector >> >> Fire destroyed a Gardnerville church Saturday night in the Swift Creek >> Township near Ayden. >> >> Several fire departments were dispatched to a fire at Timothy Christian >> Church, 9567 Gardnerville Road, at 8:07 p.m., according to a Pitt County 911 >> dispatcher. Firefighters still were battling the blaze at presstime, and >> further details were not available. > > I learned of it today during our service a Winterville. We were told that the > church burned to the ground. > > Trish Worthington Cobb

Somewhere in my Sutton line I believe I have a STOKES ancestor, but not proved yet. Also a GARDNER ancestor. They would have lived too early to have been a part of the Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church, but, like many others of that time, may have laid the foundation of strong church roots (most likely some sect of Baptist) for their families. However, my ROUNTREE & CANNON ancestral lines were instrumental in the founding of the church which became the Rountree Christian Church (Disciples) at Rountree crossroads. It has always been a pleasing thought to me, having been raised in the Disciples traditions, to know that some of my ancestors were people who used their minds to evaluate their faith and beliefs and who cared enough to establish a new church within their community. These families who started the community churches in areas where there was no church, in addition to providing a place for the families to worship together, were actually establishing a stronger community identity and bond. Trish Worthington Cobb on 12/9/02 8:27 AM, cv1langley@aol.com at cv1langley@aol.com wrote: > Dear Person > The Stokes Founf the Timthy Christaine Church > And I,m one of the last males to be Kin to them of the Langley Family from > Greenville. > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ====

Sorry I made a mistake. I made mention that the names I listed were a partial list. I had intended to just list ones in my book #1 but decided to list all of them. NOTE: The list I submitted is the complete list.

Listed is a partial list of deeds abstracted by family taken from Ellison Abstract of Dees. ANDREWS, ALLEN, BALDREE, BELL, BROWN, CANNON, CORBITT, DAIL, DIXON, EDWARDS, FLAKE, FLEMING, GARDNER, GARRIS, GOFF, GWALTNEY, HARRINGTON, HARRIS, HEARN. JACKSON, JENKINS, KITTRELL, LAUGHINGHOUSE, MANNING, McLAWHORN, MOYE (59 pages), NELSON, NICHOLS, NOBLES, PIERCE, POWELL, RANDOLPH, ROBERSON, ROUNTREE, SLAUGHTER, SMITH (86 pages), SUMRELL, SUTTON, WAINRIGHT (have misplaced this one, not in book), WHITEHURST, WHITFIELD, WHITLEY, WILLIAMS, WINGATE. NOTE: Please contact me privately about these abstracts. If you just add your message to this one I may not even read it. I noted several requests for info was attched to surname book posting and I missed them. So to help me if you have query about your family please post under family name, that way I can catch it and possibly help. Thanks. wbk99@earthlink,net

Dear Bill the deeds you want have been looked up and writen the keel are part of my family and Libey Keel has the family Genogley and all you need to know about the keel,s

<PRE>Dear People you have forgoten that you are looking to the sea and most people came from the river section,s that are in part of the Tar river and if you will follow it up to the swamp near VA. you will find out that the rivers that meet in V.A. come out from James Town , Richmond and Norfolk where most all your folks come from.

Sorry to say she did none of those families. Most were families she was researching and mainly from the souothern part of Pitt county. Mom23nana29@aol.com wrote: > > Bill, > I tried to get to your e-mail and all I could get was the Earthlink site. > I`m interested in finding the deeds, etc. (if any) for > MEEKS, KEEL, GODWIN, GURGANUS, CLARK, KNOX > > Thanks > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Dear Person The Stokes Founf the Timthy Christaine Church And I,m one of the last males to be Kin to them of the Langley Family from Greenville.