My 4th great grandparents were William Rascoe and Rachel Harrell whose marriage bond in Bertie County is dated December 10, 1777. Rachel's parents have been positively identified through the will of her father, Jesse Harrell, dated September 19, 1786 and probated during the February term of 1788 in Bertie County. Identified in his will, Jesse named his wife Fereby, daughters Priscilla, Ferebee, and Rachel; sons Josiah, Jesse, Joshua, and Jonathan. We have not been able to identify or prove who the parents of William Rascoe were or exactly when and where William Rascoe was born or what relation he was to the other Rascoe found in Bertie and surrounding counties before 1800. It is known from post Revoluntionary War settlement records that William had a brother named Teagle Rascoe. This name is often spelled Teakle, Teele, ect in the old records. Teagle Rascoe was listed in the 1769-70 tax records of Hertford County. Teagle Rascoe enlisted in Captain Vaughan's Company of the 7th North Carolina Regiment of Continental Soldiers on January 14, 1777 and was promoted to Corporal in January of 1778. Teagle Rascoe died while serving in the army at Valley Forge, Pa. on February 24, 1778. In August of 1792, William Rascoe lay claim to Teagle Rascoe back military service at the court in Orange County N.C. In depositions given by both William Rascoe and H. Murfree of Hertford County, William was identified as Teagle Rascoe brother and the only living brother. William Rascoe was granted and received Teagle's back military pay. As the only living heir of Teagle Rascoe, William Rascoe also received a 640 acres bounty land grant in the middle Tennessee Territory granted by the state of North Carolina to each North Carolina soldier of the Revoluntion. The land grant was for Teagles service and went to William Rascoe the only living heir of Teagle. During the Revolution, William Rasco served in a North Carolina Militia Company. By March of 1779 he was a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain Charles Rhodes. The company was engaged in battles with the British in South Carolina and Georgia. By April of 1781, William Rascoe was elected Captain of his militia Company. William and Rachel Rascoe purchased lands from John Morris, John Wimberly, and Guin Harrell on several occations between 1783 and 1792. This property seems to have been in the Flag Run Gut area of western Bertie County. In the fall of 1794, William and Rachel sold this land to Jesse Averitt and William Pugh. William and Rachel Rasco then migrated with their children to Sumner County Tennessee, then to Robertson County Tennessee, and then to Christian County Kentucky. William and some of his grown children owned property in Montgomery and Stewart Counties in Tennessee and in Christian and that part of Christian which later became Trigg County Kentucky. William Rascoe died in March or May of 1806 and his estate was settled in Stewart County Tennessee. His widow, Rachel Rasco, continued to show up in the census and tax record of Christian County Kentucky untill 1826-27. It is believe but not proven that William Rascoe was a near relative of Alexander Rascoe or Roscoe who was enumerated in the 1790 census of Hertford County N.C. and married Rachel Howell in Bertie County on April 30, 1791. Alexander and his family migrated to Sumner County Tennessee in 1795. Some of his descendants also moved to Christian County Kentucky. It is believed but unproven that William Rascoe was also a near relative of James Isma Rascoe of both Hertford and Bertie Counties and was likely a near relative of Catherine Elizabeth Rascoe who was 1st married to George Wynne Sessums and 2nd to Rev. William Williams and lived on the Chowan River in Hertford County. I have been told that a William Rasco and Sarah, his wife, was involved in litigation with a Joseph Jones and his wife Charity and the case was recorded in the 1759 Court Records of either Hertford or Bertie County. It is possible that this William and Sarah may have been my William Rascoe parents or perhaps this was my William and Sarah was a wife prior to his marriage to Rachel Harrell. If anyone has run across this litigation record in the court records or can assist me with additional data which might help identify who the parents of my William Rascoe were and his relation to other Rascoe in Bertie County prior to 1800, I would appreciate it very much. James R. Rasco Harvey, La. jrrasco@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/773.1374 Message Board Post: Am also looking for the father of Zadock. Am of the Winifred Thomas-Isham Wilford line, mattied in Bertie Co,. 7 Sept 1801. .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LASTER, LASSITERS, LASITERS, LOTS OF WAYS TO SPELL LASTER. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1832 Message Board Post: my great grand father , was rev. james w. laster. b. 1826 . d. 1872. m. elizebeth mccann . his father was james w. laster. m. polly troutman , as far as i can find out was born in bertie co nc. . but settled in wilkes co nc. . died in wilkes co nc . i know very little of the laster, would love any information on the lasters of bertie co nc , hope some one well share there information , thanks so much katherine

HELLO ALL, My line on my mothers side is WHITLEY, and they are alas from BEARGRASS, MARTIN county, NORTH CAROLINA. My great-grandfather was SAMUEL WHITLEY, born Feb 9, 1850 at BEARGRASS & died SEPTEMBER 9th 1921 at WILLIAMSTON. He had married his first cousin SARAH ELIZABETH "SALLY" PEEL, daughter of WILLIAM PEEL & SALLY ANN WHITLEY. They married January the 15th 1874 and moved to SAN SABA county, TEXAS. This is where my great-grandmother SALLY PEEL WHITLEY is buried. SAMUEL moved back to WILLIAMSTON leaving his family behind and no one knew where he went until his son from his second marriage (GARLAND WHITLEY} to AMANDA COLTRAIN hitch hiked to TEXAS to meet his half brothers and sisters including my mother MARY BELL WHITLEY RAWLS. SAMUEL was the son of DARSEY H. WHITLEY and LEAH ANN MOBLEY DARSEY was the son of JESSE E. WHITLEY and POLLY HARRISON JESSE E. WHITLEY is thought to be the son of JESSE WHITLEY and ELIZABETH CHANCE but I need more proof. LEAH ANN MOBLEY was the daughter of WILLIAM MOBLEY, JR. & MARY ANN ROGERS daughter of POMPEY WILLIAM ROGERS & DOLLIE COBURN POLLY HARRISON was the daughter of JAMES HARRISON & NANCY BIGGS I will order the wills for several of these soon, I also need the deeds and estate records as well and hope to clear up a few mysteries. SALLY ANN WHITLEY married WILLIAM PEEL and after his death she married the REV. HENRY BEADLE and is buried at LLANO, TEXAS just south of SAN SABA. More later BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS

I forgot to say in my first message that there is a cemetery in Bear Grass Township that has many of the King Harrison descendants buried in it. The Martin County Genealogy Society has just published an updated book on the cemeteries in Bear Grass Township. It has a list of the people buried in that as well as other cemeteries in the township. Contact Easter Mizell at ermizell@coastalnet.com if you are interested in the book. Jo ROBERSON Prytherch

I don't know if he's on the Bertie list, but Paul Harrison is researching the King Harrison line. I will forward your message to him. Also, my GG Grandfather, Israel Roberson married Mary Eliza Harrison, daughter of John Harrison and granddaughter of King Harrison, after Israel's first wife, my GG Grandmother Milly Perry Roberson died. Israel and Mary Eliza Harrison Roberson had six children, Crisey, Susan, John Israel, William H., David and Mary between 1840 and 1854. Jo ROBERSON Prytherch

I found a record for Joseph Bazemore m. Fabra Bazemore on April 2, 1871 in Mitchell's Township. Married by John Mitchell, Bap. Min. His parents noted as Jack and Eliza Bazemore. Her parents noted as Reddick Holder and Hannah Bazemore. Does anyone know who Hannah or Fabra Bazemore were? Joaeph Bazemore? Thanks, Jim Holder

--part1_19d.26e5a24.2a16f6db_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_19d.26e5a24.2a16f6db_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <JGH900@aol.com> From: JGH900@aol.com Full-name: JGH900 Message-ID: <13.ba1cd8c.2a16f607@aol.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:10:47 EDT Subject: Johnson/Bazemore To: BERTIE-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10503 I have found a record for the marriage of Jospeh Johnson to Fabra Bazemore on April 2, 1871 in Mitchell's Township. His parents noted as Jack Johnson and Eliza Johnson. Her parents noted as Reddick Holder and Hannah Bazemore. Married by John Mitchell, Bap. Min. Does anyone know who Hannah or Fabra were? Thanks, Jim Holder --part1_19d.26e5a24.2a16f6db_boundary--

Hello all! I have just recently joined this list and thought I'd introduce myself. I am Stephen Scurletis of St. Louis, MO. My mother is Christine Harrison Scurletis, born in Bear Grass, Martin County and now lives in Williamston. I have been researching her ancestry, almost all of the lines of which seem to have been in Martin County since around or before 1800, which has made my task a bit easier as I have had to look mainly in only one courthouse for records! Surnames include: HARRISON, GURGANUS, KNOX, WHITLEY, MIZELL, MOBLEY, ROGERSON, and BIGGS. I know that King HARRISON (d.1836), my GGGG Grandfather through my maternal grandfather's line, obtained a marriage bond in Bertie Co. in 1786 to marry Jenny WHITE, that he bought land from a John OXLEY, Jr. in 1786, and that a Christopher HARRISON was appointed guardian of John OXLEY, Jr. in 1767, and that King and other HARRISONS were recorded as having purchased items at some estate sales in the 1790's. I also suspect that James HARRISON (1769-1840) of Martin Co., my GGGG Grandfather through my maternal grandmother's line, is probably related to King. These are the clues I have so far. I shall be visiting my mother in Williamston in late May, and am hoping to get over to the courthouse in Windsor for at least a day and see if I can dig anything further up on King and or James. I am of course curious to know if anyone else is working on HARRISON's in Bertie. I have been enjoying the discussions on this apparently rather active list! Stephen Scurletis

In a message dated 5/17/02 6:31:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nlinder@ellijay.com writes: > Subj:Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > Date:5/17/02 6:31:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:nlinder@ellijay.com">nlinder@ellijay.com</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com">NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > I agree that the surname "Cake" is a Dobbs Co. surname. A "Mabe Cake" > married a Coward. There was a Collen Coward. > I have a copy of the original will of John Cake of Bertie County. His daughter was Maybee and she was married to William COWAND, of whom I am a direct descendant. This has been mis-reported often, even in some well meaning books. Collen (also Cullen and Colin) was one of several sons of William and Maybee. The Obediah Sowell mentioned in the original inquiry was the father of Sarah, who married Collen's brother, Jonathan COWAND. I have much more on this if you would like to contact me. John Cowand

Janet, I don't know anything about these Clarks, but would not be surprised if there is a connection between them, and James Lewis Wilson of Williamston who preached at both Martin Co (on the Slade farm) and Edgecombe Co at Tarboro.. I do have a few Clark mentions on the Wilson records that I have gathered and would be happy to send them to you if you like. Marilyn From: jleehunt1@aol.com Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:08:42 EDT To: lynnjack@bright.net, NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & COLLEN ... In a message dated 5/17/2002 3:16:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, lynnjack@bright.net writes: Oct 23, 1784 Martin Co., NC: Will of Kenneth McKenzie: William McKenzie, bro; sister Ann McKenzie; nephews, David Clark, John Clark & William Clark when of age. bro & sis. exrs. Do any of you know anything about these Clark's....Clark who married Kenneth McKenzie's sister??? Were they from Virginia?? Thanks Janet Hunter

There is a great deal of information about these McKenzies and Clarks on Molly Urquhart's site on the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. I have a printed page from her site with the reference http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=murquha r&id=I Usually, I cannot connect to the site with such a long address. I try backing up a little at the time until I get to a part of the address that will connect. Good luck! Jo ROBERSON Prytherch

I agree that the surname "Cake" is a Dobbs Co. surname. A "Mabe Cake" married a Coward. There was a Collen Coward. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Ordway" <mordway@adelphia.net> To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Fw: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & COLLEN COWAND > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marianne Ordway" <mordway@adelphia.net> > To: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > > > > Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, 17587-1824 Halifax County, NC by Margaret > > M. Hofmann: > > > > Will #829 page 529 JOSIAH NELMS 22 Feb. 1812 may Ct. 1812 > > wife (name not given) negroes, furniture etc. estate to remain together > for > > the support of wife, mother (name not given) and children ( names not > given > > and children appear to be under 21) son JEREMIAH NELMS the old plantation > > and the ajoining tract called the meeting house and the land JONES PAIR > now > > lives on any my mill with 10 acres and the land lately recovered from > JAMES > > HIGGS joining JOHN YOUNG and if the sd. JEREMIAH dies the sd. lands to go > > to my son WILLIAM JOSIAH NELMS and if all the children die the sd. land > to > > be divided as follows: JOSIAH WILSON 2/3 and HARRIOTT WILSON 1/3 > > daughters SALLY NELMS and NANCY NELMS negroes each SALEY ARMISTEAD > > daughter of ROBERT ARMISTREAD $100.00. MRS. ____ MARKS $50.00. DAVID > > CLARK and THOMAS BARROW to give the bonds to my mother > > Wit.: R. TUNSTALL, WILLIAM WIGGINS > > Ext.: THOMAS BARROW > > > > *********************************** > > > > Also- Will #693 pg. 410 DANIEL BROWN 7 July 1803 Aug. Ct. 1803 > > mother MARY BROWN all my real and personal estate during her natural life > > and at her death it to be divided between my 2 brothers ELIAS BROWN and > > DAVID BROWN > > Wit.: THOMAS KIRBY, JOHN R. WILSON > > Extrs.: JOSHUA WILSON and WILLIAM DICKENS > > > > ********************************** > > > > Hope these will help you. Good luck! Marianne Ordway > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > > To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:01 PM > > Subject: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > > COLLEN COWAND > > > > > > > Does anyone recognized any of the people on this deed? I don't have > > access > > > to a book covering this period, so I have no further details. > > > > > > Joshua Wilson is my main interest and I believe him to be out of Martin > > Co, > > > NC and later Halifax Co. He was a Methodist minister. Could he be > > related > > > to Filgo or Sowell? > > > > > > > > > Mar 17, 1795 Bertie Co: Wm Cake Filgo to Obediah Sowell Wit: Joshua > > > Wilson & Collen > > > Cowand DBK R > > > > > > Thanks; > > > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > > > Bertie County Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm > > > Many pages of information on-line. I welcome yours as well! > > > Be sure to "search" on this page! > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > Never hesitate to ask questions on this List. It is very friendly and > helpful to everyone interested in Bertie County. > > ============================== > 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 > >

My 3 G Grandfather was Noah PERRY of Martin Co. Noah's son, Noah, Jr. (brother of my 2G Grandmother Milly PERRY Roberson) married a Mildred "Milly" Jane SEWELL (Sowell) and moved to TN. These are some of the early descendants of that union: Descendants of Mildred Jane SEWELL and Noah PERRY, Jr. 1 Mildred Jane SEWELL b: March 14, 1812 d: October 05, 1887 . +Noah PERRY, Jr. b: December 25, 1808 d: January 20, 1858 ..... 2 Mary Eliza PERRY b: Abt. 1830 ......... +H. RIDDICK ..... 2 James Henry PERRY b: August 1833 d: May 25, 1921 ......... +Penelope BROGDEN b: June 14, 1826 m: April 07, 1859 d: February 26, 1871 ............. 3 Theodore PERRY b: Abt. 1863 ............. 3 John Henry PERRY b: September 14, 1865 ................ +Mettie E. BOONE b: March 1867 m: 1886 ............. 3 James Walter PERRY b: June 17, 1868 d: April 27, 1939 ................ +Luella Viola EARLY m: January 09, 1889 ..... *2nd Wife of James Henry PERRY: ......... +Creed A. ELLINGTON b: December 01, 1848 m: December 06, 1871 d: May 12, 1881 ............. 3 Paul Leslie PERRY b: August 20, 1872 d: May 07, 1882 ............. 3 Guy Carlton PERRY b: August 21, 1872 d: December 20, 1940 ................ +Elia A. LAMBERT m: October 08, 1889 ............. 3 Booker Iona PERRY b: October 10, 1874 ................ +W. G. LAMBERT m: March 30, 1902 ............. 3 Minnie L. PERRY b: Abt. 1877 ................ +I. W. BOWLING m: January 21, 1894 ..... 2 Millie Jane PERRY b: April 06, 1835 d: October 27, 1922 ......... +John Alfred STALLINGS ..... 2 Noah Thomas PERRY b: 1836 ......... +Martha Ann ? b: 1843 m: 1859 ............. 3 Glendar PERRY b: 1860 ............. 3 Mollie PERRY b: 1862 ............. 3 Nannie PERRY b: 1864 ............. 3 Mary Etta PERRY b: 1866 ..... 2 Harriet Elizabeth PERRY b: October 1838 ......... +? STALLINGS ............. 3 H. E. STALLINGS b: 1859 ..... 2 Ann PERRY b: Bef. 1840 ......... +Frank RIDDICK ..... 2 Sarah Frances PERRY b: 1841 ......... +Lawrence STALLINGS ............. 3 Lu STALLINGS b: 1859 ............. 3 Robert STALLINGS b: 1861 ............. 3 Ettie STALLINGS b: 1863 ..... 2 Simon S. PERRY b: 1843 ..... 2 Margaret Louisa PERRY b: 1846 ......... +J. M. BAULCH m: November 16, 1871 ..... 2 Mozella F. PERRY b: 1848 ......... +John B. TUCKER m: October 10, 1866 ............. 3 Lillie TUCKER b: 1871 ................ +Joseph E. CLARK b: 1868 ..... 2 John Aylmer PERRY b: 1850 d: 1940 ..... 2 Franklin P. PERRY b: 1853 ..... 2 Adelaide PERRY b: December 1853 ......... +? BROWDER ..... 2 Bucannon PERRY b: September 26, 1856 d: December 10, 1937 ............. 3 Unknown PERRY This information came from Alma Jean PERRY of Arkansas. Jo ROBERSON Prytherch

---------- From: lynnjack <lynnjack@bright.net> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 17:58:51 -0400 To: Marianne Ordway <mordway@adelphia.net> Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & COLLEN COWAND Thank you Marianne... These are the exact families I am trying to draw together. Josiah Nelms was the son-in-law of Ann Wilson Cotton. He had been named gdn of Josiah Wilson and his sister Harriet, niece and nephew of Ann Wilson Cotton after the death of their first guardian, their Uncle William Wilson, Ann's brother. On the second record, Joshua Wilson exr, was the father of witness, John R. Wilson. William Dickens the other exr, was the brother of Elizabeth Dicken Wilson, wife of William Wilson mentioned above and mother of Lewis Dicken Wilson for whom Wilson Co NC is named. It takes a lot of work to sort out these Wilsons! Thank you again for the help. Marilyn > From: "Marianne Ordway" <mordway@adelphia.net> > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 17:04:45 -0400 > To: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > > Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, 17587-1824 Halifax County, NC by Margaret > M. Hofmann: > > Will #829 page 529 JOSIAH NELMS 22 Feb. 1812 may Ct. 1812 > wife (name not given) negroes, furniture etc. estate to remain together for > the support of wife, mother (name not given) and children ( names not given > and children appear to be under 21) son JEREMIAH NELMS the old plantation > and the ajoining tract called the meeting house and the land JONES PAIR now > lives on any my mill with 10 acres and the land lately recovered from JAMES > HIGGS joining JOHN YOUNG and if the sd. JEREMIAH dies the sd. lands to go > to my son WILLIAM JOSIAH NELMS and if all the children die the sd. land to > be divided as follows: JOSIAH WILSON 2/3 and HARRIOTT WILSON 1/3 > daughters SALLY NELMS and NANCY NELMS negroes each SALEY ARMISTEAD > daughter of ROBERT ARMISTREAD $100.00. MRS. ____ MARKS $50.00. DAVID > CLARK and THOMAS BARROW to give the bonds to my mother > Wit.: R. TUNSTALL, WILLIAM WIGGINS > Ext.: THOMAS BARROW > > *********************************** > > Also- Will #693 pg. 410 DANIEL BROWN 7 July 1803 Aug. Ct. 1803 > mother MARY BROWN all my real and personal estate during her natural life > and at her death it to be divided between my 2 brothers ELIAS BROWN and > DAVID BROWN > Wit.: THOMAS KIRBY, JOHN R. WILSON > Extrs.: JOSHUA WILSON and WILLIAM DICKENS > > ********************************** > > Hope these will help you. Good luck! Marianne Ordway > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:01 PM > Subject: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > > >> Does anyone recognized any of the people on this deed? I don't have > access >> to a book covering this period, so I have no further details. >> >> Joshua Wilson is my main interest and I believe him to be out of Martin > Co, >> NC and later Halifax Co. He was a Methodist minister. Could he be > related >> to Filgo or Sowell? >> >> >> Mar 17, 1795 Bertie Co: Wm Cake Filgo to Obediah Sowell Wit: Joshua >> Wilson & Collen >> Cowand DBK R >> >> Thanks; >> >> Marilyn >> >> >> ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== >> Bertie County Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm >> Many pages of information on-line. I welcome yours as well! >> Be sure to "search" on this page! >> >> ============================== >> 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: "Marianne Ordway" <mordway@adelphia.net> To: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & COLLEN COWAND > Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, 17587-1824 Halifax County, NC by Margaret > M. Hofmann: > > Will #829 page 529 JOSIAH NELMS 22 Feb. 1812 may Ct. 1812 > wife (name not given) negroes, furniture etc. estate to remain together for > the support of wife, mother (name not given) and children ( names not given > and children appear to be under 21) son JEREMIAH NELMS the old plantation > and the ajoining tract called the meeting house and the land JONES PAIR now > lives on any my mill with 10 acres and the land lately recovered from JAMES > HIGGS joining JOHN YOUNG and if the sd. JEREMIAH dies the sd. lands to go > to my son WILLIAM JOSIAH NELMS and if all the children die the sd. land to > be divided as follows: JOSIAH WILSON 2/3 and HARRIOTT WILSON 1/3 > daughters SALLY NELMS and NANCY NELMS negroes each SALEY ARMISTEAD > daughter of ROBERT ARMISTREAD $100.00. MRS. ____ MARKS $50.00. DAVID > CLARK and THOMAS BARROW to give the bonds to my mother > Wit.: R. TUNSTALL, WILLIAM WIGGINS > Ext.: THOMAS BARROW > > *********************************** > > Also- Will #693 pg. 410 DANIEL BROWN 7 July 1803 Aug. Ct. 1803 > mother MARY BROWN all my real and personal estate during her natural life > and at her death it to be divided between my 2 brothers ELIAS BROWN and > DAVID BROWN > Wit.: THOMAS KIRBY, JOHN R. WILSON > Extrs.: JOSHUA WILSON and WILLIAM DICKENS > > ********************************** > > Hope these will help you. Good luck! Marianne Ordway > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:01 PM > Subject: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > > > > Does anyone recognized any of the people on this deed? I don't have > access > > to a book covering this period, so I have no further details. > > > > Joshua Wilson is my main interest and I believe him to be out of Martin > Co, > > NC and later Halifax Co. He was a Methodist minister. Could he be > related > > to Filgo or Sowell? > > > > > > Mar 17, 1795 Bertie Co: Wm Cake Filgo to Obediah Sowell Wit: Joshua > > Wilson & Collen > > Cowand DBK R > > > > Thanks; > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > > Bertie County Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm > > Many pages of information on-line. I welcome yours as well! > > Be sure to "search" on this page! > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > >

In a message dated 5/17/2002 3:16:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, lynnjack@bright.net writes: > Oct 23, 1784 Martin Co., NC: Will of Kenneth McKenzie: William McKenzie, > bro; sister Ann McKenzie; nephews, David Clark, John Clark & William Clark > when of age. bro & sis. exrs. Do any of you know anything about these Clark's....Clark who married Kenneth McKenzie's sister??? Were they from Virginia?? Thanks Janet Hunter

Thank you, John! Can you tell me which Wilsons were living in the Ross Church are and where is the Ross Church area? Did any of your Sowells end up in middle TN? Although I am not actively researching the Sowells currently, Sowell/Sewell is one of our connecting families who came out of VA through NC to Northern middle TN and then by 1830s to Mo. where they married some Mizelles. If I remember correctly, some of these Sowells of yours ended up in IL along with some Mizelles. I have always wondered it the family is connected. > From: Johncowand@aol.com > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:45:23 EDT > To: NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN ... > Resent-From: NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:45:36 -0600 > > Hi, Marilyn. Collen (or Cullen or Colin) Cowand is in my Cowand chart. He was > the son of a William Cowand and Maybee Cake Cowand. William Cake Filgo was > the son of Ann Cake (sister to Maybee) and Anthony Filgo --- which makes > William Cake Filgo and Collen Cowand first cousins. Collen had a brother > named Jonathan Cowand who was married to Sarah Sowell. Sarah was the daughter > of Obediah Sowell, Sr., who's will was written in 1802. Sarah also had a > brother named Obediah. > > As to your main interest, Joshua Wilson, I just don't know if he was kin to > the others. I know that Wilsons lived near the others in Bertie, Ross Church > area, and that a Wilson married a niece of Collen Cowand. > > Wish I could be of more help. Maybe others might know a connection. > > John > In a message dated 5/17/02 1:03:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > lynnjack@bright.net writes: > > >> Subj:[NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & COLLEN >> COWAND >> Date:5/17/02 1:03:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time >> From:<A HREF="mailto:lynnjack@bright.net">lynnjack@bright.net</A> >> To:<A HREF="mailto:NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com">NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com</A> >> Sent from the Internet >> >> >> >> Does anyone recognized any of the people on this deed? I don't have access >> to a book covering this period, so I have no further details. >> >> Joshua Wilson is my main interest and I believe him to be out of Martin Co, >> NC and later Halifax Co. He was a Methodist minister. Could he be related >> to Filgo or Sowell? >> >> >> Mar 17, 1795 Bertie Co: Wm Cake Filgo to Obediah Sowell Wit: Joshua >> Wilson & Collen >> Cowand DBK R >> >> Thanks; >> >> Marilyn > > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > Bertie County Archives page http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/bertie.htm > Cemeteries, deeds, military rosters, wills, Bible Records and more. We need > your info! > Send to me, Virginia Crilley, varcsix@hot.rr.com > > ============================== > 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 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2UB.2ACI/1178.1180.1206.1208.1214.1227.1226.1229.1252.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the following message "Frederick Bryan was indeed the son of Col. William Bryan & Elizabeth Smith. Frederick was supposedly born around 1761 in Pitt Co., North Carolina" What documentation do you have that the above is true? I have a copy of the marriage bond issued in Bertie County, NC 14 Feb 1780, from the North Carolina archives, for Frederick Bryan and Amelia Pugh. I would like to be able to document the fact that Frederick Bryan is indeed the son of William Bryan and Elizabeth Smith. I would also like to be able to get some form of documentation that Louisa Bryan was the daughter of Frederick and Amelia Bryan. The dates that I have seem to question that relationship. If frederick and Amelia were married in 1780 Louisa should have been born sometime after 1780, but she was married to John Jolley in 1782 and her first child, Frederick Jolley was born in 1783. I have good reason to believe John and louisa were married 1782 and the birth of my GGGrandfather, Henry Jolley, their son, was born 26 Aug 1789. Louisa could not have been his mother at 8-9 years of age. Is it possible that Louisa and Frederick were brother and sister? The estimate! d birth dates I have for them are 1750 for Frederick and 1756 for Louisa. Can you help me figure this out? Is there any indication that William and Elizabeth Bryan had a daughter named Louisa? I have several references that Louisa was the daughter of Frederick but none of them are documented. I hope you have some information that can shed some light on this question. Thanks, Jack Davis

Jo ROBERSON Prytherch Oct 23, 1784 Martin Co., NC: Will of Kenneth McKenzie: William McKenzie, bro; sister Ann McKenzie; nephews, David Clark, John Clark & William Clark when of age. bro & sis. exrs. Wit: Archd Hunter, JAMES L. WILSON. Northampton Co Cousins Special Bulletin #14, Martin Co, NC Will Book 1, p.106 (Brazeal) Like these Clarks? This James L. Wilson I have some information on and suspect he was the father of Joshua Wilson. These two are the ones I am chasing. James L. Wilson was on several Mckenzie records. If you want, I can send you some other Wilson/Clark records I have picked up. Marilyn > From: "prytherch" <prytherch@cconnect.net> > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:49:30 -0400 > To: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net>, <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > > The only name I recognize here is the surname Cake. I saw two or three > documents in the Martin County Clerk of Court's office with this surname. I > can't remember if they were deeds or wills. I believe one of each. If I > remember correctly the Cakes were associated with the family of William > Williams for whom Williamston was named. It seems that I do remember there > were no Cake sons in the documents, but there was a Cake daughter. I paid a > little more attention to these documents than I normally would have, because > I was looking for Clarks and thought at first that the Cake spelling could > be an incorrect spelling of Clark. It was not. The Cake middle name as > grantor in you deed could be the link to a tie amongst these people. > > Jo ROBERSON Prytherch > >