I was searching on the internet to see if I could possibly find this book for sell. It has a wealth of information and pictures of many Bladen folks. I discovered the following website and I wanted to share it. Someone is transcribing the entire book online. http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/r/rfmelvin/wwwMcKay/LestWeForget/ I believe there is a second book also [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) alice

Quite awhile ago, a listmember sent me information on a Robert WEST of Bertie Co., NC who had moved to Duplin along with the George BELL family and others. I have lost that information and am hoping that person will contact me, please? Many thanks.

Marriage record for John and Nancy TEDDERS WEST shows they married Jasper Co., GA 4 January 1827. Can anyone place either John or Nancy with a NC family? One of their sons, George, born Jasper County ca 1835, was living with a son of Gibson WEST (Duplin Co. 1792-Mitchell Co., GA 1869) in 1850, so there is no question these folks were from southeastern NC. Any help appreciated.

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/HSB.2ACE/897.964.1 Message Board Post: BRYNE/Byrne, Matthew, Ensign, Bladen Militia Soldier was born 1764 and married in 1790 and lived in Bladen. Soldier drew 12 RW pay vouchers. Soldier is listed in the pension application of Duncan McCullock and served in a Bladen Militia Company under Captain Joseph Wood in 1779. BRYNE/Byrne, Peter, Private, Bladen Militia Soldier lived in Bladen in 1784 and 1790. Soldier drew four RW pay vouchers and served 14 days as a light horseman with Captain James Council on a raid against the Tories. Soldier was paid one pound and eight shillings. Soldier drew 4 RW pay vouchers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sikes, Sykes, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSB.2ACE/1661 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on John Sikes who married Ellen ( unknown last name). They had a daughter Mary Ellen Sykes born in Bladen County May 18, 1882. Mary Ellen went on to marry Philander Hollingsworth. Any help would be much appreciated. I'm stuck here.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Edwards, Hales, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSB.2ACE/1660 Message Board Post: I need to find parents of Nancy Ann Edwards born in Bladen County, NC Jan 2, 1830 married Walton Hales also born in Bladen County. They later moved to Cumberland County. Nancy is buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Cumberland County. Any help would be great.

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/HSB.2ACE/897.964 Message Board Post: Seeking information on a Peter Byrne and family--he purchased 200 acres of land in 1787 in Bladen County.

snip Someone is transcribing the entire book online. http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/r/rfmelvin/wwwMcKay/LestWeForget/ anip This book has also been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah and is available for load Through the local LDS Family History Center. I had a copy of the film while living in Alaska. Very well complied book. Deborah Byrd

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Edwards, McLain, McLean, Guyton, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSB.2ACE/1659 Message Board Post: I need help finding the parents of these two Bladen County people: John McLean( also spelled McLain) born Jan 24 1817 who married Cellia Edwards born about 1814. There Children were: Helen McLean born Dec 19 1839 died Feb 7 1927 married Jacob Guyton

DAVID BUNYAN MELVIN (1819-1907) Reading through some of the MELVIN book and saw the above name. Can anyone tell me the origins of the middle name Bunyan? Was there a Bladen family by that name? Thanks for any information. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Melvin Lest We Forget

I am looking for information on a Henry JOHNSON who had daughters Esther, Druzilla and Jerusha. These folks were in Duplin and/or Johnston County, 1790. Who was Henry's wife? Where did they live 1790? When/where did Henry die? Thanks for any help.

I was searching on the internet to see if I could possibly find this book for sell. It has a wealth of information and pictures of many Bladen folks. I discovered the following website and I wanted to share it. Someone is transcribing the entire book online. http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/r/rfmelvin/wwwMcKay/LestWeForget/

Tim, Database: 1860 United States Federal Census Name: William Harrell Age in 1860: 52 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Not Stated, Berrien, Georgia Gender: Male Head of Household: William Harrell Household Post Office: Nashville Value of real estate: View image July 10, 1860 William age 52 farm laborer, b N.C. Flora age 37, b N.C. Jesse, 14 Drusilla, 12 (?)Anna J 8, b N.C. Daniel M, 6 b GA Margaret, 4 Susan, 8/12 In 1870, the baby, Susan, is listed in the home of John Baker. Susan Harrell Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Age in 1870: 10 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1870: Militia District 1157, Berrien, Georgia Margaret is in the home of Seaborn Walters Margaret Harrell Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Age in 1870: 13 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1870: Militia District 1144, Berrien, Georgia Possibly your Anna, in the household of Russell Williams Name: Anna Harrell Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852 Age in 1870: 18 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1870: Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia Possibly your Jesse Name: Jesse Harrell Company: F Unit: 1 (Symons') Georgia Reserves. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate Hope this helps a little Lynn Prettyman Baltimore, MD [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:49 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Harrells in Bladen NC 1850 > I've been searching for years now to find more information on my > (possible) GGgrandfather, William Harrell. > >> They moved to Berrien , County, GA about 1853. Had other children and I >> believe Flora Ann died in childbirth in 1862. > > If you have any info or suggestions to help me I would really appreciate > it. > > Thanks, > Tim Harrell > Atlanta area > > >

I've really hit a wall. I've been searching for years now to find more information on my (possible) GGgrandfather, William Harrell. This man and his wife and family were listed on the Bladen County, NC, 1850 Census. William Harrel 41 M Farmer born in South Carolina (later census says born in NC) Flora 25 F b. NC Jesse 4 M b. NC John 2 M b. NC Drucilla 6/12 F b. NC They moved to Berrien , County, GA about 1853. Had other children and I believe Flora Ann died in childbirth in 1862. If you have any info or suggestions to help me I would really appreciate it. I am listed on the HarrellDNA.Com project and would help anyone that might be related to enter their DNA. Thanks, Tim Harrell Atlanta area

Contact Bladen County Historical Society, POB 848, Elizabethtown, NC 28337. Someone should be able to help you. Betty & Allen Johannes [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:19 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] The Heritage of Bladen county > 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/HSB.2ACE/1658 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for a copy of the book. > >

Looking for anyone working on John Smith Sr. and his wife Patience last name unknown. The lived around the Meadow Township in Johnston Co. in 1810. John died ca. 1813-4 as his son James was taking care of his estate. Although I ran across a record that showed he might have died before 1800. Their children names were James, Lewis, Samuel,Josuah, and daughters were Edith who married Nathan Strickland, Elizabeth, Bedonia who married Thomas Allen, and one of the other girls married a Sims and an Isaac Strickland. Can anyone help more on this line? Thanks, Donna

MEMORIAL FOR ELIZABETH "LIB" TURNER Many of you may already know that Elizabeth "Lib" Turner died this fall. Lib was a tireless worker on behalf of the Bladen County Historical Society. We are attempting to create a memorial for "Lib" and are inviting all to consider a memorial gift in her name. Monies for this will be used for the purchase of "archival folders & boxes" to be used for preserving documents held by the Bladen County Historical Society. These would include such irreplaceable treasures as the diary of Elizabeth Ellis Robeson and family Bibles. I talked with Seth Lewis, vice-chairman of the BCHS, and he feels this is a worthwhile project. Please ---- send a memorial gift to Bladen County Historical Society at POB 848, Elizabethtown, NC, 28337 and designate it Lib Turner Memorial. Betty & Allen Johannes [email protected]

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/HSB.2ACE/1658 Message Board Post: I am looking for a copy of the book.

Hello Group: Just for your information: I have read the report which the e-mails linked to, and some of the ancestors, claim that their ancestor Joseph Willis was born in Robeson, which was at that time western Bladen County, to Agerton Willis, a white man, and an un-named Indian (Willis claims Lumbee) slave woman. Basicly, the history of the Indians of southeastern North Carolina, would make this allegation incorrect. Here are the point of correction to this allegation: 1) It is true, and primary records document, that Agerton Willis and siblings were in Bladen (Robeson)County during the period of time of Joseph's, the mulattoe slave's birth. 2) It is true, and primary records document, that Agerton Willis was the white master who apparently fathered Joseph, making him "mixed blooded" between a white father and a slave mother. 3) It is true, and primary records document, that Agerton Willis sought to emancipate said Joseph by his Last Will and Testament (after his death), and did later with the help of his cousin John Willis. - - - - - - - What is not true: 4) It is not true that Joseph's mother was a Lumbee Indian mulattoe slave. Here is the true and accurate facts about Lumbees, Waccamaw, Coharie and all other Indian peoples of southeastern North Carolina. These Indian people of southeastern North Carolina were not slaves, but some of them did own slaves. They were always, from the beginning of recorded history, "free people". When the first censuses were created, there were three categories of people, i.e. White, Slave and Other Free People. They later became classified as "Free People of Color", "Mulattoe" in 1850-1880's, then Indian (the true title) in the 1890's, and in the 1900 Census was designated as "Indian". To summarize: If Joseph, was born to Agerton Willis and one of his slave women in the 1750's, then the mother would have been either African, or of African descent; as no Indians in southeastern North Carolina were slaves. 5) This is not meant to disrespect the compiler's point of view, but rather it is to correct it. We understand and acknowledge that Joseph Willis signed affidavit that his father was English and his mother was "Cherokee". Now a point of correction is also due here: Cherokee Indians were over two hundred miles west of Robeson County in the mountains of North Carolina. Cherokee Indians were never even close to Robeson County. In trying to rationalize the alleged "Indian Claim" in Joseph Willis'case, when he left Bladen/Robeson County he moved to the "up country region" of South Carolina, and being mixed blooded with darker skin tones, this is probably where he became identified by the local up country people as being connected to the "Cherokees". This was probably due because he was probably of his darker skin tones, and the fact that he was a free person of color living in the upcountry which actually is the foothills of the mountains were the "Cherokee Indians" were, and still is located. He probably personally knew some of the Cherokees or at least had contact with "Cherokee Traders". More than likely, this is probably when he became identified with the Cherokee Indians, and is where the "Indian Claim" comes in. I have looked on the early Cherokee Rolls, and his name does not appear. By claiming this himself, we also must be reminded that were Joseph Willis lived down in Louisiana, many who had any amount black blood in you, no matter of the degree, denied it because, it would have brought much hardship and cruel treatment by neighbors and officials due to the "Black Code". Therefore, it is obvious why he denied their African roots. Now down where my family were from, there were some families like the Spauldings who had simular white and slave ancestry. These people did not claim Indian, but they were all known as "Free Issues". One reason why they didn't claim Indian was maybe because they were in North Carolina and not Louisiana. At this point I would like everyone to know that I am not closed minded, so if anyone (including the author of the paper out there on the internet on Joseph Willis, his ancestry and family) or anyone else, can show proof through any primary documents of that day and time, i.e. Robeson, Bladen, New Hanover, or North Carolina General Assembly Records, that Joseph's mother was a Lumbee Indian Slave, I personally challenge them to do so. If anyone can give any real primary documentation to this claim, will be glad to publicly retract everything I say; otherwise, "the truth shall make you free"! Betty Jo Eastern North Carolina Indian descendant -- betty jo [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willis, Graham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSB.2ACE/5.103.689.849.1 Message Board Post: Please check out: http://www.randywillis.org/ Randy Willis Austin, Texas 512-291-7478 Austin Home 512-565-0161 Cell E-mails: [email protected] [email protected] Web sites: http://www.randywillis.org/ http://www.darrellroyal.org/ http://www.kimarie.com/ Photos: http://public.fotki.com/Willis/