Dear Listmembers: After reading so many queries about plantations, I would like to put my website out in the open. It is called North Carolina Slave Plantations, and my specific interest is in Bladen County. The link is NORTH CAROLINA SLAVE PLANTATIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brownandmeares/nc_plantations.htm I created this site some time ago and have been working on it since its creation. Remember, that it is not a COMPLETE list of all plantations, but an attempt to document every North Carolina slave plantation. If you would like to submit a name of plantation, feel free to email me at this address or starkist77@yahoo.com You can also access this link on the Bladen Co. African American Genealogy Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/african_american.htm Feel free to visit my personal website: BROWN and MEARES of Bladen and Columbus http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brownandmeares Thanks very much, Sonya Brown

I may well be the only person who was not familiar with this site and it is truly remarkable. Thank you, Robert Hill (Huguenot List). http://docsouth.unc.edu/ Dee P.S I promise I won't send anything else for one week. For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm

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/340.341.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Lynn, The popularly accepted lineage seems to indicate a Welsh origin via Henry>Richard>Thomas>Richard>William>William>Josiah. I have not done the legwork on this line, nor has anyone cited convincing sources.....the dates work, though, so I'm keeping it on the back burner until I can spend some time on it. Hope this helps. Butch

Hi Gini, Go to the site and look on the right hand side of the page. Click on PATRIOT LOOKUP SERVICE. That will take you to their form for free lookups. Good luck. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Gini <gini1223@home.com> To: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:00 AM Subject: Re: Free Lookups Dee - I was unsuccessful in my Rev. War look-ups. What did I do wrong? Gini

I have access to many GA records. Give me a few days, perhaps I can find something on them. Bill Mallory ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:24 PM To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Dee: Georgia Look-up Dee, if you have access to Georgia records, could you look for John B. Childers who married Martha Lundy July 31, 1833 in Hancock Co., GA.? Their first six children were born in GA but I do not know parents of either John or Martha. Appreciate anything you find, including any land records. Thanks, Wanda

Hi Wanda, I don't have any county land records for Georgia after 1800. After 1800 I have mostly marriages, Wills, newspaper entries and military records, [plus a number of migration records.] >From # 138 At the residence of her mother on the 7th inst., MRS. SARAH B. LITTLE, aged 19 years, 9 months, wife of MR. THOMAS LITTLE and second dau. of the late JAMES LUNDY of Hancock County. June 16, 1835. In this county Thursday of last week, THOMAS LUNDY, Esq., formerly a citizen of Hancock County. March 5, 1831. [I can't find a reference to what county] In Bibb County on the 25th ult., by JUDGE MCDONALD, MR. WILLIAM J. HEAD of Monroe Co., to MISS LUCY I. LUNDY, dau. of THOMAS LUNDY, Esq., July 3, 1827. At the Courthouse in Thomaston in the office of the Clerk, Court of the Ordinary on the 24th inst., by WM. F. YONGE, Esq., in the presence of a number of lawyers and other people, MR. JAMES SMITH to (blank) JANE LUNDY after a courtship of the most intimate kind for 8 years. Feb. 28, 1829. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda <wndachil@nts-online.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:20 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Dee: Georgia Look-up Dee, if you have access to Georgia records, could you look for John B. Childers who married Martha Lundy July 31, 1833 in Hancock Co., GA.? Their first six children were born in GA but I do not know parents of either John or Martha. Appreciate anything you find, including any land records. Thanks, Wanda

Hi Margaret, No, nothing there. I do find (in # 11) the indexed Will of a Hiram A.Wright, dated 1881, in Caswell County, but none of my abstracts of Wills are that recent. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: margaret Sessions To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:34 AM Subject: Bladen_County_lookup Dee, I think you have done a lookup for me before. I am searching for Hiram Wright and his parents who are unknown right now. He was on the Cumberland County Census in 1840 I believe, but would you look in #8 & 14 to see if there is a reference for him? thanks, Margaret Sessions

Someday I'll learn to check who the reply is to. Excuse me. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re Plantation site So why don't you work on this little project. I hear there is a wonderful book (I ordered it from Margaret Hofmann last week) called Plantations Along the Cape Fear or something like that. I'll even send it to you if you're interested. Me For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bulletetal@aol.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re Plantation site Please notice that a number of the Bladen county plantations are listed in the unknown county area. I believe there were a number of others not listed. I've always been told that the west bank of the Cape Fear was one plantation after another. Kay

So why don't you work on this little project. I hear there is a wonderful book (I ordered it from Margaret Hofmann last week) called Plantations Along the Cape Fear or something like that. I'll even send it to you if you're interested. Me For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bulletetal@aol.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re Plantation site Please notice that a number of the Bladen county plantations are listed in the unknown county area. I believe there were a number of others not listed. I've always been told that the west bank of the Cape Fear was one plantation after another. Kay

Please notice that a number of the Bladen county plantations are listed in the unknown county area. I believe there were a number of others not listed. I've always been told that the west bank of the Cape Fear was one plantation after another. Kay

FREE DAR PATRIOT LOOKUP SERVICE The DAR will search their database of proven Revolutionary patriots free of charge. This service is available at www.dar.org Sincerely, Susan Tillman National Chairman - VIS Committee Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm

Dee, if you have access to Georgia records, could you look for John B. Childers who married Martha Lundy July 31, 1833 in Hancock Co., GA.? Their first six children were born in GA but I do not know parents of either John or Martha. Appreciate anything you find, including any land records. Thanks, Wanda

Many of you have asked me why there is no record of a Civil War pension for an ancestor. I have replied that it was need-based. Here is an excellent elaboration on that from the State Archives of Georgia . Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm Since many of the former Confederate states had very little money after the war, the money that was used for pensions was given to those who were destitute or were unable to make a living because of a disability. There were very strict guidelines used to determine who was eligible for a pension. Here's the information from our "Civil War Sources at the Georgia Department of Archives and History" brochure: Confederate Pension Records Article VII, Section 1, of the 1877 Georgia Constitution authorized the state to pay for artificial limbs for Confederate veterans. The Act of September 20, 1879, provided that such claimants could submit proof of eligibility to the governor who, on receipt of the claim, was authorized to draw a warrant on the state treasurer. Later acts and constitutional amendments expanded the list of disabilities for which confederate veterans could claim state benefits, such as the loss of eyes and hearing (1886) and the disabilities of age and poverty (1894). The Act of December 23, 1890, allowed for pensions to be paid to widows who were married during the war to Confederate soldiers who died in service of afterwards from wounds or diseases contracted in service. The Act of December 29, 1899, extended this coverage to include widows who, by reason of poverty, age infirmity, or blindness, were unable to provide a living for themselves. The Act of December 15, 1896, created the position of commissioner of pensions. Prior to this time, the comptroller general and the governor administered the claims. Between 1896 and 1939 the responsibility for administering the Pensions and Records Department within the state of Georgia. The Act of March 17, 1960, abolished this department and transferred its records to State Archives of Georgia. Georgia paid pensions to Confederate soldiers and their widows who were residents of Georgia at the time of the application, providing they met existing application requirements. Eligibility requirements changed from year to year. Military service or wartime residence could have been in another state. Soldiers and widows who left Georgia after the war were not eligible for a Georgia pension, but they may have applied in their subsequent states of residence. Additional Facts A typical soldier's pension application may include the name of his unit, day of enlistment and discharge, value of personal property, and the number of years that he lived continuously in Georgia, or, in some cases, his exact date of birth. In rare cases the applicant included his discharge and affidavits from members of his unit in order to prove his service. A typical widow's pension application may include the husband's name, name of his unit, date of their marriage, husband's death date, and how she was supported. In some cases, the widow included a copy of the marriage certificate to prove her relationship to the soldier. Not contained in a typical pension application is genealogical data about family members, such as names of parents, wife, or children. A soldier's death date normally is not included in his file but many times can be found on other pension office records. Usually, names of other family members are found only if the pensioner died while still due a pension payment. Pensioners had to complete an application form each year through 1907; therefore, there is a separate application for each year. The most significant information is normally found on the initial application. After 1907, the county Ordinary annually sent to the state pension office an updated list of county pensioners to show changes from the pervious years. The applications are currently arranged alphabetically by county and then by surname within each county. State Archives of Georgia created a name index, and a card was made for each applicant and the three witnesses to the initial application. The index card contains the name of the applicant, the husband's name in the case of the widow, the soldier's unit number/name, and the county in which the application was filed. Hope this helps, Pamela W. Coleman, Public Programs Coordinator State Archives of Georgia www.GeorgiaArchives.org -----Original Message----- From: Slsamz@aol.com [mailto:Slsamz@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:47 AM To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GA-Roots] Obtaining pension after Civil War I have a question regarding pensions after the Civil War. My gg Grandfather had four sons in the war from GA. One came home. As far as I can determine no one requested a pension for their service. Was this common in the South? If so, why? Did they not trust the US Gov or just not want their money? Did they know they could get pension money? Thanks, Sandy ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Faye Dyess fdy13@home.com Listmanager Thou shalt check thy spelling and thy grammer. Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Faye Dyess fdy13@home.com Listmanager Learn and Enjoy IRC Chats-Step by Step Instructions-It's free and fun http://www.flash.net/~gen4m/ Thou shalt ponder how thy recipient might react to thy message.

Hello all, I am looking for some sort of documentation on the marriage of Joesph Melvin and Mary Copeland. After Marriage they moved across the border to Marion County SC then into Georgia, Alabama and finally Florida. In either Georgia or Alabama Mary Copeland died. Joseph then married Sarah Jane Pouncy. Sarah was younger than some of Joseph's children. Joseph while walking on his property, Joseph was killed in 1863 by a Yankee soldier buried where he died. The uncertainty about Mary Copeland is that Joseph's brother George married a Mary Jane Copeland. George and Joseph both moved to Marion District South Carolina; therefore, some researchers feel that early members of the family mixed the wife up between Joseph and George. I would like something to show if there were two Mary Copelands married to Melvins and both relocated to Marion county South Carolina Mary widow of George is still listed in Marion South Carolina in the 1850 Census. Deborah Byrd

Marguerite W. Search Marion County site, http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html You will find the list of men serving under Gen. Francis Marion, Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "MWhitley" <mwhitley@coastalnet.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup > Hi Dee, > Is there anyway to find out the names of the sharpshooters > who served with Francis Marion, (Swamp Fox) in SC. > I had an ancestor, Soloman Barfield, Rev. War Soldier, > who was a sharpshooter from Duplin Co., some say that > he also served with Francis Marion. Any help would be appreciated. > Marguerite W. > mwhitley@coastalnet.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> > To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:35 AM > Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup > > > >Thank heavens you got on the site. I found it grossly inadequate, but at > least a starting point. I wish someone would spearhead a North Carolina (and > South Carolina) site. The people on the Lists that I copied (on that > original e-mail) have a ton of information on plantations that is really > fascinating, not to mention historically beneficial. It might also be a > good reference for researching slave information on these plantations. A > number of the books that I have are indexed by Plantation name and slave > names. > >I got this this morning from the Georgia State Archives - > > > >"The list is a good starting place, but this does not list all the > >plantations in Georgia. Remember that plantations were large farms, and > >property records would show up in the Superior Court of the county. Also, > >there are Slave Schedules in 1850 and 1860 which list the slave owner or > >overseer and enumerate the slaves (with no names). This will give you a > >better picture of slave ownership in Georgia during this time period." > > > >Pamela W. Coleman, Public Programs Coordinator > >State Archives of Georgia > >www.GeorgiaArchives.org > > > >Dee > >For details on sources used, refer to this link: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Robert Hill > >To: d7777@worldnet.att.net > >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:30 AM > >Subject: Bladen_County_lookup > > > > > >Plantation List for NC. IT is missing two of the largest. (1)Th 22,000 > acre Avirett Plantation with slave-partners in the vicinity of Richlands & > Catharine Lake, NC of Onslow County. John A.Avirett called his house Loch > Katrine Hall Geo Washington ate breakfast there on his Southern Tour.Mr. > Avirett lost a son in the Civil War and another son was a Chaplain. I will > send you an address where you can read thee book his son the chaplain wrote > 6 years after the war. http://docsouth.unc.edu/avirett/avirett.html (2) > Palo Alt, 19,000 acres, dated 1830, owned by D. W. Sanders in Onslow or in > Cartaret next to Onslow. (3) Burns Plantation large also & was next to Palo > Alto. RObt. H. > > > > >

Hi Marguerite, Did your Solomon Barfield leave a Will in Wayne County, NC in 1827? There is also a Solomon Barfield in Duplin County who witnessed the Will of his father, Richard, in 1754 (brothers: Jesse, Henry. Sisters: Mary, Lebeth, An Grady, Cathren Taler). There were a number of Bladen County Barfields who had roots in Onslow County (mid 1700s) and fought in the Revolutionary War. Susannah, the daughter of Luke Barfield, married Hugo Johnston who served (as did his father Gilbert Johnston) under Francis Marion. I can find nothing in the books that I have that tells me anything about him other than the Will of Richard. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: MWhitley <mwhitley@coastalnet.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup Hi Dee, Is there anyway to find out the names of the sharpshooters who served with Francis Marion, (Swamp Fox) in SC. I had an ancestor, Soloman Barfield, Rev. War Soldier, who was a sharpshooter from Duplin Co., some say that he also served with Francis Marion. Any help would be appreciated. Marguerite W. mwhitley@coastalnet.com

Hi Dee, Is there anyway to find out the names of the sharpshooters who served with Francis Marion, (Swamp Fox) in SC. I had an ancestor, Soloman Barfield, Rev. War Soldier, who was a sharpshooter from Duplin Co., some say that he also served with Francis Marion. Any help would be appreciated. Marguerite W. mwhitley@coastalnet.com -----Original Message----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup >Thank heavens you got on the site. I found it grossly inadequate, but at least a starting point. I wish someone would spearhead a North Carolina (and South Carolina) site. The people on the Lists that I copied (on that original e-mail) have a ton of information on plantations that is really fascinating, not to mention historically beneficial. It might also be a good reference for researching slave information on these plantations. A number of the books that I have are indexed by Plantation name and slave names. >I got this this morning from the Georgia State Archives - > >"The list is a good starting place, but this does not list all the >plantations in Georgia. Remember that plantations were large farms, and >property records would show up in the Superior Court of the county. Also, >there are Slave Schedules in 1850 and 1860 which list the slave owner or >overseer and enumerate the slaves (with no names). This will give you a >better picture of slave ownership in Georgia during this time period." > >Pamela W. Coleman, Public Programs Coordinator >State Archives of Georgia >www.GeorgiaArchives.org > >Dee >For details on sources used, refer to this link: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Robert Hill >To: d7777@worldnet.att.net >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:30 AM >Subject: Bladen_County_lookup > > >Plantation List for NC. IT is missing two of the largest. (1)Th 22,000 acre Avirett Plantation with slave-partners in the vicinity of Richlands & Catharine Lake, NC of Onslow County. John A.Avirett called his house Loch Katrine Hall Geo Washington ate breakfast there on his Southern Tour.Mr. Avirett lost a son in the Civil War and another son was a Chaplain. I will send you an address where you can read thee book his son the chaplain wrote 6 years after the war. http://docsouth.unc.edu/avirett/avirett.html (2) Palo Alt, 19,000 acres, dated 1830, owned by D. W. Sanders in Onslow or in Cartaret next to Onslow. (3) Burns Plantation large also & was next to Palo Alto. RObt. H. > >

Thank heavens you got on the site. I found it grossly inadequate, but at least a starting point. I wish someone would spearhead a North Carolina (and South Carolina) site. The people on the Lists that I copied (on that original e-mail) have a ton of information on plantations that is really fascinating, not to mention historically beneficial. It might also be a good reference for researching slave information on these plantations. A number of the books that I have are indexed by Plantation name and slave names. I got this this morning from the Georgia State Archives - "The list is a good starting place, but this does not list all the plantations in Georgia. Remember that plantations were large farms, and property records would show up in the Superior Court of the county. Also, there are Slave Schedules in 1850 and 1860 which list the slave owner or overseer and enumerate the slaves (with no names). This will give you a better picture of slave ownership in Georgia during this time period." Pamela W. Coleman, Public Programs Coordinator State Archives of Georgia www.GeorgiaArchives.org Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Hill To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:30 AM Subject: Bladen_County_lookup Plantation List for NC. IT is missing two of the largest. (1)Th 22,000 acre Avirett Plantation with slave-partners in the vicinity of Richlands & Catharine Lake, NC of Onslow County. John A.Avirett called his house Loch Katrine Hall Geo Washington ate breakfast there on his Southern Tour.Mr. Avirett lost a son in the Civil War and another son was a Chaplain. I will send you an address where you can read thee book his son the chaplain wrote 6 years after the war. http://docsouth.unc.edu/avirett/avirett.html (2) Palo Alt, 19,000 acres, dated 1830, owned by D. W. Sanders in Onslow or in Cartaret next to Onslow. (3) Burns Plantation large also & was next to Palo Alto. RObt. H.

Sorry, Dee, I hadn't read my mail this far. Your suggestion works. Next time I"ll read all of my mail first! Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:39 PM Subject: Fw: [NCBLADEN-L] Plantations > You will have to cut and paste the highlighted URL and then manually > add: .html > Dee > > from the GA List - this might be a good chance to add to this if you > have information. > Dee > For details on sources used, refer to this link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > > List of Plantations in the United States During Slavery > Listed by State > > http://gillis-assoc.net/AAV/Documents/Holder/Plantations/PlantationLst > .html > > > > >

Dee, the plantation address is not valid. It says page cannot be found, refers one to another site which site also does not give the info you suggest is there. Lynn in Baltimore marylindsay1@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:26 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Plantations > from the GA List - this might be a good chance to add to this if you > have information. > Dee > For details on sources used, refer to this link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > > List of Plantations in the United States During Slavery > Listed by State > > http://gillis-assoc.net/AAV/Documents/Holder/Plantations/PlantationLst > .html > > >