This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mills, West, many others Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSB.2ACE/1287 Message Board Post: Based on attendance at last Monday's workshop, and from e-mails all over the US, the new Robeson County Heritage book promises to be an incredible resource tool for genealogists. Just like the Bladen County Heritage book, there is never a charge to submit family stories and photos. Our deadline of Nov. 15 is nearing, so don't be left out! You may contact our chairman: Sam West at: SAWESTGTWY@gateway.net You may visit our web site at: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/heritage.html As with all NC County Heritage books, proceeds benefit the local genealogy section of the County Library.

Good Morning Dee! In Mears Cemetery I am looking any MEARS/MEARES, specifically for Jesse MEARS/MEARES or Mark MEARS/MEARES. Thanks so much! Also, if any list members are researching back to Anne Arundel County, MD, I have "First Families 1649-1658, Vol I". Would be happy to do lookups. Barb in MS

I would sure try Margaret Hofmann. If she can't get her hands on one nobody can. Check the URL below my name and scroll to the bottom for sources and Margaret's e-mail address. Tessie, Margaret's daughter, is adorable and will probably be the one who responds to your e-mail. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Pauladene Edwards <pedwards@p-c-net.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:53 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] The People of Columbus Dee, I am looking for this book. THE PEOPLE OF COLUMBUS "A Study of 800 Familes in Columbus County, NC In 1850". Is there a chance you can tell where I might buy one? Thanks ever so much, Pauladene > > > > > >

Dee, I am looking for this book. THE PEOPLE OF COLUMBUS "A Study of 800 Familes in Columbus County, NC In 1850". Is there a chance you can tell where I might buy one? Thanks ever so much, Pauladene > > > > > >

Hi! Dee, I just deleted all my emails and I realized that I had deleted the churches also. Please send me another copy. I noticed in the list that Brown Marsh was not listed. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "CBN" <maushaus@ametro.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Lookups--#31 and #32 > Hi Dee! > Thanks so much for the list of Bladen churches. Now I feel like a dunce. > In looking back at the index to the wonderful map you sent me, I > discovered the churches listed there! Half-heimers struck again. > New question--- there is a Mears Cemetery just West off Hwy 1704 between > Hwy 87 and Hwy 1707. I'm not sure if this is SE or SW Bladen County. I > would like to find out who's buried in Mears Cemetery. > Again, thanks for all you do for us! > Barb in MS > >

Hi Annie, I checked on the omission of Brown Marsh. It was not included in the Heritage Book section on churches. Instead, it is listed in "Historic Places and Events" with three other churches. Only one of the four churches in the historic section is mentioned in the church section so I will list the other three here: >From # 17 Historic Places and Events Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church, 1818 Purdie's Church in the Nineteenth Century, 1803 South River Presbyterian Church, as early as 1757, formal organization in 1795 As for resending the list of churches - sorry, I delete everything as soon as I send it unless I'm waiting for a reply. Check the archives. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Annie McKee <amck@intrstar.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Lookups--#31 and #32 Hi! Dee, I just deleted all my emails and I realized that I had deleted the churches also. Please send me another copy. I noticed in the list that Brown Marsh was not listed. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "CBN" <maushaus@ametro.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Lookups--#31 and #32 > Hi Dee! > Thanks so much for the list of Bladen churches. Now I feel like a dunce. > In looking back at the index to the wonderful map you sent me, I > discovered the churches listed there! Half-heimers struck again. > New question--- there is a Mears Cemetery just West off Hwy 1704 between > Hwy 87 and Hwy 1707. I'm not sure if this is SE or SW Bladen County. I > would like to find out who's buried in Mears Cemetery. > Again, thanks for all you do for us! > Barb in MS > >

43 people - who are you looking for? For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: CBN <maushaus@ametro.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Lookups--#31 and #32 Hi Dee! Thanks so much for the list of Bladen churches. Now I feel like a dunce. In looking back at the index to the wonderful map you sent me, I discovered the churches listed there! Half-heimers struck again. New question--- there is a Mears Cemetery just West off Hwy 1704 between Hwy 87 and Hwy 1707. I'm not sure if this is SE or SW Bladen County. I would like to find out who's buried in Mears Cemetery. Again, thanks for all you do for us! Barb in MS

Hi Dee! Thanks so much for the list of Bladen churches. Now I feel like a dunce. In looking back at the index to the wonderful map you sent me, I discovered the churches listed there! Half-heimers struck again. New question--- there is a Mears Cemetery just West off Hwy 1704 between Hwy 87 and Hwy 1707. I'm not sure if this is SE or SW Bladen County. I would like to find out who's buried in Mears Cemetery. Again, thanks for all you do for us! Barb in MS

Hi Wanda, In # 14 I find a Kitty FREDERICK marrying John GRIMES in Duplin on 12/23/13 and a Joseph GROVE marrying Edy BEASLY on 01/17/1837 Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: FLYFISHW@aol.com To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:33 PM Subject: Can you help me Dee? You've helped before-----I hope you will again. Searching for evidence of a marriage between Joseph Groves of Duplin Co. N.C and a Catherine or Katherine or" Kitty" Frederick also of Duplin Co. N.C. Marriage probably occurred between 1808 and 1810. (Duplin Co.) Catherines father was probably a Felix Frederick, but Josephs parents are unknown. As always, I appreciate your help. Wanda

Hi Bushy, I think if you say it out loud you will come up with RAWLS. There was a Duke Rawls in Chowan in 1763 and Marmaduke Rawles in Bladen in 1777. Marmaduke witnessed a deed on 20 Feb 1777. >From #36 paraphrased: Benjamin Rawls and John Rawls of George Town District, South Carolina sold four parcels of land in Bladen in 1798. >From # 135 paraphrased: Abram Ralls is listed as a single poll taxpayer in 1789 in Bladen County. I can't find Marmaduke in the Testator's Index, Bladen County Wills, Bladen County Cemeteries, South Carolina Will Index, Georgetown, South Carolina Wills or North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina. He's also not in the Heritage Book, the 1800 Census or any other deed or grant books that I have. I was working with the theory that if Benjamin and John were his family he might have been heading for South Carolina, but he seems to have disappeared after the 1790 census of Bladen County. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Bushy Hartman <mihartman@InfoAve.Net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Lookup request for Marmaduke Rols Hi Dee, Could I please request a look up for Rols or if that is too vast Marmaduke Rols? I have found him in the Bladen, NC 1790 census in the Wilmington Dist. I am wondering if his surname is a variation of Rollo/Roller/Roler. Thanks so much you're the best! Bushy Hartman mihartman@infoave.net

Hi Dee, Could I please request a look up for Rols or if that is too vast Marmaduke Rols? I have found him in the Bladen, NC 1790 census in the Wilmington Dist. I am wondering if his surname is a variation of Rollo/Roller/Roler. Thanks so much you're the best! Bushy Hartman mihartman@infoave.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//HSB.2ACE/1267.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I have learned on a recent visit to Bladen county that I have relatives who carry the surname Sutton. My great grandfather Lucien Beatty brought land owned by John D. Sutton both are former slaves. If you have any info pertaining to the Sutton slaves please feel free to share them with me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//HSB.2ACE/219.1244 Message Board Post: I have recently visited my home in Carvers Creek, NC and have learned that my great great grandfather Joshua (slave) was sold by William Henry Beatty to J. B. Brown on 9 November 1844. Joshua was sold at the age of 28 or 29 years old. If you have any info pertaining to the slave rolls on the Beatty/Gibbs Plantation once known as Pleasant Retreat, please share them with me and I will share all info that I have retrieved up to this point. Joshua should have been born around 1816. I am looking for info pertaining to his parents who were also slaves on this plantation. Please e-mail me or contact me by land line 412-469-2412.

Abbottsburg Baptist Church, 1870 Antioch United Methodist Church, early 1800s Baker's Creek A.M.E. Zion Church, 1897 Beards Chapel Baptist Church, around 1880 Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 1778 Beth Car Presbyterian Church, 1836 (perhaps earlier) Bethel Baptist Church, 1881 Bethlehem United Methodist Church, no date although the 2nd church was built in 1858. Bladen Union Baptist Church, 1859 Carvers Creek African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, mid-1870s Carver's Creek United Methodist Church, 1776 Center Missionary Baptist Church, 1914 Center Road Baptist Church, 1885 Centerville Baptist Church, 1907 Clarkton Presbyterian Church, 1871 Council Baptist Church, 1912 Cypress Creek Baptist Church, 1853 Duplin Pentecostal Freewill Baptist Church, 1923 Elizabethtown Baptist Church, 1903 Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church, 1764 Faith Baptist Church, 1978 First Baptist Church of Bladenboro, 1911 First Baptist Church of Clarkton, 1884 Frenches Creek Church, prior to 1860 Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 1976 Galeed Baptist Church, 1876 Grace Baptist Church, 1959 Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 1834 Kitchen Branch Missionary Baptist Church, late 1800s Lennon's Cross Roads Baptist Church, prior to 1797 Lisbon Baptist Church, 1870 Live Oak United Methodist Church, around 1880 Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church, 1845 Mount Olive A. M. E. Zion Church, 1885 Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1869 (first black church in Elizabethtown) Natmoore Baptist Church, (founded as Salt Marsh Baptist Church in 1862) New Center Baptist Church, 1947 Northside Baptist Church, 1951 Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, 1941 The Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church of Elizabethtown, 1943 Peters Creek Baptist Church, 1887 Piney Grove A. M. E Zion Church, 1883/1902 Richardson Baptist Church, 1914 Riverside Baptist Church, 1924 Saint Thomas A. M. E. Zion Church, 1892 Sandy Grove Baptist Church, 1873 Shady Grove Baptist Church, prior to 1855 Singletary United Methodist Church, 1805 or perhaps earlier Suggs Grove Baptist Church, 1834 Tar Heel Missionary Baptist Church, 1872 Trinity United Methodist Church perhaps 1804 Trinity United Methodist Church at Kelly, North Carolina, 1920 True Vine Holiness Church, Inc., 1878 Wesley's Chapel United Methodist Church, mid-1870s White Lake Baptist Church, 1832 White Oak Baptist Church, 1859 Windsor United Methodist Church, about 1818 Zion Hill Baptist Church of Bladenboro, 1886 Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: CBN <maushaus@ametro.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re:Bladen Churches Dear Dee, In regards to the churches of Bladen County circa 1790-1810--- please do whatever takes the least time for you. I'll settle for any churches in the Western Prong or Brown Marsh area. Thanks ever so much! Barb in MS

Now I've forgotten what you were looking for in the churches or was it simply a list of them? Aging Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: CBN <maushaus@ametro.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re:Bladen Churches Dear Dee, In regards to the churches of Bladen County circa 1790-1810--- please do whatever takes the least time for you. I'll settle for any churches in the Western Prong or Brown Marsh area. Thanks ever so much! Barb in MS

Dear Dee, In regards to the churches of Bladen County circa 1790-1810--- please do whatever takes the least time for you. I'll settle for any churches in the Western Prong or Brown Marsh area. Thanks ever so much! Barb in MS

This is from the ever-informative Boatfolks List - http://istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/pcindex.html Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm

Hello to all friends of NC Genealogy and Heritage! As our Country moves on, we are encouraged by the heart and spirit of genealogists everywhere. North Carolina's rootsweb folk are particularly noteworthy. These historians and genealogists have gotten right back into their "research mode". Great therapy to be sure. Longfellow had some encouragement, written some 160 years ago. (If you'd like to read the entire poem, see the link below) PSALM OF LIFE (ca. 1840) Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. the full version may be found at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~petecol/longfelo.html#psalm -------------------------------------------------------------- FREE FAMILY WRITER'S WORKSHOPS, Mon., Oct. 8th in Robeson and Stanly Counties: Oct. 8 Robeson Co., NC - 12 Noon Lumberton Library Stanly Co., NC - 7 PM Hampton Inn, Albemarle Remember our deadline for the Robeson book is Nov. 15, and the deadline for the Stanly Co. book is Nov. 5! Don & Becky Mills eaglesnestmtn@mindspring.com

Barb, There are 53 (I think) entries in the Bladen Heritage Book on the various churches in Bladen County. Do you want a list of them or do you want me to check for Primitive Baptist on;only? Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: CBN <maushaus@ametro.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 3:28 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Bladen Churches Hi Dee and Listmembers! Has anyone researched churches in the Brown Marsh and Western Prong area? I need to know what churches (most likely primitive Baptist) were there circa 1795-1810. Would appreciate any lead. Thanks as always-- Barb in MS

Hi Dee and Listmembers! Has anyone researched churches in the Brown Marsh and Western Prong area? I need to know what churches (most likely primitive Baptist) were there circa 1795-1810. Would appreciate any lead. Thanks as always-- Barb in MS