Hi Anders- Please send your inquiry again. I meant to hit the print button to save to answer-but I hit delete instead. I need your question again and will answer soon. Betty Herring Rhodes > From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> > Reply-To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:13:40 -0500 > To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Herring - Anders > Resent-From: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:15:52 -0700 > > 1. Robeson County (originally Bladen, I think). > Yes, -formed in 1787. > > 2. I was led to believe that the town of Ashpole now is Fairmont. > Yes, "It was known first as Ashpole for nearby Ashpole Swamp. > Incorporated 1899 as Union City, name changed to Ashpole, 1901; and to > Fairmont, 1907" (# 31) > > 3. Do you have any info on Ashpole Swamp? > "Ashpole Swamp, s Robeson County between Ashpole Swamp (stream) and > Lumber River". > ". . . rises in w Robeson County and flows se and sw into South > Carolina." (# 31) > > These people are researching the same family and the lookups that I've > done for them for three years are archived on both Bladen and Duplin > County websites. Check there for all the information first and then > get back to me. I don't keep any lookups after I do them or I would > be more than glad to supply them all. > > > HERRING: Sally Anderson Goodson (Duplin) goodsonj@worldnet.att.net > Don Herring (Duplin) dherring@tstarinc.com > Carmelita Walker (Duplin, GA) CarmaW@aol.com > > Dee > > 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: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:13 AM > Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Herring - Anders > > > In a message dated 10/29/2001 12:00:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, > bjr@rcsdr.com writes: > > >> Dee- I am about ready to seek more info. I was there too briefly in > July and >> could not complete my research. I was driving around near Fairmont, > N.C. >> in >> Robeson County (originally Bladen, I think. ) I found a land grant > to a >> Herring on both sides of Ashpole Swamp. I was led to believe that > the town >> of Ashpole now is Fairmont. Do you have any info on Ashpole Swamp? I > never >> made it to Bladen County, as I got lost in the library in Lumberton > and ran >> out of time. >> My Herrings-John L, Anthony, and Samuel were in Isle of Wright, Va. > and >> then Samuel moved on to North Carolina. I show him dying in Lenoir > County, >> N.C. But his line( Michael and William Giles were in Robeson County. > Do you >> have info on any of these Herrings? The original one-John Herring > came into >> the Jamestown Colony in VA.from Wales.I do not know the reason for > the >> Herrings to come to N.C.-but I think it was for land. Later they > went to >> Mississippi. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Betty >>> From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >>> Reply-To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com >> > > Betty > Do you have any dates on your Samuel Herring? How does he fit with > Enoch > Herring 1786-1833 m Margaret Anders dau of Stephen Anders and > Catherine > Pridgen. Enoch and Margaret had a Samuel Anders b 1795 who moved to > Florida > or Texas. Samuel was a popular name in the Anders/Andress/Andrews > family and > they managed to scatter all over Bladen and Robeson county. > > Kay > >