Looking for Mary Jane, Jane, Jennet, etc. McPhatter, McPheeters, etc. who married John Calvin Campbell in Cumberland County in about 1809. She was born about 1790, and died in Moore County, N.C. in 1857. Would appreciate any information of McPhatter families. Cornelia

Here is one I copied in a cemetery on Ocracoke Island, NC She was But words are wanting to say what Think what a wife should be She was that.

In a message dated 3/16/03 1:04:25 AM !!!First Boot!!!, P0519@aol.com writes: > could you please print Myrtles address I have never seen it. > > Maxine > > Scroll to the bottom of the page for MBs web URL but stop and enjoy the county site first <VBG> eliz http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccumber/cumberland.htm?sourceid=00228462925705901179

could you please print Myrtles address I have never seen it. Maxine

I've seen these before, but they are cute. Interesting True Tombstones! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903-Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. ****************************** In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. ****************************** On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. The Good Die Young. ****************************** In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: Anna Wallace: The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. ****************************** In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast. Pardon me For not rising. ****************************** In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania, cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake. ****************************** In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays The Kid. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger But slow on the draw. ****************************** A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange. Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange. ****************************** John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader, if cash thou art In want of any, Dig 6 feet deep; And thou wilt find a Penny. ****************************** In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle Went out of tune. ****************************** Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont Here lies the body of our Anna - Done to death by a banana. It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go. ****************************** On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod. Pease shelled out and went to God. ****************************** In a cemetery in England: Remember man, as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so shall you be. Remember this and follow me. To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: To follow you I'll not consent Until I know which way you went.

Hi List, I appreciate the sincerely voiced opinions on the need for a heritage book, and I would like to point out exactly what I said in my email: > Understand, I am not saying there is no need for a "Heritage Book" because I > have no idea what you guys have found or not found on your ancestors in this > area. If this was mis-read to make anyone think I was against it, I hope this straightens it out. I really have no opinion whatsoever on the need for a Heritage book! Good luck to all of you, Evelyn

Evelyn: Thanks for sharing your views. As a genealogy buff, I can honestly say that each NC County Heritage book fills a void. Often times families are left out of a particular work...perhaps they didn't have the right pedigree, or were not politically correct. We've found that the County Heritage books include all persons of all races and persuasions, and does not become a "who's who" of the County. We highly recommend a Cumberland County Heritage book. You'll love preparing and then using it! Go for it! C. Heath ----- Original Message ----- From: <Remeve@aol.com> To: <NCCUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: [NCCUMBER] Heritage Book? > I am just curious - has anyone who is expressing such avid interest in > another book on Cumberland County and, most particularly, the Fayetteville > area, looked at Myrtle's Genealogy Page to see if their families are listed > in the books she has done such an outstanding job on? They all have an index > to search for your surname. > > Understand, I am not saying there is no need for a "Heritage Book" because I > have no idea what you guys have found or not found on your ancestors in this > area. I am saying that Myrtle Bridges (who is certainly not going to toot > her own horn) has done a pretty thorough job in the last several years on > creating a Cumberland County website that has maybe equals, but none that > surpass the content, that I have found, plus managing this list I am happily > posting to, and in her nonexistent spare time published award winning books > on this area. > > Just thought it was time I said thank you, Myrtle! > Regards to all, > Evelyn Leslie > > > > ============================== > 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 3/13/2003 7:02:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, NCCUMBER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Subject: [NCCUMBER] WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CUMBERLAND CO. GEN. MEETING? > At the meeting we had a program on the trials and tribulations of gathering the information for such a project. It was a very interesting program. I am sure that we will discuss it at our next meeting. As so much of the burden for such a project would fall onto the shoulders of a few, particularly those of us here in Cumberland Co, it is something that we have to talk about and weigh the pros and cons. There might be further questions that we will have to have answered. Nothing has been decided as of yet.

Hi List ~ Does anyone have any information on Duncan Graham b ca 1846 NC married 1868 Cumberland Co to Elvira Massey b ca 1850 NC, d/o William Henry & Holland (Powers) Massey of Cumberland Co. Was he the son of Duncan & Betsey Graham of Robeson Co? Did he serve in the Civil War as Pvt Duncan J Graham, Co D, 51st NC Infantry? When and where did Duncan and Elvira die? Were their children Robert, Mamie, Bettie, Duncan S and 3 other daughters? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Elaine

I thought that someone might say something about the program on a Heritage Book. What happened at the meeting Tuesday night? Yeh? Neh? ?????????? __________________________________________________________________ Try AOL and get 1045 hours FREE for 45 days! http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/index.adp?375380 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 for FREE! Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promos=380455

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Myrtle Bridges for a job well done. Without her help my pictures of my family would not have been publised. I to, came from Cumberland County to Live Oak Fl. It is hard sitting down here and all of my roots back in NC. I'm new at this (genealogy) but am enjoying it. I hope to leave my children and grandchildren the knowledge of where they came from, so if the heritage books will help, I say go for it. Thanks JoAnn richardjoann@alltel.net some of my names I'm searching are YARBOROUGH-SMITH-JONES-PAGE-WOMACK-HAM-AND ALL THOSE IN BETWEEN

Thank you for saying this so well. I would love to see a book done. And I must say, I have never seen a more wonderful web page than Cumberland County has thanks to Mrs. Myrtle Bridges, whom I have not yet had the privilege of meeting in person. She is a phenomenal researcher and lovingly shares with everyone any tiny detail that she runs across. A tidbit of information she sent me several years ago brought my mother and my aunt, both of whom were dying, a few moments of real delight in remembering someone whose name she had found in an account book. I didn't even know who she was at that time, but I certainly do now. I have "bragged" about the Cumberland page to every geneology freak I know. Thank you and Bravo, Mrs. Bridges, for an incredible job done!!! We all have wonderful stories in our families which separately we all cherish. It would be wonderful to, in a sense, recreate the relationships and the fibre of an earlier time by bringing these together in a more narrative way. I have, via the internet, "met" the descendants of the tanner from whom my great great grandfather bought leather for his shoemaking business; and I have "met" the descendants of one of my grandmother's childhood friends. They had sent the words to many of those Victorian heartrending romantic songs to each other through the mail when they were both about 15 years old in 1898, painstakingly handwritten on lined paper and pinned together with straight pins! This is a side of my grandmother, and I'm sure of their ancestress, which we might otherwise never have known. This is what brings people truly alive for us. I believe that all kinds of research and data have a welcome place in what we all want to do. -----Original Message----- From: Altafae@aol.com [mailto:Altafae@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:46 PM To: NCCUMBER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCCUMBER] Heritage Book for Cumberland County The Historical Society: I wrote to Felicia on the idea of a Heritage Book for Cumberland County and she requested that I make a posting to the list.   I can only say with my limited three years of research that Heritage Book's have been an important part of my search for connections to my various lines [Brazier, Loveless, Gotcher, Brown].  With all my lines now looking back on Cumberland County I can see the importance of exploring the idea of publishing the great historic record of this county. For me this county starts the migration of my families as they populated the Indian Territories of Alabama; Tennessee; Arkansas, then on to Texas, Oklahoma, California, and all the territories in-between.  I too must express my deep gratitude to Mrs. Bridges for her work and tireless effort in bringing all the information on Rootsweb that she has.   It has been an invaluable treasure of resources and information.   I too see that this project would be a different thing - the internet can be a repository of information - but a published book can reach other areas of researchers that may not have access to the electronic medium or have limited access.   My first book with my family published pointed me to Cumberland County, that was "The Brashears, The First 200 Years, by Charles Brashear."  I believe that Mrs. Bridges work will be only complimented by the publication of this book, as it will confirm her effort of bringing Cumberland County alive in history for all of us.   I cannot thank her enough for all her effort and help over these last few years. I hope the Historical Society will evaluate the Heritage Project separately from the Rootsweb effort - with my hopes to allow Cumberland County Rootsweb to be the first contributor to this project and possible be the clearing house for the families and information that will be processed.   Maybe a new type of publication - both physical [printed] and electronic - so the world can take advantage of all the information that Mrs. Bridges has amassed and collected and allow all of us to place our family history to reach as many people as possible so we can bring our families home to Cumberland County once more. Jimmie Ryan GGG Grandson of Elijah Brazier, Sr. b 1776 - North Carolina [Speculated son of William Brazier b 1750 Cumberland, son of Elijah Brazier b 1726 Cumberland County - North Carolina, son of James Brazier, Nansemond Co., Virginia, son of John M. Brazier III (Brassier) b c1676 Nansemond Co., Virginia, son of John Brasseur Jr. b c1650 Surry Co., North Carolina] ============================== 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

I have a book with the cemeteries that are on Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force base that are being kept up by the military, and it would be nice to see that included in a book. I have family that were from Cumberland County, NC, fought in the CW from that county, and my mother is buried in Cumberland County cemetery although she was not born in NC, she wanted to die there and be buried there. I am searching for my gggrandfather's parents and such to see where they came from. His name was Edward Robert Newell (Newhall) and he married Charity Ann Wright in 1863 in Fayetteville. Her father, Hiram Wright also married 3 times in Cumberland County, NC and served in the home guard during the war. I cannot locate any family for Edward that is provable, found some that are maybe's but none that I can connect to him and would be delighted if someone could help me. Edward was born 1840. Margaret Never compromise what's right and uphold your family name. You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything." Read some truely heroic stories and subscribe at http://www.heroicstories.com _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

The Historical Society: I wrote to Felicia on the idea of a Heritage Book for Cumberland County and she requested that I make a posting to the list.   I can only say with my limited three years of research that Heritage Book's have been an important part of my search for connections to my various lines [Brazier, Loveless, Gotcher, Brown].  With all my lines now looking back on Cumberland County I can see the importance of exploring the idea of publishing the great historic record of this county. For me this county starts the migration of my families as they populated the Indian Territories of Alabama; Tennessee; Arkansas, then on to Texas, Oklahoma, California, and all the territories in-between.  I too must express my deep gratitude to Mrs. Bridges for her work and tireless effort in bringing all the information on Rootsweb that she has.   It has been an invaluable treasure of resources and information.   I too see that this project would be a different thing - the internet can be a repository of information - but a published book can reach other areas of researchers that may not have access to the electronic medium or have limited access.   My first book with my family published pointed me to Cumberland County, that was "The Brashears, The First 200 Years, by Charles Brashear."  I believe that Mrs. Bridges work will be only complimented by the publication of this book, as it will confirm her effort of bringing Cumberland County alive in history for all of us.   I cannot thank her enough for all her effort and help over these last few years. I hope the Historical Society will evaluate the Heritage Project separately from the Rootsweb effort - with my hopes to allow Cumberland County Rootsweb to be the first contributor to this project and possible be the clearing house for the families and information that will be processed.   Maybe a new type of publication - both physical [printed] and electronic - so the world can take advantage of all the information that Mrs. Bridges has amassed and collected and allow all of us to place our family history to reach as many people as possible so we can bring our families home to Cumberland County once more. Jimmie Ryan GGG Grandson of Elijah Brazier, Sr. b 1776 - North Carolina [Speculated son of William Brazier b 1750 Cumberland, son of Elijah Brazier b 1726 Cumberland County - North Carolina, son of James Brazier, Nansemond Co., Virginia, son of John M. Brazier III (Brassier) b c1676 Nansemond Co., Virginia, son of John Brasseur Jr. b c1650 Surry Co., North Carolina]

In a message dated 3/8/2003 6:02:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, NCCUMBER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Subject: [NCCUMBER] IS THERE ENOUGH INTEREST OUT THERE TO DO A CUMBERLAND > CO. HERITAGE BOOK ? > In answer to the questions about the meeting place for the Cumberland County Genealogical Society. The meeting will be at The Museum of the Cape Fear at 7pm on Tuesday (March 11).

Dear Mrs. Leslie. I have read your comments on the Cumberland County Rootsweb very carefully, and just wanted to respond, not as critizism, but as added information. I most certainly do appreciate your stand, and do agree that Mrs. Bridges has done a lot of wonderful work as I have seen it too.  However, when I think of Mrs. Bridges work, and a Heritage Book, it is two completely separate concepts, and they both certainly have their places of usefulness in genealogy.  I know that Mrs. Bridges must work herself to death in the abstracting and compiling that she does, and she is certainly to be commended for all of the tremendous work that she does.   However, a Heritage Book is of a completely different concept.  A Heritage Book is not just one person writing it, but infact are hundreds of people who are writing articles on their ancestors and their families, and submitting their articles to be published in a professionally printed hardbound book.  Heritage Books is a wonderful concept.  I would be willing to say, that probably every other family article submitted to a Cumberland County heritage Book would probably list some of Mrs. Bridges publications as sources.  First and foremost Heritage Book is in no way in competition with any of the wonderful work that Mrs. Bridges does.  Mrs. Bridges work and a Heritage Book are to separate concepts that compliment each other. Now, I have to admit, I have a personal reason for wanting a Heritage Book to get underway in Fayetteville.  I like, another posting that I have read, will not have an opportunity to get articles on my family published unless a Heritage Book is done.  I work a day job, and my ancestors were poor dirt farmers that lived out of Fayetteville.  Even though they were not prominent in Military service, Politics, Wealth or society, they and their neighbors were certainly the working backbone of Cumberland County during the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's.  They have their place in history, and their stories deserves to be told also. I had just wanted to pose my questions to the Cumberland County Rootsweb Mailing List Community before the meeting this coming week.  I am in hopes that when Mr. West speaks to the Genealogy Society, that they will start a Heritage Book Project so we all can participate in put a book together and make sure that our ancestors are represented. Thank you for reading this. Felicia Remeve@aol.com wrote: >I am just curious - has anyone who is expressing such avid interest in >another book on Cumberland County and, most particularly, the Fayetteville >area, looked at Myrtle's Genealogy Page to see if their families are listed >in the books she has done such an outstanding job on?  They all have an index >to search for your surname. > >Understand, I am not saying there is no need for a "Heritage Book" because I >have no idea what you guys have found or not found on your ancestors in this >area.  I am saying that Myrtle Bridges (who is certainly not going to toot >her own horn) has done a pretty thorough job in the last several years on >creating a Cumberland County website that has maybe equals, but none that >surpass the content, that I have found, plus managing this list I am happily >posting to, and in her nonexistent spare time published award winning books >on this area. > >Just thought it was time I said thank you, Myrtle!   >Regards to all, >Evelyn Leslie > > > >============================== >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 > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

In a message dated 3/8/03 6:29:04 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Remeve@aol.com writes: > am saying that Myrtle Bridges (who is certainly not going to toot > her own horn) has done a pretty thorough job in the last several years on > creating a Cumberland County website that has maybe equals Well, said! I keep finding nuggets there and my Cumberland Co ancestors left there in 1810 ish and went all the way to Moore Co LOL. Eliz

Hi: I for one would like to be able to have articles on my family published in a Cumberland County Heritage Book. I understand that for those of us who are not as financially fortunate as others who can pay to have books published, that there is a way that we can have articles put into heritage books free - and no purchase necessary (of course if my family will be in it then I am going to purchase a copy). Cumberland County has such a significant place in history that I thing it would be sad for it to be let out. I for one do support the idea for a Cumberland County Heritage Book, and if I lived there I would be at their meeting for sure! Gena _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

For those of you working on families in Cumberland County, you should look at the books that my wife, Bessie Hubbard Tyner, worked on for six years. They are <http://www.bbtyner.com/books/book1.htm> Marriage & Death Notices 1816 - 1840 Abstracted from the Fayetteville Observer and Predecessor Papers by Bessie R. Hubbard <http://www.bbtyner.com/books/book2.htm> Marriage & Death Notices 1841- 1850 Abstracted from the Fayetteville Observer Bessie Hubbard Tyner <http://www.bbtyner.com/books/book2.htm> <http://www.bbtyner.com/books/book1.htm> The website has a full name index for both books. The idea of a Cumberland County Heritage Book is a great idea. I would be willing to work on it. Bess has done extensive research on her families in Cumberland County (Hubbard, Mason, Talbot, and Callahan). I am finishing up a pictorial history of Robeson County that is going to include several wonderful photos (Floral College Reunion of 1934, Civil War Veteran photo of 1915, Recreation of the founding of Lumberton done at the 1952 Centennial Pageant, Veterans for WW I - WWII - Korean Wars, Rosenwald Schools, 1916 Commencement Parade, NC Military Academy Band and Football Team for 1899). IF you are interested in more information about this project please let me know. Blake Tyner Executive Director Maxton Historical Society

I am researching the Bolton family of Cumberland Co, N.C. Cumberland Co, N.C. Heritage book is a great idea. I live in Georgia. Not much information on the families from that area of N.C. Wayne