Dear Davidson County subscribers: Thought I would pass this along to everyone who is researching family in Davidson County, NC. Davidson Community College (Lexington, NC) is offering a new continuing education class in genealogy called "My Family Tree". There will be five Saturday morning classes (9-12) beginning January 20th and ending February 17th. The class is free to senior citizens and $35 for everyone else. Pre-registration is required by calling Davidson C.C.at: 336-249-8186. Mention course number 0100496 The course also includes a CD with software and additional research tools. The class will focus on organizing your names, dates and family facts using your computer and genealogy software. The class is for all persons, young and old, who want to start entering their data or do Internet searching for additional family members. Classes this summer and last year have been very successful and I hope you will take the opportunity to inquire further. I hope your research is going well - if I can answer any further questions about the classes, please do not hesitate to drop me a line at: [email protected] Sincerely, Bob Moyer Instructor

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1697 Surname: Bodenhamer, Butner, Hege, Imes, Idol, Laughenour, Motsinger, Smith, Styers, Weavil, Teague ------------------------- Hi Dan, The following is from the "Collignon-Foley Family Tree" web page: A Moravian Journal in NC Entry- May 18, 1837 Friedberg...The Kimmling family visited where at 2am the old Bernhard Kimmling died. Entry- May 19, 1837 Friedberg...At the request of the family to hold the funeral I rode at midday to the burial place at the Eder home 4 miles from Friedberg and after burial I preached in English out of doors in front of a large company. Now, when I first saw this, I was curious about who wrote the journal. So, I started searching through my records to see what I could come up with. I found a disk with the same similar entries and dates. Mind you, this disk of information was taken when I first started my family tree, years ago !!!! For the entry of May 18, 1837, it read the same except after the phrase, "old Bernhard Kimmling", there was a number 88. For the entry of May 19, 1837, the burial place read "Ebert" and it did not mention mileage. My source was simply listed, NC Room(sorry), no book name, page, or anything to lead me back to this source. However, I think that the entries were made by a traveling preacher, not a moravian.(just a hunch!!) If the age of Bernhard was 88 at time of death, he couldn't possibly be born abt. 1770 as stated by Karen's web page. With this age, he would have been born abt. 1749 or 1750. - ---------------------------------------------------------- There is a Catharina Kimmel buried at Friedberg Moravian Church, God's Acre. She died in 1846, buried in section 11, interment XXXVII. This section was for women only. (You probably already know this, but each Moravian cemetery is divided up into sections. 1-men 2-women 3-girls 4-boys.) I checked what Catharinas I had in the Kimel family tree. I have Catharina Weaver Kimel, Bernhard's wife(abt. 1771), Catherine(Bernhard's dau) married Henry Shutt,Catherine(Andrew and Anna Kimel's dau)-(1824-1911)married Archibald Sink(1854-1940) and I have a Catharine(Barnabas and Hannah Kimel's dau)-(1833-?). If the latter Catharine died in 1846, she would have been buried in the girl's section(age 12 or 13). This leads me to believe that this was Catharina Weaver Kimel's grave. If it is, and she was born abt. 1771, she lived a long life of about 75 years. It is very possible that Bernhard waited until he was around 42 to marry, and it's very possible that he had already married before he met Catharina. And, it's still not proved that Bernhard was NOT born abt. 1770 !!!(smiling). May-be there were 2 Bernhards, 1 born in 1749 and 1 born in 1770. I also found the following: 1- 1790 Stokes County census..Henry Kimble 1 1 2 0 0 2- 1800 Stokes County census..Robert Kimble-pg.544 3- 1810 Stokes County census..Charley Kimble-pg 567 line# 39. Best of Luck and Keep In Touch, Carol

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1696 Surname: ------------------------- Carol, let me add my thanks to you for stimulating all this discussion. Can you tell us the Moravian sources that indicate that Bernhard Kimmel was 88 when he died? And why do you think Catharina Weaver was his second wife?

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1693 Surname: KIMEL, WEAVER, ARMSWORTHY, HILL, SMITH ------------------------- Hi from Mexico and thanks, Diana, for giving us info. on your JOSEPH ESSIG. The dates you speak of fit with what CAROL NEAL sent on the age of our BARNABAS KIMEL when he died -- 88 -- from the Moravian records. This pushes his DOB back to about 1749 which would work out with ELIZABETH and GEORG CLAUS who we surmise is a brother born abt. 1751. Also, we should take a closer look at the Philidelphia area. Please keep in touch. Patty

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1692 Surname: Kimel, Essig ------------------------- Chris and Carol, I would like to jump in on the Davidson Co, NC Kimel line-My Joseph Essig was married to Elizabeth and she was a daughter of Caty Myers. I have no proof that she is a Kimel, but we all seem to think she is. I was originally told her DOB was in the 1770's, but if she is the only wife of Joseph Essig, then his oldest son John was born in Philadelphia in 1771 and that implies that she was born in the 1750's. Unfortunately, Joseph did not mention her in his Rev. War pension testimony except by referring to her as his family. But Joseph did say he married in Philadelphia or neighborhood (the writing is difficult to read) and shortly after he married he moved to North Carolina. Don't know if this helps in the confusion, but I do thank you for pointing me to Timothy Kimmel's website. I did not know that Joseph had witnessed John George Meyer's will. I will also keep my eyes open for the Meyer and Kimel names along with my Essex/Essig ones. Thanks, Diana

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1691 Surname: Kimel, Kimmel, Evans, Myers, Weaver ------------------------- Thank you for your response Carol. Your information has lit a fire under the Kimel researchers. Chris

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1690 Surname: KIMEL, WEAVER, ARMSWORTHY, HILL, SMITH ------------------------- Hi from Mexico, Carol. Great to get your reply and sources of information. A number of us are very interested. Do you by chance have anything at all on the parents of CATHARINA WEAVER, wife of BERNHARD, BARNEY? Thanks so much. We should all keep in touch. Patty

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1689 Surname: ALBERTSON, NUGENT ------------------------- I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING JOHN ALBERTSON. HE WAS BORN ABT 1804 IN NC. HE MARRIED REBECCA NUBENT ON 2/26/1825 IN DAVIDSON CO. NC. JOHN AND REBECCA HAD 12 CHILDREN. THEY MOVED TO MORGAN CO.,IN ABT. 1833. I AM INTERESTED IN FIND JOHN AND REBECCAS PARENTS. IF ANY ONE HAS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THESE TWO, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU. THANK YOU ROBBIN

>was Georg and/or Catharina's second marriage. 2- I don't agree with Bernhard's >birth. I have Moravian records showing Bernhard at the age of 88 upon death. >This would make Bernhard's birth around 1759, not 1770. Interesting insight - I think I may agree! >Army under George Washington. May-be he migrated to NC with the Romingers, >Rothrocks, who came from PA also. Just a tiny correction: the Romingers came to NC from Broad Bay, Maine, not from PA. You're right about the Rothrocks; they came from York Co. PA. Other York Co. families that made the same trek include EBERT, HOEHNS (Hanes), PFAFF, quite a few others. Looking at the next generation of KIMELs, however, of the spouses I can identify, I don't see any typical York County names. Elizabeth Harris NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://users.erols.com/fmoran/

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1688 Surname: ------------------------- O.K. Here we go !!!!! The Kimmel family I have, came from sources found at RootsWeb & Family-Tree-Maker. I actually stumbled across them by mistake. I was looking for Boeckel decendants and this is what I found. Johann Jacob Kimmel b-1710 in Germany Johann "Georg" Kimmel b- 1732 in Germany "Records from Lower Bermudian Lutheran, Pennsylvania do not include documentation of Georg and Catharina Kuemmel's marriage, only that they took communion as husband and wife in 1768." Married- Catharina "Caty" b-1732 d-1813? Catharina signed her will in 1809. She later married Daniel Evans by 1773 and in 1813, she went by the name of "Caty Myers" Catharina had 4 more children after the death of her first husband, Georg Kimmel. 1- Daniel Evans Jr. and three more Myers. Bernhard Kimmel b-1770 d- 05/18/1837 in Friedberg, NC. Married- Catharina Weaver b-1771. All information gathered from: www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/l/Karen-Foley/ My input: I believe that Johann "Georg" Kimmel is Bernhard's father because of the following. 1- Georg Kimmel "took communion" as husband to Catharina in 1768. I believe that Georg and Catharina were already married and had most of their children before arriving in America around "1768", or this was Georg and/or Catharina's second marriage. 2- I don't agree with Bernhard's birth. I have Moravian records showing Bernhard at the age of 88 upon death. This would make Bernhard's birth around 1759, not 1770. I also think that Catharina Weaver was his second wife. Last child born to Bernhard & Catharina was Sallie Kimel b-1811. Bernhard's age=52 & Catharina's age=40. Just a guess !!!!!!! It might do everybody some good to check the York County records or Adams County now, in Pennsylvania. May-be Bernhard served in the Continental Army under George Washington. May-be he migrated to NC with the Romingers, Rothrocks, who came from PA also. Anyway, BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL, oh and by-the-way, Karen Foley also had this information on the free RootsWeb pages. The name of her page was "The Collignon-Foley Family Tree" GOOD LUCK, Carol

My gggrandfather was John S. Sullivan. I believe he was the son of William Sullivan, Sr. They are buried in the same plot at Fair Grove. However, there may have been another John Sullivan in the area who was already in adulthood when my John S. was born in 1804, so some think John S. may have been a grandson rather than a son of William Sullivan, Sr. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might have information to sort out these relationships.

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1687 Surname: Kimel, Kimmel, Weaver ------------------------- Carol, Thank you for your information and your help because I did not have some of these details. I have a few questions about the information that you provided. 1) I had Bernhard dying in 1837, but I didn't have the detailed information on his death date and where he's buried. Where did you find the information? Also, his birth year is disputed (see http://www2.fwi.com/~tkimmel/NC.htm b. 1766-1770). Do you have documentation of his birth year? The Kimel family of NC is working hard to solidify Bernhard's information. 2) Also there is confusion as to Bernhard's parents. See the same link. Do you have documentation of the information you provided me about his being the son of Johann Georg and Caty? You've been very helpful. Chris

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1686 Surname: Bell, Bodenhamer, Boeckel, Gibbins, Hege, Idol, Imes, Laughenour, Motsinger, Richards, Rominger, Rothrock, Smith, Teague, Tesh, Veach, Weavil ------------------------- Hi Chris, I have Jacob Kimel's(1799-1865) father as Bernard Kimel(Kimmel)(b-1770 d-05/18/1837 in Friedberg, NC). Buried-05/19/1837 at Edgar Home in Friedberg, NC. Bernhard married Catharina Weaver(b-1771 d-1846). Bernhard's parents: Johann Georg Kimmel b-1732 in Germany & Catharina(Caty) b-1732 in Germany. Married-1752. Migrated to York County, Pennsylvania-1751. Johann's father: Johann Jacob Kimmel b- 1710 in Germany. Hope this helps you !!!!! I have several Davidson County surnames and Boeckel is one of them, however do not have your Anna Nancy!! Best of Luck, Carol

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Davidson/1685 Surname: ------------------------- I found a Mary Leonard, b.8-8-1806,married Christian Beck, b.3-15-1798, dau. of Jacob Leonard & Elizabeth Shoaf. This information was found on the Devault Beck site. www.khbeck.com

Would the person who emailed me about these surnames please email me again? The email was accidently deleted before I had a chance to respond... Thanks! Sarah Goodman

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1683 Surname: Leonard ------------------------- I also am researching Valentine Leonard of Davidson County, North Carolina. I have Valentne Leonard, born 10/13/1718, Katzenbach, Palentine, Germany. He married Elizabeth Wallacher. Both are buried in Davidson Co., N.C. I have their son, Valentine, born 3/24/abt 1750, died 9/13/1814 in Davidson Co., N.C. I need to know who he married as I have ten children listed with him. Lost my information somehow when I got a new computer. Thanks if anyone can help. also have Leonard / Shoaf connections in Davidson Co., N.C.

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/1682 Surname: Jones, Nichols, Farabee, Holt, Vest, Frye ------------------------- Looking for the Family of John A or R. (Arasmus or Rasmus) Jones b. 1927 in Davidson Co. or Rowan Co. NC. He married Julia (Judith) Malinda Nichols. Children: Rasmus C. 1849 Catherine Rebecca 1850 Cicero Columbus 1852 John 1856 Sarah 1854 Cyrus Pleasant abt.1864 Isaac E. abt. 1866 If anyone connects to any of these name, Please let me know would love to share! Thanks for your time, Kathleen

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Davidson/1681 Surname: ORRELL ------------------------- Tammy: RE ORRELL Family from Davidison County, NC. Check out the ORRELL Family website at orrellfamily.com. Your line is well represented there. Click on either family crest and scroll down about half a page to Orrell genealogy. Click there then scroll down to surnames and click. Scroll to Orrell, click then scroll to either Roy Glenn or Grover Cleveland Orrell. All of my notes are there. The line goes back to John Orrell, Sr in Maryland. If you need any help navigating the website, please feel free to email me. Good luck. Bob Orrell Researching the ORRELL Family for 23 years

Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Davidson/1680 Surname: Orrell ------------------------- I'm just starting some research on my family. My grandfather was Roy G. Orrell and my greatgrandfather was Grover Cleveland Orrell both raised in the Churchland community. I have found quite a bit of info on Grover's family from John Lomax's info on the web. But any info on Orrell's from Churchland,N.C.(Davidson county) would be appreciated.