I want all of t;his information to stop coming to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Davidson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Morgan and Martin Dollar > Thanks so much for sending the information about Ernie Dollar. When I > first > started my search for the Dollar history in 2005, I saw some of Ernie's > messages on Roots Web from several years ago. I sent a reply to his web > address then, but it was returned to me as undeliverable. > I could never locate him after that. > > He must have a wonderful store of knowledge about the Dollars, simply by > living back there in the area where they first came to America, and > working > where he works. I look forward to contacting him. So nice of you to send > it to me. > > Betty Davidson > Oregon City, OR > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John H. Compton > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Morgan and Martin Dollar > > Ernie Dollar is the director of the Chapel Hill Preservation Society and > is > a Durham native and a big history buff. Here is his contact information: > > Chapel Hill Preservation Society > 610 East Rosemary Street > Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 > Phone: 919-942-7818 > Email: [email protected] > > Sincerely yours, > > John H. Compton > Executive Director > Preservation Durham > PO Box 3443 > Durham, NC 27702 > > Office: 200 North Mangum Street > Phone: 919.682.3036 > Fax: 919.682.3007 > E-mail: [email protected] > Web: www.preservationdurham.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Betty Davidson > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Morgan and Martin Dollar > > Thanks, Brenda, I will check this out. > > Betty > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of JOHN H CADDELL > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Need assistance > > Hello Betty, I found a James Dollar,Jr in Orange Co, NC, 1830 census, with > one son under 5 and one son under 10. His age is 30-40. In 1840 there is a > James Dollar in Caldwell Co, Ky, age 40-50 with one son under 10, 2 sons > 10-15 and 2 sons 15-20. He was born in NC. Maybe you could check into this > line. Hope it helps. Brenda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty Davidson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:53 PM > Subject: [NCDOGS] Need assistance > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At the time I joined NCDOGS, I didn't know if it would be worthwhile, >> since >> I live in Oregon. I didn't know how much I would enjoy reading the >> postings >> such as the current discussions of the history of Orange County and >> surroundings of NC. These postings today, about the reasons the earlier >> settlers left for new areas, has been very informative and very >> interesting. >> >> >> >> I live in Oregon and have been doing a genealogical study of my ancestors >> on >> my mother's parents for about three years. I joined NCDOGS hoping I >> could >> get some help from the members in locating any information about the >> Dollar >> family who lived in Orange County NC from approx. 1820 or earlier. My >> gggrandfather was Marion Morgan Dollar, b. 1825, d. 1888 in Arkansas, was >> born in either NC or VA. Census records from 1870 show him born in VA; >> others show NC. His brother, Martin Samuel Dollar, was born in 1821. >> Throughout the mid-1880s, they lived very close to each other in >> Arkansas. >> >> >> >> My problem is I can find no record of the identity of their parents. I >> have >> felt for some time that the historical records in NC must hold an answer >> to >> this problem, but I am not physically able to come back there to do a >> search. >> >> >> >> I found a book written by Jerry Alsup of Mississippi called, "Finding My >> Last Dollar". Unfortunately for me, this book deals primarily with the >> Dollars in Alabama and Mississippi and very little about the Arkansas >> Dollars. However, there is a paragraph on pg. 44 which shows that in the >> 1840 Census, Jonathan Dollar, Jr., son of Jonathan Dollar and Rhoda >> Rhodes, >> had "two males ages 15 to 20 living in his home" in St. Mary's Parish, >> St. >> Mary's District in Orange Co. These ages would fit the birth dates of >> Morgan and Martin. There is no other mention of these two males in any >> of >> the other references to Jonathan Jr. in this book. However, I did manage >> to >> obtain a copy of Jonathan's Will from the Durham County Library. It was >> of >> no help to me, other than showing that Jonathan Jr. left his entire >> estate >> to his nephew, Malbourne Angier. >> >> >> >> Jonathan Jr.'s occupation was always shown as farmer. In the 1850 Census >> he >> was shown as living in the home of his nephew, Malbourne Angier, who was >> the >> son of his sister, Sarah Angier, near Durhamville in Durham County. He >> died 6 May 1864, and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, which was located >> in >> the vicinity of the Dollar homeplace. >> >> >> >> I cannot positively state that these two males were Morgan and Martin, >> but >> it could very well have been. If so, how to go about finding their >> parents >> and other members of the family? >> >> >> >> To those members of NCDOGS who are much more adept at this than I am, >> could >> you give me some ideas about whom to contact, or is this just a hopeless >> case from here on? >> >> >> >> Thank you for persevering this far. >> >> >> >> Betty Davidson >> >> lyonbe @comcast.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Doris Saunders >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:54 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] FW: [Q-R] Journey from N Carolina to Indiana >> in34Daysin the Year 1815 >> >> >> >> I am truly enjoying the history the members are placing on-line. I am >> very >> >> interested in all facts about genealogy and since I am from Vance County >> >> which is next door to Granville,this subject is more interesting. One of >> my >> >> descendants "Reames" were Quakers. 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