Bill, hi! Perhaps you might borrow the MCCULLOUGH book on interlibrary loan? Later, Fran -----Original Message----- From: Bill Brewer <wwb@ix.netcom.com> To: NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 3:03 PM Subject: New to the List, my interests >Since I just joined this list yesterday, this is my first message, intended >to let you all know my interests in Duplin County. > >I am descended from Thomas and Lucretia Brewer, but know very little about >them beyond the fact that they existed. In October 1856, Lucretia, who was >then in her mid to late 80's, swore an affidavit in an attempt to obtain a >pension as the widow of a veteran of the War of 1812. Thomas had died in >the 1840s and Lucretia, in her affidavit, said that she and Thomas had been >married in Duplin County, North Carolina on 30 Jun 1792. I have not been >able to find any record of this marriage in any Duplin County records I've >found so far. > >The LDS Church, in it's International Genealogy Index, has entries for >Thomas and Lucretia Brewer, and for several of their children. The source >on each of the entries is "McCullough history by Helen Orndorff." Again, I >have never been able to find any other record or reference to a "McCullough >History," or to Helen Orndorff. Today, I did see a message from Florence D. >Moore that mentioned McCullohs in Duplin County, and also mentioned that >many Ulster Scots came to Duplin County. In a book written in 1939, a >Warren Brewer published an interview with Thomas and Lucretia's youngest >son, Andrew Jackson Brewer, in which he, Andrew Jackson, said that he >believed his parents to be Scotch-Irish. > >Anyhow, I would like very much to hear from anyone that can give me any >hints as to where to go from here. > > Bill Brewer > wwb@ix.netcom.com > >