In a message dated 1/5/2004 9:16:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, NCGRANVI-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I am researching the names of SMITH &POMFRET. I would love to hear from > anyone else with these names. > > Carol Ann Vian Bennett in Metaline Falls, Washington > dartshrk@potc.net > Which Smith Family are you researching? Helen L. Smith Hoke (I chase dead people....and they are so far ahead of me, I'll never catch up. I think they're hiding under rocks.)

I am researching the CRENSHAW family (also spelled GRANGER, GRENSHAW, etc.) of Granville Co, NC and the families into which they married and associated during the 18th and early 19th century. Granville County families with with connections to the Crenshaw families were: FRAZIER, HART, HESTER, BATES, JONES, CHANDLER, COOK, WILLIAMSON. I am also researching the families of Thomas GOSS, John SHEARMAN, and ANDERSON connection to the GOSS family.

I learned of this list from another rootsweb site. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Granville.htm There are other lists for Virginia and some other places. Explore. E.W.Wallace

Can anyone tell me where Mary Ann (nee FLOYD) RADCLIFF is buried in Kittrell, Vance Co., NC? Mary Ann died July 1911. She is my great grandmother. She was born 1824+/- NC and married William RADCLIFF in Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC 1844. After her husband died 1862 (railroad guard, Wilmington NC) from yellow fever, she moved back to Kittrell with her two remaining children, Kate Ellen, b. 1855 (m. Thomas Lewis Fuller) and Robert, b. 1860. Her sister, Martha Diver, and her mother, Martha "Patsy" FLOYD, also moved back to Kittrell. They are in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census. Is there a funeral home in Henderson which might have this information? Your help is appreciated. Sallie in Delaware Will be glad to share information I have about: RADCLIFF, FLOYD, ROGERS, KITTRELL, ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

One Granville Co. researcher listed Yancey as a surname in which she was interested. I do not have info on a Bartlett Yancey, although I have seen the name in various Granville Co. publications. I have collected some information on a Sterling Yancey, who was a brother-in-law of my ancestor Samuel F. Williams (1759 Granville Co., NC-d. ca 1838 Henderson Co., KY). Whether Sterling is related to Bartlett Yancey, I cannot say. They may have had a common ancestor, however. If you use this material in your genealogies, please cite the sources, as all good genealogists should do. (Nowadays, the requirements seem to indicate the repositories where you found the material also.) Thanks to frequent trips to LDS centers (bleary-eyed from reading microfilms) and purchase of books, I have been been able to pull together some info about S.F. Williams's youngest sister, Betsy Williams Yancey. Another sister of S.F.Williams was Mary Williams, wife of Stephen Sneed/Snead, long-time county clerk of Granville Co., NC. Here goes: Submitted by E.W.Wallace, Jan 2004 STERLING YANCEY. Granville Co., NC deeds, grantors John Mitchell and his wife, the former Phillis (possibly Beckham) Williams, indicate that Sterling Yancey was the husband of Betsy Williams. Betsy was the daughter of William Williams and his wife Phillis, the latter who married 2nd) John Mitchell. Reportedly the parents of Sterling were Thornton Yancey and Elizabeth Mitchell of Granville Co. During the years 1781 and 1783 Thornton Yancey was sheriff, and Sterling Yancey qualified as Deputy Sheriff, according to Vol. 6 of Granville Co., NC court minutes (Thomas Owen McAdory "Sheriffs of Gr. Co." in HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF OLD GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1746-1800 [Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1993], p. 202) No marriage bond for the Yanceys appears in Brent H. Holcomb's abstracts for Granville Co. marriages. However, land records indicate a probable marriage date of about 1785. Two entries in Granville Co. Will Bk 1, pages 465, 477, and 478, dated 1786, give information Yancey was the husband of Betsey Williams, the child of Phillis Mitchell, formerly the widow of William Williams who died at Boonesborough (later in KY but then in VA) Dec 1775, probably Christmas day or shortly thereafter. 465 - 8 Feb 1786 Sterling Yancey and John Mitchel, guardian of Betsy Williams, now Betsy Yancey, wife of Sterling Yancey, agree that estate of said Betsy is clear and that it is to be turned over to Sterling Yancey, it being her part of her father William Williams' (deceased) estate. Wts: John Webb. 477 - 2 Dec 1785 John Mitchel & Phillis Mitchel as guardians and executors of William Williams' estate, deceased deliver to Sterling Yancey and Betsey Yancey, his wife, Negroes & other personal estate due them from William Williams' estate - negroes Hannah and James. Wts: Gideon Macon, S. Snead. 478 - 2 Dec 1785 - John Mitchel gave to son-in-law Sterling Yancey Negroes Toby and Wilks, as gift. (Source: Zae Hargett Gwynn, ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS AND ESTATE RECORDS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1746-1808; Rocky Mt, NC: 1973) DB O-457 Thornton Yancey deed to Sterling Yancey. 5 June 1786 (Gwynn: KINFOLKS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, p. 69) The 1787 tax list for Granville Co. shows Sterling Yancey with 342 acres. There were a number of other Yancey males on this same tax list, but their linkage is unknown: Thornton, Esq., James, Philip, Charles, William, Lewis, Esq. James, Jr. Notes from the court Records of Granville County ca. 1757: "Sterling Yancey proved a Bill of Sale from Phillip Yancey to Thornton Yancey." (Worth S. Ray, COLONIAL GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND ITS PEOPLE [Baltimore: 1959], p. 209) From Ray's abstracts of other court minutes, it seems that Thornton Yancey, a relative of Sterling, probably his father, was from the Alra Plain District of Granville Co. Samuel (Farrar) Williams, the brother of Betsy Williams Yancey, on the other hand, was in the Island Creek District, which is near Nutbush Creek and Anderson's Swamp areas of old Granville Co. Court minutes of Granville Co. for 6 Feb 1797 indicate Sterling Yancey was treasurer for Granville Co. Earlier in 1781 and in 1782, he had qualified as "Dept. Shff." which may be interpreted as Deputy Sheriff. (Vol. 6 of Minutes, as abstracted by Thomas McAdory Owen). Other Public Office W. H. Wheeler in HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1584 TO 1851 [Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1964], p. 166, lists Sterling Yancey as a member of the House of Commons of the North Carolina General Assembly for the years 1798, 1799, 1800 as representative of Granville Co. Probably Sterling was son of Thornton Yancey as Thornton had been in the House of Commons in 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792. (Ibid., p. 165-166) In 1797, Sterling Yancey was witness to marriage of John Denton to Sarah Starks, Granville Co. Yancey may have been a county official. (Sarah Starks is believed to be an aunt or possibly the widowed mother of Susannah Starks, wife of John Williams IV of Henderson Co., KY. This John Williams of Henderson Co., KY was one of the older sons of Samuel Farrar Williams and grandson of William Williams II, great-grandson of John Williams II "of Goochland" but later of Granville Co.) Sterling Yancey - Land Transactions Deed Bk. O-457: Thornton Yancey deed to Sterling Yancey, 5 June 1786. Deed Bk. Q-149: George Culberson of Mecklenburg Co. deed to Edward Jones for part of a tract which Sterling Yancey now possesses. 3 Nov 1797 (Gwynn, op. cit.) The children of Sterling and Betsy Yancey are reported by Dennis Yancey to have been as follows: Minge Yancey (b. 24 Jul 1787, Granville Co.) m. Frances Knott William Williams Yancey (b. 14 Feb 1790, NC) Lewis Yancey (b. 20 Aug 1793) m. Harriet J. Casso James Madison Yancey (b. 25 Mar 1796, NC) m. 1) Eliza Slade 2) Ann (Nancy) Smith George Washington Yancey (b. 4 Sep 1798, NC) Elizabeth Ridley Yancey (b. 10 Dec 1800, NC) n.m. Albert Yancey (29 Dec 1803) m. Susan Simmons? Sterling Yancey died 5 Jan 1815, according to the Raleigh Register of 27 Jan 1815. (Carrie L. Broughton, "Deaths," MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES FROM RALEIGH REGISTER AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE GAZETTE, 1799-1825 [Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966], p. 151) Reported Ancestors of Sterling Yancey 1. Charles Yancey of Hanover Co., VA (b. bef 1684) 2. James Yancey (b. early 1700s) 3. Thornton Yancey (b. ca. 1750-d. 1811 NC) m. Elizabeth Mitchell in Hanover Co., VA. Possibly the Yanceys were from Virginia. Several Yanceys lived in Louisa Co., VA in the 1750s, and their names appear in Granville Co. deeds. As seen in one Granville Co. deed, another Yancey lived in Edgecombe Co., NC. Granville Co. Deed Bk B-169 through 173 - Mar 6, 1753: Robert Jones of Surry Co. to James Yancey for 1000 pds. 1280 acres on N. fork of Jonathans Creek on County Line dividing Virginia from North Carolina where James Yancey now lives. Wts: none. Granville Co. DB B-199-200 - May 20, 1753: William Williams and wife Elizabeth to Richard Yancey of Louisa Co., VA for 20 pds. 143 acres on both sides of Jonathan Creek. Wts: Richard Harris, George Underwood. (This is not the William Williams, whose wife was named Phillis.) 225-226: Sep 6, 1753 - Jaconias Yancey of Edgecombe Co., NC, to Samuel Henderson of Granville Co., for 75 pds. 440 acres on both sides of Andersons Swamp, a branch of Nut Bush Creek, which was granted Mar 25, 1749. Wts: Richard Bullock, Richard Henderson. Other evidence of possible father-son relationship: Thornton Yancey , probable father of Sterling. He was a witness in 1777 to a deed recorded in Caswell Co.: Deed Bk. A-74 Thomas Mutter & Co. of Granville Co., NC to John Bowls of CC...... 29 Sep 1777. Wit: Hugh Galt, Thornton Yancey, David Watt, Benjamin Yargain. (Source: K. K. Kendall, CASWELL CO., NC. DEEDS 1776-1817, p. 5) Mary Ginsey Yancey Wm. Christmas to Mary Jinsey Yancey. Bond dated: July 28, 1790. Signed by Wm. Christmas & Anderson Pattillo. Wit: H. Potter. (Thomas Owen McAdory in HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES...., p. 82) Problems with IGI Entries IGI gives a marriage date of 1739, Granville Co., NC for Sterling Yancey and Betsy Williams. This is in error in several ways: Granville Co. did not become a county until 1746. Further, Betsy more than likely was not even born at that early date, as her older brother, Samuel Farrar Williams, stated in his rejected Rev War Pension, filed in Henderson Co., KY, that he was born 1759. It seems he was older than she as reflected in her guardianship papers. In 1786, the date of her probable marriage to Yancey, she probably was underage as her stepfather John Mitchell is called guardian of Betsy Williams. John Mitchell died ca 1787, and then Betsy's mother Phillis Mitchell (formerly Williams) applied for guardianship of the youngest child, Sallie Williams. IGI indicates that the parents of Sterling Yancey were Thornton Yancey and Elizabeth Mitchell. There are two conflicting entries for the parents of Thornton Yancey: One states his parents were Charles Yancey and Miss Bartlett and the other states his parents were James Yancey and Ann Thornton, and that their child was b. 1740 in Hanover Co., VA. This information needs to be verified.

I'm researching the surname of Currin/Currie/Curry probably in the time frame of late 1700 to mid 1800. The one specific given name for these surnames is William. I have found him in 2 different Anson County, NC census as William Curry and William Currie, but one of his daughters was listed as a Susan Currin in a marriage announcement in 1860. She married Artemus Watson. It's possible that William's parents originated in Granville Co. before migrating to Anson Co. Sherry

I am researching the family of Jesse J Kelly born 1 Jan 1801 in Brunswick Co., VA, married to Susan Brame, born in Granville Co., NC (daughter of John Brame and Nancy Jones Reavis).They had children, (1) John W Kelly, born Nov 5 1824, who married Adelia Hunt on 30 Nov 1846 in Granville Co. NC, (2) Martha E Kelly who married William Satterwhite, (3) George J Kelly who married Ann H Parham, (4) Susan Ann Kelly, born 1839 died 1907. Anyone having any information on this family or related family, I would love to hear from you. Sherryll Raines Florence, SC SherryllRaines@sc.rr.com

Sherryll, If you're interested, I have info on the parents and siblings of Nancy Jones Reavis, although I don't have any further info on her children. Debra McCann Sherryll Raines wrote: > I am researching the family of Jesse J Kelly born 1 Jan 1801 in > Brunswick Co., VA, married to Susan Brame, born in Granville Co., NC > (daughter of John Brame and Nancy Jones Reavis).They had children, (1) > John W Kelly, born Nov 5 1824, who married Adelia Hunt on 30 Nov 1846 in > Granville Co. NC, (2) Martha E Kelly who married William Satterwhite, > (3) George J Kelly who married Ann H Parham, (4) Susan Ann Kelly, born > 1839 died 1907. Anyone having any information on this family or related > family, I would love to hear from you. > > Sherryll Raines > Florence, SC > SherryllRaines@sc.rr.com > > > ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== > Granville County List Administrator > Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Don, I show Christian Ussery to be the daughter of Richard and Mary Ussery. My source is Mary Kathryn Harris, who has an excellent website: http://MKHGenealogy.com/ She has done extensive research on the Ussery and Lemay families and at her website you will find the info you're looking for. I am researching the related Mask and Peace families. Debra McCann Don Dye wrote: > Good morning all....... > > Here are several "brick walls" in Granville County: > > 1) I still have not located where JOHN LeMAY is buried. He died 5 January 1834, in Granville County, and was in the Continental Army from 1777 to 1780. > > 2) JOHN LeMAY's wife was CHRISTIAN USSERY, b.14 Jan1754 in King William County, VA, d. 9 Sept 1825 in Granville County. Where buried? Who were Christian's parents? > > 3)Pleasant Mask (Mark) LeMay, b 22 Feb 1810, in Granville Co. to Lewis Allen LeMay and Lucy Mary Ussery. PLeasant was married several times, I believe. Need names and dates of wives. > > Any help would be appreciated, thank you and have a wonderful New Year! > > Don Dye > texdye@msn.com > > ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== > Granville County List Administrator > Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

ROLL CALL: GOOD IDEA! I am researching: Joseph F. FALCONER/FAULKNER Lucy A. MANGUM-FALCONER/FAULKNER Marilla LLOYD-FAULKNER Thomas LLOYD Rhoda CLARK-LLOYD Many thanks. Allyne Holland Northern Virginia

Seeking parents of Joseph Kelly Groves 1793. Father may be Robert Kelly Groves.

Good morning all....... Here are several "brick walls" in Granville County: 1) I still have not located where JOHN LeMAY is buried. He died 5 January 1834, in Granville County, and was in the Continental Army from 1777 to 1780. 2) JOHN LeMAY's wife was CHRISTIAN USSERY, b.14 Jan1754 in King William County, VA, d. 9 Sept 1825 in Granville County. Where buried? Who were Christian's parents? 3)Pleasant Mask (Mark) LeMay, b 22 Feb 1810, in Granville Co. to Lewis Allen LeMay and Lucy Mary Ussery. PLeasant was married several times, I believe. Need names and dates of wives. Any help would be appreciated, thank you and have a wonderful New Year! Don Dye texdye@msn.com

At 07:02 AM 1/5/04 -0500, you wrote: >Surnames I've been researching in the Granville Co areas are: > >O'BRIANT; O'BRYANT; HARRIS; WILKERSON; DIXON; BROOKS; BROWN; LITTLE; >HESTER and associated surnames with these. > >Thank you >Catherine O'Briant >Roanoke, Virginia Hey Cat, Hmm, did you notice that Tom Aiken also listed the surname HESTER? However he said something to the effect that he did not pay attention to posts with surnames only, so you might want to expand on this name. Bill

Surnames I've been researching in the Granville Co areas are: O'BRIANT; O'BRYANT; HARRIS; WILKERSON; DIXON; BROOKS; BROWN; LITTLE; HESTER and associated surnames with these. Thank you Catherine O'Briant Roanoke, Virginia

Hi All, The last roll call on this list was in June of 2002, so it was time for another one. As list administrator, I just ask that requests for roll calls be sent to me at chenae@ap.net. It's time to get back to why we are here...to exchange info on our Granville County families. Walt - Rude remarks toward other subscribers will not be tolerated on this list. Update: We currently have 188 List subscribers and 55 Digest subscribers. Debra McCann List Administrator

I'm searching PUCKETT,WELLS,CHAPMAN,HADDEN,USRY and WILLIAMS Margie

The roll call dosen't take up nearly as much bandwidth as the bickering. IMO Gary Woodard

In a message dated 1/4/04 11:40:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, hip1@mindspring.com writes: << The complaint about listing surnames only does possibly have some merit, but actually a surname which is confined to a specific geographical location is most times sufficient for the purpose of surname recognition. >> In my opinion this comment is naive, unless there was only one family of the name in the county, which would be rare. What is a reader supposed to do--list all the JONES, or HUNTs, or CREWS, or HESTERs, or whatever in his files? It is the responsibility of the inquirer to narrow the field of interest so that the reader can tell at a glance whether there is a likely link. Otherwise the query will usually get (and deserve) little response. Tom Aiken

Bill writes: >Putting down everything you know about a given surname would produce incredibly >long emails which many of us might have little or no interest in. Perhaps, Bill, but I shouldn't think it would take very long for you to "[put] down everything you know." At any rate, I'm moving on. The issue is moot as far as I'm concerned. Everybody in Rootsweb-dom has my permission to initiate roll calls until every mailbox in America looks like the Manhattan telephone book. Walt ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. Hippensteel" <hip1@mindspring.com> To: <NCGRANVI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [NCGRANVI] An opinion about roll calls > Howdy, > > As OUR administrator has not voiced such a rule, then such rules > are moot and not germane to THIS particular list. The complaint about > listing surnames only does possibly have some merit, but actually a surname > which is confined to a specific geographical location is most times > sufficient for the purpose of surname recognition. > > I doubt many of you would like to know anything or everything > about the CHILDS family from Granville County. So why would I inundate you > with extraneous information? I think family surnames which intermarry or > are also from Granville should be sufficient for someone to make a > connection. Only when such a connection seems apparent is there any real > need to expand or expound upon it. > > IMO, > > Bill > > > ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== > Granville County List Administrator > Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Howdy, As OUR administrator has not voiced such a rule, then such rules are moot and not germane to THIS particular list. The complaint about listing surnames only does possibly have some merit, but actually a surname which is confined to a specific geographical location is most times sufficient for the purpose of surname recognition. Putting down everything you know about a given surname would produce incredibly long emails which many of us might have little or no interest in. I doubt many of you would like to know anything or everything about the CHILDS family from Granville County. So why would I inundate you with extraneous information? I think family surnames which intermarry or are also from Granville should be sufficient for someone to make a connection. Only when such a connection seems apparent is there any real need to expand or expound upon it. IMO, Bill