Pardon my injecting something at this point of discussion, but did the NC Militia officer, Arthur Forbis attain the rank of Colonel? My knowledge, and I don't want to give odds on it, is that he was a Captain in Colonel Paisley's Regiment of the NC Militia at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Please clarify this; I'm getting quite confused. Thank you, Dick Hudson

Have any of you McLean researchers ever seen: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/8415/davidson.html It lists McLean's along with Davidson's who migrated from Ireland. Marsha McWilliams Researching: PAVEY/PEAVEY/PEAVY and all its' spellings/mis-spellings. -----Original Message----- From: Richard P. Hudson [mailto:dick@therapist.net] Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 5:08 PM To: NCGUILFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCGUILFO-L] McCain & Forbis families That's fascinating, Lou. My Joseph McLean came from Philadelphia County, PA and it is clearly state as "County" repeatedly on many different sources. He had migrated with his father from PA. I know this from the 1790 NC census. He had settled "across the creek" from his father, John McLean, Jr. John was born 1724 in County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland. He married Jane Marshall in Philadelphia County, PA in 1751. Obviously, there was a very strong tendency for these Scots-Irish to marry, live around and remain with their own kind. John McLean, Sr. had brought the boy, John, Jr., with him when he migrated to the US from Ireland. A certain John Forbes was a neighbor of the McLeans when the part of Rowan County in which they lived was cut off and combined with other parts to make Guilford Co. This was an act against the Regulators by the infamous Crown Governor Tryon. I have a very strong feeling that all of these men were Regulators or at least sympathizers. Particularly, because they ended up on the Continental side in the Revolution. Dick

At 07:48 PM 1/24/99 -0500, Roger R Spencer Jr wrote: > My wife is a descendent of Conrad Shoemaker, the man that killed Col. >Arthur Forbis. It was he who ran a banonet into Col. Arthur Forbis already lying >wounded on the battlefield of Guilford Court House the morning after when >Col. Forbis asked this old Tory for a drink of water. > > For this inhuman act the Whigs, a few days after the battle, caught him >in his house, took him to the church near by, and shot him. His neighbors >unhinged the door and laid him on it. the blood stains remained till the >old church was torn down. >>>>>>> The version of the killing of Conrad which I read in more than one place has Conrad hiding in the church when he was found and killed. I hardly think his killers would have taken him the church in order to kill him. This was their church. > Good Searching - Good Finding - Good Luck! David Huffines Searching HOFHEINZ/HUFFINES/HOFFHINES/HUFFHINES/ HOFFEIN/et.al.and WILLIAMSON, WAKEFIELD, UNDERWOOD, PAISLEY, SIKES, LIPSCOMB

My Hance McCain and Arthur Forbis/Forbes were members of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church (now in the northern suburbs of Greensboro, but at one time was called Martinsville). In my research of the two men named Arthur Forbis I learned that there was another Buffalo Presbyterian Church in the southeastern part of the county. I think Col. Arthur Forbis belonged to this latter one. (Somewhere I got the impression that the northern-most church was founded by Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania, while the southern one was founded by Scots-Irish who came up from SC. I'm fuzzy on this, though). Does anyone know why there were two Presbyterian Churches named "Buffalo" in the same county? And what was with the name "Buffalo" and the Scots-Irish? I've seen other Buffalo Presbyterian Churches in other early Scots-Irish communities, as well as Buffalo Creeks, etc. Just curious if anyone has better insight... Lou Poole

Dear Researcher's My wife is a descendent of Conrad Shoemaker, the man that killed Col. Arthur Forbis. It was he who ran a banonet into Col. Arthur Forbis already lying wounded on the battlefield of Guilford Court House the morning after when Col. Forbis asked this old Tory for a drink of water. For this inhuman act the Whigs, a few days after the battle, caught him in his house, took him to the church near by, and shot him. His neighbors unhinged the door and laid him on it. the blood stains remained till the old church was torn down. Conrad Shoemaker was a Tory, but he also signed the Regulator List. Doesn't seem like he quite believed in what his neighbors did. Thank You Roger R Spencer Jr

I have a copy of Guilford County NC Will Abstracts 1771-1841 and will be happy to do look ups if given surname and first name. I am not able to do all of one surname. I will do this as long as time permits me to. Cindy Thomasville, NC

That's fascinating, Lou. My Joseph McLean came from Philadelphia County, PA and it is clearly state as "County" repeatedly on many different sources. He had migrated with his father from PA. I know this from the 1790 NC census. He had settled "across the creek" from his father, John McLean, Jr. John was born 1724 in County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland. He married Jane Marshall in Philadelphia County, PA in 1751. Obviously, there was a very strong tendency for these Scots-Irish to marry, live around and remain with their own kind. John McLean, Sr. had brought the boy, John, Jr., with him when he migrated to the US from Ireland. A certain John Forbes was a neighbor of the McLeans when the part of Rowan County in which they lived was cut off and combined with other parts to make Guilford Co. This was an act against the Regulators by the infamous Crown Governor Tryon. I have a very strong feeling that all of these men were Regulators or at least sympathizers. Particularly, because they ended up on the Continental side in the Revolution. Dick

Dick (and list): I have seen Forbis and Forbes spelled alternately in the old records, sometimes in the same record. I am sure that it was Scots-Irish in origin, but have no more information at this time. I'm pretty sure that the Arthur Forbis/Forbes who was my ancestor came to Guilford from the Scots-Irish community in Pennsylvania, but just where is part of my question. Lou -----Original Message----- From: Richard P. Hudson [mailto:dick@therapist.net] Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 4:37 PM To: NCGUILFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCGUILFO-L] McCain & Forbis families Hi Lou, The Captain Arthur Forbis you mention was my 3GGrandfather's company commander. For a long while I thought it was a typo for Forbes, since the Piedmont is so heavily settled by Scots-Irish. Since you are a Forbis progeny, pray tell what is the origin of the name? Thanks, Dick Hudson

Hi Lou, The Captain Arthur Forbis you mention was my 3GGrandfather's company commander. For a long while I thought it was a typo for Forbes, since the Piedmont is so heavily settled by Scots-Irish. Since you are a Forbis progeny, pray tell what is the origin of the name? Thanks, Dick Hudson

Been lurking on the list for a while and have not seen anyone discuss my families, so here goes... I'm a descendant of Hance McCain (ca. 1760-16 Nov 1824) and Jennet (Jenny) Forbis of Guilford Co. Jenny Forbis was the daughter of Arthur Forbis who married, ca. 1764, Mrs. Lydia Steele Rankin, widow of George Rankin. I have quite a bit of information on the McCain family (but could always use more). I am particularly interested in the Forbis family, however. From what I can gather there were two contemporary men with the name Arthur Forbis in early Guilford County. My Arthur Forbis was not the one who was prominent in the Battle of Guilford Court House. But I can't help but wonder if the two were not related somehow. Would love to know something about the family of Lydia Steele as well. Please contact me if you have information on any of these families, and would like to compare notes. Lou Poole, Richardson, TX (lpoole@dallas.net)

Have hit a brick wall and need assistance. Looking for William LEWIS, birthdate and age at death unknown, resided in Guilford County, NC at death, wil probated in 1830/31. Later census a son says William was born in Mass. Married to Courtney ________, b. circa 1800, several censuses list her birthplace as Currituck and Beaufort Cos, NC, and Virginia. Died 12 Apr. 1880. Children: Lawrence LEWIS b.? d.? Orlando LEWIS b.? d.? Ira Rodolphus LEWIS b. 4 Sept. 1825 Guil.Co., d. 29 Jan.1907 Guil.Co Ethalinda LEWIS b. 18 Apr. 1819 d. 12 Aug. ? (tombstone broken) Elivima LEWIS b. 3 Dec. 1820 d. 2 May 1875 Ofice LEWIS b. 22 Aug. 1823 d. 14 Mar. ? (tombstone broken) Courtney Lewis (the mother) married second husband John Wooters in 1847. I have no idea where William LEWIS came from, his parentage, or Courtney's maiden name. Am hoping to connect with someone who recognizes these unusual names in their own family. Thanks for any help. Sincerely, Alicia Fox

Dear List members: In 1779 Thomas Winchester and John Winchester took out land grants in Guilford Co., NC. By 1785 Thomas had died, and John's farm was just inside Rockingham Co., NC due to its creation. Families that later married into the Winchester family were Massey, Witty, Reeves, Cummings, Knight, Williams, and Martin. I would like to know if anyone has any information as to from where any or all these families came into Guilford/Rockingham COs. NC? Sincerely, Warren Winchester

The Guilford County Genealogical Society has published a book by Ruth Thompson and Louise Hartgrave entitled ABSTRACTS OF MARRIAGE BONDS AND ADDITIONAL DATA, GUILFORD COUNTY, NC. VOL. II, 1841-1868. My gggrandparents were ABNER PACE (1821-1900ROWAN) and JULIA ANN REED (1825-1911GUILFORD), and they received a marriage bond on 3 Aug. 1843 in Guilford County. On the NC Marriage bond, Abner spelled his name PASE in error, for the family went by PACE in all later generations. This is from the LDS fiche of NC marriage bonds. My gggrandparents are apparently entered in the record: 046(for Guilford), 02, 340. Witnesses were Richard MINER and John M. LOGAN. The marriage bond number is 000058572. If anyone has this book in their possession, I would certainly appreciate a lookup to determine if their parents' names are given in annotations. Abner Pace was an orphan and apprenticed in 1837 in Guilford, but no parents are given on the apprentice bond. I have been trying to find their parents' names for years without success. They had only one child, and he had only two children. Consequently this family has left few footprints. Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hello, list, I want to thank everyone for their responses to my request on Guilford Co. estate records being microfilmed by the FHL. I will be making a trip to the nearest FHC in a couple of weeks. I especially thank you, Rick, for your listing of the estate records for the year I need. And to Teg for your thoughts on the cost of copying papers. If I can look at a microfilm of some records, I may just decide I want that entire file after all. And to Warren, too. I will let y'all know how I made out. Thanks again. Mary

This list represents the persons who died during the 12 month period ending June, 1850. The column labeled 'F/S' indicates free or slave. The information was transcribed from a photocopy of the original document. As the photocopy was poor, and the information handwritten, the potential for transcription errors exists. Lane Watson, 1996. Alamance County 1850 Mortality Schedule http://www.netpath.net/~lwatson/alms1850.htm Damary Coble 23 F - - NC June - consumption Nancy C. Coble 1/12 F - - NC Oct - unknown Nancy Coble 59 F - - NC July housekeeper unknown Anna G Clapp 1 F - - NC May - teething Jacob Clapp 47 M - - NC June farmer typhoid Molly Fogleman 93 F - - NC April - croop Diana email: ddavis@logicsouth.com My Genealogical Website: http://www.my-ged.com/davis/ Phillip Kime Descendants website: http://www.my-ged.com/kime

There is an index at the end of this webpage. magore@bellsouth.net wrote: > John L. Coble maintained a list of the descendants of 6 Coble > brothers/cousins until his death in 1995. I have converted his work to a > family tree maker file and placed it on my > web page at > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/o/r/Marjorie-A-Gore/index.html > It has not been independently documented and has mistakes in it, but it > is a good place to start and to find leads. If any one wants a GEDCOM > copy of my file just send me an E-mail. Corrections and additions are > also welcome and will be incorporated.

Whoever is researching INGOLD, there are several of them on the website magore@bellsouth.net wrote: > John L. Coble maintained a list of the descendants of 6 Coble > brothers/cousins until his death in 1995. I have converted his work to a > family tree maker file and placed it on my > web page at > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/o/r/Marjorie-A-Gore/index.html > It has not been independently documented and has mistakes in it, but it > is a good place to start and to find leads. If any one wants a GEDCOM > copy of my file just send me an E-mail. Corrections and additions are > also welcome and will be incorporated.

Hi, Wonder if anyone out there can help me find these two people? 1. Iris Baynes, b. 1931 in Guilford County, married Jack Talley (Tilley?) in the early 1950's. Went to Greensboro Sr. High School in the late 40's and lived in the Proximity area of Greensboro. Has a sister named Annie Bell (Little Bit)? Also had other sisters and brothers. 2. Carolyn Bailiff b. 1931, went to Lindley Jr. High School on Spring Garden St. through the 9th grade in 1946. She moved to Winter Park, FL that summer. She has a sister Geraldine, two years younger. Her step father was Jim Bailiff, and her Mother was Ann Bailiff. Does anyone out there know her? Thank you for your help. Mary

I know there are been a series of messages on the Swearing Creek settlement and also the Jersey settlement. I read them but did not keep the material because I didn't know it applied to me. Now I have found that I am from the Stout-Merrill/Smith-Julian line and that my people came from New Jersey to Swearing Creek. Could someone review me on where Swearing Creek is? Is that the same as the Jersey settlement? I believe the Merrills were Baptists there before Benjamin Merrill was executed by Gov. Tryon in 1771. I am not even sure which list I should be posting this message to so I have sent it to Mecklenburg, Guilford, and Rowan. I am descended from BENJAMIN MERRILL and JEMIMA SMITH (via ANDREW SMITH & ANNA MERSHON). This line merges at BENJAMIN MERRILL with the line of PENELOPE STOUT 2 and WILLIAM MERRILL, down to the JULIANS of Rowan County. Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Pardon the intrusion, but I couldn't resist the observation. In the 18th century $107 would have been a pretty fair estate in itself. Now they want that much for the bloody papers! Regards, Dick Hudson