In a message dated 8/14/99 11:50:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Does the book you have on Halifax cemeteries show a George Willis Johnson who died sometime before his son was married in 1906? Wife Emily Crocker Johnson was still alive in 1906 and lived in Halifax County-don't know when she died. If either show in the book, it would be helpful to me. >> George Willis Johnson -- Swamp Baptist Cchurch Cemetery George W. Johnson --Aug 2, 1889---March 10, 1916 Emily Crocker Johnson ---Nothing

In a message dated 8/14/99 11:50:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Becky, Any COLEs in the book? Jerry G. Cole >> No, but there were some that caame into Halifax Co. later --like early 1900s. They lived in Littleton and there are some in That cemetery book.

Does the book you have on Halifax cemeteries show a GeorgeWillis Johnson who died sometime before his son was married in 1906? Wife Emily Crocker Johnson was still alive in 1906 and lived in Halifax County-don't know when she died. If either show in the book, it would be helpful to me. Also trying to find William O'Neal who married Martha J. Poythress. He was also deceased by 1906 and Martha was alive i& living in Greenville Co. VA. He may be buried in Halifax County. Thanks, Pat RLDOZIER@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/13/99 9:49:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << Hello, > > The Halifax County Library, Halifax, NC has a book on Cemeteries in Halifax > County, so you might want to pay them a visit. They have a very good > genealogy collection. > Johnnie >> > > I have a copy of this book and if you wil let me know the names I will be glad > to check for you. > > Becky > > ==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== > ==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== > This list is brought to you by the dedicated folks at Rootsweb. > To ensure that it continues, please visit them and subscribe at > http://www.rootsweb/com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net

Hi, Hope to find that you may have info on my brick wall. I'm looking for anything that may be found on Isaac Richardson that m. Melberry Lynch in the general area. They were married 18 Dec 1819 in Halifax County, North Carolina. She was listed as the 'head of household' in the first two Census, so that say's something about her husband... He was not listed for many reasons. We suspect that she had a daughter by the same name, and this would be the one that married my Isaac Richardson???. Looking forward to hearing from many of you, Floyd

In a message dated 8/14/99 2:00:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mrgentry@bellsouth.net writes: << Would like to know when you have completed your book. I too have several ancestral lines from Halifax County including Wood, Summerell, Curry and Whitfield. All go back to the early 1800's , except Whitfield which goes back to the late 1700's. Most likely they were all there in the late 1700's. Finding some of their grave markers may help. Thanks, Mike Gentry mrgentry@bellsouth.net >> Please provide me with your snail mailing address and I will let you know or better still. I will put you in my address book. Florence

In a message dated 8/14/99 9:11:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GlenGallagher@compuserve.com writes: << Florence - Thanks for letting me know about the book(s) in the library. And I'll be keeping your book in mind for something to put on my Christmas list. Please sign me up for a copy. >> Will do, Please forward me your snail mailing address. Florence

Would like to know when you have completed your book. I too have several ancestral lines from Halifax County including Wood, Summerell, Curry and Whitfield. All go back to the early 1800's , except Whitfield which goes back to the late 1700's. Most likely they were all there in the late 1700's. Finding some of their grave markers may help. Thanks, Mike Gentry mrgentry@bellsouth.net Flossy2@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/13/99 6:23:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > GlenGallagher@compuserve.com writes: > > yes, there are some cemetery records. There is a book of the cemeteries > around the town in the Coounty Library in Halufax. > I have indexed 121 cemeteries in and around all of Halifax county > but my book will not be finished before December. There is good pickens > there. I have also indexed allof the Scotland Neck cemeteries. > > Florence > << > One of the resources I've never pursued while working on my Halifax > County THOMPSON ancestors are cemetery records. I don't know that I've > ever come across any published records of cemeteries. Also, I don't know > if there happen to be any old cemeteries -- most likely in the immediate > vicinity of the city of Halifax -- that it might pay me to visit. > > I may be getting an opportunity to do some work in Halifax County > in the near future, so I'm curious as to whether there are some good > "hunting grounds" I might benefit from if I visited. > > By the way, I actually grew up in Scotland Neck, just down the road > from Halifax, so I'm familiar with the old cemetery there. My research so > far suggests that my possible ancestors probably lived right around > Halifax. I'm not positive, but I have to start somewhere. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > >> > > ==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== > What a difference a week makes. A little participation from many really > helps to stimulate flow of information and improves interest greatly. > Let's keep the info flowing. Thanks to everyone who has participated > and shared info. We have a lot of history to uncover in Halifax County, > NC, and surrounding area. Please use subject line to your advantage to > draw attention to your post. Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net

Susie Can you list some descendants of Turner Harrison as I have a lot of harrison ties to my families in the area NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NCHALIFA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 162 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [NCHALIFA] JAMES/HARRISON/TURN ["suzie-tim ball" <SUZIETIMBALL@wor] > #2 [NCHALIFA] Re: NCHALIFA-D Digest V [RLDOZIER@aol.com] > #3 Re: [NCHALIFA] Old Cemeteries [Slowm@aol.com] > #4 [NCHALIFA] Old Cemeteries [Glen Gallagher <GlenGallagher@comp] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCHALIFA-D, send a message to > > NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [NCHALIFA] JAMES/HARRISON/TURNER > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:07:16 -0400 > From: "suzie-tim ball" <SUZIETIMBALL@worldnet.att.net> > To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > > Boice, > I am interested in your family names. I am descended from Turner HARRISON > of Halifax Co NC. I don't know what the connection is, but I am sure his > given name has something to do with the TURNERs that were in the area. > Turner was born in 1786. > Suzie Morris Ball > > ---------- > > From: Boice Burns <burnsba@earthlink.net> > > To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NCHALIFA] JAMES/HARRISON/TURNER > > Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 6:30 PM > > > > This is my first query on this list. I have a very elusive JAMES family > > right over the state line in Southampton County, VA. They lived four > > miles from the NC state line and I have long wondered if they did not > > have dealings in NC. There were two men of mystery. The first was my > > GGGF James James whose birth and death date and place is unknown. The > > second was his son, my GGF James Edwin James.In 1838 my GGGF James James > > in Southampton County, VA married Sarah "Sally" Harrison b 1821 VA dau > > of Catherine C. "Kate" Harrison b 1800 VA. It appears that by 1851 both > > these women were widowed. The children of Sarah Harrison James were: > > Nathaniel T. b 1840 VA, > > Benjamin Allen b 1843 VA and Joshua Cummins b 1846 NC. The only > > statistic we have on my GGF James James, the younger, is from his > > marriage certificate which indicates he was b 1845. For some strange > > reason he did not live with the rest of the family. Could he have been > > illegitimate? Could he possibly have been his father's son by an earlier > > marriage?His supposed birth date could be wrong. > > The children of Catherine Harrison(Sarah's siblings)were: Allen J.b > > 1823, Hannah A. b 1825, Andrew J. b 1828, Elizabeth H. b 1832, and > > Benfon(Benson?)F. b 1836 all born in VA. > > These families were closely allied with the TURNER family in VA. One > > interesting old family story is that the James family owned an oyster > > bed but I have never been able to make anything of it. If anyone knows > > of any of these people, any information would be gratefully accepted. > > Boice Burns > > Houston, TX > > > > > > > > ==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== > > What a difference a week makes. A little participation from many really > > helps to stimulate flow of information and improves interest greatly. > > Let's keep the info flowing. Thanks to everyone who has participated > > and shared info. We have a lot of history to uncover in Halifax County, > > NC, and surrounding area. Please use subject line to your advantage to > > draw attention to your post. Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NCHALIFA] Re: NCHALIFA-D Digest V99 #161 > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:22:52 EDT > From: RLDOZIER@aol.com > To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > > In a message dated 8/13/99 9:49:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << Hello, > > The Halifax County Library, Halifax, NC has a book on Cemeteries in Halifax > County, so you might want to pay them a visit. They have a very good > genealogy collection. > Johnnie >> > > I have a copy of this book and if you wil let me know the names I will be > glad to check for you. > > Becky > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [NCHALIFA] Old Cemeteries > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 07:32:52 EDT > From: Slowm@aol.com > To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > > Glen, I read your post re: Old cemeteries in Halifax Co. The local > Genealogical Society which meets at the Library has recorded and published > via their quarterlies the old cemeteries in Halifax Co. NC. A good place to > start would be the library in the county of Halifax. > Bea Hudson > Hampton, VA > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NCHALIFA] Old Cemeteries > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 09:09:41 -0400 > From: Glen Gallagher <GlenGallagher@compuserve.com> > To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > > I certainly appreciate the responses I received on my question about old > cemeteries in Halifax County. > > Johnnie Mc - I will look into the holdings in the library. > > Marcia - You mentioned the Bishop-Brickell Cemetery. My interest right now > is in the THOMPSON, HALL, and LEWIS families. If you have information on > any of them, I'd want to learn more. > > Florence - Thanks for letting me know about the book(s) in the library. > And I'll be keeping your book in mind for something to put on my Christmas > list. 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I certainly appreciate the responses I received on my question about old cemeteries in Halifax County. Johnnie Mc - I will look into the holdings in the library. Marcia - You mentioned the Bishop-Brickell Cemetery. My interest right now is in the THOMPSON, HALL, and LEWIS families. If you have information on any of them, I'd want to learn more. Florence - Thanks for letting me know about the book(s) in the library. And I'll be keeping your book in mind for something to put on my Christmas list. Please sign me up for a copy. Thanks, Glen GlenGallagher@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GlenGallagher/index.htm

Becky, Any COLEs in the book? Jerry G. Cole

In a message dated 8/14/99 11:19:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << A good place to start would be the library in the county of Halifax. >> Write to them! They will answer queries in the order they come in. They also have one of the best Vertical Files collecton on families in the Northampton, Warren, Halifax and Edgecombe counties except for the NC Archives.

Glen, I read your post re: Old cemeteries in Halifax Co. The local Genealogical Society which meets at the Library has recorded and published via their quarterlies the old cemeteries in Halifax Co. NC. A good place to start would be the library in the county of Halifax. Bea Hudson Hampton, VA

Boice, I am interested in your family names. I am descended from Turner HARRISON of Halifax Co NC. I don't know what the connection is, but I am sure his given name has something to do with the TURNERs that were in the area. Turner was born in 1786. Suzie Morris Ball ---------- > From: Boice Burns <burnsba@earthlink.net> > To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCHALIFA] JAMES/HARRISON/TURNER > Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 6:30 PM > > This is my first query on this list. I have a very elusive JAMES family > right over the state line in Southampton County, VA. They lived four > miles from the NC state line and I have long wondered if they did not > have dealings in NC. There were two men of mystery. The first was my > GGGF James James whose birth and death date and place is unknown. The > second was his son, my GGF James Edwin James.In 1838 my GGGF James James > in Southampton County, VA married Sarah "Sally" Harrison b 1821 VA dau > of Catherine C. "Kate" Harrison b 1800 VA. It appears that by 1851 both > these women were widowed. The children of Sarah Harrison James were: > Nathaniel T. b 1840 VA, > Benjamin Allen b 1843 VA and Joshua Cummins b 1846 NC. The only > statistic we have on my GGF James James, the younger, is from his > marriage certificate which indicates he was b 1845. For some strange > reason he did not live with the rest of the family. Could he have been > illegitimate? Could he possibly have been his father's son by an earlier > marriage?His supposed birth date could be wrong. > The children of Catherine Harrison(Sarah's siblings)were: Allen J.b > 1823, Hannah A. b 1825, Andrew J. b 1828, Elizabeth H. b 1832, and > Benfon(Benson?)F. b 1836 all born in VA. > These families were closely allied with the TURNER family in VA. One > interesting old family story is that the James family owned an oyster > bed but I have never been able to make anything of it. If anyone knows > of any of these people, any information would be gratefully accepted. > Boice Burns > Houston, TX > > > > ==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== > What a difference a week makes. A little participation from many really > helps to stimulate flow of information and improves interest greatly. > Let's keep the info flowing. Thanks to everyone who has participated > and shared info. We have a lot of history to uncover in Halifax County, > NC, and surrounding area. Please use subject line to your advantage to > draw attention to your post. Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net

In a message dated 8/13/99 9:49:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Hello, The Halifax County Library, Halifax, NC has a book on Cemeteries in Halifax County, so you might want to pay them a visit. They have a very good genealogy collection. Johnnie >> I have a copy of this book and if you wil let me know the names I will be glad to check for you. Becky

Hello, The Halifax County Library, Halifax, NC has a book on Cemeteries in Halifax County, so you might want to pay them a visit. They have a very good genealogy collection. Johnnie -----Original Message----- From: Glen Gallagher <GlenGallagher@compuserve.com> To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com <NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:22 PM Subject: [NCHALIFA] Old Cemeteries > One of the resources I've never pursued while working on my Halifax >County THOMPSON ancestors are cemetery records. I don't know that I've >ever come across any published records of cemeteries. Also, I don't know >if there happen to be any old cemeteries -- most likely in the immediate >vicinity of the city of Halifax -- that it might pay me to visit. > > I may be getting an opportunity to do some work in Halifax County >in the near future, so I'm curious as to whether there are some good >"hunting grounds" I might benefit from if I visited. > > By the way, I actually grew up in Scotland Neck, just down the road >from Halifax, so I'm familiar with the old cemetery there. My research so >far suggests that my possible ancestors probably lived right around >Halifax. I'm not positive, but I have to start somewhere. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > >Glen > >GlenGallagher@compuserve.com >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GlenGallagher/index.htm > > >==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== >We have had good success in increasing subscription to the Halifax,NC > list, over 200 people now. Perhaps if everyone would post something > once a week or so things would pickup. Suggest you list a small group > of ancestors you need info for or to see if others connect or have info > pertaining to them. area. Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net > > >

One of the resources I've never pursued while working on my Halifax County THOMPSON ancestors are cemetery records. I don't know that I've ever come across any published records of cemeteries. Also, I don't know if there happen to be any old cemeteries -- most likely in the immediate vicinity of the city of Halifax -- that it might pay me to visit. I may be getting an opportunity to do some work in Halifax County in the near future, so I'm curious as to whether there are some good "hunting grounds" I might benefit from if I visited. By the way, I actually grew up in Scotland Neck, just down the road from Halifax, so I'm familiar with the old cemetery there. My research so far suggests that my possible ancestors probably lived right around Halifax. I'm not positive, but I have to start somewhere. Thanks for any suggestions. Glen GlenGallagher@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GlenGallagher/index.htm

In a message dated 8/13/99 6:23:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GlenGallagher@compuserve.com writes: yes, there are some cemetery records. There is a book of the cemeteries around the town in the Coounty Library in Halufax. I have indexed 121 cemeteries in and around all of Halifax county but my book will not be finished before December. There is good pickens there. I have also indexed allof the Scotland Neck cemeteries. Florence << One of the resources I've never pursued while working on my Halifax County THOMPSON ancestors are cemetery records. I don't know that I've ever come across any published records of cemeteries. Also, I don't know if there happen to be any old cemeteries -- most likely in the immediate vicinity of the city of Halifax -- that it might pay me to visit. I may be getting an opportunity to do some work in Halifax County in the near future, so I'm curious as to whether there are some good "hunting grounds" I might benefit from if I visited. By the way, I actually grew up in Scotland Neck, just down the road from Halifax, so I'm familiar with the old cemetery there. My research so far suggests that my possible ancestors probably lived right around Halifax. I'm not positive, but I have to start somewhere. Thanks for any suggestions. >>

Dear Glen: I have a published record of Bishop-Brickell Cemetery of Halifax. If either of these names is in your line, I would be happy to send some info. Marcia

ELLIE, I regret to say that none of the names are familier. I had family in WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON in the 1870's, but as far as I know none marriedanyone by those names. I do hope you can find the rightful owners. Only yesterday my brother and I went to clean out a shed used by a man to work on lawn mowers, this man gave everything in the shed to my brother. While looking around I found a picture album with 10-20 pictures from the 1940's to 1960's? My brother said the man and his wife had no children and the picture album had been in a fire with the edges scorched. I left the album there but put it up on a shelf. My brother is going to try to find the man again to see about the pictures, so maybe we can find out who they belong to. The man moved out of town but left no phone number to get a hold of him, so we may have to wait. Such a shame that so many people don't seem to care. My cousin from CALIFORNIA, CYD RAWLS at sent out a notice yesterday that some city employee in VIRGINIA is trying to get the city council to through out all of the court records that are over so many years old to make room for newer records, this has happened before. We needto find a place to store all of these unwanted records and pictures. BOBBY RAWLS 100 N. COTTONWOOD BIG SPRING, TEXAS 79720-1769 (915)267-5636 brrawls@crcom.net

In a message dated 8/13/99 7:50:27 AM, NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: <<Sarah "Sally" Harrison b 1821 VA dau of Catherine C. "Kate" Harrison b 1800 VA. It appears that by 1851 both these women were widowed. The children of Sarah Harrison James were: Nathaniel T. b 1840 VA, ( A popular name in the Harrison family) Benjamin Allen b 1843 VA and Joshua Cummins b 1846 NC. >>