Folks, As many of you already know, a number of Hyde families lived on the Eastern Shore of Virginia before moving South. A wen site which will be of interest to you descended from these families is Ghotes (Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore), at: http://www.esva.net/ghotes/index.htm Of special interest is the Miles Files, which contains, among others, some of the following Hyde names: BENSTON (BENSON), FISHER, HUDSON, RHOADES, SILVERTHORNE, SPARROW, TUNNELL, etc., some of which go back to the 1600's / early 1700's, which is at: http://www.esva.net/ghotes/intro.htm Good hunting: John

Hoping someone can help Norma, thanks diane -----Original Message----- From: NMLindsey@aol.com <NMLindsey@aol.com> >Hello! >I'm not a bonafide researcher; but I have a deep curiosity of my family >history. The only source I have for info is my mother, and she is 78 and >becoming forgetful. My name is Norma Midyette Lindsey. >My father was Wm Midyette from Hyde County. My mother is Almyra Smith >Midyette. She was named after an aunt who was born on the Albemarle River(her >father was the boat captain). Mama's mama was from Pamlico Cnty. Mama said >her mother was from the Popperwill or Popperville family there. I have the >name Annie Popperville written down in my notes, but that might be my >grandmother's mother. Mama's mother's name was Annie. >Could you help me with this family? Mama thinks her grandfather >was the Popperville, and that he may have been Indian. >Thanks, >Norma Lindsey > >

I believe that this: " Zachery An GIBBS, minor," --mentioned below in #478 on webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDWIL11.HTM must be my Zacharianne who married David JONES b. 1805. Can anyone help me interpret what the possible connections below may mean. It doesn't name the father. thanks, diane +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= HYDE CO., N.C. RECORD OF WILLS Book # 4 - Part 11 Abstracted by Kay Lynn Midgett Sheppard August Term 1829 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDWIL11.HTM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 477. William S. GIBBS, minor, in account current with Jones W. SPENCER, guardian Mentions minor's 1/5 part of the amount due Benjamin FULFORD's heirs in division of land. Also mentions 1/5 part of the amount received from Caleb SPENCER, adm'r. on the estate of John J. BONNER, dec'd. Pursuant to an order of Court May 1829, we have examined the account and find a balance due the ward of $35.28 calculated up to the 20th of August 1829. Augt. 13th 1829. [signed] Henry S. SPENCER, W.S. GIBBS, David CARTER, JUNR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 478. Zachery An GIBBS, minor, in account current with Jones W. SPENCER, guardian Mentions minor's 1/5 part of the amount due Benjamin FULFORD's heirs in division of land. Also mentions 1/5 part of the amount received from Caleb SPENCER, adm'r. on the estate of John J. BONNER, dec'd. Pursuant to an order of Court May 1829, we have examined the account and find a balance due the ward of $35.28 calculated up to the 20th of August 1829. Augt. 13th 1829. [signed] same as above item Also one more thing: Does anyone know the family of this Jesse Swindell and wife who I believe is Polly Carter daughter of David Carter,sr. mentioned on this webpage too. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 502. William SELBY, adm'r., in account with the estate of Jesse SWINDELL Mentions one year's provision set off the the widow, Mary SWINDELL. Pursuant to an order of Court Nov. Term 1829, we have this day examined the account and find a balance due the adm'r. of $9.76. Done at Wysaucon Feby. 23rd 1830. [signed] Sam'l. BROOKS, Daniel SHAW, James McLAUD ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks so much, diane

Folks, Below is a new Query from Ralph Green. Please direct any replies to him. His email is below. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRINN / FOREMAN / FORTISQUE / JORDAN Ralph V. Green rvgreen@vaix.net March 4, 1999 I would like to know the parents of John FOREMAN, who came to NC in 1702 and was married Margaret JORDAN, dau. of John JORDAN. John FOREMAN's will was in Hyde County in 1744. Does anyone know where he came from? Also would like to know who the parents of Aritta FORTISCUE, who married George FOREMAN in 1851 were? Or who the parents of Dennard BRINN (c1849) were - I think they were William BRINN (c1825) and Nicy (c1823). Who was Nicy? Who were the parents of William? Am researching the following: BRINN / FOREMAN / FORTISQUE / JORDAN. --------------------------------------------------------------------

Folks, This may be of interest. John - ---------------------------- www.msnbc.com/news/ Genealogy bounty coming to Web. Mormons set to bring part of vast collection of records online. By Margie Wylie March 3 Much to the delight of genealogists, the Mormons are preparing to make some of their vast holdings of family records available on the World Wide Web for the first time next month, if not sooner. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collects genealogical records of all kinds because the Mormons believe it is important to perform religious rites on behalf of dead ancestors. It has the world's largest collection of such data. THE NEW WEB SITE (www.familysearch.org) won't officially launch until mid-April, but it is expected to go live for testing any day now. Church officials originally planned to leave the site open to all during the test period. But for fear of being swamped, they now may limit access to official testers with assigned passwords. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collects genealogical records of all kinds because the Mormons believe it is important to perform religious rites on behalf of dead ancestors. It has the world's largest collection of such data. Genealogy is one of the most popular subjects on the Internet. As more information goes online, it seems to create more genealogists. About 100 million Americans have at least dabbled in it, and 19 million actively research their family history, according to a 1995 Maritz Marketing Research study for American Demographics magazine. Rootsweb (www.rootsweb.org) has more than 200,000 subscribers to 3,000 e-mail lists about genealogy. The number of subscribers is growing rapidly, according to John V. Wylie, a professional genealogist from Grand Prairie, Texas. Wylie is a co-founder of GENTECH (www.gentech.org), a non-profit society to help genealogists use technology. Mormon Church officials are vague about what Web surfers can expect to find on their new site, but that hasn't dampened genealogists enthusiasm. I think the reaction is probably going to be unanimously, "Wow! It's about time!" said Marthe Arends, editor of the newsletter Pioneers Online (www.eskimo.com/~mnarends), based in Bellevue, Wash. The newsletter helps genealogists use the Internet. With 2.1 million rolls of microfilm, 700,000 microfiches and 280,000 books, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (www.lds.org) is the ultimate source for many genealogists. The master collection, which includes the birth, death and marriage records of an estimated 6 billion people, is kept in a vault carved 900 feet into the side of Granite Mountain. Completed in 1964, the vault is a testament to the importance the Church places on tracing one's ancestors and performing for them vicarious ordinances of baptism and marriage so that those who lived and died before Joseph Smith founded the church in 1830 can enjoy the benefits of God's grace. The vault contains six separate chambers, each 200 feet long, 30 feet wide and 15 feet tall. The entire vault, dug into the side of the canyon, lies 800 to 900 feet under the mountaintop. The microfilm records are maintained at a temperature below 70 degrees Fahrenheit and at a humidity below 35 percent. Due to the need for a controlled environment, visitors are not permitted, but MSNBC's 360- degree surround video gives you a sense of what one sees at the mouth of the vault. Anyone can use the materials at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City free of charge. They may also borrow materials for a small handling fee at any one of the library's 3,200 branches. A tiny, but important portion of that is available by computer. In 1978, the church began computerizing some of its records in a program dubbed FamilySearch. The program is currently only offered at libraries and branch libraries. The church won't sell FamilySearch to individuals because it can't afford to offer everyone support for DOS, the older operating system the program requires. That makes it the perfect candidate for putting on the Web. With 2 billion rolls of microfilm, 700,000 microfiches and 280,000 books, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (www.lds.org) is the ultimate source for many genealogists. One of the first FamilySearch databases expected to be offered on line is Ancestral File. The simple database lets surfers type in names and find family trees compiled by other researchers, mostly amateurs. "As useful as that can be, the information is only as good as the person who submitted it," said Arends. "I'd personaly like to see more primary sources being put online." The International Genealogical Index, also part of FamilySearch, lets researchers search millions of marriage, death and birth records taken from records in the United States and abroad. The church won't say if the index will be offered on the Web site. Even with thousands of church volunteers typing the information from original records into computers, "We can digitize only a tiny fraction of what we capture each year," said David Rencher, manager of public outreach for the Family History Department of the Mormon Church. Still, the output is impressive. Over the past year, the church not only updated FamilySearch, but also released five sets of CD-ROMs reaching back 450 years and ranging from Australian Vital Records to the 1851 British Census. In 1999, it will release the full 1880 U.S. Census and the 1881 British Census, both on CD-ROM. Church volunteers are also working on a 17 million-person database of Ellis Island immigrants that will be released on CD-ROM by the church, posted online by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation (www.ellisisland.org) and made available at the new American Family Immigrant History Center due to open late next year on Ellis Island. "There's no doubt the interest in genealogy is very high out there," said Peg Zitko, director of public affairs for the Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation. "Our Web site has gotten 67 million hits in 14 months, and we get hundreds of e-mails every week. Ninety percent of them are looking for genealogy records." "Certainly computerization and the Net have made it easier to do genealogy," said Rencher. "You get on a browser and there's a link to a genealogy site and you just go with it and before you know it, you're up all night searching." Raymond Stallcup knows just what Rencher means. More at home driving the West Texas desert in his pickup truck than sitting in a library, this "old oil hand" from Monahans, Texas, figures he has logged hundreds of hours researching his family name on the Internet over the last year. "I don't know that I would have done any of it if I'd had to look it up in the library," he said. Still, the Net has its drawbacks. "The bad information gets around as fast as the good," Stallcup said. "Everything you look at ain't necessarily true." The pros couldn't agree more. Many bemoan the messes created by sloppy family trees and bad research posted and reposted on the Web. But some figure that the only antidote to all the bad information floating out there is good information, and lots of it. "As important sources become easier to find and easier to access, we see better work by more people," said Wylie. "That is the payoff for opening the (Mormon) databases to the Internet." MSNBC's Tom Curry contributed to this report.

Dear Kay Lynn, Congradulations ! ! ! The Will Book # 4 is done ! ! ! Wonderful !!! The folks of Hyde County are very lucky that a person of your caliber cares so much, gives so much, to shed a little more light on the lives and times of our ancestors. Every time I receive praise for the Hyde Pages, it should really go to You, to the Folks at the High Tides: Betty, Ellen and R. S., and the many other Hyde researchers (you know who you are!), who have done so much to help others in their search. My sincerest Thanks to You, to All of You. John PS - I will ask Sonya, the Hyde Co. Archivist, to upload Will Book # 4 to the Hyde Co. Archives for easier downloading. Thanks again.

Folks, Would anyone who has any CDs who would do a few lookups for me please let me know. Thanks You. John B. McGowan jmack@bbs.carolina.net

Good afternoon. First time posting. Dempsey Williamson was on the HYDE Co. NC Census in 1790/1800/1820. He was married to Charity Swindell. I'm not sure if that is her maiden or middle name. She was born in NC around 1777 and died in Collin Co. TX. I have a group of people who traveled from NC through Gibson Co TN and into Collin Co TX for more than 100 years. I would appreciate any information you may have. Thank you for your time. Norby Williamson Belvidere, IL NorbyW@aol.com - ------------------------------ Norby, Did you check out the Hyde County Migrations Page, at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEMOVE.HTM ??? If you do, you will find the below information with the email address of Dr. Swindell. Please use the search engine I have provided for your use. Or better yet, browse the various pages. You'll miss out on a lot if you don't. Hopefully you wouldn't buy a book just to read one page. John ------------------------------- SWINDELLS: Dr. Robert Swindell Hollowell Swindell (1792-1847) s/o Joshua & Margaret (Rascoe) Swindell m. to Margaret 'Peggy" Williamson (1800-1838) - 1816 d/o Dempsey & Charity (Swindell) Williamson >From Hyde Co., NC to Randolph Co., NC - by 1812 >From Randolph Co., NC to White Co., TN - 1818 >From White Co., TN to Carroll Co., TN - 1825 >From Carroll Co., TN to Gibson Co., TN - 1843 (Children:Dempsey, James, Joshua, Elizabeth, Sarah, Christopher and Henry. By 2nd wife: Margaret, William and Susan.) (Margaret's mother, Charity (Swindell) Williamson d. in Gibson Co., TN.) -------------------------------

Good afternoon. First time posting. Dempsey Williamson was on the HYDE Co. NC Census in 1790/1800/1820. He was married to Charity Swindell. I'm not sure if that is her maiden or middle name. She was born in NC around 1777 and died in Collin Co. TX. I have a group of people who traveled from NC through Gibson Co TN and into Collin Co TX for more than 100 years. I would appreciate any information you may have. Thank you for your time. Norby Williamson Belvidere, IL

I am looking for Slys in North Carolina. My 4th great-grandfather John Sly was born in 1764 in Duchess Co, NY. We have taken the tree back to various parts of the Eastern Seaboard and wonder if there are any people who are researching Sly in that part of the USA. Hope to hear you soon. Sue ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Folks, Here's another new Query. As with the previous queries I've posted to the list, please Reply to the sender, eamil address below, and not to me. Thanks, John ------------------------------------ NOLEN / WILKINSON Buck Rosenthal < buckrosent@aol.com > February 22, 1999 Seeking information on Ann NOLEN, born NC 1787. Her parents owned a plantation with 99 slaves. She married (___?___) WILKINSON and had 12 children. I know names of only four, Marvel, David, Noah and Margaret. I'm told Hyde County was where the WILKINSON's lived. I haven't learned the name of Ann's husband. The WILKINSON family left NC about 1821-22 when Margaret was one year old. I believe they were in Tennessee until Ann and four of the children surfaced in Liningston Co., KY. My great grandfather, David, married Catherine BAIRD, 1838 in Smithland, Livingston Co., KY. In 1850 David and family were living in Macoupin Co., IL and my gggrandmother Ann was living with a son Noah Hampton WILKINSON in St, Clair Co., IL. Any assistance will be appreciated.

Folks, Below is a query I have just posted to the Hyde Co. Query Page on the GIBBS, another of our families which had branches who moved West to Tennessee in the early 1800's. I urge anyone who can to please give assistance to what I call in my McGowan family, "Our Western Cousins." I have been attempting over the past two years to compile information on those who migrated to, and from, Hyde County, which I have posted on the Hyde Migrations Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEMOVE.HTM I would appreciate anyone with information on when and how their ancestors moved to / from Hyde County to share it with us. It may be of great assistance to others. Thanks, John ----------------------------------------------- GIBBS FAMILY IN TENNESSEE Larry Gibbs DenverGi@webtv.net February 22, 1999 I am trying to determine origin of my great great grandfather, Jesse GIBBS, born in 1816, in Warren Co., TN. Warren Co. originally was part of White Co., TN. The list of Hyde Migrations shows the following: Bartee, Benjamin, Casin, Jesse and Uriah Gibbs. Can you provide any more info on these people, such as birthdates, relationship to each other, etc.? There have been suggestions from Warren Co. research that my Jesse may have been the son of Uriah, or of an earlier Jesse. The earlier Jesse is mentioned in a Warren Co. history, as being in his twenties and a Captain in the War of 1812, but no military record has ever been located by myself. I am wondering if the Jesse listed in the Hyde Co. migrations may have been the same as Jesse who was in War of 1812; and if my GGGF may have been his son, or his brother's (Uriah?) son. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I have been trying to locate this info for ten years. - ------------------------------ John, I am from Tennessee, (retired in Florida now), and have done extensive research in Warren and DeKalb Cos., TN on the GIBBS. I have only recently become aware of the White Co., TN connection, then hence the Hyde Co., NC link. My wife and I have done genealogy research in North Carolina, in person on two separate episodes. (Her family and ancestors are/were natives of Carolina). If we can make a strong likelihood of connection to the GIBBS of Hyde Co., we will probably make another trip up, to see what we can learn about the line back to Henry GIBBS, Sr., who you mentioned, and his origins. Also would like to know what prompted the migration to Tennessee. I will, of course, share any information I have on the Warren Co., TN GIBBS. Again, I appreciate your assistance. Larry Gibbs ------------------------------------------------

Folks, The 1874 Tax List for Hyde County is now online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/1874TAX.HTM This was transcribed by Sybble Smithwick in 1989 and includes the townships of Currituck, Swan Quarter, Fairfield, Ocracoke and Lake Landing. Since Lake Landing District was so large, I had to split it into two files: A - L and M - Y. Anyone having other Hyde Tax Lists, especially those from our pre-1790 Census, please let me know. Thanks, John ----------------------------------------------

Folks, the below was on the White Co., TN Mailing List and concerns the Swindell family which moved there from Hyde County in the early 1800's. John - ---------------------------- TNWHITE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 19 Today's Topics: #2 [TNWHITE-L] ROBERTS and SWINDLE fa [GENENUT@aol.com] ______________________________ Looking for descendants of Thomas ROBERTS and Isabella SWINDLE. Thomas born about 1822 Tennessee. Married Isabella SWINDLE 7 April 1841 White Co., Tn. Located 1850 Cape Girardeau, Mo. and 1870 Bollinger Co., Mo. Thomas was probably a brother of Ellis ROBERTS b. 29 September 1812 Anderson Co., Tn. He married Dianah SWINDLE 20 September 1839 White Co., Tn. Ellis died March 17, 1855 Bollinger Co., Mo. Known children of Thomas and Isabella: John (may have been by prior marriage), Sarah Jane, Kissen, Margaret and Thomas. The younger Thomas married Roxy MOORE 11 December 1868 Bollinger Co., Mo. and had a son, Thomas born 1869. Ellis and Dianah had the following known children: Emily, Isabella, George and Wesley. Gail in Moreno Valley, Ca. ______________________________

Folks, I've begun posting the Hyde County 1874 Tax List online. Currituck District is now onlie and I'm now working on the Swan Quarter District. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/1874TAX.HTM I would appreciate it if anyone who has transcribed other Hyde County Tax Lists would contact me. Thanks. John ---------------------------------------------

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Folks, This from your NCGenWeb. If you have data on marriages to contribute, contact Elizabeth Hirris. < ncgen@mindspring.com > John - ---------------------------- NCGENWEB-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 33 Today's Topics: #1 NC Marriages Database [ncgen@mindspring.com (Elizabeth Harris)] ______________________________ Just in time for Valentine's Day! I am delighted to be able to announce the brand-new NC Marriages Database, currently in beta-test version for your enjoyment and comments: http://tn-1.rootsweb.com/~marce/ncarolina/index.html Marceline Beem, please take a bow! Marce did the scripts for this new feature, and it is really neat. Sonya Woosley put in all those marriage records from Judith Manley's 500k text file that we've been using for several years, and I added some marriages from my personal files and from Quaker and Moravian church records. At last count we had 4,957 records already in the database. I'm very curious to see how fast it's going to grow once the rest of you start adding data. Thanks also to our team of pre-testers who made many useful suggestions. We've been discussing whether to go ahead and release this to the whole world immediately, or just keep it in-house for the North Carolina CCs for a few days. I think we'll play it by ear, but for today, it's just for us. Enjoy! And please report any problems. This is a beta version, as I said, and we can still make changes. Elizabeth Harris ncgen@mindspring.com state coordinator for NCGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ ---------------------------------

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Hello........ My name is Deborah Dickerson and I researching my roots in Hyde county... I have a deceased Grandmother from hyde county.... Her name was LAURA TOLSON.... there were two TOLSON's that were her brothers...JOHN and CHARLES... and I believe CHARLES lived in Ocracoke for his entire life.... I am looking for any information of these people I can find.... I understand that there is a Native American connection.. and the only thing i have is a picture of an "AUNT JANE": that closely resembles a native american woman My Grandmother was born in 1898 .and her mother was CORDELIA WILLIS born in 1863 in Hatteras and father was JOHN TOLSON born in 1860 in Hatteras,NC.. i dont' know where from there ...... ........ so.... if you know anything i would appreciate any light you could shed on this. Deb Dickerson -----Original Message-----