Hello, I am hoping someone can tell me Jane's maiden name. She was born in 1828 and married Augustus Latham probably in Hyde Co. Augustus Latham was born 4 Feb 1823 and died 21 May 1877. I am assuming that Jane died before he did because she is not mentioned in his will which was probated in Beaufort Co. Any help would be appreciated. Respectfully, donna brand higgins dbrand@hpnc.com Texas

Folks, I have today posted these queries to the Hyde County Query Page. John --------------------- BARTEE / CREDLE / ROPER RicksBNE@aol.com Betty Ricks Nov. 7, 1998 Seeking information on Dorcas BARTEE (there seems to be information on her sister, but not on Dorcas), and Alice CREDLE who married John Wesley ROPER. I can find some information on Alice CREDLE ROPER, but little information on John Wesley ROPER. He was the son of Frederick ROPER. Thanks for any help you can give. --------------------- DUNBAR / BAYNOR Virgo90675@AOL.Com B.J. Rountree Nov. 14, 1998 Seeking information and ancestors of Prushey Ann DUNBAR, daughter of Alexander Norfleet and Sarah C. DUNBAR (New Lake). Prushey Ann DUNBAR was born in 1893 and married John Henry BAYNOR from Beaufort County. She died in 1941 and is buried in the Long Acres Christian Church Cemetery. Researching surnames: BAYNOR, BOWEN, DUNBAR, RESPESS and SKITTLETHORPE. --------------------- GIBBS / O'NEAL poppabear@cconnect.net Bill Smith Nov. 14, 1998 I am looking for information on my slave ancestors, in the Wills, Deeds, and other slaveholders papers. My gggrandfather Anson GIBBS b. 1810, he was owned by Benjamin M. GIBBS who left him to his four youngest children in 1859. Adam GIBBS the son of Anson was owned by Benjamin M. GIBBS who left him to his son William H. GIBBS. My gggrandmother Louisa O'NEAL b.1820 was sold to W. O'NEAL by Noah BELL in 1827. In 1853 she was will to William O'Neal wife Claussa O'NEAL. Any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Keep The Faith Researching NC: SMITH / GIBBS / MIDGET or MIDYETTE / MOORE / JENNETT / BALLANCE / O'NEAL / JONES / SAWYER / CREDLE / BELL / MCCOTTER / CLARK / SLADE / WARNER / GREEN. --------------------- JONES Van@datastacks.com Van ___?___ Nov. 8, 1998 I'm looking for information of the family, both decendents and ancestors of Samual JONES, Sr. He was born around 1795 and 1805. His sons were Samual JONES and Edward F. JONES. --------------------- SAWYER lmcleod@nceye.net Louise Jarvis McLeod Nov. 14, 1998 My SAWYER line is from Hyde County, NC. Betsy SAWYER, b. March 1814, d. Jan. 1903, married Jonathan JARVIS. Her father was Zephenias (Zephaniah) SAWYER and her mother was Elizabeth. His father may have been James SAWYER. Can anyone confirm this? Thank You. ---------------------

I am looking for any survey listing the cemeteries in Hyde County and who is buried in them.

Searching for the parents and siblings of my ggf Edward COOPER, born Abt. 1810, probably in Martin County, North Carolina. Sometime between 1860 and 1870 he moved to Hyde County, North Carolina. His children were: James COOPER, b. Abt 1842, probably in Martin County, NC Francis COOPER, b. Abt 1852, probably in Martin County, NC Sylvanus COOPER, b. April 1855 in Jamesville, Martin County, NC **Sylvanus' wives were Sally (?) and Rebecca ROSE, b. Abt 1861, daughter of Samuel W. ROSE and Caroline Amanda SMITH Joseph COOPER, b. Abt 1858 in Jamesville, Martin County, NC George Edward COOPER, b. Abt 1860, either Martin or Hyde Co. NC **George's wife was Mary Ellen LIVERMAN, b. September 1861, daughter of William LIVERMAN and Eleanor GALLAGHER. Martha COOPER, b. Abt. 1865, either in Martin or Hyde Co. NC Jesse COOPER, b. Abt 1869, either in Martin or Hyde Co. NC One of Edward COOPER's wives probably was Caroline Sawyer, other given names for possible wives are Levina, Fanny and Elizabeth. Looking for any help and willing to share information. Ruffin R Cooper rrcooper@erols.com

Searching for the parents and siblings of my ggf Edward COOPER, born Abt. 1810, probably in Martin County, North Carolina. Sometime between 1860 and 1870 he moved to Hyde County, North Carolina. His children were: James COOPER, b. Abt 1842, probably in Martin County, NC Francis COOPER, b. Abt 1852, probably in Martin County, NC Sylvanus COOPER, b. April 1855 in Jamesville, Martin County, NC **Sylvanus' wives were Sally (?) and Rebecca ROSE, b. Abt 1861, daughter of Samuel W. ROSE and Caroline Amanda SMITH Joseph COOPER, b. Abt 1858 in Jamesville, Martin County, NC George Edward COOPER, b. Abt 1860, either Martin or Hyde Co. NC **George's wife was Mary Ellen LIVERMAN, b. September 1861, daughter of William LIVERMAN and Eleanor GALLAGHER. Martha COOPER, b. Abt. 1865, either in Martin or Hyde Co. NC Jesse COOPER, b. Abt 1869, either in Martin or Hyde Co. NC One of Edward COOPER's wives probably was Caroline Sawyer, other given names for possible wives are Levina, Fanny and Elizabeth. Looking for any help and willing to share information. Ruffin R Cooper rrcooper@erols.com

Thanks to everyone for helping locate Bill Rhodes e-mail. Lillian

Hi Fellow Researcher, Does anyone have the correct e-mail address for Bill Rhodes. My e-mail was returned. The address I have is as follows: b2bill@juno.com Thanks Lillian

-----Original Message----- From: Ralph and Juliette Rodriguez <ralph@littlejoe.minden.nv.us> Subject: Hyde County Gibbs Family >Hi, I found your site in a search for Valentine Gibbs. I am trying to find >a link between my family and the >Gibbs family in Hyde County. Two of my ancestors were named Valentine, so >I am thinking that this is more >than a coincidence. I can trace my family back to Davidson County, >Tennessee. > >I requested the records for Valentine Gibbs from the North Carolina State >Archives, and they sent me a stack >of papers. There are many names, but since I haven't done much research in >Hyde County, I'm lost. I was >wondering if you have done any Gibbs research in Hyde, and if you have any >information on family >relationships for the following individuals: > Valentine Gibbs d. 1829 > wife: Phoebe? > > The administrator of Valentine's will is a William Watson. It >says something about > giving the estate over to Valentine's half-blood brothers and >sisters, but still lists > family members with the Gibbs name. Oliver is the one that is >mentioned the most. > > Cason Gibbs > Jefre Gibbs > Oliver Gibbs > Eliza Gibbs (orphan) > Seth Gibbs > Jordan A. Gibbs > Carney Gibbs > >It would be great if you could help me with this, or if you know of anyone >else who could. There are some >Swindells listed in the sale of the estate if you are interested in those >names. > >Thanks so much, > >Julie Gibbsralph@littlejoe.minden.nv.us >

Folks, I need help with the Hyde County Veterans. As most of you know, I have posted rosters of those who served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War. If you know any additions or corrections to these rosters, please let me know. I am now compiling rosters of our veterans who have served in the conflicts since the Civil War, i.e. the Spanish-American War, WW I, WW II, Korea, Viet Nam, and the Persian Gulf. Please send me information you may have on any veterans who served in the U.S. military in any of these conflicts. Also, anyone who would like to volunteer to help with this project, please contact me. Thanks, John

Folks, for any with Tyrrell County connections, please svisit the Tyrrell Co., NCGENWEB site, which is one of the very best County web sites online. John - - - - - - - Hi All - Continuing the tradition of bringing the Tyrrell County Court House to your home, please check out the Tyrrell County home page. A new item has been added. Gordon Basnight and I are transcribing the Tyrrell County Marriage Licenses from 1868 to 1920. This includes an index to brides, grooms, mothers and fathers. You can read the entire license on line. This is another ongoing project that will be added to periodically. Right now we have 1868 - 1880 and 1884 - 1889 on line with 1868 - 1880 indexed. Check it out and give me any suggestions for improvement you may have. Charley Barnes - - - - - - -

Helen Shaw wrote: > > I am Helen Brooks Shaw, born in North Charleston, SC, moved back to this > area after having lived in Washington, D.C., Iceland, Germany, then > Florida for 25 years. > My father was born in Leechville, NC. His father's families were all > from Hyde Co., his mother's families were from Beaufort Co. My mother > was from Rockingham Co., NC (Morgans and Carters). My mother taught > school in Belhaven, probably 1906-07 until she married in 1908. They > moved to the Charleston area in 1912. > Researching: Brooks, Farrow, Foreman, Martin, Jordon. Muse, Davis, > Daw, Gurganus, Winfield. > Problems: > (1) Origins of Stephen Brooks who died in 1776, buried in Mattamuskeet > Lake, Hyde Co. (He did NOT come from the Henry Brooks family of Conn.) > What happened to his son William? > (2) What were the names of the sons of Isaac Brooks, b. 1754, d. abt > 1799? > > Others from eastern NC who moved to the Charleston area in the early > 1900's: Ballance, Holland, Spruill, Cherry, Mayo, Tuxbury, Speight, > Davenport, Swain, Felton, Eure. I may be able to get some info on some > of them, but hurry since they are leaving us fast.

I am Helen Brooks Shaw, born in North Charleston, SC, moved back to this area after having lived in Washington, D.C., Iceland, Germany, then Florida for 25 years. My father was born in Leechville, NC. His father's families were all from Hyde Co., his mother's families were from Beaufort Co. My mother was from Rockingham Co., NC (Morgans and Carters). My mother taught school in Belhaven, probably 1906-07 until she married in 1908. They moved to the Charleston area in 1912. Researching: Brooks, Farrow, Foreman, Martin, Jordon. Muse, Davis, Daw, Gurganus, Winfield. Problems: (1) Origins of Stephen Brooks who died in 1776, buried in Mattamuskeet Lake, Hyde Co. (He did NOT come from the Henry Brooks family of Conn.) What happened to his son William? (2) What were the names of the sons of Isaac Brooks, b. 1754, d. abt 1799? Others from eastern NC who moved to the Charleston area in the early 1900's: Ballance, Holland, Spruill, Cherry, Mayo, Tuxbury, Speight, Davenport, Swain, Felton, Eure. I may be able to get some info on some of them, but hurry since they are leaving us fast.

Does anyone have a 1830 or 1840 census index. I am looking for a John Wesley King or Wesley King he was born about 1808. Thanks Lillian

Folks, I sent this to the List several days ago, but is seems it didn't go through. If you have already received it, please delete. John ------------------------------------------- Friends & Cousins, As List Manager, I have been lax in my duties, and will try to remedy that shortly. First of all, Rootsweb, which is the administrator for this list and many others, and gives up free space on the web for it, has a few "rules," as follows: No GEDCOM files No large databases No Attachments No shouting (all Caps) No Flame Wars Please Do Not post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale (unless it is a book dealing with greater Hyde County), off subject personal messages, flames, etc. (i.e. Spam), to the List. Spam, GEDCOM files, Attachments, etc. crash the server, thus we all suffer. On the setup page for a list, Rootsweb gives the List Manager the option of setting the maximun limit, in bytes, of how large each message can be. They suggest 20,000 bytes, which I have selected. That's about two typed pages. So may I suggest that in the future, if anyone has a large amount of interesting information to share with other subscribers, please write a description or outline of it, send it to the List and ask anyone who is interested in receiving more of the same to please let you know, "privately," i.e., send an email to you personally and not the list. I believe that this will serve the purpose of sharing your information with those who are interested and at the same time not filling up anyones mail box who doesn't want it. This is a new, small list and some of you are relatively new to Mailing Lists and the Internet itself. So please, let's stick to genealogical subjects and be patient with one another. I have been on other lists on which Flame Wars erupted and were almost totally destroyed. Be patient with each other. Some of the list members are experienced, others are not; but we were all new at one time. :) ** Use Your Delete Keys ** if the message is of no interest to you. (There is no longer any writing on my delete key, having been rubbed off from constant use. :-) One other item, if I may. I have set our List up as an Open List, which means anyone can send a message to the list, but only Subscribers can receive the messages. A Closed List is when only Subscribers can send and receive messages. However, one of the drawbacks of an Open List is that, on rare occasions, unscrupulous persons send unwanted, non-genealogical messages to the List, such as Business Advertisements, Pyramid schemes and unfortunately messages about sex related web sites. These messages are commonly called SPAM, and are the bane of all lists. If anyone receives such a message through the List, please notify me at once. As a matter of fact, I will leave it up to you, the subscribers, as to whether our List should be Open or Closed. If you have an opinion, please let me know *Privately*, not on the List. For any comments or questions, please contact me "privately." John B. McGowan jmack@carolina.net NCHYDE-L Mailing List http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/NCHYDE-L.HTM

I'm looking for info on Margaret McGowan-1806-PA d. 1859, St Charles Iowa. Married Thomas Cleland [ 1802, Pa]. Daughter Sarah Ross Cleland [1834, Madison Co. Iowa. John Minch San Juan Capistrano, CA

Hi Everyone, I have a different perspective about the posting of the Hollowell information. Here is a quote from a researcher on an African-American based list. "The biggest most difficult challenge in researching African-American genealogy is tracing and documenting our slave ancestory. Many European-American families today find it difficult to reveal the possibility their ancestors may have been slave owners. They don't realize that racial cooperation during this important genealogical research of both our histories is profoundly healing to all of us. I just wanted to again thank you for the invaluable information you have given me on this research journey of my mulatto Wannamaker family history. Without knowing which Wannamaker family line held slaves, I would have had to look for a needle in a haystack." I realize Vickki was looking for more information regarding her own family, but if I were a African-American researching Hollowell the naming of the Hollowell slaves in wills would be invaluable. I cannot begin to tell you the number of reseach hours it would take to obtain this type of information. I know of many African-American researchers who have worked for years trying to locate the families who owned their ancestors. Many are having the problem of slaves being sold, given as gifts, or willed to daughters (prior to their marriage), resulting in a change of surname. In essence, if you have this type of valuable information, please share it. I feel the very nature of most genealogist allows them to want to help someone else. I know I when I receive a "thank you", it makes me feel good inside. Okay, I'm getting off the soapbox now. Lillian Barnes Researching - BARBER, BRYANT, CHANCE, COLLINS, FULFORD, GIBBS, JENNETT, MACKEY, MIDGETTE

Thank you Robin, but it seems that at least two people were rather disturbed that I made the posts, and responded to me in a very negative manner. Suggestions from one was that I pay someone to do research for me, which I have no problem doing, but my intention was to share data. Thanks again. vhhighfi@gte.net http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/3462/ -----Original Message----- From: ROBIN GRIFFIN <robin.griffin2@gte.net> To: vhhighfi <vhhighfi@gte.net> Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 11:31 AM Subject: RE: [NCHYDE-L] Re: Hollowell family BOOK >don't apolagize.anything we can get can be agreat help. keep those posts coming. robin. i am researching for >my husband who family is originally from hyde county. > >-------- >>From: vhhighfi@gte.net >>To: robin.griffin2@gte.net >>Subject: RE: [NCHYDE-L] Re: Hollowell family BOOK >>Date: October 03, 1998 >> >>I apologize for the posts, and I certainly do not expect you to spend your >>LIFE'S WORK looking up information on the Hollowell family. My reason for >>the posts was to see if anyone on the list had information regarding the >>relationships to these people and to SHARE INFORMATION. If you choose "not >>to undertake the job of reading the 35 pages of Hollowell material" I sent, >>that is your choice. You also had the choice of not reading the posts nor >>printing them. Again, I apologize and will not post anything in the future. >>vhhighfi@gte.net >>http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/3462/ >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Caroline Coats <cjc@ewol.com> >>To: vhhighfi@gte.net <vhhighfi@gte.net> >>Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 4:13 AM >>Subject: Hollowell family BOOK >> >> >>>Although I have an extensive Hyde Co. library--as well as some of the >>>surrounding counties--I will not undertake the JOB of reading the 35 >>>PAGES of Hollowell material you sent (ALL ON OCTOBER 1.)I am a volunteer >>>and enjoy doing "look ups" BUT do not intend to make the Hollowell >>>family my "LIFES WORK." There are other people who ask a question or two >>>and send a little background--NOT A BOOK. Suggest #1--you either write >>>(they only charge $10 per question) or go to the archives (free) in >>>Raleigh or #2--hire a certified genealogist(cost???.) I, FOR ONE feel >>>you are asking TOO MUCH of any volunteer to even READ THE BOOK you sent. >>>Thought my printer would never stop. cjc@ewol.com >>> >> >

Vicki; My comment to you was hardly "very negative". In SIG's like this one it is the practice to "post" information or a question by providing the essential details. I belong to some SIG's that are "moderated" and your "post" would have been "snipped". Most people are scanning more than one SIG as well as other e-mail. So, it is a courtesy to try to be succinct. Then, if someone responds, you can send more "posts" to clarify your relationship and interests, and then arrange to send them your bulk data privately. I have had exchanges that were much larger than yours (Tree's of 4900 people), using direct e-mail connections. Ruffin R Cooper rrcooper@erols.com >Thank you Robin, but it seems that at least two people were rather disturbed >that I made the posts, and responded to me in a very negative manner. >Suggestions from one was that I pay someone to do research for me, which I >have no problem doing, but my intention was to share data. Thanks again.

I apologize for the posts, and I certainly do not expect you to spend your LIFE'S WORK looking up information on the Hollowell family. My reason for the posts was to see if anyone on the list had information regarding the relationships to these people and to SHARE INFORMATION. If you choose "not to undertake the job of reading the 35 pages of Hollowell material" I sent, that is your choice. You also had the choice of not reading the posts nor printing them. Again, I apologize and will not post anything in the future. vhhighfi@gte.net http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/3462/ -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Coats <cjc@ewol.com> To: vhhighfi@gte.net <vhhighfi@gte.net> Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 4:13 AM Subject: Hollowell family BOOK >Although I have an extensive Hyde Co. library--as well as some of the >surrounding counties--I will not undertake the JOB of reading the 35 >PAGES of Hollowell material you sent (ALL ON OCTOBER 1.)I am a volunteer >and enjoy doing "look ups" BUT do not intend to make the Hollowell >family my "LIFES WORK." There are other people who ask a question or two >and send a little background--NOT A BOOK. Suggest #1--you either write >(they only charge $10 per question) or go to the archives (free) in >Raleigh or #2--hire a certified genealogist(cost???.) I, FOR ONE feel >you are asking TOO MUCH of any volunteer to even READ THE BOOK you sent. >Thought my printer would never stop. cjc@ewol.com >

Well, I want it all, and have already pulled it into my Hyde family files. Thank you, Merlin Berry