Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/JohnstonObits/43 Surname: Bridgers, Medlin, Brannen, Nichols ------------------------- I need dates, parents, children, burial location on Asa Jackson Underwood (born c 1838) and his wife, Nancy "Nannie" Bridgers from around Selma, Johnston Co, NC. They were married 12/27/1859 in Wake County, NC. She was daughter of George & Elizabeth Nichols Bridgers. Any information on her parents also needed. email directly to Joannwil@aol.com

Whenever definitive plans are panned out for this reunion, I'd like to know. That way I'll plan a bus trip for my family and their friends who used to live in Johnston County. We're Davis, Moore, Barnes, Williams, Horton, Atkinson, Womack and Revell.... Christina Page Grandddaughter of Bessie Mae Davis and James Stedman Womack of Pine Level, NC

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1828 Surname: DAVIS, PAGE, STEPHENS, STOKELY ------------------------- Hi Kevin, Thanks very much for your reply. I've emailed you directly today about these families. Will be glad to share what I have. Carol

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Johnston/1827 Surname: Hall, Mize, Thompson, Cole, Myrick, Rhodes ------------------------- Wish I could help you but I know nothing at all about the Hollands. I am researching the Hall family and I know the Halls and the Hollands intermarried into the George family, but can't get the connection. Sorry, but none of your names ring a bell with me. The only Holland I have is a Basil Holland who married a George. Good luck. Sue

Nathaniel GILES married Maryan Bridges in Johnston County, NC on June 10, 1794. Does anyone know this family? Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net>

Dear Annie, Before this thread gets kicked off into personal e-mail only, I wanted to let you know of my interest in your reunion project. Please keep me posted of future plans. My Johnston Co roots go back to when dinosaurs ruled the earth. In fact, my father was born near Selma (O'Neal's Twp, I think?). I was born in CA (long story), but currently live in Monroe, Union Co, NC. So, a reunion in Johnston Co is just a day trip for me. Thanks for the great idea, Susan Michael widget@carolina.rr.com

Ann, I am sorry that my comments on the "query" system was upsetting to anyone. One problem may be that the query system post everything to this mailing list, "NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com". It's a little confusing to some as to where some of the messages are originally coming from. THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE TO DISCUSS THE REUNION! I am required to keep the query boards specific to queries. I believe that all of the people that are talking about the reunion are members of this mailing list, so you don't have to do go anywhere else but this mailing list to discuss this reunion. If I've confused you more, PLEASE EXCUSE ME AGAIN. Write me privately if you are still confused and I will try to babble a little more. As the owner of the Johnston web site, I will be glad to promote any sort of reunion you plan. I can't really speak for the Heritage Center, but I can give you my observations as to their ability to help and handle with such a large undertaking. My seemingly negative response was just fact. I see family reunions advertised every week in the Smithfield Herald. I see most of the tables and facilities in the Heritage Center being used every day. I see a great shortage of paid help there and another great shortage of volunteers. It seems to me that they have all they can handle to keep the doors open every day. I just cannot see how they can logically help much with such a large undertaking, IMHO! I see a large very unhappy crowd trying to get into the Heritage Center, JC Courthouse and other libraries. As far as myself, I spend several hours per day to keep the Johnston web site running, manage 35 GenConnect Query Boards, and several RootsWeb mailing list. It all sure is hard to keep up with, especially with the disability of MS. In a few weeks, I will have the 1840 census on the net. In less that a year we have put the 1784, 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830 census online. Do you have any idea at the "free" time spent to do this work? In another note, you call us "OLD fuddy-duddies". I think not! You obviously have no idea of how much is being done for you by either the Heritage Center or myself and how much we care for your interest in genealogy! OK! Sorry to have to upset you by asking you to move the query system discussion to this mailing list. Sorry you have taken my observations as negative interest. Let's stop the names calling and try to make this the best thing ever for Johnston County ancestors. What do we want to call this thing, "The Johnston County Heritage Day"? What can I do to help you make this work for you? Warren ann massengill wrote: > Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1820 > > Surname: massengill, robinson, wilson, lee, harrison, wells, nicholls, > ball, donaldson, george, deFiero, garrett > ------------------------- > > Warren, I perfectly understand that this bulletin board is not the appropriate > place to make plans for the Johnston County "invasion" next July. If you > will direct me (and in case I am not the only one so ignorant, the others > who have expressed interest -- Shelby Crocker Smith, John Hobby, Pearl > Weaver, Edward Black, Betty Stancil and Vicki Canipe) to the place you > recommend, I for one will be glad to take the discussion over there. > > I'm not sure how I came to be the ring-leader of this unruly bunch. All > I said was: "Doesn't anybody else ever go to Johnston County?" And there > followed from some quarters a resounding chorus of: "Great idea! When shall > we come?" > > As such plans as we may make progress -- if, in fact, this first effort > does get beyond a plan for those who wish to gather in Johnston County > the week of the 4th of July, 2001 -- I'm sure you could work in an occasional > mention of it in your site/digest. > > Obviously, you are very close to the people at the JCNC history center > and can give us good guidance as to their capacity and level of interest. > If you or they could answer my questions along these lines that were asked > when the conversation first began to gather steam, it would be of great > help in formalizing any such plans. (My main experience in mob leadership > was Woodstock. All I'm interested in, really, is a private porta-john!) > > Otherwise, we shall be there, wandering leaderless throughout the county, > no doubt over-running the Chamber of Commerce (if one exists) and the grounds > of every school and churchyard in search of someone who wants to talk to > us about anything involving our families. And if I know people, someone > (perhaps not the appropriate one or even the truthful one) will make good > money feeding our ancestor-worshipping appetites. > > My mother thinks it would be a good idea to block off the county with old-time > Pullman cars and a couple of dining cars from the ACL Museum so all who > attend may find accommodations there and enjoy an authentic experience > in the real history of the railroad! > > My mother is a 5-foot-tall, 85-pound, 80-year-old, soft-spoken, demure, > white-gloved doyenne of the old school. But she is NOT, repeat NOT, a gentle > Massengill, Wilson, Robinson, etc., born of the sandy earth and gently > rolling rivers of Eastern North Carolina. She is a Virginian of the South > Carolina persuasion whose ancestors slipped entirely through the Old North > State looking for better tobacco land and a decent rest stop, and she thinks > plans for a Johnston County North Carolina Reunion next summer are a wonderful > idea! I sure hope those businesses and industries that depend on the fine > services of AMTRAK, if any still do, can make alternative arrangements > to continue their business during this period. > > We haven't gone up against her too often since she and Daddy found themselves > crossing the Andes on a busful of field-hands who were snorting a suspicious > white powdery susbstance believed to be cocaine! Shortly thereafter, a > kind Brazilian diplomat gave up his entire hotel suite in Rio so they could > enjoy themselves during the World Cup! If we don't stop her soon, she'll > have arranged an entire Elderhostel all around us and invited ALL of her > friends. By then, she will have had the old carousel moved from Pullen > Park in Raleigh to keep the rest of us out of their way! > > Looking forward to hearing from you in regard to a better place! > > Annie > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1826 Surname: Eatman, Price ------------------------- If you do find that Harriet is your line, I would very much appreciate knowing more on her lines. Harriet's sister, Nancy Ann is the line from which we descend. You may contact me personally at: jasizer@bellsouth.net or through this board.

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1824 Surname: Eatman ------------------------- I believe Harriet Eatman was my great grandmother. I'm originally from Johnston Co.-- I will look at my info to check on Harriet. Fred Eatman

Thank you for your encouraging words! I felt really down after I read Warren message about how this is not the right place, etc., etc., and I'm thinking Boy! what a bunch of OLD fuddy-duddies... to be so "into" the names of their great-great-sires and to seem so completely uncaring ABOUT them! And, Freda, if we hadn't had this little conversation, I would never have connected the family name Robinson to my great-great-grandmother Melissa Robinson, who married into the Wilson side, with Robeson County, which has not enjoyed the best of reputations during the past 20 years! Though now that I think of it, Great-Uncle Alfred Robinson Wilson, a public official in Durham County, could not get along with his wife Florence. So as I recall being told as a child, he sent her to live with their son, John Wilson in Lumberton, the seat of Robeson County! Please tell me something about yourself and, as we say in the South, who ARE your people? Do you have any "old Johnston County stories" to share? Or any other old family stories... I love them all! I wish EVERYONE could know my mother -- it might help explained why I turned out to be a writer! She's a trip, but unfortunately no longer "receives". (I told that to a cousin a few years back -- he must have been a Garrett! -- you know, on the dense side of DUMB! -- and he asked me what that meant. I told him, "It means she has already met all the people she plans to meet." But I don't want to short-change my Daddy and his family. I just want to get to know them better. I am currently in search of a site where we can continue to plan this reunion and swap stories. I have asked Warren to clarify his message and help me out here, but so far I haven't heard anything. Since there've been so few out-pourings of support such as yours, I shall see to it that you are kept posted! Write me ANY TIME! Thanks again! Annie At 08:10 PM 10/1/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Hi...I have to tell you how much I enjoyed reading your letter on the list >to Warren. If someone has objected to the news about the planned reunion, >please don't be disturbed. Many of us who research in the Johnston County >area and who probably won't be able to attend the reunion are enjoying the >correspondence regarding the plans. > >I just regret that I don't know you and your Mother. I wish I could >connect my Robinson family to you folk who have such a wonderful sense of >humor. > >Best wishes for a wonderful reunion...Freda Roberson (Robinson) Noble > > >Researching: Roberson/Robinson, Wright, Solomon, Sills, Ingram, Thorton, >Regan, Sims, Boles, Carter, Jones, Riley > > >

Benjamin BRIDGES married Bearshaba GILES in Johnston County, NC on June 19, 1794. Does anyone know this family? Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net>

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Johnston/1823 Surname: HOLLAND ------------------------- Sue, I am looking for the Family of Willis B. Holland 1818-1869 born in NC, married Lucinda Barbee in Wake County in 1838 They should have family in Orange, Chatham, Johnston, and Wake . (David S. Holland was Bondsman for Willis and Lucinda) I can't get past Willis to his parents or sibblings. Can you help me? deborahdotk@yahoo.com

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1822 Surname: Eatman, Price ------------------------- Do you know if this line connects in any way to that of Kimbrel Eatman (born about 1812) who married Piety Price (born about 1817 dau of Willie Price and Elizabeth ?)on 10 Apr 1840 in Johnston County? The known children of Kimbrel and Piety are: Harriet, Harris, Haywood, Everett, Griffin, Zilpha or Zelpha, Joseph, Leroy and Nancy Ann. Would like to connect with anyone researching any of the above. You can contact me at: jasizer@bellsouth.net

--- ann massengill <nicojak@ftc-i.net> wrote: > Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum > Reply Here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1820 > > Surname: massengill, robinson, wilson, lee, > harrison, wells, nicholls, > ball, donaldson, george, deFiero, garrett > ------------------------- > > Warren, I perfectly understand that this bulletin > board is not the appropriate > place to make plans for the Johnston County > "invasion" next July. If you > will direct me (and in case I am not the only one so > ignorant, the others > who have expressed interest -- Shelby Crocker Smith, > John Hobby, Pearl > Weaver, Edward Black, Betty Stancil and Vicki > Canipe) to the place you > recommend, I for one will be glad to take the > discussion over there. > > I'm not sure how I came to be the ring-leader of > this unruly bunch. All > I said was: "Doesn't anybody else ever go to > Johnston County?" And there > followed from some quarters a resounding chorus of: > "Great idea! When shall > we come?" > > As such plans as we may make progress -- if, in > fact, this first effort > does get beyond a plan for those who wish to gather > in Johnston County > the week of the 4th of July, 2001 -- I'm sure you > could work in an occasional > mention of it in your site/digest. > > Obviously, you are very close to the people at the > JCNC history center > and can give us good guidance as to their capacity > and level of interest. > If you or they could answer my questions along these > lines that were asked > when the conversation first began to gather steam, > it would be of great > help in formalizing any such plans. (My main > experience in mob leadership > was Woodstock. All I'm interested in, really, is a > private porta-john!) > > Otherwise, we shall be there, wandering leaderless > throughout the county, > no doubt over-running the Chamber of Commerce (if > one exists) and the grounds > of every school and churchyard in search of someone > who wants to talk to > us about anything involving our families. And if I > know people, someone > (perhaps not the appropriate one or even the > truthful one) will make good > money feeding our ancestor-worshipping appetites. > > My mother thinks it would be a good idea to block > off the county with old-time > Pullman cars and a couple of dining cars from the > ACL Museum so all who > attend may find accommodations there and enjoy an > authentic experience > in the real history of the railroad! > > My mother is a 5-foot-tall, 85-pound, 80-year-old, > soft-spoken, demure, > white-gloved doyenne of the old school. But she is > NOT, repeat NOT, a gentle > Massengill, Wilson, Robinson, etc., born of the > sandy earth and gently > rolling rivers of Eastern North Carolina. She is a > Virginian of the South > Carolina persuasion whose ancestors slipped entirely > through the Old North > State looking for better tobacco land and a decent > rest stop, and she thinks > plans for a Johnston County North Carolina Reunion > next summer are a wonderful > idea! I sure hope those businesses and industries > that depend on the fine > services of AMTRAK, if any still do, can make > alternative arrangements > to continue their business during this period. > > We haven't gone up against her too often since she > and Daddy found themselves > crossing the Andes on a busful of field-hands who > were snorting a suspicious > white powdery susbstance believed to be cocaine! > Shortly thereafter, a > kind Brazilian diplomat gave up his entire hotel > suite in Rio so they could > enjoy themselves during the World Cup! If we don't > stop her soon, she'll > have arranged an entire Elderhostel all around us > and invited ALL of her > friends. By then, she will have had the old carousel > moved from Pullen > Park in Raleigh to keep the rest of us out of their > way! > > Looking forward to hearing from you in regard to a > better place! > > Annie > > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > Celebrate your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > Anne: There is a large meeting house overlooking the Neuse River In Smithfield, NC, on the corner of Market and Front Streets. It is two blocks from the Heritage Center. The name of the meeting house is "The Skinner House." Years ago it was used for meetings, weddings, and reunion get togethers. Maybe Warren could check into its use for the specified time. Surely those attending could contribute to the use of the building. I also enjoy your family flashbacks. I would love to read about the Strickland flashbacks too if anyone could air them. M. Lourdes a Smithfield native in Norwich, Connecticut __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1821 Surname: Harrison Jenkins Eatman Ricks Horn Grice Houlder Farmer Atkinson ------------------------- Are the Eatman's in Johnston county related to the Eatman/Eatmon's in Nash/Edgecombe?

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1820 Surname: massengill, robinson, wilson, lee, harrison, wells, nicholls, ball, donaldson, george, deFiero, garrett ------------------------- Warren, I perfectly understand that this bulletin board is not the appropriate place to make plans for the Johnston County "invasion" next July. If you will direct me (and in case I am not the only one so ignorant, the others who have expressed interest -- Shelby Crocker Smith, John Hobby, Pearl Weaver, Edward Black, Betty Stancil and Vicki Canipe) to the place you recommend, I for one will be glad to take the discussion over there. I'm not sure how I came to be the ring-leader of this unruly bunch. All I said was: "Doesn't anybody else ever go to Johnston County?" And there followed from some quarters a resounding chorus of: "Great idea! When shall we come?" As such plans as we may make progress -- if, in fact, this first effort does get beyond a plan for those who wish to gather in Johnston County the week of the 4th of July, 2001 -- I'm sure you could work in an occasional mention of it in your site/digest. Obviously, you are very close to the people at the JCNC history center and can give us good guidance as to their capacity and level of interest. If you or they could answer my questions along these lines that were asked when the conversation first began to gather steam, it would be of great help in formalizing any such plans. (My main experience in mob leadership was Woodstock. All I'm interested in, really, is a private porta-john!) Otherwise, we shall be there, wandering leaderless throughout the county, no doubt over-running the Chamber of Commerce (if one exists) and the grounds of every school and churchyard in search of someone who wants to talk to us about anything involving our families. And if I know people, someone (perhaps not the appropriate one or even the truthful one) will make good money feeding our ancestor-worshipping appetites. My mother thinks it would be a good idea to block off the county with old-time Pullman cars and a couple of dining cars from the ACL Museum so all who attend may find accommodations there and enjoy an authentic experience in the real history of the railroad! My mother is a 5-foot-tall, 85-pound, 80-year-old, soft-spoken, demure, white-gloved doyenne of the old school. But she is NOT, repeat NOT, a gentle Massengill, Wilson, Robinson, etc., born of the sandy earth and gently rolling rivers of Eastern North Carolina. She is a Virginian of the South Carolina persuasion whose ancestors slipped entirely through the Old North State looking for better tobacco land and a decent rest stop, and she thinks plans for a Johnston County North Carolina Reunion next summer are a wonderful idea! I sure hope those businesses and industries that depend on the fine services of AMTRAK, if any still do, can make alternative arrangements to continue their business during this period. We haven't gone up against her too often since she and Daddy found themselves crossing the Andes on a busful of field-hands who were snorting a suspicious white powdery susbstance believed to be cocaine! Shortly thereafter, a kind Brazilian diplomat gave up his entire hotel suite in Rio so they could enjoy themselves during the World Cup! If we don't stop her soon, she'll have arranged an entire Elderhostel all around us and invited ALL of her friends. By then, she will have had the old carousel moved from Pullen Park in Raleigh to keep the rest of us out of their way! Looking forward to hearing from you in regard to a better place! Annie

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1819 Surname: Watson, Wells ------------------------- I am looking for information about my GGF and his parents. His name is/was Robert L. WELLS, and his parents names(as listed on the death certificate) were E. Wells and Serena Morris Wells. His Obituary lists a brother, H.S. WELLS and a sister, Mrs Joseph WATSON, both living in Kenly, Johnston Co, N.C. Any information on any of these persons will be greatly appreciated. Robert Lee WELLS b May 8, 1866 d March 20, 1949

Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1818 Surname: Taylor ------------------------- One of my great grandfather's sisters, Frances "Frankie" Taylor married A.P. Grice and moved to Johnston Co. in the mid to late 1800s. Would like to exchange info with anyone from her family.

According to an entry in the "Heritage of Johnston County" by Mildred S. Strickland, "Joshua Sr. was born in old Dobbs County. He married Sally Stanford and migrated to Johnston County where his will was probated in 1835." Old Dobbs county is generally where Greene and Lenoir counties are today. This would imply that Sally was born outside of Johnston County perhaps Dobbs. Dobbs was dropped as a county in 1791. Joshua Creech was listed in the census taken on 16 March 1787 in Johnston Co. There is a Joshua Creach (Note Spelling) listed in North Carolina Taxpayers for Dobbs County in 1779. This could be the same person. There are some Stanford's listed in the NorthCarolina lists of taxpayers. They are: James Stanford (Randolph Co. 1779) Thomas Stanford (Bute Co. 1771) note Bute was abolished in 1779 - Where Warren and Franklin counties are today William Stanford (Bute Co. 1771) Thomas Stanford (FMV 1771) William Stanford (FMV 1771) John Stanford (Rutherford Co. 1782) Sarah Stanford (Beaufort Co. 1779) You might try looking for wills, etc for these people in an attempt to find Sally's father. It could also be she was born in Virginia. A lot of people moved into NC from VA around that time. Hope that helps, -Carl Oehmann ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert L. Dibble <rldibble@AOL.COM> To: <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: [NCJOHNST] Sally Stanford > Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1775 > > Surname: Stanford, Creech > ------------------------- > > I am looking for information re: Sally Stanford (b. ca. 1753; d. ca. 1835) > of Johnston Co., NC. She married Joshua Creech, Sr. (b. ca. 1754; d. 13 > May 1835), also of Johnston Co. The Stanford name comes forward in the > Creech line, with a Stanford Creech, grandson of Joshua and Sally, son > of Jesse s. Creech, Sr. and Margaret Worley. He, in turn, names a son: > Charles Stanford Creech (my great-grandfather). I cannot find any Stanfords > in the Johnston Co. census records. Any help would be appreciated. > > Bob > > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > >

Edward, saw your post re: Pilkinton. My wife decends from Ransom Pilkington who m Hannah Spencer through their son Ira P. I do not have a daughter for Ransom or a sister for him either named Mary. I believe but cannot yet prove ( but will ) that Ransom is the son of Hardy and Sarah Cockrell Pilkington and that Hardy is the son of Richard and Maryann Davis Pilkinton. I have got dates and some additional information for some of these folks, if Mary is related to Ransom then I missed her or am on the wrong tract ( won't be the first time ) If you would please forward any info on Mary ( dates places etc. ) who m William Scott. I will be happy to share any info I have on this family. Ransom b ~ 1836 Hal Jordan