You mention a Craven Worthington... In one document found, there a was a reference to Lenoir and Craven Lassiter. I found a mention of Lenoir Lassiter in a Nathan G. Bright's will in Macon Co. AL. but never again saw the name Craven Lassiter. Do you know if there could be a connection between Worthington and Lassiter families? Rose Parks

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10691 Surname: ABBOTT, WORTHINGTON ------------------------- THe Richard Montgomery Abbott Bible is found in one of Bill Murphy's Dobbs Co Bible Books. It gives his parents as Thomas and Cassandra Wetherington Abbott. Richard had two wives, Abseley Eleanor Abbott and Lucinda Abbott. The Bible states that Abseley was his first cousin daughter of of Samuel and Mary Sheppard Abbott. Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Lucinda Phillips Abbott. The Thomas Jefferson Abbott Bible is also in the Bible Books - his father was Samuel and Mary Peabody Abbott. I don't know what all these relationship were because this is not my line, but have some of it on my database because of allied marriages. Hope I have told you right on this. Would you be willing to post the old letters you have on Lenoir County Archives. They might be helpful to someone. I did not have any of Richard Montgomery's siblings. Martha

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10690 Surname: ------------------------- I wonder if your Lenior Co Justice's are part of my husbands family. One of his brothers was named Charles Roman Justice.

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10689 Surname: WORTHINGTON, ABBOTT, SHERMAN ------------------------- Am searching for information on the siblings and parents of my wife's great-great grandfather, RICHARD WORTHINGTON (1811 - 1856), who moved from Lenoir Co., N.C. to Georgia. His wife was PENELOPE ABBOTT (also born 1811). Their son, Craven A. Worthington (1832 - 1918), was my wife's gr.-gr. grandfather, and he moved here to Alabama from Georgia. We have a letter, dated 1856 (written when Richard Worthington died) from Penelope Worthington's brother, at Lenoir, N.C. This brother was named Richard M. Abbott. There is another letter from him dated in the 1870's. C. A. Worthington, a Civil War veteran, married Sarah Ann Sherman in Georgia. After his wife died, Craven's old-maid sister, Jane Worthington, moved in with him and kept house for him until he died in 1918. "Aunt Jane", as she was called, died in 1921. There were several other brothers and sisters. I have often wondered if C. A. Worthington ever went back to Lenoir Co. N.C. on a visit. Any information on either of these two families genuinely appreciated.

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10688 Surname: Harris, Williams ------------------------- In Lenior county, NC. I am looking for the parents of married couple Soloman Harris, b. 10-14-1861, d. 2-3-1912 and Mattie Williams, b. 9-26-1861, d. 4-13-1912. They lived in the area of Pink Hill and Trenton, Lenior county. Thanks

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10687 Surname: Baker, Sparrow ------------------------- Need help with this puzzel. I found the following on my last trip to Raleigh 1844 William Baker paid 60cent poll tax and 22.5 cents on 75 acres of land 1850 Lenoir Census Ann Baker age 22 listed with William K Baker age 2 - no adult male listed in dwelling -no other people in family #468 1860 Lenoir Census William Baker age12 living in Isaac Sparrow dwelling I found the following from Tyndall/Noble Estste records on Lenoir County site William T.? BAKER the son of Ann Jane BAKER was borned December the 2nd day in the year of our Lord 1847? Charity Ruffin BAKER the daughter of Ann Jane BAKER was borned November the 28 day in the year of our Lord 1854.***Another record states that this child fathered by Issac Sparrow*** These two births are the only ones that don't list the father In Lenoir Bile Records (NC, Lenoir, Bible, Isaac Sparrow) Charity Ruffin Sparrow the Daughter of Isaac Sparrow Jane his wife was borne November the 28 day in the year of our Lord 1854 So between 1847 and 1854 Isaac's wife gone-Jane's husband gone-and Issac and Jane start having children together Wondering what happened-Did William's father desert Jane and his young child or did he run off with Isaac Sparrows wife-or did they both die from disease Looking for some input thx Ben Link: Askew Family URL: <http://members.visi.net/~baskew>

In 1860 Greene Co census my ggrandmother was listed as Esther Farmer and in 1870 she was listed as Jackie Ann Farmer.Does anyone know if Jackie was a nickname for another name.I saw on another list that Ann was a nickname for Nancy. Christine

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Lenoir/10685 Surname: Deaver ------------------------- In reply to the Lenoir county post for Deaver/Bell. I will contact you by direct email this date. Thanks. Jim Deaver

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Lenoir/10684 Surname: Deaver, Bell ------------------------- I have a Lillie Deaver married to Cornelius Bell in New Bern, NC., on 2-16-1918. Not sure if her family was from Lenoir or not. Would appreciate any info you might have on Cornelius Bell line

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Lenoir/10683 Surname: Deaver, Bell ------------------------- I have a Lillie Deaver married to Cornelius Bell, born in New Bern 2-6-1918. Not sure if she or her family are from Lenoir, NC. Would appreciate any info you might have on Bell line.

Subject: Lenoir County Court House Hey, As you all know we are having to pay 1.00 for copies of records from Lenoir County. For wills, it is 1.25 for first sheet and then .25 each sheet thereafter for that one request. All other counties charge .25. Even the State Archives only charge .25 Lenoir county probably pays less than 15.00 for a case of paper with 5,000 sheets. They make 4,985 off that case of paper . That is a awfully lot. How much will you have to spend to get the copies that you really want from Lenoir County if you pay 1.00 each? I don't know about you, but me, it is well over 100.00. Not to mention what I have already spent. With as much research as we all have to do in Lenoir and if we want copies of the records we need to voice our concerns. This is the place to do it. Send this message to people you know who are also searching Lenoir County. North Carolina Department of Justice Citizens' Rights Section P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602-0629 Telephone: (919) 716-6780 Fax: (919) 716-6705 E-mail: agjus@mail.jus.state.nc.us According to the North Carolina Public Records Law statue 132.1 paragraph b. The public records and public information compiled by the agencies of North Carolina government or its subdivisions are the property of the people. Therefore, it is the policy of this State that the people may obtain copies of their public records and public information free or at minimal cost unless otherwise specifically provided by law. As used herein, "minimal cost" shall mean the actual cost of reproducing the public record or public information. Is Lenoir County saying that a sheet of paper cost them 1.00? They can't include the time it takes them to make the copy. We as taxpayers already pay for that. According to the North Carolina Public Records Law statue 132.6 Every custodian of public records shall permit any record in the custodian's custody to be inspected and examined at reasonable times and under reasonable supervision by any person, and shall, as promptly as possible, furnish copies thereof upon payment of any fees as may be prescribed by law. 132.6 (b) No person requesting to inspect and examine public records, or to obtain copies thereof, shall be required to disclose the purpose or motive for the request. How many times have you been in there to get a copy of something and have to fill out a paper stating why you want the information and how you are related to that person. Even have to show Identification.

FYI ...{:) Dan Fairfax Nashville, Tennessee dfairfax@nespower.com <mailto:dfairfax@nespower.com> ================= -----Original Message----- From: Allen Fairfax [mailto:fairfaxa@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:23 AM To: DFairfax@nespower.com Subject: Re: Loftins Crossroads - Catherine Loftin Dan, Remembered that a West (in reference to the Joseph Loftin m. Elizabeth West, parents of Catherine Loftin m. Strickland) was in the Peter Fairfax 1780 tax list, so checked out the West genforum and found this ... ****** John West and possibly a brother or two came into Grady County (then Thomas County ) before l840 or so. They had come from Kinston , N.C, and spent a year on the way to make a crop in Houston County. They were in a party of people including Hinsons. There are still members of that family around Midway community , 5 miles south of Cairo on Hwy 93S. ****** Houston County is also the location of a will by a Robert Fairfax (1870?) ... I forget exactly when it was, probably a search in US genwebarchives for Georgia will index it ...the above listings are all Georgia locations ... my great grandfather Ezell lived in Thomasville and I have worked with churches/community groups in both Cairo and Thomasville ... Here's the tax list just to peruse ... 3 1 Charles Markland 2,057 3 2 Jeremiah Loftin 9,730 3 3 John Dillahunty, Sr 1,318 3 4 George West 1,018 3 5 William Rogers 4,486 3 6 Mary Goodman 6,200 3 7 William Easterling 459 3 8 Jo! seph Taylor 6,952 3 9 William Belk 446 3 10 Samuel Roberts 2,040 3 11 Edward Woodham 2,882 3 12 Henry Easterling 149 3 13 Matthew Mason 91 3 14 Joseph Gleeton ! ; 146 3 15 Francis Benton 1,104 3 16 Herman Cox 1,658 3 17 Bibby Bush 4,532 3 18 Isaac Taylor 3,950 3 19 James Goodman 1,928 3 20 James Parker 2,472 3 21 Hester ! ; Stringer 3,232 3 22 Leonard Loftin 2,778 3 23 Drewry Andrews 674 3 24 John Galloway 390 3 25 John West 130 3 26 John Thomas 717 3 27 Joseph Benton 502 ! 3 28 Jesse Pipkin 5,069 3 29 Timothy Goodman 6,962 3 30 Andrew Hopkins 346 3 31 Peter Jones 142 3 32 Thomas Jones 655 3 33 William Lane 122 3 34 David ! Smith 5,640 3 35 Willowby Hawkins 103 3 36 Samuel Dillahunty 763 3 37 Jacob Jackson 1,974 3 38 Alexander Smith 9,000 3 39 Edward Carter 23,292 3 40 John Carter 1,924 3 41 Peter ! Fairfax 60 3 42 John Roberts 36 3 43 Isaac Hines 4,759 3 44 John Dillahunty 1,290 3 45 Joseph Barber 737 3 46 Constantine Whitfield 24,375 3 47 George Morgan 24 3 48 John &! nbsp; Tetterton 480 3 49 Margaret Jones 13,668 3 50 Joseph Tilghman 1,266 3 51 George Marshall 624 3 52 John Freeman 406 3 53 Elisha Freeman 1,133 3 54 James Jackson 96 3 55 Roger &nbs! p; Cauley 972 3 56 Moses Tilghman 1,000 3 57 Michael Pickle 1,000 3 58 Windall Davis 1,902 3 59 James Davis 4,425 3 60 James Davis, Jr. 1,512 3 61 Daniel Dillahunty 400 3 62 William &n! bsp; Tetterton 400 3 63 Henry Johnson 1,603 3 64 Thomas Johnson 1823 3 65 John Herritage 25,043 See ya later ... just got in from teaching up in Maine ... take care .. Allen _____ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com <http://explorer.msn.com>

Thanks. We are still working on finding the woman who did the canvass and the one who abstracted the 1850 Census. Have asked Pat in a private email to do a little phone work in Kinston and Sue is working the 1850 CEnsus. Martha >Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:31:07 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: parmor@wave-net.net Thu Apr 26 08:31:07 2001 >From: "Patricia Armor" <parmor@wave-net.net> >Old-To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:35:13 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 >X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 >Subject: [NCLENOIR] FAIRVIEW CEMETERY >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/413 >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >Martha, >Just to let you know that I am willing to help with the Fairview Cemetery Project. I scanned a cople of pages. They were a few things that needed correcting but otherwise looked good. >Thanks, >Pat > >www.parmor.com > > > >

Martha, Just to let you know that I am willing to help with the Fairview Cemetery Project. I scanned a cople of pages. They were a few things that needed correcting but otherwise looked good. Thanks, Pat www.parmor.com

As discussed below ... a Catherine Loftin married a Phillip Strickland in the late 1700's in North Carolina ...{:) ...we think! Would anybody have information on the Loftin Family? Thanks! Dan Fairfax Nashville, Tennessee dfairfax@nespower.com ============================ -----Original Message----- From: Fairfax, Dan Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:44 AM To: STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STRICKLAND] RE: Noah Strickland b ca 1801 Hello Cousin melinda! AWESOME information! ... How can I get a copy of this specific Strickland newsletter? Thanks to a whole bunch of fellow kinfolk, Vicky Hammond, Gil Strickland, Andy Strickland, Ann Nobles,and W. S. Hardee and Craig Smith and "OTHER Fine FOLKS"!, I have been able to include "Our Noah Strickland" from North Carolina below ...{:). Apparently, there was more than one Noah Strickland from North Carolina in the early 1800's ...{:) .. does any of this look familiar? . Noah's daughter Elizabeth married Owen Hinson, and their daughter, Evelyn Caroline HINSON married my great-grandfather Hugh J. FAIRFAX nlt 1865, because their first child was born in 1866 ....{:)...my grandfather was Jackson Fairfax, b. 1870 in Fair Bluff, NC area and is buried in the Powell Cemetery at Fair Bluff, North Carolina. =============================== Hugh J. Fairfax m. Evelyn Caroline HINSON Jackson Fairfax Charity Fairfax James Monroe Fairfax Eliza Jane Fairfax Wesley Fairfax Elizabeth Fairfax Emory Fairfax Jenny Fairfax Nevada Fairfax James Davis Fairfax Bertis Fairfax ========================== Owen Hinson m. Elizabeth STRICKLAND Evelyn Caroline Hinson Emily Hinson Elisha Hinson Robert Hinson Dolly Hinson Kelphen Hinson ============================= Noah Strickland m. Lydia CRIBB Elizabeth Strickland Anna Strickland Catherine Strickland Samuel Strickland Alice Strickland Phil Strickland Thomas Strickland William Strickland Pinkney Strickland Mantha Strickland Amanda Strickland Elmina Strickland Susan Strickland Princis Strickland ======================== Catherine Loftin m. Phillip Strickland, b. 1756? Noah Strickland ==================================================== Cousin Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217 dfairfax@nespower.com =============================== -----Original Message----- From: Melinda McLemore Strong [mailto:strong@texas.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 5:20 PM To: Fairfax, Dan Cc: strickland-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Noah Strickland b ca 1801 In a Query posted in the STRICKLAND SCENE newsletter (Vol. 3, No 2, Second Quarter 1982), Lily Carter Thurman states that Noah Strickland was born in North Carolina ca 1801. Tradition says that he left with hog-drovers when he was sixteen and came to Mississippi. Some researchers have shown him as a son of Henry Strickland and Ruth Thompson, but due to his being born in North Carolina, while all the other children were born in Georgia, this does not seem likely. Per SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, Noah and his family came to Sabine County, Texas in 1860 and paid state and county taxes in 1861. The book added that the Noah Strickland served in the Civil War, but took the measles after being mustered out and died in Mississippi. The ten children listed here are from the above referenced book, and are supposedly based on the 1850 Sabine Parish, Louisiana Census. The actual census should be consulted to verify this. (Note: The family is shown on an extract of the 1860 Sabine County, Texas Census. The only children then listed are Nancy, John H, James and William (twins), Martha and Elizabeth (twins), Anny C (Unice) and Matthew Noah). Per the book, OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS by Virgie Speights (S. Malone Printers, San Augustine, Texas c 1983), "Noah and "Polly" Strickland had four daughters, Nancy, Martha, Jane and Sarah, and three sons Bill, John and Matt" (p 54). I assume that the four girls on the census and the four girls in the book are the same, even though two names match and two names do not. For example, perhaps the third daughter is Jane Elizabeth and the fourth daughter is Sarah Una. This needs to be verified. The census lists 6 sons, where as Old Timers only lists 3. Perhaps three sons died as young men, or moved away from home too early for the younger generation to remember. This also needs to be followed up on. Later in OLD TIMERS it is stated that "(Noah and Polly Strickland's) six children were John Strickland (Dee's father), Bill Strickland, Matt, Jane, Martha and Unice." Descendants of Noah S. Strickland 1 Noah S. Strickland b: 1801 in North Carolina .. +Mary Elizabeth Carter b: 1809 in Jackson County, Georgia .... 2 Nancy Strickland b: 1826 in Mississippi .... 2 David Strickland b: 1831 .... 2 Mary Strickland b: Abt. 1832 in Louisiana ........ +Elon Campbell b: Aft. 1809 in Mississippi .... 2 Redmon Strickland b: 1835 .... 2 John H. Strickland b: August 11, 1840 ........ +Betty Cannon b: October 04, 1842 ........... 3 Annie Strickland ........... 3 Jim Strickland ........... 3 [2] Essie Strickland b: May 29, 1874 in Texas ............... +??? O'Riley ........... *2nd Husband of [2] Essie Strickland: ............... +[1] Robert Lee Strickland b: May 29, 1880 in Texas ........... 3 Wesley Van Dee Strickland b: February 29, 1876 ............... +Luvenia Walker ........... *2nd Wife of Wesley Van Dee Strickland: ............... +Zilpha Lott b: Abt. 1890 in Texas .... 2 James Kavanaugh Strickland b: 1842 ........ +Ola Woodard .... 2 William F. Strickland b: 1842 in Louisiana ........ +Nancy Caroline Travis b: 1845 in Mississippi ........... 3 Nancy E. Strickland b: 1864 ............... +W. T. Jones ........... 3 Phereby Jane Strickland b: 1865 ............... +J.T. Carlton ........... 3 James D Strickland b: 1869 in Texas ............... +Mary Elizabeth Carter b: August 16, 1882 in Pendelton, Sabine County, Louisiana ........... 3 William Strickland b: 1868 ........... 3 Augustus Strickland b: 1869 in Texas ............... +Ida E. ??? b: 1878 in Texas ........... 3 Redman Strickland b: 1874 ........... 3 Henry Strickland b: 1878 ........... 3 Frank Strickland b: 1882 ........... 3 Noah F. Strickland b: 1887 ........... 3 Martha Laney Strickland b: May 10, 1883 ............... +Albert Kemp Carter b: August 16, 1881 .... 2 Elizabeth Strickland b: 1845 ........ +Jake Miller .... 2 Martha Jane Strickland b: April 03, 1845 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana ........ +William Harrison Smith b: October 12, 1855 in Survey, Newton County, Texas .... 2 Una Caroline Strickland b: 1847 ........ +James Thomas McClelland b: January 11, 1844 in Mississippi ........... 3 Doss William McClelland .... 2 Matthew Noah Strickland b: October 31, 1849 in East Pendleton, LA ........ +Harriet Ann Martin b: January 29, 1852 ........... 3 James Thomas Strickland b: May 29, 1873 ........... 3 Clinton Strickland b: March 22, 1874 ........... 3 Mary Elizabeth Strickland b: February 17, 1878 ............... +Charlie Stanburg ........... 3 [1] Robert Lee Strickland b: May 29, 1880 in Texas ............... +[2] Essie Strickland b: May 29, 1874 in Texas ........... 3 Lillie Ola Strickland b: November 05, 1882 ............... +Fred R. Laurence ........... 3 George Franklin Strickland b: September 25, 1885 ............... +Minnie Edna Harvey ........... 3 Emily Ida Strickland b: March 05, 1888 ............... +Estus Urrey ........... 3 Dr. William Marvin Strickland b: July 09, 1890 ............... +Alma Strickland ........... 3 Mattie Bell Strickland b: October 18, 1892 ............... +Rugely Zulla Sheffield ........... 3 Fannie Mae Strickland b: June 30, 1895 ............... +Ned Fuller -----Original Message----- From: Fairfax, Dan [mailto:DFairfax@nespower.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:19 AM To: strong@texas.net Subject: PML Search Result matching McLemore AND Texas ===================================================================== A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ===================================================================== Source: STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STRICKLAND] RE: Noah Strickland Hello Melinda ...{:) I do know that Noah Strickland ended up in Alabama somewhere??? would like to know where he ended up?? Cousin Dan Fairfax Nashville, Tennessee ======================== -----Original Message----- From: Melinda Strong [mailto:mstrong@sfd-llc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:43 AM To: 'STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com' Cc: 'dfairfax@nespower.com' Subject: Noah Strickland Dan, Do you know if your Noah Strickland, or any of his descendants, moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana and then onto Sabine County, Texas prior to 1850? There is a Noah Strickland family in Sabine Parish that married into one of my Strickland lines, and I am trying to figure out the relationship. Melinda McLemore Strong -----Original Message----- From: Fairfax, Dan [mailto:DFairfax@nespower.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:38 AM To: STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STRICKLAND] Strickland Family - INJUN Blood Would anybody know if the Noah Strickland and/or Lydia Cribb of Columbus County, early 1800's and if Noah Stickland's father Phillip Strickland have any "Native-American" Blood in their ancestors? Thanks! Cousin Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217 dfairfax@nespower.com =========================== -----Original Message----- From: Lana Broussard [mailto:RLBUZZ@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:55 PM To: STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STRICKLAND] Absalom Strickland Family > Do you know who Absalom, Richard and William's > children were? I'm looking for an Isom STRICKLAND from GA, possibly Bryan County. Dianne, unfortunately there appears to be very little information on Absalom. The most definitive research done on him was by a man named Freeman Strickland (reference The Strickland Scene, Vol. 2, #4). I have not been to Duplin, NC at the present time to see what is there, but I do have access to the Clayton Library in Houston which is one of the best genealogy libraries in the states. I have been able to find the few records that Absalom appears in (usually in abstracted form). Based on what I've found and the article by Freeman Strickland, I have pieced together a POSSIBLE listing of children for Absalom and Richard. For Absalom and Sarah (Huggins) Strickland definite children derived from interpreting the records would include: 1) Richard 2) Charles 3) Matthew other children may have been: 4) Mahala Strickland (female?) 5) Neesa Strickland (female?) 6) Ephriam Strickland 7) Jesse Strickland The children of Richard were supposedly listed in different family bibles floating around Florida and there is work that could be done here to tie these folks together. I understand (by contacting the county) that all court records for Dale County, Alabama where Richard Strickland died were all destroyed by fire for the time period which he lived/died there. So it is highly unlikely that anything "official" can be found to document for certain the children of Richard. Children of Richard and Sally Unknown of Duplin, NC are possibly: 1) Jesse Strickland 2) Wilson D. Strickland 3) James Young Strickland * 4) Major Strickland 5) Bolen Strickland 6) Rebecca Strickland 7) Nathaniel Strickland 8) Hardy Jackson Strickland 9) Matthew Strickland 10) Elizabeth Strickland 11) John Strickland 12) William Strickland * *Note for William Strickland (my ancestor) and James Young Strickland - both appear very near each other on the 1850 Jackson, FL census. Also near them are Simeon Strickland, Samuel Strickland (possible sons of James Young Strickland) and a Leller Strickland working as a farm laborer for a neighboring family. Children of William Strickland & Betsey Evans (1st wife): 1) Burton Ferrell Strickland 2) William Green Strickland Children of William Strickland and 2nd wife Harriet (Hadley?) Strickland: 1) Amanda Strickland 2) Mary Strickland 3) Isaac Strickland 4) Hadley H. Strickland 5) Eli Strickland 6) Elizabeth Frances Strickland This has all been posted before on the list, so nothing new here. Also, please remember that the above lists are not concrete and cannot be officially proven for some of the above mentioned names and should just be considered at this point to be a roadmap of this family. Hope this might help you. Lana Broussard ______________________________ ==== STRICKLAND Mailing List ==== Strickland Mailing List - Send all queries to Strickland-L@Rootsweb.com To unsubscribe send email to Strickland-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave subject blank, Put the word unsubscribe in the body of email. 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FYI SALUTE!!! =================== Subject: China Rescue Trip China Rescue Trip On 4/24/01 9:44 PM EDT Stu Burgess writes: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CHINA RESCUE MISSION April 12, 2001 By Captain Guy Greider Continental Airlines. Since the mid-air collision on April 1, 2001 between a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft and a Chinese jet fighter, I had watched the news with mild interest. This was mostly due to the proximity of Guam to China. I never dreamed that I would play a role in this intensely watched international drama. Somewhere in the negotiations between the United States and the Chinese Governments, it was decided that a civilian aircraft should be sent to retrieve the 24 crewmembers being detained on Hainan Island, China. A call was made to Continental Airlines headquarters in Houston, Texas. Continental was chosen because of its Guam base and its ability to launch this kind of operation at a moment s notice. From there, the operation took shape through the tireless efforts of many people working behind the scenes in a coordinated effort between the airline, the military, and the State Department. On Saturday, April 7, 2001, I received a call at home from Captain Ralph Freeman, Continental Micronesia Director of Flight Operations. Ralph told me that the military wanted to charter one of our jets to conduct a rescue mission and asked if I would be one of the crew members. I said yes without hesitation. Later we were told that we would need to get passport pictures taken in case the Chinese Government required visas. We got the required photos and were under the impression that we would leave immediately. However, the negotiations slowed over the demand from the Chinese that the U.S. issue an apology that the U.S. was unwilling to give. Meanwhile, the Continental crew remained on call 24 hours a day. Our Uniforms were laid out and our bags were packed and waiting by the door. On Wednesday evening April 11, 2001, at about 630 PM Ralph called again to say that the two parties were very close to an agreement to release the U.S. crew and to come to the airport. Upon arrival, we were given a briefing sheet listing the information that we would need to conduct the flight. We would carry a Repatriation Team consisting of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force specialists, 14 people in all. Doctors, Psychologists, and communications people with lots of gear showed up on the ramp near the airplane, ready to board. They were all dressed in casual civilian clothes. The 155-seat jet was fitted with 2 full stretcher kits bolted in over rows of seats complete with Oxygen tanks and I.V. bottles. They did not know the condition of the 24 detained crewmembers and they were not going to take any chances. They were prepared. When our crew was fully assembled, it consisted of 11 people. 2 pilots to fly the jet and an extra to provide relief because of the extensive flight time involved. They were Captain Tom Pinardo, Captain Pierre Frenay and I. We also carried 5 very experienced Flight Attendants. They were Debbie Percell, Susanne Hendricks, Jean Tang, Cynthia Iverson, and Beverly Haines. Our 2 onboard mechanics were Peter Lum and Julius Aguilo. Our load planner was Mike Torres. At about 930 PM we received a call asking that we arrive in China no earlier than 600 AM, just about sunrise. It was obvious that the entire exchange would be photographed and they wanted daylight conditions. We estimated that a 215 AM departure from Guam would put us on the ground in Haikou precisely at 600 AM local China time. (2 hours earlier than Guam) Some of us just stayed on the plane, others accepted the company s invitation to come to the Continental President s Club, a local VIP lounge at the airport to try to get some rest. It was difficult to get any rest with our much-anticipated mission so near. By 100 AM the pilots were back in the briefing room going over the weather, flight plan, fuel requirements and everything else that goes into a flight. Again, we loaded up the airplane and finally departed Guam International at precisely 215 AM. The stretcher kits and medical gear were not the only special additions to the airplane. The company had loaded a special file into the navigation database of the flight management computer (FMC). This allowed us to gain access to navigation data needed to operate in this part of China, which is not in our normal route structure. The Repatriation Team carried sophisticated equipment to communicate with the military and government officials that would monitor our progress throughout the flight. The route of flight took us straight west from Guam toward the Philippines along the G467 airway. About half way across we turned north directly toward Hong Kong. This routing was designed to avoid flying through Taiwanese airspace, something that the Chinese could consider offensive. Approaching the Chinese coastline, we contacted Hong Kong radar control. After establishing radar contact with us, the controller gave us a short cut to expedite his traffic flow. This was bad because it cut off considerable distance and would result in arriving too early. We compensated by slowing our airspeed until the computer again estimated a 600 AM arrival. The instant we turned across the short cut, the interphone rang from the back of the plane. They wanted to know why we had deviated from the flight plan. We told them it was due to Hong Kong traffic and that we had adjusted our airspeed. We were still on schedule. Now we were approaching our destination, Haikou airport on Hainan Island. Captain Pierre Frenay was at the controls. The weather was 2000-ft overcast with 5 miles visibility and light winds out of the east. Pierre made an ILS approach to and landed on runway 9. Haikou airport is much the same as many other airports in the world that serve jet transport aircraft. It has an 11,000-ft runway with standard lighting and navigational facilities. We touched down at 607 AM. The first early morning light was beginning to illuminate the sky. The local air traffic controller instructed us to follow a vehicle that was beside us on an adjacent taxiway. He led us to a remote part of the airport, away from the main terminal buildings. Once we had parked and shut down the engines, we saw many uniformed Chinese military personnel and vehicles. They did not appear to have weapons. Portable stairs were brought up to the airplane and we opened the main cabin door. The Repatriation Team that we carried had been briefed to close down all of their communications equipment prior to landing and put it away. They were also briefed to remain in their seats in a non-threatening posture in case the Chinese military came aboard. The first and only person to come aboard was an Air China employee. He spoke English and was to act as the translator between our group and the Chinese military. He instructed us to have everyone fill out both arrival and departure documents. He collected all of our passports and left the aircraft. Before he left, he said that only one person at a time would be allowed to deplane. Peter Lum, one of our mechanics went down to supervise the re-fueling and servicing of the airplane. When that was complete, I went down to do the walk-around inspection. I did this rather slowly because I wanted to have a chance to look around. While I was out on the ramp, a skirmish developed between people who were trying to climb a wall to photograph our aircraft and the Chinese police. Somehow, CNN managed to carry our arrival and departure live. Once the airplane was serviced and ready to go, we looked anxiously around for any sign of the buses that carried our 24 detainees. Before that could happen however, we had a problem to deal with. A U.S. military General who was on the scene to assist in the transfer came storming up the stairs and demanded to speak with the Captain. Tom Pinardo responded. The General said that the entire mission was now in jeopardy. A document called the general declaration, which is standard on all international flights had listed the destination as Haikou, China R.O.C. The initials ROC stand for Republic of China which is .. Taiwan! The Chinese were very upset over this. Tom quickly crossed out ROC and replaced it with P.R.O.C. the Peoples Republic of China. This seemed to satisfy them. With the airplane ready to go and the paperwork complete, 2 buses pulled up and the 24 U.S. service men and women saluted as they bolted up the stairs and settled into the back of the plane. When the last one was aboard, our passports were returned to us. The stairs were withdrawn, the cabin door closed, and we started the engines and departed. It was my turn at the controls. Once airborne heading straight south we broke through the clouds into the bright sunshine. Pierre made a PA announcement that we were over international waters and leaving Chinese airspace. A great cheer rose from the back of the airplane. A short while later we received a telephone patch over the HF radio from Mr. Joseph Prueher, U.S Ambassador to China. He wanted to speak with Lt. Shane Osborne the 26 year old EP-3 Aircraft Commander. Lt. Osborne came to the cockpit and put on a headset. The Ambassador told him that on behalf of the President of the United States and the entire country he wanted to say welcome home. He went on to say how proud he was of everything the crew had done from their airmanship in saving the lives of the crew and aircraft, to their conduct on the ground once they had been detained. They had truly done an excellent job. After his conversation with the Ambassador, Lt. Osborne stayed in the cockpit for quite a while and told us his story pilot to pilot of what had happened during and immediately after the mid-air collision with the F-8 Chinese fighter. The fighter came up under their left wing. This pilot made 2 very close passes previously that day. He apparently misjudged the intercept and his vertical stabilizer struck the outboard left propeller on the EP-3. The U.S. plane was in straight and level flight on autopilot at the time. The fighter broke into two pieces and plunged into the sea. The U.S. plane rolled to the left almost inverted, the pilot lost control and they began to lose altitude. The Chinese fighter had raked back across the fuselage and knocked off the nose cone causing the aircraft to buffet wildly. When the nose cone departed the aircraft it collided with and damaged the number 4 propeller on the right wing. The collision punctured the pressure vessel and the EP-3 depressurized. The collision also knocked off the pitot tubes eliminating airspeed and altitude indications in the cockpit. It also knocked off the forward bracket for the HF radio antenna. The antenna then flew back and wrapped around the tail. We were almost upside down and totally out of control Osborne told us. The dive continued and some crew members donned parachutes. At about 8,000 feet, Osborne regained straight and level flight. They considered ditching the aircraft in the South China Sea but dismissed that option because it was certain to result in loss of life. They headed for the nearest land, Hainan Island. The U.S. crew now faced the most difficult landing of their lives. They made numerous mayday, mayday, mayday radio calls on internationally recognized emergency frequencies. The Chinese did not respond. Somehow, they managed to get the airplane on the ground. Their next immediate task was to destroy the sensitive electronic surveillance equipment aboard the EP-3. Meanwhile the Chinese military had approached the aircraft in vehicles and were yelling at them through loudspeakers to deplane. The next 11 days would be a very uncertain time for them. When we met them, they told us that they had not been abused or mistreated. Their food was adequate and plentiful. Sort of like eating in a Chinese restaurant every day one of them said. On the forth day, they got some coffee. On the fifth day, some cokes were provided. The crew did not know what kind of transport would be provided for their return home. They were pleased and surprised to see a chartered airliner from the United States. The rest of the flight from Haikou to Anderson AFB on Guam was uneventful. During the 5 hour flight the crew was treated to the movie Men of Honor and enjoyed a first class meal. We did not know it at the time but our landing at Anderson AFB was carried live on national television. We taxied to the parking ramp at Anderson where many people had turned out to welcome all of us home. Individuals and families with kids, both military and civilian waved American flags and cheered, showing support for the returning U.S. spy plane crew. Once the 24 U.S. crewmembers and the military Repatriation Team had deplaned at Anderson, they immediately boarded waiting buses and were whisked away. MSNBC, ABC, NBC, Reuters and various print media interviewed us. A dizzying swirl of attention after a very long day. We were happy, tired, and pleased that the mission was so successful as Tom flew the last segment, a 10-minute flight back to Guam International Airport. This time our passengers included Bill Meehan, President of Continental Micronesia, Guam Governor Carl Gutierrez, Lieutenant Governor Bordallo and others. We thought the day was just about over but we had one more surprise in store. After landing, we were given a hero s welcome of our own. The airport fire department was in place to give us the traditional water cannon salute, a rainbow arch of water for us to taxi under. A reception was held at the gate with food, balloons, commemorative plaques, and more media interviews with the local television station. This was very heady stuff. As I look back on this one of a kind operation. It could not have happened without the tremendous effort and skills of many people working behind the scenes. Bill Meehan, Mitch Dubner at the SOCC in Houston, Tom Rinow at the CMI SOCC, Captain Ralph Freeman, CMI Director of Flight Operations, and many others had major rolls in coordinating this flight. It was accomplished through teamwork. The fact that it came off without a hitch is testimony to how well all these people did their jobs. The exposure that Continental Airlines received over this is a marketing Manager's dream comes true. We will be remembered by millions of people as the company who conducted the China Rescue Mission. This was a proud day for Continental Airlines and for America. >>

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10681 Surname: Outlaw, Hines ------------------------- Willie Hines married Mack Daniel Outlaw of Seven Springs area December 11, 1912 Looking to find his parents name. She was a daughter of Samuel Ivey Hines and Elmitta Hines of Lenoir /Wayne County Any help wil be appreciated.

Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Lenoir/10680 Surname: Barfield, HINES, Thompson ------------------------- Can anyone shed some light on the following people they are buried in the Hines Family Cemetery in Liddell Lenoir County: Isaac Barfield 1881-1886 K.L Barfield Rebecca Barfield (wife of A.J. Barfield) 1846-1925 A.j. Barfield 1839-1913 would like to know their relationship to Isaac and Barbara Hardy Hines

I have had the people at courthouses tell me they didn't have time to "do genealogy" for people but have never had to give that much information. That seems to be another way of saying they don't have time to do genealogy. Don't know about NC but in Texas there are guidelines for the Clerks to follow but they are not mandatory and some of the offices can be so nice and some so rude and unhelpful. Ours in this county are very helpful but next county over......Bad! and like some others say.. some counties won't even let you look. There were many people abusing the records for immigration and other illegal things I am told, that they cut back on public access but most of Texas counties will allow it if you go back a certain number of years and yet it is the most recent marriages and deaths that Rootsweb has on it's site for Texas. Figure that one out! Rose Parks

I received the following letter from Lenoir Cc. Register of Deeds.Has anyone else had this problem??If I knew all this info I would not need the death certificate!!!Lenior Co.is the only one I have had a problem with and this is the second time.The first time they said they did not have time to do genealogy. Ms.Fuller: In order to search our records for the death certificates you requested,we need some additional information.We must know the race of the deceased person since our early records are divided by race.We also must know at least one of the parents names of the deceased since it is very possible for more than one person to have the same name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been sending for death and marriage certificates from Lenoir Co for at least 5 years!!Never had to have this info before. Christine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------