The cemetery where this James Davis is buried is actually called the James Daves Public Cemetery outside of Pink Hill. It is located off of Pleasant Hill Road behind two story white home. (also Davis land) Pink Hill was once located here before it moved to it's present location. The cemetery was also known as the Old Pink Hill Cemetery. It is fenced in and is kept in good repair. A few years ago several tree's fell during a storm and distroyed some tombstones. I was there when they were cleaning the trees out but haven't been back to see if the stones were repaired or replaced. Pat Email protected by Norton's AntiVirus 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: Fairfax, Dan <DFairfax@nespower.com> To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 5:38 AM Subject: [NCLENOIR] Peter Fairfax - Lenoir County, NC - Pink Hill Cemetery - George J ernigan > Hello Cousin Allen, > > I will post this about Pink Hill Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC quite > possibly near Loftin's Crossroads. > > ANYBODY IN LENOIR COUNTY, NC KNOW WHERE PINK HILL CEMETERY IS? > > EXCELLENT leads! ... the George JERNIGAN Pension Application would be a > great find! > > Puh-lease keep up the great effort! > > Had a great Christmas! ... Happy New Year! > > Best, > > Cousin Dan Fairfax > 2629 Somerset Drive > Nashville, Tennessee 37217 > > dfairfax@nespower.com > > ================================ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Allen Fairfax [mailto:fairfaxa@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:50 PM > To: DFairfax@nespower.com > Cc: fairfaxa@hotmail.com > Subject: Hunting Fairfaxes > > > Hello Dan, > > Thought I would update you on my genealogical hunting ... nothing dramatic, > but something ... > > I went to the New England Genealogical Library in downtown Boston, and they > have quite an extensive collection of records from the south... there were > lots of various county records for NC, Virginia, etc. to explore (I only had > > 2 hours!) .... no records of Peter Fairfax in anything I examined , although > > I did find some REvolutionary War references related to the James Davis on > the 1797 document for Dormand and Herrenton ... I had earlier told you (I > think), that there was a James Davis who was a fifer in the 1st NC > Continental line .... there is a James Davis buried at Pink Hill in Lenoir > County (listed as a revolutionary war veteran... wonder where Pink Hill > cemetery is exactly ... perhaps close to Loftin's crossroads??) ... this is > the general area for Peter F. ..... also, I have two references to pension > application files by James Davis, of which I can now go to the archives and > examine these fairly extensive narratives of his time in the military ... if > > we are lucky, we'll get some connection there ... also, I found a reference > for a pension application by (our?) George Jernigan .... these pension > applications have quite a bit of info in them, so the archives are my next > stop ... > > Concerning James Fairfax of 1739 Accomack/Northamption county, Virginia (his > > will dated 1739), I found a marriage record from 1741 of James Fairfax' > widow marrying a Col. Dashiel ... > > Also, in that county, I found a reference of someone named Fairfax Smith > willing to each of his daughters six silver soupspoons incribed with the > name of James Fairfax... this will was dated around 1770 I believe .... it > would be pretty cool to find one of those soupspoons in an antique store > somewhere, don't you think?? I suspect at least one of them still exists > somewhere ....This Fairfax Smith could be the grandson of James Fairfax??, > if a daughter of his married a Smith?? > > Anyway, this is what I have ... no great breakthroughs, and this James Davis > > is a real longshot for info .... > > I suspect I will not find a Revolutionary war reference to Dormand or > Herrenton... from what I understand from reading about these land warrants, > the only reason they (John and Daniel Fairfax) would have needed to get a > legal document about the participation of their fathers in the War was if > the State of NC at the time could not find a reference to them in the > records they had back in the late 1700s (essentially, what is on microfilm > at the archives)... so, the chances of me finding a list with their names on > > it is pretty slim ... however, the signatures on the legal document of the > two officers seems legitimate, and these were two prominent officers in the > 1st NC line ... > > So, hope this is somewhat interesting, and I will try to squeeze in some > time to go to the archives soon .... > > Hope you had a great Christmas, and take care .... > > Allen > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > >