>Resent-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:10:06 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: BJMarkland@aol.com Mon Jan 21 02:10:05 2002 >From: BJMarkland@aol.com >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 04:09:58 EST >Old-To: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com, NCMARTIN-L@rootsweb.com, ncnr@yahoogroups.com, > ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 121 >Subject: [NCDOBBS] NC Claimants to Southern Claims Commission >To: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/677 >X-Loop: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCDOBBS-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >I placed on-line at my site a partial list of NC claims to the Southern >Claims Commission. Currently there are 20 counties completed consisting of >379 claims. The counties completed are: > >Granville, Greene, Halifax, Jones, Lenoir, Macon, Martin, Moore, Northampton, >Onslow, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Stokes, >Surry, & Wayne. > >This is the HTML version. I have contributed the text version to NC GenWeb >(many thanks to Mike Deloach, File Mgr.for NC GenWeb, for all his work in >converting my RTF format to plain text). Actually, this is a project that >seems to have taken on its own life as the original intent was just to do a >few counties. > >A word regarding the methodology used in creating this file. I had to use >two indices to get this data: M87 roll 13 which had a county by county list >of claimants and roll 14 which had the national Alphabetical index. These >indices were type written and there was some discrepancies found between the >two. I have attempted to note any major ones such as a name listed in the >County index but not found in the Alpha or listed in the County but the Alpha >indicates the person was filing from SC. Smaller ones such as spelling >differences, I relied upon the Alpha index. Also, I do not have access to >all the claims so I have no feel for whether ALL NC clamants are indexed. >Hopefully, I can get a truer picture and fill in some of the data holes when >I finish the County listings as I then will verify those names against the >Alpha index to catch any claim missed. If the file number matches someone >listed in the county index but not found previously, I will assign that >person to the county. All others found but not listed in the county index >will be assigned to a county classification of Unknown. > >I will also be doing a similar list for the counties in Virginia which are >part of NCNR territory and Johnson & Carter counties in TN and getting those >files to Jeff. > >The site URL is: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyinformation/ >under New with a direct link to the file > >Best of wishes, > >Billy > >