In a message dated 11/2/2007 12:04:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, nclincol-request@rootsweb.com writes: In regards to J.W. Derr, we have a copy of his estate file from the N.C. State Archives. The list of property sold of J.W. Derr is 36 pages long. The executors of J.W. Derr's estate were James Mullen and A.J. Derr. Pages 1-31 address the items from the estate that they sold at the furnace property, and 32-26 address the items sold at Catawba Springs. Jason Jason L. Harpe Executive Director Lincoln County Historical Association Lincoln County Museum of History 403 East Main Street Lincolnton, NC 28092 (704) 748-9090 Fax: (704) 732-9057 www.lincolncountyhistory.com Thanks, Jason. I guess A.J. Derr is Joshua's younger brother - the only survivor of the Andrew Derr line that I am aware of. I hope I can figure out who A.J.'s descendants are, if he has any, and somehow connect with them to share information. I will also have to investigate who James Mullen is. I suppose he could be a brother-in-law of Joshua and A.J. Do you think Johsua W. had a will or was it intestate succession? When I was researching in Lincoln County last June, I didn't know about Joshua's connection to my ancestors so I did not try to learn any more about him and what property he owned. From what I learned on that trip, it appears that either he or A. J. may have occupied the property of the original Darr/Derr immigrant, Lorentz, (who purchased Peter Johnston's patent on 7 Nov. 1776). Next time I am in Lincoln County, I will be curious to see the file on J.W.'s estate to see what I can learn. Jack Darr San Francisco ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Jack, His name was actually Jonas W. Derr. I will be glad to send you a copy of the file if you send me your physical address. We also have a piece of bar iron that is marked "J.W. Derr/Cold Blast/NC". We retrieved this artifact from the Madison Iron Furnace site that he operated. I can email you a photograph of it if you would like. Thanks, Jason Jason L. Harpe Executive Director Lincoln County Historical Association Lincoln County Museum of History 403 East Main Street Lincolnton, NC 28092 (704) 748-9090 Fax: (704) 732-9057 www.lincolncountyhistory.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jedarr@aol.com> To: <nclincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] NCLINCOL Digest, Vol 2, Issue 153 > > In a message dated 11/2/2007 12:04:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > nclincol-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > In regards to J.W. Derr, we have a copy of his estate file from the N.C. > State Archives. The list of property sold of J.W. Derr is 36 pages long. > The executors of J.W. Derr's estate were James Mullen and A.J. Derr. Pages > 1-31 address the items from the estate that they sold at the furnace > property, and 32-26 address the items sold at Catawba Springs. > > Jason > > Jason L. Harpe > Executive Director > Lincoln County Historical Association > Lincoln County Museum of History > 403 East Main Street > Lincolnton, NC 28092 > (704) 748-9090 > Fax: (704) 732-9057 > www.lincolncountyhistory.com > > > > Thanks, Jason. I guess A.J. Derr is Joshua's younger brother - the only > survivor of the Andrew Derr line that I am aware of. I hope I can figure out > who A.J.'s descendants are, if he has any, and somehow connect with them to > share information. I will also have to investigate who James Mullen is. I > suppose he could be a brother-in-law of Joshua and A.J. > > Do you think Johsua W. had a will or was it intestate succession? > > When I was researching in Lincoln County last June, I didn't know about > Joshua's connection to my ancestors so I did not try to learn any more about him > and what property he owned. From what I learned on that trip, it appears > that either he or A. J. may have occupied the property of the original Darr/Derr > immigrant, Lorentz, (who purchased Peter Johnston's patent on 7 Nov. 1776). > Next time I am in Lincoln County, I will be curious to see the file on > J.W.'s estate to see what I can learn. > > Jack Darr > San Francisco > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message