The only Roper I have come across is Polly Roper. I have been looking for Henry Harris from Mecklenburg. I found a Henry Harris who married a Polly Roper in 1809. Dont know if this is my Henry or not. I am stuck. Still researching Polly. Lisa Harris Tetzlaff Brandon Wallace wrote: > > Does anyone have any knowledge of any Ropers from Mecklenburg County, -esp from > the early 1800's? > Brandon > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Subject: > > > > NCMECKLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 314 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 [NCMECKLE] Mary Burton [Louise Pettus <[email protected]] > > > > Administrivia: > > To unsubscribe from NCMECKLE-D, send a message to > > > > [email protected] > > > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: [NCMECKLE] Mary Burton > > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:16:48 -0500 > > From: Louise Pettus <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > > > Mary Pettus was born in York County, SC ca 1900, the daughter of Capt. > > George Pettus and Mary Knox of the Steel Creek community, Mecklenburg > > County. She married William Burton and they lived in Steel Creek just > > north of the South Carolina line on land she inherited from her > > grandfather, Samuel Knox. William Burton died in early 1842. Evidently > > the family had attended Flint Hill Baptist Church in upper York County > > close to the NC line (today the church is between Pineville and > > Carowinds just off Hwy 51). > > An 1848 entry in the Flint Hill Church records shows: “Take up the case > > of Mary Burton and finding to our satisfaction that she has joined the > > Methodist Church in Georgia, therefore Resolve that she is cut off from > > the church for covenant breaking.” At this point I lost track of Mary > > Pettus Burton for a number of years but recently found her in Meriwether > > County, Georgia with her daughter, Mary Springs Burton, who married Rev. > > William E. Holliday, a Methodist minister and had a 5 month old son, > > Clark F., in the 1850 Georgia census. Another daughter, Rebecca, who had > > first married a Fuller of York County and was now with a second husband, > > Jackson Laney, of Mecklenburg, was nextdoor in the same census. Again I > > was stuck but just found this in > > The Southern Christian Advocate, Nov. 4, 1858: “Rev. Wm. E. Holliday, > > formerly of the S. C. Conf., died in Madison Co., Miss., on the 20th > > Sept. 1858.” > > Now I am searching for Mary’s whereabouts in Mississippi. > > But, back to William Burton, Mary’s husband. Does anyone know his > > parents or siblings? Was he a native of Mecklenburg County? Any > > information on this family would be much appreciated. I would be happy > > to share what I have on the families of Samuel & Mary (Taggart) Knox of > > Mecklenburg and the Pettuses of York Co. > > > > Louise Pettus