Roy Trollinger has a newly updated GEDCOM at his Home Page: http://www.ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RBT While at his home page, be sure to go to his Haw River page - very interesting old photos. Helen Gant Donald ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange
MOUNT PLEASANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY Guilford Co. NC. Highway #70 East and New Hope Church Road. ANDREWS Graves.... Robert M. ANDREWS...18 Aug 1870....10 March 1947 OLive P. Harris ANDREWS...w/o Robert M.... 12 May 1884... 23 May 1969 Dorothea R. ANDREWS... 9 March 1916... 3 Dec 1976 Myrtle P. ANDREWS... 8 July 1893... 5 April 1982 Clayton C. ANDREWS... 4 Dec 1893...no death date given William M. ANDREWS..."Father"... 10 Feb 1822... 6 March 1902 Roana D. ANDREWS... "Mother"... 14 July 1855... 20 May 1935 Many DONNELL-WHITT-GANT-CLAPP-PAYNE-HARRELL-BOONE buried in this cemetery. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line
Researching the family of Jonathan Deweese and Rachel Marchant. My husband descends through their son Hezekiah who married Annis Trickey, daughter of Giles Trickey of Caswell Co., NC. Interested in hearing from other Deweese researchers. Descendants of Jonathan DEWEESE, Sr. 1 Jonathan DEWEESE, Sr. b: Abt. 1723 in Kent Co, DE d: Abt. 1777 in Caswell Co, N.C. +Rachel MARCHANT b: Abt. 1735 in of Kent Co, DE m: Abt. 1753 in Kent Co, DE Father: William MARCHANT Mother: Rachel // 2 Miriam DEWEESE b: Abt. 1754 in Kent Co, DE 2 Ruth DEWEESE b: Abt. 1756 in Kent Co, DE 2 Elisha DEWEESE b: 1758 in Kent Co, DE d: January 20, 1824 in Barren Co, Ky +Mary WALKER BELL 3 [2] Elizabeth Walker BELL +[1] Cornelius DEWEESE b: 1773 in Orange(now Caswell), N.C. d: March 1850 in Warren, IL Father: Jonathan DEWEESE, Sr. Mother: Rachel MARCHANT 3 Sally Walker BELL 3 John Walker BELL 2 Hezekiah (DUESE) DEWESE b: March 28, 1760 in Kent Co, DE d: July 25, 1839 in Mecklenburg Co., NC +Annis TRICKEY b: December 23, 1767 m: August 12, 1784 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. d: November 8, 1844 in Mecklenburg Co., NC Father: Giles TRICKEY 3 Jonathan DEWEESE b: September 6, 1785 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. d: January 29, 1841 in Mecklenburg Co., NC +Margaret Boyd IRVIN b: March 8, 1796 m: November 1, 1810 in Mecklenburg, NC d: January 8, 1865 3 Marchant DEWESE b: July 19, 1787 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. d: July 11, 1848 in Mecklenburg Co., NC +Eleanor // m: Abt. 1809 3 William M. DEWESE b: March 8, 1789 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. d: February 1, 1858 in Mecklenburg Co., NC +Nancy (Allison?) // m: Abt. 1810 3 Aaron DEWESE b: November 15, 1793 in Person Co., NC d: Abt. 1841 in Pickens Co., Alabama +Elizabeth // b: Abt. 1796 in N.C. m: Abt. 1816 in Mecklenburg Co., NC 3 Moses DEWESE b: January 18, 1796 in Person Co., NC d: September 2, 1841 in Mecklenburg Co., NC 3 Mary DEWESE b: January 3, 1798 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. d: May 3, 1845 +John A. McKIBBEN b: March 28, 1801 m: February 3, 1825 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C. d: October 23, 1874 in Yalobusha Co., MS 3 Nancy DEWESE b: October 2, 1799 in Person Co., NC +John Harvey DAVIS 3 Martha "Patsy" DEWESE b: June 9, 1802 in Mecklenburg Co., NC d: 1883 in Mecklenburg Co., NC +William DEWEESE 3 Rachel DEWESE b: January 20, 1806 in Mecklenburg Co., NC d: 1859 in Mecklenburg Co., NC 2 Samuel DEWEESE b: Abt. 1762 in Kent Co, DE d: March 1823 in Barren Co, Ky +Rachel WHITE m: April 8, 1782 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. Father: Mother: 2 Isaiah DEWEESE b: July 9, 1764 in Kent Co, DE d: January 23, 1844 in Cabarrus Co, N.C. +Rebecca BARNETT b: September 1, 1773 in Orange, N.C. m: December 6, 1788 in Cabarrus Co, N.C. d: September 14, 1847 in Cabarrus Co, N.C. Father: Hugh BARNETT Mother: Elizabeth (CURRIE} CHAMBERS 3 Barnett DEWEESE 2 Jonathan Jr. DEWEESE b: August 26, 1767 in Kent Co, DE d: September 8, 1849 in Greenville, S.C. +Elizabeth TRICKEY m: Abt. 1788 in Caswell (now Person), N.C. 2 Matthew DEWEESE b: Abt. 1770 in Kent Co, DE d: 1819 in Mercer Co, Ky +Susanna NEWTON m: March 21, 1798 in Mercer Co, Ky 2 [1] Cornelius DEWEESE b: 1773 in Orange(now Caswell), N.C. d: March 1850 in Warren, IL +[2] Elizabeth Walker BELL Father: Elisha DEWEESE Mother: Mary WALKER BELL Sue ****************************************************** "What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to conceive!" Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato 1117 W. Torrance Blvd. Torrance, CA 90502-1613 sueskay@pacbell.net Sue Skay's Genealogy Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~sueskay/ Sue's Genealogy Web Designs: http://home.pacbell.net/sueskay/ listowner: DIXON-L@rootsweb.com listowner: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com listowner: McCARTY-L@rootsweb.com co-listowner: MOORE-L@rootsweb.com co-listowner: POLSTON-L@rootsweb.com Member of USIGS: http://www.usigs.org/ ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange
Is anyone researching the Dobbin family of Caswell Co. Particularly interested in descendants of Hugh Dobbin and Nancy "Anne" Moore, daughter of Gulley & Frances Moore of Montgomery Co., TN, and her descendants by her second husband Kendall Van Hook. If anyone is researching the Comer family, can you tell me how the Moores tie in there? A Moore Comer witnessed the will of Rachel Dobbin. Her daughter Margaret Dobbin was married to Nathaniel Comer. Indications are that Rachel Dobbin was a Campbell. Can anyone shed any light on this? Descendants of Thomas DOBBIN 1 Thomas DOBBIN d: 1774 in Orange Co., NC (became Caswell Co) +Rachel (Campbell?) // d: Aft. 1798 in Caswell Co., NC 2 Hugh DOBBIN d: Bef. August 15, 1799 in Caswell Co., NC or Clarksville,(now Montgomery) Tennessee Co., NC +Nancy "Anne" MOORE d: Bef. 1825 in Caswell Co., NC Father: Gulley MOORE Mother: Frances // 3 Elizabeth DOBBIN 3 John Moore DOBBIN +Anness COCHRAN Father: COCHRAN Mother: Anness LEA 4 James Cochran DOBBIN b: 1814 in Fayetteville, NC d: 1857 (Secretary of the Navy under Franklin Pierce) 3 Margaret DOBBIN 3 Rachel DOBBIN 3 Thomas DOBBIN 2 Margaret DOBBIN +Nathaniel COMER 3 Margaret COMER b: in Person Co., NC d: February 24, 1883 in Macon Co., NC +Isaac VAN HOOK b: in Person Co., NC d: July 27, 1849 in Macon Co., NC Father: Thomas VAN HOOK Mother: Sary PALMER 4 Thomas Comer VAN HOOK 4 Adison Mitchell VAN HOOK 4 Penelope Moor VAN HOOK 4 Amanda Adeline VAN HOOK 4 Leanah Ino VAN HOOK 4 Nathaniel Macon VAN HOOK 4 Mary Wisdom VAN HOOK 4 Isaac Newton VAN HOOK 4 John Randolph VAN HOOK 4 Albert Galington VAN HOOK 2 Elizabeth "Betsey" DOBBIN +George ESKRIDGE m: 1790 in Caswell Co., NC 3 John ESKRIDGE 2 John DOBBIN d: 1813 in Caswell Co., NC +Elizabeth // 2 [1] Nancy DOBBIN +William BURCH d: 1794 Father: Mother: 3 John Campbell BURCH *2nd Husband of [1] Nancy DOBBIN: +James LEA m: Aft. 1794 2 Rachel DOBBIN b: in North Carolina d: in North Carolina +Robert Van Hook b: 1762-1765 in North Carolina m: 1793 in Caswell Co., NC d: October 31, 1834 in Person Co., NC Father: David Van Hook Mother: Lucy Bumpass 3 John Campbell VAN HOOK b: Abt. 1794 +Phoebe LEA b: 1798 3 Robert VAN HOOK 3 Augustine VAN HOOK +Emily MILNER 3 Sarah VAN HOOK 3 Ann L. VAN HOOK 3 Thomas VAN HOOK 2 Thomas DOBBIN d: Abt. 1788 *2nd Husband of Nancy "Anne" MOORE above +Kendall Van Hook b: 1766 m: November 25, 1800 in Caswell Co., NC Father: David Van Hook Mother: Lucy Bumpass 2 David VAN HOOK b: Aft. 1801 2 Mary VAN HOOK b: Aft. 1801 +James L. HOLEMAN 2 Solomon VAN HOOK b: Aft. 1801 +Mary A. RICHMOND *2nd Wife of Solomon VAN HOOK: +Ann Elija LOLLARD Sue ****************************************************** "What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to conceive!" Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato 1117 W. Torrance Blvd. Torrance, CA 90502-1613 sueskay@pacbell.net Sue Skay's Genealogy Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~sueskay/ Sue's Genealogy Web Designs: http://home.pacbell.net/sueskay/ listowner: DIXON-L@rootsweb.com listowner: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com listowner: McCARTY-L@rootsweb.com co-listowner: MOORE-L@rootsweb.com co-listowner: POLSTON-L@rootsweb.com Member of USIGS: http://www.usigs.org/ ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
MIDWAY CEMETERY... (former cemetery of the Midway Presbyterian Church) located on Rankin Mill Road and intersection of Keely Road. About one, to one and half miles from City Limits of Greensboro, NC. Birdie (BREWER) WHITSETT .....17 Aug 1891-- 19 Aug 1963 O.M. (Onnie) WHITSETT.... 20 Jan 1889-- 2 July 1958 Onnie Brewer WHITSETT...s/o O.M. and Birdie.... 14 March 1929--20 June 1929 Eulalis (DONNELL) WHITSETT.. s/o A.T.W. 8-21-1856-- 2-3-1924 Alfred T. WHITSETT... 7-28-1852-- 6-24-1934 Many..... DONNELL-MAY-WILSON-WHITSELL-McLEAN-AYDELETTE graves in this cemetery. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line
Located on the Russell Horton Road between #49 and #157, near Hurdle Mills in Person County, NC. There are four marked graves inside a rock wall, many unmarked graves in this cemetery. Several marked with fieldstone. I am researching the MOORE and FARRAR lines. John MOORE... born 27 Oct 1774... died 7 April 1852 ( h/o Martha HARGIS and son of Abraham and Jean FARRAR MOORE) Martha Hargis MOORE born 23 July 1774... died 5 Dec 1850 (wife of John MOORE) Richard HARGIS born about 1800..no death date (h/o Nancy PEARCE) Nancy Pearce HARGIS born abt 1802... no death date (w/o Richard HARGIS and d/o Obadiah PEARCE and Sallie MOORE ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line
Some miscellaneous burials in Rockingham County, NC Speedwell Presbyterian Church Cemetery Moses C. NAPIER born 9-25-1779...died 3-22-1855...aged 75 yrs 4 mos 25 days Sallie Martin NAPIER born 4-1-1781...died 3-11-1855 aged 73 yrs 11 mos 10 days Elisha WADE born 1-20-1807 died 3-30-1882 aged 75 yrs 2 mos 10 days Emeline WADE born 5-25-1825 died 10-28-1901 aged 76 yrs 5 mos 3 days ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fair Grove Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery Levi W. SHAW born 8-17-1828 died 3-31-1873 age 44 yrs 7 mos 14 days Mary Wall SHAW born 2-20-1833 died 10-2-1872 age 39 yrs 8 mos 12 days (daughter of John and Permelia Whitsett WALL) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flat Rock Church Cemetery James W. WILLIAMS born 21 Aug 1856 died 27 Jan 1933 aged 76 yrs 5 mos 6 days Emma Wall WILLIAMS born 16 Oct 1865 died 26 March 1946 aged 80 year 5 mos 10 days (daughter of Pinckney and Victoria Queensberry WALL ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange
I am seeking information on family and ancestors of above. He married Mary Magdaline SHOFFNER. I am descended from their son, Henry, who married Mary GARRETT. I am also descended from their daughter, Margaret "Peggy", who married Frederick MOSER, Jr. Any information would be appreciated. Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list See my Ancestors at - http://www.trailerpark.com/tango/lrnoah Gedcoms & other data are at - http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah Florence Co,SC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scfloren Orange Co, NC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange
Caswell County, NC Will for William OWEN Book H page 301 William OWEN...will... written 19 Sept 1818 wife: Mary OWEN son: Thomas OWEN..tract of land "where I now reside" daughters: Betsy WHITFIELD, Susaner TERREL, Partheny McMURRAY, Margaret OWEN, Patsy OWEN Exe: wife Mary and friend John RUSSELL Wit: Gabriel LEA and Stephen PLEASANT -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caswell County Marriage Bonds found for above OWEN'S: William OWEN and Mary/Polly ROWARK...11 Nov 1794... bondsman...John HARGIS William TERRELL and Susannah OWEN.... 31 Oct 1814.... bondsman, Benjamin B. NELSON Samuel McMURRY and Parthena OWENS....7 Nov 1818... bondsman, Samuel MITCHELL John OWEN and Martha OWEN... 25 Jan 1825...bondsman, William M. TERRELL Thomas W. OWEN and Mildred THOMAS...28 Jan 1834..bondsman, Maramduke NORFLEET Thomas W. OWEN and Penelope M. VANHOOK... 28 Oct 1845...bondsman, James McMULLIN ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
I am looking for any information of this family from either their PA or NC roots Any information would be appreciated. David Walker <davwal@aneas.net> -------------------------------------------- Phillip Walker, Sr. Born abt 1748 Died 1826 Orange County, NC (Burial Place Unknown) Lived in PA in 12 Oct 1780 when Phillip, Jr was born. Moved to Orange County, NC 1790-1800 and lived on Jordan Creek He names Children and Daughter-in-law (Williams wife) in his will and all of his children with the possible exception of Jinny were probably born in PA before moving to NC. Phillip Walker, Sr. Children were as follows: (1) Alexander Walker Birth (unknown) Death 1835 (Orange County NC) (Burial Place Unknown) Inherited his fathers home place and plantation Named his brothers in his will including Williams Widow Margaret) (2) John Walker Birth and Death unknown but was still living in 1835 (3) James Walker Birth abt. 1785 Death 19 June 1853 Orange County NC (Union Ridge Cemetery) (4) William Walker Birth 17 Jan 1770 Death 19 Sept 1819 Orange County NC (Union Ridge Cemetery) (5) Counley Walker Birth 28 Oct 1768 Died 25 Oct 1845 Orange County NC (Union Ridge Cemetery) (6) Jinny Walker Birth Unknown Death: Unknown but probably before 1835 (7) Mary (Walker) Crawford Birth Unknown Death: Unknown but probably before 1835 (8) Phillip Walker, Jr. (My Great-Great Grandfather) Birth 12 Oct 1780 Death 13 July 1792 Henderson County, TN (Union Baptist Cemetery) ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
Will found in Caswell County, NC Courthouse: Book I page 343 Elizabeth HOLT..written 18 Feb 1824 Thomas WARREN Sen, the man I now live with to receive all estate, including money collected on my property. mentioned: Elizabeth H. WARREN underage daughter of Thomas WARRIN. Exe: Thomas WARREN and Reubin JONES Wit: Reubin JONES and John W. JONES Thomas WARRIN qualified. Does anyone know the relationship between Thomas WARREN and Elizabeth HOLT? Perhaps Elizabeth was the sister of the wife of Thomas WARREN? ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
Ran across these wills at the Caswell County Courthouse while researching the LUMPKIN surname. Caswell County, NC Wills..... Book H page 358 James LAMPKIN... written 3 Sept 1816 As each child comes of age, each to receive $100 of property to make them even with sons John Bouldin and William Cody Youngest son George W. LAMKIN (under age 15). If wife survives until youngest son is 15, she is to take their thirds and equal division among all children. Exe: Wife Mary LAMKIN, Grief L. LAMKIN, James D. LAMKIN. Test: Thomas HOLT From testimony of James YANCEY, James WILDER, William SLADE Jr that this was handwriting of James LAMPKIN, it was admitted to probate. Mary and James D. LAMKIN qualified. Book L page 513 Grief L. LAMPKIN (Noncupative will) Feb 1830 Subscribers were at house of Mrs Mary LAMPKIN (Mother) on 27 Feb 1830 when he became sensible of his approaching dissolution and asked them to dispose of his property as follows: brother: Richard LAMPKIN to have all my property, and desire he would dispose of property as we agreed upon. Grief L. LAMPKIN died the next morning according to this record. Will recorded as none of the family of Grief LAMPKIN objected. Adm granted to Richard G. LAMPKIN with will annexed and he qualified Signed: 2 March 1830 with securities: Pleasant CORBIT and Elizabeth W. DABBS. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
I have been advised that some of us (including myself) have been posting information in a series of messages without including the source of that information in each message. There are times when people will have access to that source and want to go there for additional information. I will try not to forget to show the source in each message in the future. Thank you all. You are a wonderful group. Larry Noah - larmil-1@worldnet.att.net Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list See my Ancestors at - http://www.trailerpark.com/tango/lrnoah Gedcoms & other data are at - http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah Florence Co,SC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scfloren Orange Co, NC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line
Caswell County, NC Wills for ...MITCHELL Book M page 89 David MITCHELL, will written 10 Sept 1829...proved Oct Court 1831 wife: Ann son: Samuel ....land and plantation where he lives son: John daughter...Jenny WILEY and her husband John WILEY daughter: Fanney MABAIN and her husband Alexander MABAIN daughter: Elizabeth CURRIE and her husband James CURRIE son William...land called Burches tract and tract of Col. John DAY sons: John, William, Samuel, and Anderson to sell Sugartree tract and have proceeds. son: Samuel to have land west side of Hyco grandchildren: Elizabeth MITCHELL daughter of David MITCHELL decd. Alexander Mabane MITCHELL, Robert MITCHELL, Harriet Ann MITCHELL, and Eliza Frances MITCHELL, children of son William Exe: sons John, Samuel, Anderson MITCHELL Wit: A. GORDON and Henry ALLEN John and Samuel MITCHELL qualified ________________________________________________________________________ Book N page 135 John MITCHELL... Will... written 11 Jan 1837 wife: Mary MITCHELL to have 2 negroes for her life then they go to John A. MITCHELL. son: John A. MITCHELL...land where I now live, plus claim to tract in Orange Co. where Elizabeth LACKEY lives. Remainder divided to my five children: Elizabeth, William, John A., Katherine, and James MITCHELL Exe: William and John A. MITCHELL Wit: Beaufort PLEASANT and John H. PLEASANT William MITCHELL qualifed ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange
Hello Orangers.... I learned only yesterday that the Hillsboorugh Recorder has been abstracted for some early years and is for sale...who, what, when and where? <g> Surnames I am researching: NICHOLS, HARRIS(S), WILSON, COPLEY, HALL, KENION (all varations), RIGGS, WALKER, SHAW and would love to meet up with a Jesse HEDGPETH descendant! Thanks and a very Happy Holiday Season to all my cousins in Orange County! Barbara ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
Just received a message that my 3 posts today were bounced back as undeliverable. To avoid duplicates could someone let me know If they got mail from me today. Thanks, Carol ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line
Wills found in Caswell County, NC for DURHAM Book G page 154 Will written 4 July 1815 Gregory DURHAM wife: Peggy to have estate during her life or widowhood. sons: James and Isaac DURHAM daughters: Salley DURHAM and Patsey BURNS Exe: wife and William ROBERTSON Wit: W. PATTERSON and Isaac PATTERSON _______________________________________________________________________ Book I page 235 Isaac DURHAM... Will written 27 Jan 1823 wife: Elizabeth to have all estate during her life grandsons: James DURHAM, Isaac DURHAM, Martin DURHAM (tract of land he now lives on after decease of his mother) son: John (tract of land "I now live on") no relationship given: Mary BURNS to have cupboard during her life and then to grandson Isaac BURNS. daughters: Fanny, Peggy, Elizabeth, Lucy, Gemimah, Caranhapperth? Desires estate to be appraised. Exe sons: Martin and John DURHAM Test: James RAWLEY and James E. RAWLEY Martin DURHAM qualified ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange
For 20 years following the Civil War period, the thought of war and of marching feet was unpopular in Alamance County. The memories of teh privations of that conflict and the terrors of the Reconstruction were to vivid to permit a martial spirit to gain much headway. The times were essentially peaceful, and little need was seen for a local militia. In the late 1880's E.C. HOLT of Burlington travelled to Europe and observed the military establishments of several of the countries there--notably that of the newly powerful Prussia. He returned home with plans to form a body of militia in Alamance County modelled after the Prussian Army in uniforms and organization. In 1890, he organized this unit, Company F of the Third North Carolina State Guard, Light Infantry. The uniforms wre quite distinctive, with Prussian-type blouses and spiked metal helmets. HOLT commanded the unit as captain; W.H. CARROLL, later a county judge, was first lieutenant; James H. HOLT, brother of Captain HOLT, was second lieutenant, W. K.(Kirk) HOLT was the company first sergant. The outfit functioned under Captain HOLT for four years, and then Lieutenant J.H. HOLT became captain and company commander. The drills were held on a field behind the Burlington coffin Company factory, and the unit had an armory on the corner that is the present site of the RAYLASS department store. In 1898, "Remember the Maine!" flashed in from Cuba, and Captain HOLT immediately arranged to increase his company of volunteers and take them to war. The trainload of patriots, who called themselved the "Alamance Regulators," left Burlington for Raleigh, but the men as a unit were destined never to see Havana harbor nor to climb the slopes of San Juan Hill. Regulations required that company strength must be 113 men before it could be mustered into the regular United States forces, and the Alamance unit was far below this level in number. After the group reached Raleigh, it remained there a month whild Captain Holt tried vainly to recruit new men. E. H. MURRAY, later Alamance County clerk of the court, was one of the volunteers in that company. He said later: "We were bedded down in straw near the State Fairgrounds for a month while Captain HOLT tried to get new recruits. He even tried to buy enough men to fill out his company. He bartered with another aspirant for a captaincy from Washington, N. C. offering to pay for the men and take the leader into his company as a lieutenant . . . and I think he paid over $600 and never got one man." The unit returned home but some of the men joined other companies and saw action in the war. In 1917 Company F became Company I, 120th Infantry, in the National Guard. But by that time war was raging in Europe, and once again Alamance County must answer the call to arms. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
But, there were important and significant events taking place during this period, too; events that were to influence the growth of the county, and were to be recounted to the children of teh future. Many structures were standing then that were to be imortant in the history of the area; some still stand, and some have vanished. One such building was the Railroad Hotel. Built by the railroad company primarily for the use of its passengers, it stood just south of the present passenger station. It had about 30 rooms--without bath--with a daily rate in 1900 of two dollars. This rate included three meals, a washbowl and a towel--and a chair on the front porch. The food served in the hotel dining room was famous all along the railroad. Quail, turkey, and chicken were often on the menu, and trains stopped regularly to allow their passengers to dine there. The conductors would wire from mCleansville or from Hillsboro to tell the number of passengers to be expected, and when the trains arrived at Burlington, food would be ready. Many notable public figures lunched there, including Thomas A. EDISON and Henry FORD. But the end came for the famous and popular hotel on teh morning of May 25, 1904. A disgruntled Negro employee poured kerosene on the floor of the kitchen and dining room and set it afire; flames soon enveloped the structure. Fortunately, all the guests, including Polk MILLER, a famous entertainer of the day, escaped unharmed; but the hotel was a total loss. The Negro was captured, tried, and sent to prison, but the hotel was never rebuilt. A vigorous national temperance crusade was going on in that period, and it reached into Alamance county. Visiting lecturers spoke at temperance lodges in various county communities and the famous Carrie NATION once swung her hatchet in Graham. Followed by a crowd of onlookers, she strode purposefully down Main Street toward the saloon which stood on Court Square, and city officials waited fearfully for the sounds of shattering glass and splintering wood. Their fears were unfounded, however, for she contented herself after she arrived with making a resounding temperance speech. Heavy rains in 1875 caused a series of damaging floods throughout the county. Thirty-five feet of the rock dam at DR. WILSON's mill on Haw River was washed away, and the bridge across Big Alamance Creek was severelly damaged. The bridge across the same stream at E.M. HOLT's factory was entirely swept away by the raging waters. A county editor the following month published this notice: " The bridge at Clem C. CURTIS' was repaired last week. Good crossing there now. You people on the other side bring us something to eat, and come to see us, and bring us some wood, and subscribe for our paper." Public roads were unpaved and ill-kept during this period in teh county, as all over the state, and the situation moved one editor to write: "The condition of some (public roads) are well nigh impassable, scarcely anywhere good. Transportation for famers at some seasons is next to impossible, there is a risk of breaking vehicles and getting fast in the mud. The cost of bad road to a community cannot be estimated. The statute in regard to keeping roads (up) is a dead law; roads should be kept up by taxation. The law (for appointed road overseers, etc) always was unjust but since the war it has been especially so. One class of men cut up the roads, and another class has them to work and keep in order." Troupes of itinerant performers traveled through the county and put on their shows in warehouses and other such makeshift auditoriums as could be employed. In 1875, such an amateur troupe played "Ten nights in a Barroom" at Company Shops, drawing a large audience from teh surrounding section. One of the greatest celebrations that had ever taken place in the county occurred at the unveiling of the monument at Alamance Battleground on May 29, 1880. It began with the assembly at Court Square in Graham of a band, several marshals, and a number of county and state dignitaries. They set out for the Battleground and, as the band played, rode majestically past the thousands of spectators who line the route. The parade moved slowly, and the band serenaded the onlookers, many of whom had never before heard a martial strain. There was no bridge then at the factory at Alamance, so the procession had to ford Amanace Creek between the dam and the factory. It passed on through the community, followed by a long line of private carriages, wagons, carts, buggies, horses, and pedestrians and soon arrived at the Battleground. As everyone gathered around to look,an unidentified little girl pulled the string, and the veil slipped off the impressive monument. Then the speaches got underway. The invocation was delivered by Dr. William LONG, later founder and president of Elon College, and then the featured speaker, Daniel G. FOWLE, later governor of North Carolina, was introduced by Thomas W. HOLT also later governor of the state. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm
Still quoting from Centennial History of Alamance County 1849-1949 by Whitaker Social activities had always gone on sporadically in the county, and now began to be more pronounced. The continued growth and development of towns and communities--Burlington, Graham, Mebane, and the others--led to an increase in group and community social and cultural functions. In the rural sections of the county, the old American custom of visiting was very popular. Communications were poor and the farms were isolated, so the country people looked forward eagerly to the visits of the neighbors and friends and the exchange of news. Sometimes traveling peddlers would vend their wares through the county; their "foreign" clothes and accents brought curious stares and hesitant questions from the untraveled people of the land. They seemed strange and exotic and interesting, with their "Yankee brogues" and their casual mention of far-away places like Philadelphia and New York and Boston Sports held a prominent place in the social life of the county during this period. Hunting and fishing wre popular among the men, and self-styled marksmen often matched their skill at "turkey shoots". Wagon, buggy and horse races were often held, and brought great excitement to the spectators. It was a stirring sight to see pairs of fine horses thundering along, raising clouds of dust and roars of encouragement and ovation. Baseball was in its infancy then, but it has become extremely popular in the county. Each community had its team, and rivalries were keen. The game as it was then played was rather crude and unperfected, and the scores were usually large. In 1887, for instance, the Graham Mutuals defeated Company Shops by the score of 41-38. Rounders, a form of baseball, was often played when a regular game couldn't be organized. In this game, each player started at left field and, as batsmen were retired, played each position until he came to bat. Whenever groups of people gathered for festive occasions, such as auctions, physical contests were held for entertainment. rough and tumble wrestling, boxing, high jumping, broad jumping--all were popular interludes in the days business. For those who preferred less strenuous exercise, "barnyard golf," or horseshoe pitching, had its attractions. The first Alamance County fair was held in a warehouse on Davis Street in Burlington on Octorber 10-11, 1888, and was attended by a large crowd. That same year, The county Fair Association signed a 30 year lease for 12 acres of the county poor house lands to be used as a permanent fairground. This land lay between Graham and Burlington at the present site of the Cloth Finishing Plant of Burlington Mills, near which a small section of the old race track can still be seen. Annual fairs were held here for many years, and people came to Alamance from some distances to attend them. On the morning of a fair, the grounds would begin to fill early with eager and expectant people. Some walked, some rode horses, some came in buggies or wagons, and some pedaled awkward and tricky "wheels", or bicycles. A long table was set up inside the race track, and here the picnic lunches were spread. The speech was the featured part of the fair, and in that day of no loudspeakers those who were interested gathered around the dignitaries, while whose who were indifferent retired to a shady spot and lit a pipe or bit a "chaw of plug". When it became time for the horse race, the track was cleared and the spectators watched the line of handsome horses prance into postion. The fair was famous for its fine pure-bred horses. One wwell known horse was Esperanza, from the stables of Colonel Julius HARDEN, and another was John R. GENTRY, from the L. Banks HOLT's Alamance Farm at Graham. In 1894, the latter horse, at Terre Haute, Ind., paced a mile in 2:03 minutes to set a new record for stallions. Livestock, farm, and home exhibits were held and the midway operated, but for children of all ages the big thrill was the balloon flight. They watched excitedly as the big bag filled with hot air from a kerosene burner, then soared skyward with the balloonist doing stunts on a suspended trapeze. Soon he opened a parachute and floated back to earth, while the balloon rose a few hundred feet, whas turned upside-down by sand bags on one side and quickly descended under a trail of smoke. For the gentler sex, entertainment during this period ran to croquet, spelling bees, quiltings, and dances. In the rural sections of the county, barn-raisings and corn huskings brought together groups of both sexes in a festive spirit. It is interesting to look back into some details of daily life of this period in Burlington and the county. These glimpses seem quaint and curious today, but old-timers will remember them with perhaps a twinge of nostalgia. Take a walk down Main Street of the Burlngton of 1900. Stroll along the two-board sidewalk, light up your "White Roll" cigarette, and observe the early days of Burlington. There is less than a solid block of business houses on Mail Street, and some of these are false-fronted wooden structures. They look out on a rough dirt street that disappears south through an avenue of trees and comes to an abrupt halt at the passenger station to the north. Horses hitched to wagons and buggies are tied up at telegraph poles and hitching posts along the street. There are no automobiles to be seen, but a daring fellow pedals by on his skyscraper bicycle, narrowly missing a boy who scuffs along the road in his brass-toed shoes. A woman comes by in her bustle and long skirt, heading for B. A. SELLAR's store; she wears no lipstick, but her nose is carefully powdered. The buggies and horses of the rural mail carriers are lined up in front of the post office on Main Street, and a crowd of people waits at the railroad station to watch the train come in and leave. A gentleman passes in his stovepipe breeches, carrying a can of red kerosene for his household lamps, while another stops at the "butcher shop"-- a wagonload of meat cuts, with a cloth streched over them. His meat is weighed out, and he clomps away in his heavy brogans. The street light tender lays his little box under one of the lamps, stands on it, and raises a long pole bearing a blade on the end. Flicking open the lamp glass, he trims the carbon from the wick. Then he closes the glass, picks up the box and heads for the next lamp. A laughing and jostling group of teen-age boys passes down the street going toward the Company pond (south of the present Pine Hill Cemetery), where they will watch the pump as it send water over to the tank in town--the tank from which the locomotives are filled. This pond is one of their favorite recreation places. A child swings gaily from the stirrups of the life-size dummy horse at the entrace of Kirk HOLT's hardware store, and the wooden Indian standing in front of the STAFFORD and STROUD Drug Company building stares blindlly into the past. A man with a swollen jaw strides jpast toward the new office of Dr. R. W. MORROW, the towns first dentist. Wagons pass, loaded with hay and feed for the numerous livery stables in town, and a nattily-dressed young man with a girl at his side runs the gauntlet of stares and smirks in his rented buggy. A matron fills her pails at the town pump and walks toward her house, shooing some chickens out of her path. And so passed a day in Burlington in 1900--an average, uneventful day in the lives of the pioneers of the modern city, and of modern Alamance County. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm