Hello All Looking info on Kelly around anderson, IND My grandmother was (Francis E'del Kelly)m,Micajah Sylverter Farlow Her sister was Gertrude Kelly m,Lee Closser also have picture ggrandparent of Wright and Esliza Kelly taken in anderson,IND. any help would appreciated Jim ==== 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

Elizabeth CHEEK, born 1790 (age 60 in 1850 Census). She was married in Orange County on 18 Jan 1806 to Charles JONES, with James CHEEK as bondsman. They had children, but none proven at this time. Charles JONES apparently died earlier than 1850. In the 1850 Census for Orange County Elizabeth JONES was head of household #237 and was living with four children ranging in age from 22 to 28 years old. To be continued with: The children of Robert "Robin" CHEEK and Patsey ANDREWS ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

Need information on Robert Ward and Martha (Patsy) Steward whose daughter Martha (Patsy) Ward b 1791 married Henry Hardaway Hatch in Chatham Co., NC. Thank you for any help! Judie

TEST - Not receiving mail. Tom Green ==== 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

Richard CHEEK, was married in Orange County on 3 July 1809 to Jenny ANDRUS/ANDREWS, daughter of William ANDREWS, Sr and Mary LLOYD. She was named in her father's will as "Ginney CHEEK". On 22 Nov 1817 there was a public sale of 125 acres on waters of New Hope Creek adjoining Burrows ESTRIDGE, George REEVES, and others, land of Robert CHEEK, Sr., sold to satisfy claims against him by Charles JONES and Richard CHEEK (Orange DB-16:260). On 29 Aug 1843 Richard CHEEK sold to James CATE 8 acres on headwaters of New Hope Creek adjoining William CHEEK, Archibald ANDREWS and others; B. CHEEK and Wiley ANDREWS were witnesses (Orange DB-32:15). On 22 Jan 1845 James PURDUE and wife Biddy sold to Richard CHEEK 67.2 acres on waters of Collins Creek adjoining Thomas CATE and others, from bank of said creek through north end of Wolf Pond (Orange DB-31:10) To be continued with: Elizabeth CHEEK ==== 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

I am trying to find the father of Biddy MORRIS of Orange CO NC She married Ezekiel BREWER 5 Jun 1796 in Orange Co NC. Biddy Morris BREWER died 3 nov 1857 Orange Co NC The BREWER family also was connected to the KING .MINOR,STRAIN families. Jodie Gee ==== 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

Robert "Robin" CHEEK of Orange County, NC Robert "Robin" CHEEK, born 1777 (age 73 in 1850 Census). He was married in Orange Co. NC on 27 Nov 1798 to Martha/Patsy ANDRUS (ANDREWS) (b. 1778, age 72 in 1850 Census) daughter of William ANDREWS, Sr (died 1824) and Mary LLOYD. They had 11 children. This household is listed on each Census of Orange County from 1800 through 1850, identified as "Robert CHEEK Jr" in 1800 and 1810. On 2 May 1811 Robert CHEEK Jr, purchased from James McCAULEY 133 acres on waters of New Hope Creek, adjoining lands of George REEVES and James CARROLL (Orange DB-17:77). On 22 April 1838 Robert CHEEK and others deeded to the Methodist Protestant Church Trustees, land for the CONCORD ORANGE MEETING HOUSE CONGREGATION (Orange DB-25: 263). He died in 1866. his wife had died earlier. On 28 Aug 1866 his son, William CHEEK posted bond as Administrator of the estate with his brothers, Merritt CHEEK, and Richard CHEEK as securities. On 30 Aug 1866 William CHEEK as Administrator petitioned the Court to sell 80 acres of land adjoining his own of which Robert CHEEK had died possessed. The land was sold to Merritt CHEEK for $114.00, and the sale and title was confirmed at the Nov 1866 Term of the Orange Co. Court. (Orange Estate Papers, N.C. Archives, Box CR 073. 508.10) To be continued with: Richard CHEEK ==== 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

David L. DURHAM was married to a Barbary CHEEK in 1824. I correspond with one of their descendants. David L. Durham was a son of Lysias Durham, son of Mathew Durham, Sr., and wife, Susannah Lindsey. From the information you sent, it appears that Barbary is likely a daughter of Mastin CHEEK. Rena McWilliams renamc@bcni.net Mastin CHEEK, probably born in Brunswick County, VA. Lived for a short >while in Bute County, NC...later in Orange Co. NC by 1772 on waters of New >Hope Creek. > >Mastin CHEEK.... born between 1760-1765 (limits from successive Census >listings). Mastin CHEEK was listed as head of household in Orange County in >each Census from 1790 through 1840. Mastin may have lived in Chatham County >for a while; on 23 Oct 1800 "Masting Creek of Chatham County" sold to >William PINKINGTON, 110 acres on Tyrell Creek in Chatham Co. (Chatham >DB-N:44). On 5 Sept 1801 he bought 110 acres from James RICHARD: this land >was near Chapel Hill (Orange DB-9:358). The name of his wife is unknown. >Eight children were named in his will. His will was dated 26 March 1841 and >proved at Feb Court, 1847. David L. DURHAM, a son-in-law was executor of >the estate; he filed a report of sale of farm implements and livestock on 4 >March 1847. One tract of land was sold to Fielden MORRIS on 8 April 1847 >and on 22 Feb 1848 the estate sold 50 acres on Wild Cat Branch, waters of >Collins Creek, to Fielding MORRIS (Orange DB-33:441). A report of debts >paid and bequests distributed was filed with the Court by David L. DURHAM >at Nov. Court 1849, and a supplementary report was filed at Feb. Term 1850 >(Orange Co. Estate Papers, NC Archives...Box C.R. 073.508.10) > >If anyone has further information on Mastin CHEEK, name of his wife or >children's names, I would appreciate hearing from you. > >To be continued.... > > >==== 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 ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

When the War Between the States came, the county seat at Graham had begun to develop as an educational, legal and business center. The war brought a general depression, and the post-war reconstruction period kept the community in a state of confusion and unrest. The TROLLINGER, Hotel, a brick building on East Elm Street was converted into a school following the war. The private school which had stood in the southwest part of town became a tobacco factory. Instead of two barrooms, the bown boasted three. In 1885, a tobacco factory was erected, and two years later two more tobacco businesses appeared. The DUKE family of Durham had an interest in these factories at one time, and it was rumored that they considered the construction of a factory of their own at Graham, but such plans never materialized. By 1890, the tobacco industry was replaced by the onrushing textile business. Lynn Banks HOLT, a son of Edwin M. HOLT founder of the first Alamance Cotton Mill moved to Graham and built a mansion southwest of the town in 1886. This home which still stands (1949) two blocks below the Graham Town hall on South Maple Street was the manor-house of Mr. HOLT's five-hundred-acre plantation. The mansion was decorated by Ruben RINK, famous artist of the time, and a cupola or tower was constructed, from which Mr.HOLT could survey his stock farm and race track. Banks HOLT hired a horse trainer from kentucky, and through him bought some of the best race horses in the country at that time. In addition to his interest in racing, however, mr. HOLT was an industrialist. He bought the Oneida Cotton Mills and started a wholesale and retail business in Graham. One of the first telephone exchanges in Alamance was set up in the SIMMONS Drug Store, today the RICH and THOMPSON building, at Graham in 1888. The town post office shared the same building for a time. In 1900, fire destroyed the original building and it was replaced by an opera house, in which many events, including the high school commencement programs, were held for some time. Before 1888, a plank road had been laid from the business district to the Graham depot, a mile away, and a stage coach was used to carry assengers and mail to and from the depot. In 1892, Graham boasted the first macadam street in Alamance County, and had in 1896 the greatest amount of macadamized roads for any town its size in the state. The towns water supply in the early days ame from a well located on the northside of the Court square, but later two additional wells were dug on the square; these served, along with private wells, until the town waterworks and electric plant was constructed in 1904. Kerosene was the principal illuminant used in the homes and for street lights for the first half century, but on December 1, 1905, the electricity was turned on. A bond election of 1920 voted $100,000 for a sewage system. The National Bank of Alamance was organized in 1899, and the Graham hose Company, the town's first voluntary fire company, was formed in 1904. In 1923, the original courthouse was replaced with the present seat of the courts, which symbolizes the main activity of Graham where many of the county, state and federal offices are located. Since WW II, Graham has made considerable growth as a residential community. The former Banks HOLT plantation has developed into an extensive community of homes, and other housing projects are underway. The business life of the town has increased slowly but steadily, But Graham's biggest asset is the quiet comfortable community life which it has offered for the past one hundred years. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

{continued from Dr. Lederer's visit to the Eno Indians} Fourteen miles west-southwest Lederer found the Shackory Indians dwelling upon a rich soil. These seem to tally with the Shakori (Shoccoree), or Saxapahaw, sometimes called Sissipihaw, dwelling Haw river in the neighborhood of Haw fields. Another traveler, John LAWSON, came along the trading path from the south in 1701. The trail was followed across "three Great Rivers", identified as Little and Big Alamance rivers and Haw river. The Haw river ford, which was crossed "with great Difficulty, (by God's Assistance)," was in the neighborhood of the present village of Swepsonville, and bordered lands which Lawson described as "extraordinary Rich". As he traveled through Haw fields, he met a trading caravan of thirty horses led by several horsemen. The leader, a man named MASSEY, from Leeds in Yorkshire, England, advised Lawson to secure ENO-WILL, a faithful Indian guide, who was to be found at one of the villages in the Occoneechee neighborhood. This Indian was a Shakori by birth, whose people had been met by Lederer at Haw river and who had since joined the Eno and another tribe known as Adshusheer. The Occoneechee Indians had fled from their island home at the confluence of Dan and Staunton rivers and were then n the region of the Eno river, where they left their name in the "Occoneechee Hills", not far from present Hillsboro. {to be continued} 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 USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm

The following is from the book "Orange County 1752-1952" that I have quoted before. It was written by Douglas L. Rights. I am not sure when it was written, but the book was published in 1953. --------------------------------------------------------------- When the curtain rose for the drama of history to begin, the land that is now Orange county was occupied by small tribes of Siouan origin. The great Trading Path from Virginia to the Catawba nation led through the region of present Hillsboro and Mebane to Haw river. The first description of this famous Indian trail was given by John LEDERER, a German doctor, in June, 1670. He told of his visit to the Eno Indians along the Eno river near present Hillsboro. His narrative read: *****Dr. Lederer's comments**** The county here, by the industry of these Indians, is very open and clear of wood. Their town is built round a field where in their sports they exercise with so much labour and violence, and in so great numbers that I have seen the ground wet with sweat that dropped from their bodies: their chief recreation is slinging of stones. They are of mean stature and courage, covetous and thievish, industrious to earn a penny; and therefore hire themselves out to their neighbours, who employ them as carryers or porters. They plant abundance of grain, reap three crops in a summer, and out of their granary supply all the adjacent parts. These and the mountain-Indians build not their houses of bark, but of watling and plaister. . . .Some houses they have of reed or bark; they build them generally round: to each house belongs a little hovel made like an oven, where they lay up their corn and mast, and keep it dry. They parch their nuts and acorns over a fire, to take away their rank oyliness; which afterwards pressed, yield a milky liquor, and the acorns an amber-colour'd oyl. In these, mingled together, they dip their cakes at great entertainments, and so serve them up to their guests as an extraordinary dainty. Their government is democratick; and the sentences of their old men are received as laws, or rather oracles, by them. ****end of Dr. Lederer's comments**** The author goes on to say that more than two centuries later the following comment was written. He does not say who wrote this comment. ********************** Not far from Eno Town the young braves of North Carolina and Duke universities still carry on their ball play with much labour and violence, the government of the county is still democratic, and the three crops a year are possible for farmers who space their corn plantings properly. *********************** {to be continued} 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

John CHEEK, born about 1768 (estimated; Census limits 1765 to 1774). John CHEEK married in Orange Co. NC on 1 April 1794 to Susannah "Susan" ESTRIDGE (b. 1769/70; d. 18 Jan 1872). They had seven children. This John CHEEK family lived on a 200 acre tract on waters of New Hope Creek. bounded on the north by heirs of Jonathan HOBBS, on the east by Thomas D. FAUCETTE, on the south by Baxter DAVIS, and on the west by Frederick WILLIAMS (Orange DB-27:544). He possessed this land at th time of his death, but record of its acquisition has not been found. He died intestate on 26 July 1827. His widow petitioned the Court to allot a year's support and maintenence to her and "several small children". This was granted, and reports ofthe maintenance allotment and of sale of personal property were filed with the Court on 18 Oct 1827 by the administrator, William BROWN. Of 94 lots in the personal estate sale, 37 lots (kitchen and household items, plus livestock) were purchased by the widow, Susan CHEEK; 29 lots (farming implements) were purchased by son John CHEEK, 9 lots by son Sanford CHEEK, and one or two lots each by cousins Anderson CHEEK, Burroughs CHEEK, and Morgan CHEEK. The land remained undivided until sold by Court order upon petition of the widow and children on 25 May 1846 (Orange Estate Papers, Box CR 073.508.10, NC Archives. The widow and the younger children may have continued to live on the New Hope farm for several years; Susan CHEEK was head of household in the 1840 Cebsus. It is assumed that she lived with one or more children until her death at 102 years of age on 18 Jan 1872. To be continued with: Robert "Robin" CHEEK ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

part 2/2 of earlier post with no subject sent by an over-eager grandson. Sorry 'bout that. "We still need . . . school-houses and churches. Much, complaint exists among those who are compelled to live here, that their children are growing up in ignorance and sin . . . "Here is a population of three hundred persons who . . . never hear a prayer nor a sermon, and that not from any fault of theirs . . . " (Ref: Fifteenth Annual Report of the President of N.C. Railroad 1864) Two years later it was reported: "At the Shops five new buildings have been finished for the accomodation of employees of the company . . . a fire engine has been purchased with 500 feet of hose which will be a great assistance in case of fire . . . " (Ref: Seventeenth Annual Report of the President of N.C. Railroad 1866) Company Shops was incorporated in February, 1866. The corporate limits of the town were specified to be a mile and one-half square, "having for the centre of the same, the Hotel of the North Carolina Railroad." (Ref: Documents of N. C. Legislature, 1866) The first commissioners of the incorporated village were J. G. MOORE, B. E. SEIGENT, E. WILKES, Dr. W. C. TARPLEY and Jacob TROLLINGER. In 1886 the North Carolina Railroad Company decided to transfer its operations to Manchester, Virginia, and the railroad office and shops At Company Shops were closed. With the removal of teh business which had given the village its name, Company Shops threatened to become a ghost town. There were a few stores along Main Street, but most of the present business district consisted of vacent lots. Three cotton mills and the two-year-old Burlington Coffin Factory were the only sizable industries in the village. Nevertheless, the Railroad Hotel still attracted salesmen and visitors, and, depending heavily on their infant industries and business to see them through to better times, the 1,000 to 1,500 inhabitants of Company Shops worked to keep the village alive. Company Shops gets a New Name Since the railroad shops no longer operated here, the citizens of Company Shops began to discuss the need for a more suitable, a more distinguised name for their town. Just how the name Burlington was selected is a story with several variations. In February, 1887, several of the town's leading citizens held a meeting for the purpose of selecting the name. The meeting was dominated aby an influential civic organization of the day known as the "Knights of Labor," and there was considerable debate between the members of this group and others on the names suggested. Among those most prominent mentioned were "Holtsville" and the polysyllabic "Carolinadelphia" Soon realizing that they were making no progress, the citizens present decided to appoint a committee of seven men to whom they would instrust the selection of the name for the town. Dr. B.A. SELLERS, Dr. R.A. FREEMAN, Captain James A. TURRENTINE, Joseph A. HOLT, J.A. MCCAULEY, W.A. FOGLEMAN, and W.A. ERWIN were elected to this committee, which retired to a small room above teh FREEMAN and ZACHARY Drug store (1949 Main Street Drug Store) and after some deliberation, chose the name "Burlington." Mr. ERWIN said later that the name was selected from the U. s. Postal Guide. (Ref: HUNTER, J. A., Burlington Times-News, November 27, 1936). Another version of the story claims that the name was suggested by Miss Katherine SCALES from those which had been listed on a paper which had been hung in the window of the drug store (Ref: HARDEN, John. Alamance County, Economic and Social, Chapel Hill, 1928). The third version is that an aged and respected negro who was present listened to the committee's arguments and finally proposed that the town be named for a large Jersy bull, named "Burlington" after the Vermont city from which it came, and which was allowed by its owner to wander through the streets of Company Shops (Ref: LONG, Will S., Jr.) With a new name, and "I'll tell the world" as its motto, the village of Burlington began its history in 1887. On July 25 of that year the first newspaper, the Burlington News, was lauched by W. A. CLAPP. The city of Burlington was incorporated and a charter was issued by the State Legislature on February 14, 1893. The railroad shops were reopened for a brief period about 1890, but the North Carolina Railroad moved its headquarters to Spencer, N. C., in 1897, and the last of the railroad operations at Burlington came to an end. A depression descended over Burlington. But gradually the town recovered. About the time of the removal of the shop operations, the Aurora Cotton Mill opened here, and this marked the beginning of the textile industry on which the City of Burlington was built. The location of the Burlington City Hall was a corn field at the turn of the century. In 1889, the City Council rented a room for the meeting of the mayor and aldermen at the extravagant sum of $2 per month. The mayor received no salary until 1890, when it was suggested that he be paid $100 a year and fees. A recorder's court was initiated for the city in 1910 with the mayor as the presiding official, and not until recently (1949) was the position filled by a judge. the City Hall was erected in 1915. In 1945, the city manager form of government was instituted. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

Orange County, NC Hartwell CHEEK, born between 1765 and 1774 (limits from Census entries). In the 1800 Census his household included his wife, with 3 males and 3 females, all under the age of 10 years. The 1820 Census listed his household in Chapel Hill, with himself and wife over 45 years, with 1 male and 2 females age 10 to 16 years, one female age 16 to 26 years. The name of his wife is unknown. Hartwell has not been found in the 1830 or 1840 Census of Orange County, NC; it is assumed that he died between 1820 and 1830, but it is possible that he may have left the area. Anyone have any information on this Hartwell CHEEK? To be continued with: John CHEEK ==== 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

Mastin CHEEK, probably born in Brunswick County, VA. Lived for a short while in Bute County, NC...later in Orange Co. NC by 1772 on waters of New Hope Creek. Mastin CHEEK.... born between 1760-1765 (limits from successive Census listings). Mastin CHEEK was listed as head of household in Orange County in each Census from 1790 through 1840. Mastin may have lived in Chatham County for a while; on 23 Oct 1800 "Masting Creek of Chatham County" sold to William PINKINGTON, 110 acres on Tyrell Creek in Chatham Co. (Chatham DB-N:44). On 5 Sept 1801 he bought 110 acres from James RICHARD: this land was near Chapel Hill (Orange DB-9:358). The name of his wife is unknown. Eight children were named in his will. His will was dated 26 March 1841 and proved at Feb Court, 1847. David L. DURHAM, a son-in-law was executor of the estate; he filed a report of sale of farm implements and livestock on 4 March 1847. One tract of land was sold to Fielden MORRIS on 8 April 1847 and on 22 Feb 1848 the estate sold 50 acres on Wild Cat Branch, waters of Collins Creek, to Fielding MORRIS (Orange DB-33:441). A report of debts paid and bequests distributed was filed with the Court by David L. DURHAM at Nov. Court 1849, and a supplementary report was filed at Feb. Term 1850 (Orange Co. Estate Papers, NC Archives...Box C.R. 073.508.10) If anyone has further information on Mastin CHEEK, name of his wife or children's names, I would appreciate hearing from you. To be continued.... ==== 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

This family was in Brunswick County, VA in August 1762. They later lived in Bute County, NC for a few years; they moved to Orange County NC about 1772, and lived on waters of New Hope Creek. No PROVEN parents of James CHEEK: James CHEEK, born 16 August 1762 in Brunswick County, VA. Married on 6 Sept 1783 in Orange Co. NC to Pattey ESTRIDGE (b. 1762; d. 1831) witnesses were William McCAULEY and Jesse BENTON. James and Pattey CHEEK had nine children. In the summer of 1781, James served a three month term in the Light Horse Company commanded by Capt. Abram ALLEN, with Joseph YOUNG as Lieutenent; he engaged in reconnoitering the Tories in Orange County, and was in the battle of KIRKS in Orange County. During the winter of 1782-83 he volunteered again in the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob RICHARDS and was engaged in guarding the town of Hillsborough against Tories. James CHEEK was granted a pension for this service effective in March 1833. A series of deeds shows that he owned land "on waters of New Hope Creek" earlier than 1792. Only one James CHEEK household is listed in the Orange Co. Census for 1790, 1800, and 1810. James CHEEK died in Orange County, NC on 4 Sept 1833. Sources: Pension application, sworn in Orange Co. Court 31 Aug. 1832 and supporting documents; General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, File: James Cheek S-8190. Continued.... Next: Mastin CHEEK Hartwell CHEEK John CHEEK Robert "Robin" CHEEK Richard CHEEK Elizabeth CHEEK ==== 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 Orange Co. NC CATES and Who They Married: Also list of children of William Aaron CATES and Sarah Burns CHEEK: Thomas CATES married Elizabeth FUSSELL their son: Isaiah CATES born ? died before July 1806...married 10 Feb 1794 to Jane O'DANIEL born abt 1773... died after 20 April 1821,... daughter of John O'DANIEL and Agnes McCOWN their son: Arron/Aaron CATES born 5 April 1798... died 18 May 1876...married Nancy ANDREWS born 3 Dec 1801... died 30 Sept 1874...daughter of Labon ANDREWS and Rebecca KEAN/KING...granddaughter of William ANDREWS and Mary LLOYD their son: Isaiah CATES born 1824... died 3 Oct 1892... married 22 Dec 1851 Rhoda Ellen RAY... born 1828... died 1896... daughter of David RAY and Eliza HATCH their son: Montgomery CATES.. born Nov 1852, Orange County, NC...died before 1930...married abt 1969, Corrina SPARROW *************************************************************************** William Aaron CATES (1822-1865) son of Aaron CATES (1793-1876) and Nancy ANDREWS William Aaron CATES married 17 June 1845 to Sarah/Sallie Burns CHEEK (1827-1918) daughter of William CHEEK (1803-1895) and Mary CRAIG (1805-1863) Children of William Aaron CATES and Sarah Burns CHEEK: 1...Henry C. CATES... born 24 April 1846, died young 2...James Westley CATES... born 30 Sept 1847..died 5 Jan 1918... married 1st Sarah Jane Patterson on 4 July 1869. They had 5 children. Married 2nd Sarah Elizabeth SCOTT on 15 Feb 1885. They had 8 children. 3...Mary Ann CATES... born 2 Feb 1850..died 23 March 1920 in Sanford FL....married 17 Feb 1868 to Henry Clay ZACHARY. Thet had 9 children. 4...Martha Jane CATES... born 15 Aug 1852...married in 1873 to Thomas DURHAM. They had 8 children. 5...Eliza Frances CATES....born 6 July 1855. Married Edward CLARK. They had 9 children. 6...William M. CATES.. born 17 Dec 1857....died 15 May 1929 in Tallahassee, FL....married in 1880 to Roxana THOMPSON. They had 5 children. 7...Berry Monroe CATES... born 5 Nov 1860...died 1 Dec 1951 in Tallahassee, FL...married Annie Elizabeth FOX. They had 6 children 8...Alexander M. CATES born June 1863...died young Any suggestions or corrections welcomed! ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

Rockingham County, NC Constables 1815... William SMITH, Anson BURK, George L. WILSON, Charles HARRIS, Ezekiel JONES, Josiah ROBERTS, John PATRICK, John FIELDS, James NICHOLS, Tilman COLEMAN, James MARTIN, James MILLER, William HAND, Willis MORGAN, Thomas P. STEPHENS, Thomas MILLER, John SHREVES, John WARDLOW, John REID 1816... Alexander MAY, Anson BURK, Thomas H. KING, Ezekiel JONES, George L. WILSON, John FIELDS, Tilman COLEMAN, James KING, John WARDLOW, John SHREVES, Martin ROBERTS, Thomas LOWE, William ORR 1817... John FIELDS, William SMITH, Daniel RAWLEY, Anson BURK, Thomas H. KING, Robert HUGHES, John WARDLOW, Thomas LOWE Jr, James KING, Martin ROBERTS, William ORR, James WALL, Charles HARRIS, Charles P. MAY, William YOUNG 1818... John FIELDS, William ORR, William P. YOUNG, William HUGHES, William NOLES, Thomas LOWE Jr, Daniel RAWLEY, Alexander MAY, Martin ROBERTS, James KING, John MAXWELL, William SMITH, John SUTTON 1819... Robert HUGHES, Daniel RAWLEY, John FIELDS, William NOLES, John SUTTON, Martin ROBERTS, Thomas LOWE, Robert PEAY 1820.... William NOLES, William F. RAWLINS, Dubarty DEMPSEY, George BOYD, Thomas WHEELER, Thomas PATTERSON To be continued..... ==== 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

Are there any professional researchers in the Orange County area who have access to the original documents for Orange County land transactions prior to about 1800 or 1800? The original documents would, hopefully, be more detailed and comprehensive than the "abstracts" that are usually included in published books. Robert Nicholson, Kingman, AZ <rn99@kingman.com> ==== 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

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. CONSTABLES 1806... Nathaniel SCALES Jr. 1808... James MILLER, Nicholas WYNN, Peter CRAWFORD, William HAND 1809... John REED, Phillip ROSE, William HAND, John LYNN, James MILLER 1810... Achilles WYNN, Peter CRAWFORD, Anson BURK, Philip ROSE, John FIELDS 1811... John FIELDS, Anson BURK, John LYNN, Achilies WYNN, Alexander S. MARTIN, Peter CRAWFORD, James MILLER, Reuben NEAL, William HAND 1812... John FIELDS, John LYNN, Anson BURK, Minan MILLS, William HAND Achilles WYNN, Allen FIELDS, Alexander S. MARTIN, Reuban REID, William HANCOCK, Morgan LILLARD, Willis MORGAN, Phillip ROSE, James MILLER, William LOWE, William SMITH 1813.... John FIELDS, Phillip ROSE, William SMITH, Willis MORGAN, Allen FIELDS, James MILLER, Josiah ROBERTS, Morgan LILLARD, Reuben REID, William HAND, William LOWE, Minan MILLS, William HANCOCK, Charles HARRIS 1814... John FIELDS, John LYNN, Charles HARRIS, William HAND, Josiah ROBERTS, Phillip ROSE, William SMITH, Morgan LILLARD, Tilman COLEMAN, William LOWE, Howel HARRIS, James MILLER, Thomas MILLER, William HANCOCK, Minan MILLS, Willis MORGAN, Thomas P. STEPHENS To be continued.... ==== 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