Hi everyone, I have found the discussion on Tories very interesting as the following information was sent to me email by a cousin regarding my Henry O'DANIEL: ----------------------------------------------------- Department of Revolutionary War Accounts. Voucher No. 2520, June 10, 1783, Henry O'Daniel established claim. Also. No. 3139, Aug. 20, 1783. *************************************************************************** HENRY O'DANIEL TO THE GOVERNOR August 19th. 1781 The Petition of Henry O'Daniel to His Excellency the Governor of North Carolina. The Petition of Henry O.Daniel humbly Sheweth, That your Petitioner did, contary to the Laws of this State, join the British, when they were at Hillsborough, and remained with them not longer than Three weeks, at the End of which Time your Petitioner, being fully convinced of the Folly of his Conduct, and being determined in Future to behave myself, agreeable to the Laws of the County, did return Home and surrender himself to a Justice of the County of Orange, and was bound in recognizance for to answer in Court, and for good Behavior in the Meantime; now, Your Petitioner having nothing to depend on but your Excellency's Clemency, which I most Humbly ask, and your Petitioner, as in Duty Bound, will ever pray. 19th. Aug. 1781 HENRY O. DANIEL August 25th, 1781, His Excellency Gov. Burke has promised to the within Henry O.Daniel and John Garisham, and all other Persons in their Situation, that if they immediately join Gen. Butler they shall be pardoned. ==== 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

Thomas C. Womble 1874 E-94 Arsenia Riddle 1874 E-95 Joseph J. King 1874 E-96 Thomas B. Harris 1874 E-98 Loab Phillips 1875 E-100 Benjamin F. Marley 1875 E-101 John Stutts 1875 E-103 Mary Harper 1875 E-104 Mountain Williams c1873 E-105 Eliz. Letterloh 1875 E-106 Hezekiah Harman c1858 E-107 Soloman Brown 1876 E-108 Thomas C. Rosser 1875 E-109 Joshua Stone 1876 E-110 Eliz W. Brooks 1876 E-112 Alexander Thomas 1875 E-113 Joseph Parham 1876 E-115 Johnson Russell 1876 E-116 Letty Brewer 1877 E-118 Thomas M. Phillips 1876 E-119 John T. Buckner 1874 E-120 Eliz. Coble 1877 E-121 Christopher Boling, of Moore Co. NC 1876 E-122 Solomon Seymore 1876 E-124 Sallie A. Clegg 1877 E-125 Hesekiah Do(r)sett 1877 E-129 Temperance Headen 1877 E-130 Benjamin Johnson 1877 E-133 Arthur Whitehead 1877 E-135 Ferbe Hinshaw 1877 E-137 Carney Bynum 1877 E-139 Asa Willis 1877 E-141 Hezekiah Henderson 1877 E-142 Carney Byrd 1877 E-144 Taply Boling 1877 E-146 Stephen Wright Cotten 1878 E-147 Wm Patterson 1878 E-148 J.B. Bell, of Perry Co. Ala 1877 in Ala; 1878 in NC E-149 Allen Ellis 1877 E-150 Horace H. Jordan 1878 E-152 Martin Hanks 1878 E-154 To be continued in Part 3 ==== 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

Centennial History of Alamance County (1849-1949) by WHITAKER Kirk's Farm On the road from Hillsboro to LINDLEY's Mill at Cane Creek lay a farm know as KIRK's Old Field. Its owner, "Old Kirk," was an english hatter, fequentl suspected of aiding the Patriots. On the night of September 13, 1781, a small band of Patriots stopped at KIRK's place en route westward, and asked permission to spend the night. They could, said KIRK, and so they established their camp and placed a sentry at the end of the lane leading to the farm. The night passed quietly and uneventfully. Early next morning, however, the Patriots were aroused by the sound of a shot. Quickly they mounted and rode toward the road and the place where they had left the sentry. Hardly had they discovered the dead body of the sentry when a group of Loyalist rushed from the thicket bordering the road and fired upon them. The battle was soon ended, but several of the Patriots were killed or wounded. LINDLEY's Mill On the same morning a band of six hundred Loyalist soldiers entered the sleeping village of Hillsboro at day light. Thomas BURKE or Orange County had recently been elected Governor by a Whig Assembly, and he was the first man to be taken prisoner by the British. Several other military and civil officals were aroused from their beds and also place under arrest. Colonel David FANNING (no relation to Colonel Edmund FANNING who was involved with the regulators) and Hector MCNEILL then led the men on a wild raid of plundering, takiing everything of value in the town. Colonel Alexander MELBANE of Hawfields watched this action from concealment. It was impossible for him to reach his horse, and so he set out on foot for his home to warn the people. Like the famous Paul REVERE, Colonel MEBANE spread the word, 'The British are coming!" Hawfields was Whig territory, and General John A BUTLER, who lived in this section, quickly raised three hundred of his Patriot militia to greet the British. Next morning the Tories crossed Cane Creek and headed through a hollow which would lead them across Hawfields to Tory country. On the brow of the hill, above the hollow, General BUTLER and his men awaited. As rifle fire broke out ahead of them, the rear-guard of the Loyalists, who were escorting the Governor, halted. Colonel MCNEILL commanded the front ranks to retreat; the whigs held a better position, and advance would mean certain death. One of his men, a scotchman named MCDOUGAL, accused him of cowardice, however, and MCNEILL reversed the order and advanced. He was instantly shot down. Seeing MCNEILL fall, some of the men called out that he was dead. MCDOUGAL cried out that the colonel was only wounded and urged the men forward. Meanwhile the other Loyalist commander, Colonel FANNING, crossed the creek some distance below the battle scene and attacked the Patriots from the read of the hill. This attack took the Patriots by surprise, and General BUTLER ordered a retreat. Major Robert MEBANE, the second in command, immediately countermanded the order, and facing a portion of his men to the rear, he attacked FANNING with such force that the latter was forced to withdraw at once. As the ammunition grew shorter, MEBANE passed along the line, carrying powder in his hat. Finally the battle came to a draw. The Tories, convinced that they could not get through the Whig lines, headed southeast for Wilmington, leaving their dead on the battlefield. Near the end of the battle a Tory marksman shot Major John NALLS of the Patriots, and mistaking three Whigs on horseback some distance away, the Tory rode toward them shouting that he had killed Major NALLS. A Patriot bullet suddenly ended his boast. Another of the Patriot officers, Colonel LUTTERAL, was wounded by the Tories, but he managed to stay in his saddle until his horse reached a farm house a half-mile from the battle scene. As he lay dying in a upstairs room of this home, the brave officer dipped his finger in his own blood and wrote his name across the wall. For many years this grim mark remained there. The battle of LINDLEY's Mill closed the war in North Carolina, and a month later at Yorktown Lord CORNWALLIS surrendered the tatterd remains of a once-proud British Army. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

On May 31, fifteen days after the Battle of Alamance, the Governor issued a proclamation offering pardon to all Regulators who would lay down their arms, swear allegiance to King George, and agree to pay their taxes. More than 1300 took the prescribed oath, many of whom had taken no part in the battle. Early in June a court martial was held in Hillsboro. Six of the prisoners--James PUGH, Benjamin MERRILL, Robert MATEAR, Captain MESSER, and two others whose identity remains unknown, were convicted of high treason and sentenced to be hanged. On June 19, 1771, a small crowd gathered on the outskirts of Hillsboro for the final act. The morning was very still. The sun shone brightly in a cloudless sky. A long line of redcoated militia stood stiffley at attention, their faces without expression. For six men--simple, honest, courageous men--the last hour had come. Slowly and calmly, James PUGH climbed the steps to the gallows. His head was bare. His large, brown hands hung limply at his sides. His boots were covered with dust--some of it, the dust from the soil where he was born, some of it, the dust of the battlefield. The rope was adjusted about his neck. Permission was granted him to speak his last words. There were so many things to say. There was so little time to say them. To James PUGH the Regulation had been a dream, a dream that decent men could overcome injustice, a dream that government was the servant of the common man. This dream had gone now. But someday other men would dream. James PUGH was ready to face his Maker. It was not easy to die, but he had fought a good fight, he had finished his course. "The blood that we have shed will be as good seed sown in good ground, which soon will reap a hundred fold." Then there was silence. A sudden breeze blew against his face--a breeze which James PUGH could no longer feel. Today (1949), a simpe granite monument marks the site of the Battle of alamance, six miles southwest of Burlington on N.C. Highway 144. It was unveiled with appropriate cermony on May 29, 1880. On it is carved the fact that "Here was fought the Battle of Alamance May 16, 1771 between the British and the Regulators." And on the reverse side, the single word "Liberty." Ref: Centennial History of Alamance County 1849-1949 by Walter WHITAKER in collaboration with Stanley A. COOK and A. Howard WHITE. pub. Burlington Changer of Commerce, Burlington, NC. ==== 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

Death records are one of the important sources of genealogical information. . . Also a source for amazement, if one reads the "cause of death" section. The most popular cause was "consumption" but amost as many died of "chronic". Unlike other contagious diseases that struck an area and after a while, moved on, "comsumption" and "chronic" remained for years! "Bilious" took it's toll as did a variety of fevers, i.e. lung, glandular, nervous, brain and "new moany". Children fell victim to hives, croup and summer complaint. Some of the doctors added descriptive phrases to the death certificates; these phrases tell a story of their own, such as the death of a 3 month old infant: "The mother being a corpulent woman laid on it and killed it." Or the 7 month old, whose "mother gave it a dose of morphine prepared for herself, by mistake, thinking it was pepsin." A young man died from "an overflow of brains"; another died "with a fit". In one accidental death the doctor gave for cause, "his clothes caught fire and burned him"; on the line for complications, he wrote, "he was an idiot." ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

To determine the birthdate from a gravestone, use simple subraction. List the deathdate by the year, month and day. subtract the age at death. If the stone states Jane Simth died May 2, 1876 aged 61Y, 6M,7D, write: 1876-5-2 61-6-7 If it will not subract evenly, as in this expample, "borrow" from the previous column, converting years into months and /or months into days. Write: 1875-16-32 61- 06-07 Since we borrowed from April (the month before the month of death) 30 days (the number of days in April) was added. If the previous month had 31 or 28 days, that number would be added. Jane Smith was born October 25, 1814 according to her gravestone. * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * ** "There is little more important for the American citizen to know then the history and traditions of his ancestors, for without such knowledge, he stands before the whole world knowing neither where he came from nor where he is going" President John F. KENNEDY ==== 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

Hi Tom and all, Tom, thank you for your corrections. They make good sense. But, as I said before in an earlier posting (and someone said before me) "History is an account of something which never happened, written by someone who wasn't there." I think that may be a bit harsh - after all "where there's smoke - there is fire." It's like the blind men describing the elephant - each one feeling it at a different place. This was driven home to me when I started this genealogy stuff. The diarys and letters of the common private in the Civil war told a totally different story than the "history books." Then, who to believe? The one that makes the most common sense. Your statement about "second army could not sustain itself following another army" does indeed make sense. Not being a "battle buff" these are things that I was not aware of. From the Centennial History of Alamance County: Snow Camp The snows of February were deep and heavy. Travel was difficult, and by the time the British reached Cane Creek in southwestern Orange, they were forced to halt. Near the Cane Creek meeting house stood Simon DIXON's grist mill, and adjoining it, the stone house in which the miller and his wife lived. CORNWALLIS decided to establish a camp here and ordered his men to move the DIXON's to a neighboring home so he might use their house as his headquarters. DIXON himself was not a Tory, but he moved quietly and left the house to the British. The British tried to run the grist mill, but there was no a miller among them; and it was said that Simon DISON had jammed the mill wheel so that it would not operate. Another interesting story is told about Lord CORNWALLIS and Mrs. DIXON. Shortly after the family moved from the house, the General heard a loud argument outside of his door, and opened it to find two sentries talking with the miller's wife. "What is the trouble?" asked CORNWALLIS. The old lady boldly informed him that she had left her favorite pipe in the house and that she had returned to get it. Gallantly, CORNWALLIS escorted her inside and helped her search until she located the pipe, and then showed her out once again. Antoher legend said that some of CORNWALLIS' men believing that Simon DIXON possessed a money box tortured him with red hot lron tongs to make him reveal its location. For several days the Loyalist camped at the mill. Seventy beef cows were siezed from local farmers and slaughtered in a nearby field, and benches were dragged from the Cane Creek Church on which to cut up the meat. Rails from Simon DIXON's fences were used by the British as fire wood. Behind them the Tories left must desolation and the hatred of people who might have been their friends. CORNWALLIS, himself, it is said named the settlement "Snow Camp" which has remained its name until the present day. (Another story claims that Snow Camp was named by a party of hunters who stopped there to camp durning the winter of 1748). ==== 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

Chatham County Will Book E, 1869-1895, 587 pages; index in front. About 363 wills recorded. Abram Pilkinton 1869 E-0 (the page preceding page 1) Andrew J. Fox 1868 E-2 John Gilmore 1868 E-4 Levi Andrews 1868 E-8 Wm Hackney 1868 E-12 Judith Avant 1868 E-16 Frances E. Woody 1868 E-18 Edward Edwards 1868 E-19 John R. Burke 1868 E-20 Wm Headon 1869 E-23 Wm Perry 1869 E-27 David Forrester c1867 E- 30 Richard S. Marks 1869 E-33 James R. Faucette 1869 E-34 Eliza Clegg 1869 (?) E-36 Wm Glossen 1869 E-38 Sarah Campbell 1870 E-40 James Gilliland 1870 E-41 Cornelius Q. Bright 1870 E-44 Nancy T. Upchurch 1870 E-45 Susannah Clark 1870 E-47 Thomas Ausley 1870 E-49 Robert Shields 1869 E-50 Donald James McIver E-52 (probated 1869, Chickasaw Co. Miss; 1870 in Chatham Co. NC) Hester Bright 1870 E-56 Mary J Fike 1870 E-57 Samuel Nelson 1871 E-58 Nathaniel M. Hill 1871 E-60 Henry Fields 1871 E-62 Sally Woodard 1871 E-66 Jemima Martin 1871 E-68 Martha Jane Shields 1871 E-69 Everett Fooshee 1871 E-71 Neal Gunter 1871 E-72 John Record 1871 E-73 Murry Upchurch 1872 E-74 Pheriby Goodwin 1872 E-76 Allen Young 1872 E-77 Adeline Haughton or Horton 1872 E-78 Alexander Sloan 1872 E-79 Robert P. Alston 1872 E-80 Wm Shane 1872 E-81 Jacob Bunton 1872 E-82 Willis Hadly 1873 E-83 (Hadley) David Murden 1873 E-84 Sally Thomas 1872 E-85 (Sallie) Naomi C. Bush 1873 E-86 Pleasant Pattishall 1873 E-87 James Perkins 1873 E-89 Fleet M. Coone 1873 E-90 Lucien M. Riggsbee 1873 E-91 Eliz. Henry 1869 E-92 Susanah Headen 1874 E-93 To be continued in Part 2 ==== 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

In a message dated 11/14/97 2:57:58 AM, Tommy_E._Graham@oui.com wrote: <<Does anybody have any information on tlhe family of this William Grayham? I am searching for parents and kin to my ancestor, Elijah Graham(Grayham), b. 1760/70 in NC, married to Sarah unknown also born in NC in the 1760/70 time slot. Several of Eijah and Sarah's descendents ended up in NW AR, where they were all active in the Primitive Baptist Church. In several of the AR and later in TX Census records, the name was spelled "Grayham"? >> Dear Tommy, The William Grayham of Caswell County left a will, which is available throught the Archives in Raleigh. If I had a copy I would send it to you, but I did not find him to relate to my group of Grahams and did not make one. There are also Grahams who settled in and around the Mecklinburg County are of North Carolina. I have seen a published lineage of those Graham which is available at the Rowan County Library Genealogical Room in Salisbury, North Carolina. They do have volunteers there who are quite helpful in copying data and passing it along for the cost of copying and mailing. Copies at 15 cents per page. The State Archives also has a published lineage of Governor William Graham's family which had ties to the southeastern coastal part of the State, and are rather extensive for its day; post "UnCivil Waugh". There was correspondance between some of my colateral ancestors in the 1800's with members of that family who felt that my Graham lines and theirs interconnected. I have found no evidence of that. There are also many Grahams who settled in the Western North Carolina mountains, from whom Billy Graham is a descendant. There have been several genealogies published about his family lineage - cannot recall any specific authorship at this time. John Fox Winston-Salem, NC ==== 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

There is a document in the Orange Co., court minutes dated in the late 1770's that include a list of Orange Co., residents that the locals felt did not support the revolution and may have provided supplies to the "other side". The courts asked them to sign an oath of allegience. A lady on AOL had posted it about a year and a half ago. Sorry I don't have it but I thought it was very interesting since it contained several Dixons and Pattersons and many more....it was quite a list. Since I've been unable to locate the parents and other sibling of the Dixon brothers I'm working on, I thought it was worth checking out. I do know that the Pattersons were connected through marriage to the Boothes as well. Has anyone else seen this document? 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 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

Bebenjohn@aol.com,Internet writes: There was a William Grayham who settled in Caswell County in the 1750's. Does anybody have any information on tlhe family of this William Grayham? I am searching for parents and kin to my ancestor, Elijah Graham(Grayham), b. 1760/70 in NC, married to Sarah unknown also born in NC in the 1760/70 time slot. Several of Eijah and Sarah's descendents ended up in NW AR, where they were all active in the Primitive Baptist Church. In several of the AR and later in TX Census records, the name was spelled "Grayham"? As many as 7 of the known descendants have the given name "Berry". i.e., Berry D. Grayham, John Berry Graham, etc. Also, several descendants have the given name Sneed; i.e., Seborn Snead Graham, Simon Snead Graham, etc. This it seems that Sarah's maiden name may well have been Berry or Snead?? Any information would be appreciated!!! Tommy Graham ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange

In a message dated 11/13/97 11:05:00 PM, dhuffines-birmingham@worldnet.att.net wrote: <<Has anyone come across a William Grimes of Orange Co? I have his son Green Grimes (b.2/12/1809 in Orange Co. NC) who married Mary M. Lipscomb in VA 2/11/1844.>> David, The name Grimes is a variation of Graham. In several early records, my ancestor John Graham was referred to as John Grimes. John Graham's daughter Jennet Graham who married John Walker, Junior of Caswell, was referred to as Jane Grimes in the marriage bond. There was a William Grayham who settled in Caswell County in the 1750's. Perhaps this was your William Grimes. I do not know much about him, except that he settled there about the same time as my John Graham settled in southern Alamance, then Orange County. John Fox Winston-Salem, NC ==== 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

Julia C. Green c1864 D-144 Jehu Womble c1864 D-144 James C. Burke c1864 D-145 John Wilson 1866 D-146 Westley c1863 D-147 James W. Burnes 1866 D-147 Eliz. Womack c1857 D-148 Catherine Ray c1865 D-149 Mark Riggsbee 1866 D-149 John R. Thomas c1863 D-150 J,H. Upchurch c1862 D-151 Thomas Clarke, of Randolph Co. NC c1862 D-151 John Headen c1859 D-152 Miley Lewter c1842 D-154 John M. Emmerson c1864 D-154 Allen Davis c1850 D-155 Martha Lambert c1863 D-155 John B. Maddox 1866 D-157 Sarah Loyd 1866 D-158 John Fox c1866 Benjamin Harris 1866 D-160 Evander McIver 1866 D-161 Abner Phillips 1867 D-162 Asa Utley 1866 D-163 Woodson Lea c1866 D-164 John Burke c1866 D-165 Eliz. R. Goldston c1867 D-166 Dismukes c1860 D-167 Jane May 1867 D-168 Sallie McClenchan c1867 D-169 John A. Hackney c1867 D-170 Lane A Hutson c1867 D-172 Benjamine Wicker c1867 D-173 Mary Pearson c1866 D-174 Samuel Moody 1867 D-175 Oliver Bland c1867 D-176 George Winn or Wynn 1868 D-176 Dempsey Johnson c1867 D-177 Henry Harris 1879 D-178 Nabley Watkins c1866 D-181 End of Will Book D ==== 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

Bryans of Rowan County - One or more sons of Morgan Bryan of Rowan County were Loyalists. Morgan Bryan arrived in North Carolina's Forks of the Yadkin from the Shenandoah Valley in the winter of 1747-48. By the mid-1750's, his seven sons had married and established themselves in the "Bryan Settlement" of the newly-created Rowan County, NC. [Quoted by permission from the writings of John K. Bryan, Jr. of Scotia, New York.] The seven sons were: Joseph Samuel Morgan, Jr. John James William Thomas This information came from Morgan Bryan's descendant, John K. Bryan, Jr. John's wife Virginia Armstrong Bryan is a descendant of Orange Countians William and Jane Lapsley Armstrong. This is all that I have at this time, but if anyone is interested in this Bryan family, I am sure John Bryan, an exceptionally careful researcher, will be happy to send me info to post, or I can send his address to those interested by private e-mail; he is not on Internet. 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 GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line

The Mary Armstrong who married Alexander Tinnin was born December 22, 1771; so, she would have been only sixteen at the time she married Alexander Tinnin and probably was his first wife. Mary Armstrong Tinnin was daughter of Jane Lapsley and Captain William Armstrong. Her father William Armstrong was born May 10, 1737 in Pennsylvania. She was the niece of the Mary Armstrong who married Alexander Mebane, Jr. Mary A. Tinnin's grandparents were James and Mary (Mollie) Bird Armstrong. Alexander and Mary moved to Sumner County, Tennessee before 1800. They probably lived in the portion of Sumner County that became Robertson County. Mary's younger brother Thomas Lapsley Armstrong and his wife, Mary Cavitt, moved to Sumner/Robertson County in the early 1800s. Will post more on Alexander and Mary Tinnin in a day or so. Helen Gant Donald Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato wrote: > > According to Orange Co., marriage records (found on Ancestry.com): > > Armstrong, Mary married Tinnin, Alexander on 27 Jun 1787 in > Orange County, North Carolina > > Alexander Tinnin son of James and Rebekah Thompson Tinnin had the following > family: > > Descendants of Alexander TINNIN > > 1 Alexander TINNIN d: July 1, 1847 > +Elizabeth RICHARDS d: August 30, 1838 > 2 Musilla Tinnin b: May 12, 1807 in Tenn. d: November 8, 1896 > +James Rogers b: October 4, 1796 in Tenn. m: May 1, 1823 d: January > 18, 1870 in Miss. (resided Canton, Madison Co., MS) Father: Larkin Rogers > Mother: Elizabeth TINNIN (daughter of James & Rebekah) > 2 John Tinnin b: December 6, 1809 > 2 James Tinnin b: March 15, 1824 > 2 Sarah Ann Tinnin b: October 2, 1825 > 2 Rebecca Tinnin b: April 30, 1828 > 2 Matilda Tinnin b: March 25, 1832 > 2 Elizabeth M. I. Tinnin b: September 26, 1834 > 2 Harriett U. Tinnin b: August 11, 1836 > > Was Mary Armstrong the first wife of Alexander Tinnin? This may start to > explain why we find Armstrong's connected to our McCarty/Tinnin/Brock lines. > > 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 > 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 > 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 USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm

I have seen a lot of Mebane info lately and thought some of you may be interested in the following. I have no interest in this persons business and I am not a Mebane researcher. Shirley ___snip____ Subj: Mary Mebane Autobiography Date: 97-11-13 18:26:49 EST From: YelloLeaf@AOL.COM To: Gen-Mat-L@rootsweb.com I have the following for sale: MARY, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY MARY E. MEBANE, (c)1981, 242 pages, dust jacket, Viking Press, born 1933 near Durham, NC, trapped in poverty, graduate of a black college summa cum laude, folk customs, religion, black history, fierce sexual appetites, frustrations. A B.A. from NC college at Durham, M.A. and Ph.D. from University of NC., writer, teacher at University of Wisc., x-library, discouraged and held back by her family, encouraged and given a dream by her Aunt Jo, $12.50+$2 postage. e-mail to reserve and for address to send check. Thanks, yelloleaf@aol.com ==== GEN-MAT Mailing List ==== GEN-MARKET, another genealogical materials list at RootsWeb (listowner - Margaret Olson), has a 2-way gateway to the newsgroup soc.genealogy.marketplace. SUBSCRIBE to GEN-MARKET-request@rootsweb.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

Not much to be found about the Tories - since history is written by the victors. This from Centennial History of Alamance County. PYLE'S DEFEAT One of the important battles of the war in this State occurred in February, 1781, two miles west of the present town of Graham on the old road to Alamance. Lord CORNWALLIS, the British commander, marched into the village of Hillsboro in early February, and learned that the Patriot army which he had pursued northward from South Carolina had retreated across the Dan River into Virginia. Grateful for a few days rest, the British set up camp in the Orange County seat. On February 18, CORNWALLIS ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre TARLETON to take a troop of men west of Haw River to seek recruits for the army. Across the Dan, General GREENE, the Patriot Commander, learned of TARLETON's mission and at once ordered two of his men, Colonel "Light Horse" Harry LEE and Brigadier Andrew PICKENS, to stop the British force. The Patriots crossed the Dan that same night and pushed on throught straggly forest and over unploughed meadows toward the Haw River, where they hoped to cut off TARLETON's advance. Early next morning they arrived at the Salisbury Road, eight miles west of Hillsboro. TARLETON, they learned, had already passed this spot, and so the Patriots turned westward to follow him. LEE had marched for a short distance when he met two young farmers on horseback. CORNWALLIS had dispatched reinforcements that morning to TARLETON, and these youths were scouts who had been set ahead of the reinforcements to locate TARLETON's camp. The scouts immeditely mistook LEE's men for TARLETON's troop, since both Patriots and Loyalists dressed in civilian clothes. LEE realized the advangage of this mistake. He thanked the scouts and told them to rejoin the reinforcements with "Colonel TARLETON's compliments,: and to request that the British troops move off the road to let "TARLETON's " cavalry pass. As soon as the scouts had departed, LEE divided his men into several troops, placing one under the command of a Captain EGGLESTON and another under Captain Joseph GRAHAM ( Captain GRAHAM was the father of Governor William A. GRAHAM, for whom the town of Graham was later named) and he himself took command of the third. EGGLESTON's troops circled through the woods, and GRAHAM's men followed a short distance behind those under LEE and PICKENS. LEE came in sight of the British a short time later. They had drawn up along the right side of the road in review formation, sitting stiffly in their saddles with their rifles or muskets slung over their shoulders, and their eyes straight ahead. At the far end of the line sat their commander, Colonel PYLE, unaware that the advancing troops were not TARLETON's men. Riding slowly past the Tories, his own troops close behind him, LEE nodded approvingly and smiled at his enemies. He reined his horse up in front of Colonel PYLE and returned the latter's salute. PYLE stretched out his hand in welcome. Some of the British at the far end of the formation now spotted EGGLESTON's men in the woods behind them. Without command they begain to fire. LEE instantly dropped Colonel PYLE's hand and drew his own sword. EGGLESTON swooped out of the woods with his men who began a hand-to-hand battle with the Tories, slashing at them with their swords and firing their muskets. "Stop! Stop!" screamed Colonel PYLE. "You are killing your own men!" His cry ended abruptly as a Patriot sword knocked him from his horse. The clash of swords and blast of rifles rose to a crescendo amid the screams of the wounded and dying Loyalist, still ignorant of wat was happening. As each Patriot wheeled his horse to face a new opponent, he called out "Whose man are you?" "The King's! The King's!" screamed the British, and the Patriot sword cut them down. Finally the confusion and panic subsided. Ninety of PYLE's men including PYLE himself lay dead. A ghastly scene surrounded the Patriots. LEE had intended to surround PYLE's men and force them to surrender, but the British themselves had begun the battle which cost many of them their lives. As soon as he could reassemble his troops, LEE sent for one of the Tory prisoners for questioning. A middle-aged man was brought forward, bleeding profusely from a head wound. He stared at LEE, still believing him to be TARLETON. "God bless your soul!" he exclaimed, "Mr. TARLETON, you've just killed as good a parcel of subjects as His Majesty ever had!" The mistake angered LEE. "You dammed rascal!" he shouted "we are Americans, not British. I am LEE of the American Legion!" Meanwhile, several of the wounded Britishers had reached the O'NEAL Plantation (The O'NEAL Plantation was on the site of the Burlington Cemetery) some two miles away, where Colonel TARLETON was camped. Without reinforcements TARLETON realized that he had no chance against the Patriots, and so he ordered camp broken at once and fled toward Hillsboro again. The Patriots arrived next morning to find his camp deserted. On February 26 CORNWALLIS marched wersward toward Haw River. He planned to gather volunteers in the Loyalists settlements and then attack the Patriot Army which was encamped at Guilford Court House. The British reached Guilford on March 15, and the battle commenced shortly after noon. Although General GREENE's men outnumbered those of CORNWALLIS, Greene was forced to retreat to a better position, and the victory was won by the British. CORNWALLIS did not pursue GREENE but decided instead to return to Hillsboro. ==== 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

TORIES was to get your attention. This is a super group. We have people giving valuable information. However, I would like someone to contribute information about the Loyalists in old Orange County. There were loyalists in the county. I have no problem that I have loyalist as ancestors even if they did fight on the loosing side. I would also have no problem if I found ancestors fighting on the winning side of the Civil War. We are here to find our roots - not to judge our ancestors. 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

According to Orange Co., marriage records (found on Ancestry.com): Armstrong, Mary married Tinnin, Alexander on 27 Jun 1787 in Orange County, North Carolina Alexander Tinnin son of James and Rebekah Thompson Tinnin had the following family: Descendants of Alexander TINNIN 1 Alexander TINNIN d: July 1, 1847 +Elizabeth RICHARDS d: August 30, 1838 2 Musilla Tinnin b: May 12, 1807 in Tenn. d: November 8, 1896 +James Rogers b: October 4, 1796 in Tenn. m: May 1, 1823 d: January 18, 1870 in Miss. (resided Canton, Madison Co., MS) Father: Larkin Rogers Mother: Elizabeth TINNIN (daughter of James & Rebekah) 2 John Tinnin b: December 6, 1809 2 James Tinnin b: March 15, 1824 2 Sarah Ann Tinnin b: October 2, 1825 2 Rebecca Tinnin b: April 30, 1828 2 Matilda Tinnin b: March 25, 1832 2 Elizabeth M. I. Tinnin b: September 26, 1834 2 Harriett U. Tinnin b: August 11, 1836 Was Mary Armstrong the first wife of Alexander Tinnin? This may start to explain why we find Armstrong's connected to our McCarty/Tinnin/Brock lines. 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 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 GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line

Hi...I am looking for information on the O'DANIEL and THOMPSON families. Henry O'DANIEL was born ca 1750s and died 16 Oct 1829 Orange Co., NC. Henry married 1) Jane Elizabeth THOMPSON born ca 1750s and died before Apr 1809; 2) Margaret "Margery" Unknown. Jane is supposed to be the daughter of Samuel THOMPSON of Va who died ca 1804. Henry and Jane had the following children: Samuel, John, Susanna, William, Henry, Jeanne, Joshua, Sally, Joseph and Margaret. Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...Patty Will: Nov 22, 1820. Proved 1829. Obituary in Releigh NC News. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HENRY O'DANIEL, SR. ORANGE COUNTY, NC In the name of God Amen. I Henry O'Daniel being in perfect mind and memory, but being in a low state of health; and calling to mind that it is appointed for all men to die, I do make and constitute this my last will and testament; and in manner and form as follows: That is to say, in the first place, I give my sould to God who gave it; with a sure and perfect hope of a ressurection at the last day. I commend my body to be buried by my executors in a decent manner. The rest of what is has pleased God to bless me with, in manner and form as follows:Item: I give an bequeath unto my loving wife, Margery, all the property she brought with her to me; and also all that has been bought since she came to me for us to support us in the house. also, all my stock and horses, hogs, and cows, I give to my wife, Margery, after I get my lifetime of them, to be hers forever. Item: It is also my desire that my executors shall sell as much of my other property as will pay my just debts; and after that is paid, it is my desire that Sally Hastings and Margaret Pickhard shall have fifteen dollars each of them to buy them a colt. Then, the rest of my property shall be equally divided between my four daughters, to wit: Susanna Pickhard, Jeanne McDaniel, Sally Hastings and Margaret Pickhard. Where I have given all my land to my sons; and am afraid I cannot make my daughters equal with my sons; as for (in) my bible, I have given it to my sons long ago, Samuel, John and Joshua; and (I) wrote it in the book. Also, I leave all my wearing clothes, and silver mounted sword, and my watch to my three sons, Samuel, John and Joshua. As for my gun, riding gear with the harness on (it), House clock, they are to be sold; and the money divided between all my children. Also, if my wife, Margery, discharges her duty to me for life, it is my desire (that) my children will give her the benefit of the big house (during) her (life) time. I leave the inventory of my property with this will. I have got two obligations on my son Joshua O'Daniel of about one hundred and ten dollars; with a credit of one of them of eleven dollars and five shillings. It is a bill of sale (about) sixty dollars; paid to Joshua in (the) presence of Henry O'Daniel and Margaret O'Daniel in October 1812. The other is a note of hand of fifty dollars, dated 1st. of May 1808; which money I forgive him in (that) I never see him no (anymore). Both accounts can be settled. I also give him the saddling tools that was his; to be sent to him. I give and bequeath to my grandson, William O'Daniel, son of John O'Daniel, ten dollars. Also, I give to my grandson, Henry O'Daniel, son of William O'Daniel, ten dollars. Also, I give to my grandson, James O'Daniel, son of William O'Daniel, ten dollars. Also, I give to my grandson, William O'Daniel, son of William O'Daniel, ten dollars. I now appoint Thomas Hastings and Thomas Bruer (Brewer) my executors of this my last will and testament and hereby revoke all other will or wills whatever. In witness hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 22 day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1820. Henry O'Daniel (seal) Signed, sealed and delivered in the present of us. John O'Daniel, Jr Jesse O'Daniel Thomas Hastings ==== 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