In a message dated 11/10/97 2:35:30 PM, hgdonald@leo.infi.net wrote: <<> > Alexander Mebane Jr...born 26 Nov 1744..died 5 July 1795, married Mary > ARMSTRONG. In 1793 he was elected as member of the United States Congress, > serving two sessions > children of Alexander Jr and Mary Armstrong Mebane > >> Dear Helen, I am afraid that I am still up a tree with regards to Frances Mebane who married my John Graham. I looked at the dates for Alexander Mebane, Jr. and they were more comtemparies with regards to age. My John Graham was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania in January of 1741; he married Frances Mebane 25 December 1770; Frances died sometime between the birth of her last child, Robert, born 4 July 1780; and the marriage of Mary Bird to John Graham 15 October 1782. It appears John Graham and Alexander Mebane, Jr. married first cousins in Mary Bird and Mary Armstrong. I will have to continue my belief that Frances Mebane was either an unaccounted for daughter of a William Mebane(She named a son William)(Did Alexander have a brother named William?) or an unaccounted for daughter of Alexander Mebane, Sr. There were no sons named Alexander, though in the Graham family. Oh well, we win some and lose some. Someday this will be revealed at the right moment. At least the Birds seem to match up. Thanks, John ==== 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 are two "stony Creek" locations in what was once Orange Co. NC. From the NC Gazetteer: - "Stony creek rises in s Caswell Co and flows s into Alamance Co where it enters Haw River. It appears as Marrow Bone River on the Moseley map, 1733." - "Stony Creek rises in e orange Co and flows ne into Eno River." Good Searching - Good Finding - Good Luck! David Huffines Searching Hofheintz/Huffines/Huffhines/Hoffein/et.al. and Williamson, Wakefield, Underwood, Paisley, Sikes, Lipscomb ==== 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 1400 databases on line

This may, or may not be the same family. I have a GEORGE ALLEN who married SARAH ARMSTRONG, eldest sister of Mary Armstrong Mebane: their children were: Samuel, b. abt 1766 William, b. abot 1769 Alexander, b. Abt 1774 (Daughter) b. Abot 1777, married Davis White Mary (Polly) Allen, b. June 21, 1780, Orange County, d. April 27, 1832, Williamson County, married James Armstrong, son of William Armstrong and grandson of James and Mollie Bird Armstrong Mebanee Allen, b. abt 1783 (Daughter), b. Abt. 1786 Helen Gant Donald MS LOUISE T OVERTON wrote: > > I am not researching this family but we need to know more...can anyone help > fill in the blanks?....... > > John Allen Jr And Phoebe Scarlett > > John Allen Jr was a son of John Allen (1694-1771) and Amy or Emma Cox of > Pennsylvania. He was born 8 Feb 1720 in Chester Co. Pennsylvania.. > > John Allen Jr married Phoebe Scarlett 12 Sept 1740. They had six children: > Hannah Allen > Amy Allen > Ann Allen believed to have married Samuel Hodge > John Allen (1749-1840) married Rachel Stout, they had 12 children > Samuel Allen > Thomas Allen > > Phoebe Scarlett Allen married second Isaac Cox 1 Sept 1783 and was disowned > by the Cane Creek Friends Church for not marrying a Quaker > > John and Amy/Emma Cox Allen Family....... > John Jr > Rebecca > Emey > Elizabeth married Simon Dixon > William > Joseph > Mary > Phebe > Benjamin > > ==== 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 ==== 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 11/10/97 2:39:40 PM, you wrote: <<Hi Group, I was wondering if there was a searchable database for cemetery listings in Orange County? How would I go about trying to find the grave of John Cook, who died July 19, 1813, in Orange Co.? His land was on Stoney Creek, which he left in a deed to his children (James, John, Archibald, Edward, and also to a Nehemiah and David Cook-possibly brothers) so he may have been buried there, but I have no idea where this Stoney Creek could have been. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Roberta Cooke Schmidt>> Hi Roberta, Stoney Creek is a creek that flows out of Caswell County into northern Alamance County. Chances are that your relative is buried in the Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Caswell County. My aunt Kara Graham did inventories for Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church; Union Ridge Congregational Christian Church and, Cross Roads Presbyterian Church. The inventory had limited publication; I will see if I can locate your ancestor in any of those three, since they are in the vicinity of Stoney Creek. Get back to you later, 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 1400 databases on line

In a message dated 11/10/97 2:36:25 PM, sueskay@pacbell.net wrote: <<The Moores although we can only find them previously in SC., have a tie to the Vanhooks and Debows in Caswell Co. The Thompson family is also tied to the Vanhooks and Debows. The Moores are also tied to the Dobbins, Lea, and Comer families of Caswell. I'm also researching the Deweese/Trickey line out of Caswell/Person Co's, as well as the Boothe/Dixon/Moore/Herndon/Trice families in Orange Co., NC and Caroline Co., VA. Would love to hear from anyone working on these lines. Sue >> Hello Sue, I have some information on the Van Hook line with regards to Bridget "Biddie" Van Hook and her marriage to Thomas Hargis, and some mention of the DeBows in relation to the Simpson and Swift lines in Caswell County; the Lea family interconnects in several ways to my family lines. I would especially like to define what branch of the Leas sprouted my Susannah Lea who married Shadrack Hargis. My wife is a Boothe and Herndon descendant and am quite sure that you two will have lots to share. 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

The archives for the NCORANGE mailing list have been password protected. This was NOT my idea. All rootsweb mailing list archives were password protected. To access the archive use the username NCORANGE-L and the password remembrances59appertains. BTW, the 75 cent password was not my idea either. 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 1400 databases on line

In a message dated 11/10/97 1:02:44 PM, hgdonald@leo.infi.net wrote: << Louise will be able to tell you more than I, but FRANCES MEBANE was the daughter of ALEXANDER MEBANE, JR. and MARY ARMSTRONG, the daughter of James Armstrong (b. 1701, Ireland) and Mary (Mollie) Bird. James and Mollie Bird Armstrong moved to Orange County in 1750; they had six children. Their second daughter, MARY (Frances Mebane's Mother) was born in 1749 in PA, and their eldest son WILLIAM ARMSTRONG was my ancestor, and his son JAMES ARMSTRONG married MARY MEBANE. We don't know exactly who she was. James and Mary Mebane Armstrong lived in Williamson County, TN near Franklin (20 miles South of Nashville). There were Mebanes in Sumner County, TN We have also been unable to identify the parents of Mary (Mollie) Bird, who would have been born about 1720 or before. PLEASE let me know if you have any info on the BIRDs. Helen Gant Donald hgdonald@leo.infi.net>> Cousin Helen, I am delighted that you caught my posting of the Mebane/Graham mystery relationship. I do not descend from Frances Mebane, but her successor, Mary Bird, daughter of James Bird and his wife Mary Ashford, who settled in Caswell County, North Carolina. I do not have a document that says the Mary "Mollie" Bird that was James Bird's sister is yours, but I believe it to be true. James Bird was born between 1720 and 1724. James and his wife Mary Ashford were married in November of 1745 at Old Swede's Church, Wilmington, Deleware. James' parents (and I believe Mollie's as well) were Thomas Bird and Sarah Empson. I have not established the parentage of Thomas as yet; he may have entered the country alone; Sarah Empson was the daughter of Cornelius and Mary Sanderson Empson, born at Goole Grange, New Castle County, 20 July 1687. She and Thomas were married ca 1700/10; Thomas died in 1726; Sarah married second Edward Robinson. This makes the whole scenario understandable now, why Alexander Mebane was a witness to the will of James Bird when he died in 1805; and how John Graham met his second wife, Mary Bird. She was a cousin of Frances Mebane Graham. Thomas and Sarah Empson Bird's children were Robert, John, Thomas, Joseph, Frances, Rebecca, Empson, Richard, JAMES, MARY(MOLLIE), Susanna, Elizabeth, and an unnamed child, unborn at the time of Thomas' death. You have made my day. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/

I am not researching this family but we need to know more...can anyone help fill in the blanks?....... John Allen Jr And Phoebe Scarlett John Allen Jr was a son of John Allen (1694-1771) and Amy or Emma Cox of Pennsylvania. He was born 8 Feb 1720 in Chester Co. Pennsylvania.. John Allen Jr married Phoebe Scarlett 12 Sept 1740. They had six children: Hannah Allen Amy Allen Ann Allen believed to have married Samuel Hodge John Allen (1749-1840) married Rachel Stout, they had 12 children Samuel Allen Thomas Allen Phoebe Scarlett Allen married second Isaac Cox 1 Sept 1783 and was disowned by the Cane Creek Friends Church for not marrying a Quaker John and Amy/Emma Cox Allen Family....... John Jr Rebecca Emey Elizabeth married Simon Dixon William Joseph Mary Phebe Benjamin ==== 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 also researching the Tinnin/Mebane line. Our Tinnin line comes out of Hugh Tinnin and Ann Williams. Hugh is the son of James Tinnin and Rebekah Thompson. Rebekah being the child of Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Orange Co., NC. Hugh's son William Hugh Tinnin married Catherine McCarty, daughter of our Joseph McCarty. Hugh's other son Lawrence W. Tinnin married Louisa Mebane, daughter of an Alexander and Jane Mebane. William's son, also William Hugh Tinnin married Rebecca Mebane Dec. 31, 1861 in Lamar Co., TX. She was the daughter of James Mebane and Rebecca Parhum. Hugh's daughter Susan/Susannah was married to Zachariah Ratliff, the Ratliffs also having ties to Orange Co. This line of Tinnins settled in Montgomery Co., TN by at least the late 1790's. Along with the Moores, McCarty's, Allens, Ratliffs and other famillies (we also find Armstrong connections as well as Morrow), they settled in Washington Co., MS territory (now Washington Co., AL (and counties formed out of it) and Wayne Co., MS) as early as 1810. By the 1830's these families were in Madison Co., MS. By 1841 Lawrence W. Tinnin along with some of the Mebanes were in Lamar Co., TX, followed closely by the Moores and McCarty's. There also was a James Tinnin early on in Lamar Co., TX, but have not been able to make the connection yet. The Moores although we can only find them previously in SC., have a tie to the Vanhooks and Debows in Caswell Co. The Thompson family is also tied to the Vanhooks and Debows. The Moores are also tied to the Dobbins, Lea, and Comer families of Caswell. I'm also researching the Deweese/Trickey line out of Caswell/Person Co's, as well as the Boothe/Dixon/Moore/Herndon/Trice families in Orange Co., NC and Caroline Co., VA. Would love to hear from anyone working on these 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 List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/

This is a test. If this had been an actual message I would have said so. ==== 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

John Fox - Louise will be able to tell you more than I, but FRANCES MEBANE was the daughter of ALEXANDER MEBANE, JR. and MARY ARMSTRONG, the daughter of James Armstrong (b. 1701, Ireland) and Mary (Mollie) Bird. James and Mollie Bird Armstrong moved to Orange County in 1750; they had six children. Their second daughter, MARY (Frances Mebane's Mother) was born in 1749 in PA, and their eldest son WILLIAM ARMSTRONG was my ancestor, and his son JAMES ARMSTRONG married MARY MEBANE. We don't know exactly who she was. James and Mary Mebane Armstrong lived in Williamson County, TN near Franklin (20 miles South of Nashville). There were Mebanes in Sumner County, TN We have also been unable to identify the parents of Mary (Mollie) Bird, who would have been born about 1720 or before. PLEASE let me know if you have any info on the BIRDs. Helen Gant Donald hgdonald@leo.infi.net Bebenjohn@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 11/10/97 7:59:30 AM, you wrote: > > <<Alexander MEBANE came to the Hawfields as a pioneer from Pennsylvania ca > 1740. He married Mary TINNEN. Alexander was too old to enter the regular > troops during the Revolution, however he was commissioned a Colonel in the > militia and served until he was past the age limit. Alexander continued to > operate a mill. > Because of his militia activity, the British and Tories singled him out > and destroyed most of his property, burned his barns, rail fences, > plundered his dwelling and took away everything they could, even emptying > the feathers from beds and carried away the strawticks and furniture. > > The children of Alexander Mebane and Mary Tinnin were: > > William Mebane...no dates but married twice..no children > > Robert Mebane...never married...Colonel in Rev. War, gave his life for his > freedom ....He was shot during the Revolutionary War by a noted Tory and > horse thief. > > Alexander Mebane Jr...born 26 Nov 1744..died 5 July 1795, married Mary > ARMSTRONG. In 1793 he was elected as member of the United States Congress, > serving two sessions > children of Alexander Jr and Mary Armstrong Mebane > > James Mebane...married Margaret ALLEN > > John Mebane... tradition says...married the Governor's widow (I do not know > which Governor!) > > Janet Jane Mebane...married William ANDERSON > > Margaret Mebane married Andrew MURDOCK > > Anne Mebane married William MORROW > > David Mebane married Ann ALLEN > > Nancy Mebane married James SCOTT > > Sources: > Alamance County Historical Society > History of Hawfields Presbyterian Church > > From: DFGM43A@prodigy.com (MS LOUISE T OVERTON) > > Dear Louise, > > Thank you for continuing your postings of things relating to Old Orange > County which included Alamance and others. This has reminded me of things > that I had put on the back burner for later consideration and had forgotten > them. > One of my ancestors, JOHN GRAHAM, arrived in Orange, now Alamance early in > the period when it was opened for settlement in the Hawfields area near > ALEXANDER MEBANE. At that time JOHN GRAHAM was married to FRANCES MEBANE, by > whom he had several children: WILLIAM, JANE "Jennet",ANN, JOHN, and ROBERT. > FRANCES died between 1780 and 1782; JOHN remarried to MARY BIRD, daughter of > JAMES BIRD of Caswell County, a good friend of ALEXANDER MEBANE; JOHN moved > his family from the Hawfields to land on Jordan Creek, very near the Caswell > County line. > The sons of JOHN GRAHAM recieved a legacy from the estate of ROBERT MEBANE, > of land in Tennessee granted to WILLIAM MEBANE for his Revolutionary War > service. I know that some of the heirs of ROBERT GRAHAM did take up some of > that Tenneessee land and settled there. > JOHN GRAHAM and his children of both marriages also were the recipients of > the estate of ELIZABETH TINNEN, widow of JAMES TINNEN of the Hawfields > community. > I would appreciate any information regarding the true relationship of > FRANCES MEBANE to ALEXANDER MEBANE and his family. > > Thanks, > John Fox > Winston-Salem, NC > Bebenjohn@aol.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 1400 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

Thanks to Brian and Karen Leverich the above search engine is now on line at http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgwarch.html For now, the search engine is broken down by state. Check it out. There may be a few "bugs" still, but it is a great help when searching the archives. 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 List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/

In a message dated 11/10/97 7:59:30 AM, you wrote: <<Alexander MEBANE came to the Hawfields as a pioneer from Pennsylvania ca 1740. He married Mary TINNEN. Alexander was too old to enter the regular troops during the Revolution, however he was commissioned a Colonel in the militia and served until he was past the age limit. Alexander continued to operate a mill. Because of his militia activity, the British and Tories singled him out and destroyed most of his property, burned his barns, rail fences, plundered his dwelling and took away everything they could, even emptying the feathers from beds and carried away the strawticks and furniture. The children of Alexander Mebane and Mary Tinnin were: William Mebane...no dates but married twice..no children Robert Mebane...never married...Colonel in Rev. War, gave his life for his freedom ....He was shot during the Revolutionary War by a noted Tory and horse thief. Alexander Mebane Jr...born 26 Nov 1744..died 5 July 1795, married Mary ARMSTRONG. In 1793 he was elected as member of the United States Congress, serving two sessions children of Alexander Jr and Mary Armstrong Mebane James Mebane...married Margaret ALLEN John Mebane... tradition says...married the Governor's widow (I do not know which Governor!) Janet Jane Mebane...married William ANDERSON Margaret Mebane married Andrew MURDOCK Anne Mebane married William MORROW David Mebane married Ann ALLEN Nancy Mebane married James SCOTT Sources: Alamance County Historical Society History of Hawfields Presbyterian Church From: DFGM43A@prodigy.com (MS LOUISE T OVERTON) Dear Louise, Thank you for continuing your postings of things relating to Old Orange County which included Alamance and others. This has reminded me of things that I had put on the back burner for later consideration and had forgotten them. One of my ancestors, JOHN GRAHAM, arrived in Orange, now Alamance early in the period when it was opened for settlement in the Hawfields area near ALEXANDER MEBANE. At that time JOHN GRAHAM was married to FRANCES MEBANE, by whom he had several children: WILLIAM, JANE "Jennet",ANN, JOHN, and ROBERT. FRANCES died between 1780 and 1782; JOHN remarried to MARY BIRD, daughter of JAMES BIRD of Caswell County, a good friend of ALEXANDER MEBANE; JOHN moved his family from the Hawfields to land on Jordan Creek, very near the Caswell County line. The sons of JOHN GRAHAM recieved a legacy from the estate of ROBERT MEBANE, of land in Tennessee granted to WILLIAM MEBANE for his Revolutionary War service. I know that some of the heirs of ROBERT GRAHAM did take up some of that Tenneessee land and settled there. JOHN GRAHAM and his children of both marriages also were the recipients of the estate of ELIZABETH TINNEN, widow of JAMES TINNEN of the Hawfields community. I would appreciate any information regarding the true relationship of FRANCES MEBANE to ALEXANDER MEBANE and his family. Thanks, John Fox Winston-Salem, NC Bebenjohn@aol.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 1400 databases on line

Alexander MEBANE came to the Hawfields as a pioneer from Pennsylvania ca 1740. He married Mary TINNEN. Alexander was too old to enter the regular troops during the Revolution, however he was commissioned a Colonel in the militia and served until he was past the age limit. Alexander continued to operate a mill. Because of his militia activity, the British and Tories singled him out and destroyed most of his property, burned his barns, rail fences, plundered his dwelling and took away everything they could, even emptying the feathers from beds and carried away the strawticks and furniture. The children of Alexander Mebane and Mary Tinnin were: William Mebane...no dates but married twice..no children Robert Mebane...never married...Colonel in Rev. War, gave his life for his freedom ....He was shot during the Revolutionary War by a noted Tory and horse thief. Alexander Mebane Jr...born 26 Nov 1744..died 5 July 1795, married Mary ARMSTRONG. In 1793 he was elected as member of the United States Congress, serving two sessions children of Alexander Jr and Mary Armstrong Mebane James Mebane...married Margaret ALLEN John Mebane... tradition says...married the Governor's widow (I do not know which Governor!) Janet Jane Mebane...married William ANDERSON Margaret Mebane married Andrew MURDOCK Anne Mebane married William MORROW David Mebane married Ann ALLEN Nancy Mebane married James SCOTT Sources: Alamance County Historical Society History of Hawfields Presbyterian Church ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/

Hi Group, I was wondering if there was a searchable database for cemetery listings in Orange County? How would I go about trying to find the grave of John Cook, who died July 19, 1813, in Orange Co.? His land was on Stoney Creek, which he left in a deed to his children (James, John, Archibald, Edward, and also to a Nehemiah and David Cook-possibly brothers) so he may have been buried there, but I have no idea where this Stoney Creek could have been. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Roberta Cooke Schmidt tps914@community.net ==== 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

If you ever find out anything more on Mary Holcomb I sure would like to know what it is. I am tracing Moses Holcomb and his father Burrell from SC. I have Moses born in 1802. Moses and wife Mary had a daughter Elizabeth A. (Betsey) born in 1824 in SC or TN. Elizabeth married James B. FLOYD and had Sarah Evaline FLOYD in 1856 in Jackson County, AL. Somewhere in the Holcomb line is a Cherokee Indian. Friday at the library I found in the 1800 SC census this: Holcom, Anna Spartanburg Co SC page 207 10000-00010-00 Holcomb, Zachariah Pendleton Dist " " 34 01001-02001-00 Holcum,Jordan Greenville Co " " 254 20020-30010-00 Hope this helps, Georgia Mathis Cummons ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/

While browsing through my database I found a couple of "unconnected" CLAPPs married to ROBERTSONs in my collateral lines (I'm descended from the marriage of Daniel Monroe Clapp & Airlena Robertson) and hope that someone can help me connect my "unknown" Clapps to their parents. Children of: Nathaniel ROBERTSON (1767-1845) & Eve SCHOFNER Elizabeth ROBERTSON b. Nov 21, 1802 d. Nov 16 1884, in Orange Co., NC m. John George CLAPP, Nov 11, 1825 b. 1807 d. 1892 Milly ROBERTSON b. Mar 26, 1815, in Orange Co., NC d. 1853 m. Alexander CLAPP b. 1814 d. 1881 Bob Kipke Email: Kip20002@juno.com HomePage: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/4093 ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/

Did you know what it was called back then? That Durham (Durham Co.) once was called "Durhamsville", changed to Durham in 1855 That Hillsboro (Orange Co.) was called Acconeech (also Occaneechi) on Mosely Map 1733... Corbinville (1754)...Childsburgh (1759)...name changed to Hillsborough in 1766 That Burlington (Alamance) was Company Shops...changed to Burlington in 1887 Mebane (Alamance/Orange Co.) was Inc 1880 as Mebansville...name changed to Mebane in 1883 Haw River (Alamance)...Trolinger's Crossing or Trollinger's Ford Green Level (Alamance) was called Ruby Doo Graham (Alamance) was Gallatin... then Montgomery,... then Berry, and finally Graham Yanceyville (Caswell).... Est 1791 as Caswell Courthouse, name changed to Yanceyville in 1833 Pittsboro (Chatham) Inc 1778 as Chatham, changed to Pittsboro in 1787 Carrboro (Orange) was Inc 1911 as Venable, changed to Carrboro in 1913 Anderson (Caswell) was called Anderson's Store Providence (Caswell) often called by local folks, but NEVER offical, as "Hell's Half Acre". Elon College (Alamance) Formerly known as Mill Point ==== 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 1400 databases on line

Tidbits of history...... One of the early settlers in southern Alamance County was Simon Dixon of Pennsylvania. Dixon bought land from the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina in 1751 and settled in the area of present day Snow Camp. He built a grist mill there in 1753 and played an important role in the area until his death in 1781. Simon Dixon, born in Pennsylvania in 1728. He was not the first to settle in this area as some came as early as 1740, but he was perhaps the best known of the pioneers. Simon and his wife, Elizabeth Allen Dixon arrived in time to become charter members of Cane Creek Friends Meeting. Simon was active in the Regulator movement in the 1760's, opposing unjust taxation and corruption in government in the colony. That movement ended in the Battle of Alamance, not far from Dixon's home, but there is no record of his having taken part in the battle. During the Revolutionary War, just after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the army of British General Cornwallis came to Snow Camp for a brief stay. Cornwallis took over the Dixon home for his headquarters, but Dixon had fled to Hawfields afraid that his role with the Regulators might have caused him problems with the British. The troops tried to operate his mill.... but Dixon had jammed it. He did not return before the troops left, and it has been reported that they tortured him, perhaps leading to his death in April of 1781, just a few weeks after the British were at his home. Simon Dixon and his wife Elizabeth Allen are buried in the Cane Creek Cemetery . A monument shaped like a grist wheel marks their graves. ==== 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

researching the tester surname and need help in finding those who came before. John and Sallie Tester lived in the early 1800'S in or around Johnson City Tn. They had children Wilbur Wiley b. 1864, Andy, Daniel, Tom, David, Sarah, and Nancy. Wilbur married Nancy Emily Dunford in 1888 in Smyth Co. Va.---they had children John Wesley Daniel, Ezra James, Wiley, Andrew, Carrie, Emma, Ida, and Sally. The four sisters lived most of their lives in Marion, Va ----Our Testers invented the "Tester Bed" a sort of canopy bed. It was also told that we came from Wales or England and were Wheelwrights. Not much to go on I'm afraid, but that's all I have. Thanks ==== 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