lois did i ask about your Moore line? Mine is Abraham Moore and Emily Thompson.

I do not know exactly how this ties in but I am sure that it does. I have Baxley, Pittman and West in my family lines. Anything you can send would be appreciated and I will study it. I am so new at this. Thank you so much, Lois

Hi, I am also a descendant of this ADAIR/MCTYRE line through their daughter , Katrine MacTyre who married James Alford. I also have more on the Mctyre line as well. I have recently bought Vol 1 & 2 of Harllee's KINFOLKS, but do not have Vol 3. Are you using any particular genealogy program? I have family tree maker. I can also use WORD programs for sending stuff. I usually do a family report and send it as an attachment on an email. I have read a good bit on James Adair on the Adair GenForum. He apparently has a lot of descendants. I just bought a book on Robeson "Away Down Home" written on the history of Robeson and it mentioned that the Colonial Dames had put a marker up at Dr. Adairs buriel spot. What do you have and what do you need? I was not familiar with Fairfields. Joanne H. N.C [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: [NCROBESO-L] ADAIR/MCTYER--- The Fairfields > I am new to list. I just researched info on James Adair in the book > "Harlee's Kinfolks. > JAMES ADAIR' s daughter SARAH ANNA ADAIR married into my direct line > the MCTYERS. of Marlboro & Marion County, SC. > I understand they occupied a home near Rowland called the Fairfield's in > the > 1700s. > JAMES ADAIR was an Indian trader & authored a book in the late 1770s on the > History Of The American Indian. > Anyone researching this family or anyone with info on history of the > "Fairfield's," > near Rowland, I would like to hear from you. > RHarris Charlotte, NC > >

I am new to list. I just researched info on James Adair in the book "Harlee's Kinfolks. JAMES ADAIR' s daughter SARAH ANNA ADAIR married into my direct line the MCTYERS. of Marlboro & Marion County, SC. I understand they occupied a home near Rowland called the Fairfield's in the 1700s. JAMES ADAIR was an Indian trader & authored a book in the late 1770s on the History Of The American Indian. Anyone researching this family or anyone with info on history of the "Fairfield's," near Rowland, I would like to hear from you. RHarris Charlotte, NC

Lois I have no idea what Sam charges. I just have been lucky enough to meet him in the Robeson County Library a couple times. I overheard him holding a conversation with two ladies about each of their families. He rattled off generation after generation of each family just like he was reading from a book. That is why I thought it would be nice for Jeffrey to run into Sam. Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Moore <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [NCROBESO-L] Researching in Robeson Co. > I have written to Sam West but he did not have time to help me. From > his reply, I assume he is a paid researcher. Do you know his fees: > Lois Moore >

First, you must spell the county correctly, Robeson. Try that. Good Luck

I have no idea, but I doubt it.

Almost forgot, and who is GW Page's family? Are they still in the Robeson/Marion/Dillon area? C. Page

Who is the owner of the GW Page general store?

-----Original Message----- From: Josephine Lindsay Bass [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Was the Davis family in Society Hill, Darlington Co., SC???? Of the many Davis emigrants to America the family which later became most notable is that of Evan Davis, Samuel Davis and Joseph Davis; three brothers who emigrated from Cardiff, Wales, about 1730. Evan Davis and Samuel Davis landed at Philadelphia: Joseph Davis was drowned on the voyage. Samuel Davis went to what was then the Middle West. Some time after 1761, the exact date not being known, Evan Davis emigrated from Pennsylvania to Georgia. He married while still in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Mary Emory Williams, a widow. Her father was Joseph Emory. By her first marriage this lady had two sons, Daniel Williams and Isaac Williams, both of whom were soldiers in the Revolution. It was due to their participation in the war that their young half-brother, Samuel Davis also joined the forces of the Revolution, being sent by their mother to join them. Evan Davis and his wife (Mary Emory Davis), had at least one son, Samuel Davis, mentioned above, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1756. This Samuel Davis, who was in the Revolution, was the father of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America. Mrs. Metta Andrews Green, the well-known historian of Georgia, has made close study of the life and residence of Evan Davis. She writes: "Evan Davis moved to Georgia from Pennsylvania and settled about forty miles above Augusta, so says Mrs. Davis in the life of her husband. " 'The place forty miles above Augusta' is in Wilkes County four miles south of Washington. It belongs to the estate of Mr.Gabriel Toombs. Before Mr. Toombs died I had a long talk with him. I was at this time writing something of Jefferson Davis' ancestry. Mr. Toombs told me that he himself was the third owner of the place from Samuel Davis, the father of Jefferson Davis. The deeds are all recorded here in our court house. "I also found that Samuel Davis fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek: His name is certified to by General Elijah Clarke. Evan Davis died and is buried on the place now owned by the estate of Gabriel Toombs. The spot was pointed out to me. I have visited it many times. There is a large Indian mound near by. The place I speak of is on Beaver Dam Creek, near the Washington branch of the Georgia railroad. "If records filed in the court house and human testimony count for anything, there can be no doubt of these facts. I wrote to Mrs. Davis about the matter and I have her letter agreeing with my statement. I also visited her in her apartment in New York. I was at the time very interested in collecting names of those who fought at Kettle Creek, and when I found Samuel Davis' name, I began to study the Davis' family history, also the genealogy. The Kettle Creek battle alluded to was fought February 14, 1780, at War Hill. General Toombs used to speak of Wilkes County as the "Hornets Nest" of the Revolution. It was more than that. Like the battle of King's Mountain, it was a turning point. Savannah had been captured and the British commanders were making plans to aid the Tories in possessing Georgia. To this end Colonel Boyd, a British officer, was secretly employed to organize the Tories in South Carolina and had crossed the Savannah River and entered Wilkes on his way to the British army, expecting to join the British forces which had possession of Augusta. This would have given the British commanders a sweep of the Southern country. The Royal Governor had been restored to power in Savannah. Thus the importance of the Kettle Creek battle. Samuel Davis was at the siege of Savannah, and as he had raised and was captain of a Georgia company during the war, it is more than probable that he had, with him under General Clarke at Kettle Creek a portion of his company. As his father, Evan Davis, lived in Wilkes, the Samuel Davis company must have enlisted most of its men from the "Hornets Nest" and were "Wilkes boys". Col. Elijah Clarke lived to realize his fond hopes to see Augusta again under the American colors. The State of Georgia as a reward for his services, gave him a commission as a major-general and a handsome grant of land. And South Carolina gave large land grants to Samuel Davis. CAPTAIN SAMUEL DAVIS Samuel Davis, the Revolutionary soldier, son of Evan Davis the Emigrant, and his wife Mary Emory Davis, was born in 1756, in Pennsylvania. He died in 1824 in Mississippi. As stated in foregoing paragraphs, he was a Captain in the Revolution, having raised a company of Volunteers in Georgia. Later he joined the Continental Army and served in South Carolina as well as Georgia. He was in the Battle of Kettle Creek and in the Siege of Savannah. For his services the State of South Carolina granted him a thousand acres of land (in what is now Kentucky) and he moved to settle upon that property. There his famous son Jefferson Davis was born. From Kentucky Samuel Davis moved to Louisiana, and again in 1811 he moved to Mississippi where in 1824 he died. Captain Samuel Davis married in 1782, Jane Cook, a daughter of Mrs. Sarah Simpson Cook, who was herself a daughter of Samuel Simpson, said to have been assistant Quartermaster of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the Revolution. His father was Thomas Simpson and his father was John Simpson, who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland and from Ireland to America, settling in Pennsylvania as did many of the Scotch-Irish people. Samuel Davis and his wife, Jane Simpson Cook Davis, had ten children, namely: 1 Joseph Emory Davis. 2 Benjamin Davis. 3 Samuel Davis, Second. 4 Isaac Davis. 5 Anne Davis. 6 Amanda Davis. 7 Lucinda Davis. 8 Matilda Davis. 9 Mary Anne Davis. 10 Jefferson Davis. JOSEPH EMORY DAVIS 1 Joseph Emory Davis, born 1784, died 1870; was a lawyer and planter in Mississippi. His young brother, Jefferson Davis, spent much time with him and in the splendid library of the home absorbed much of the wealth of knowledge for which he was noted in after years. Joseph Emory Davis married Elizabeth Van Benthysen and had one daughter, Mary Lucinda Davis, who married in 1837, Dr. Charles Jouett Mitchell, of Vicksburg, as his first wife. 2 Benjamin Davis, Second, was a planter. He married Cynthia Campbell (Moably) and died leaving children. 3 Samuel Davis, Second, was a planter. He married Lucy Throckmarton. They had one daughter, Helen Davis, who married ----- Keary, and had Robert Keary, Samuel Keary, Pauline Keary and Ellen Keary. 4 Isaac Davis married Susan Guerthy. They had one son who was General Joseph Emory Davis, Second. 5 Anne Davis married Luther Smith, and had a daughter, Anne Davis Smith. AMANDA DAVIS 6 Amanda Davis, married David Bradford. They had four children, namely: (a) Jefferson Davis Bradford (who was an enginer in the United States Army; (b) Lucy Bradford (who married Dr. Charles Jouett Mitchell, of Vicksburg, her first cousin's widower, as his second wife and had at least one daughter --- Mitchell, who married Eli Joseph Ganier. They had two sons, Lincoln Mitchell Ganier, who is unmarried and lives in Chattanooga, and Albert Francis Ganier who lives in Nashville and married Ann Eastman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Eastman of Nashvile. Their two sons are: Albert Francis Ganier, junior, and Roger Eastman Ganier. (c) Elizabeth Porter Bradford, who married Mansell II, son of Mansell White I, in the United States. Their children were Mansell White, III, who is unmarried; Lucy White, who married Clement Penrose Wilkerson and has four children; Mary Bradford White, who married Ringgold Brouspears and had five children; Carl White (who married Mary Mitchell of Cincinnati, and had seven children, namely: Carl White, Second, who is unmarried, Elizabeth White who is a nun in the convent of the Sacred Heart, Nancy Miles White who married Charles Earl Johnson, junior, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and has a son, Charles Earl Johnson, Third, Charlotte White who married Robert Swepson Cowan, Second, and has a son Robert Swepson Cowan, junior, Mansell White, Fourth. Lincoln Mitchell White and Richard White who are unmarried); Albert Sidney Johnson White who married Ellen Tobin and has five children; (d) Elizabeth Parker Bradford White who married Edwin Rodd,, Nancy Miles White who married Thomas Helms Anderson and has two children); and David Bradford, Second, (who served in the Confederate Army. He married in 1838, Ada Eliza Poltenger). 7 Lucinda Davis, married William Stampes of Woodville, Mississippi. 8 Matilda Davis, died unmarried. 9 Mary Anne Davis, married Robert Davis of South Carolina. JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 10 Jefferson Davis was the tenth child and the fifth son of Captain Samuel Davis and Jane Cook Davis. He was born in Christian County, Kentucky, June 3, 1808. He died in New Orleans, December 8, 1889. His father and mother removed from Wilkes County, Georgia, to Kentucky, shortly after the revolution owing to a grant of six thousand acres of land, a reward for distinguished Revolutionary service. Captain Samuel Davis, when his distinguished son was still small, moved again, this time to Mississippi. Jefferson Davis attended schools in Mississippi, St. Thomas College Kentucky, Transylvania University, at Lexington, Kentucky and he graduated from West Point in 1828, with high honors and served in the Indian Wars. In 1825 while an officer in the army he married Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of General Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. Upon his marriage, Lieutenant Davis resigned from the army and retired to Briarfield, the plantation in Mississippi, which had been given him by his brother, Joseph Emory Davis.

Is this book at the Library of Congress? -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Ruis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 11:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCROBESO-L] Thanks Mrs Williams Do they have more of this book for dale? Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty M. Bivins <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [NCROBESO-L] Thanks Mrs Williams > Is this for the book, Way Down Home? > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Make check ($20.00) payable to Humphrey-William-Smith Plantation > > send to me at: > > Joanne Williams > > 4706 Park Drive > > Morehead City, NC 28557 > > book will be sent out by return mail ______________________________

Dear List, Sorry I didn't mean to send this last message to the list. Please excuse my senior moment, but then if anyone has any info we would appreciate it. Mary Alice On Mon, 29 May 2000 22:29:43 -0400 [email protected] writes: > Hi Joanne, > > Well I don't have much, the only BRIGHT I have proof of right now > is:

Luke WARD, Jr., married a BRIGHT I believe. Had a son with the given name of Bright. mm

Hey Joanne You're a good person for your efforts. don't think it's no appreciated. Chuck Ivey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [NCROBESO-L] Books > I hope I never get caught in this situation again. Being a "nice person" > isn't all it's cracked up to be. I did enjoy "talking" to you and hope what > I'm sending will help more. It was a Killcreas who sent in one of them. > Glad to help anytime anyway as long as it doesn't involve selling. > Jo >

Hi Joanne, Well I don't have much, the only BRIGHT I have proof of right now is: Sarah BRIGHT married Absalom WILLIAMS when? where? b: abt. 1750 in Craven, NC d: aft 1813 in Robeson Co., NC I have a BRIGHT GED COM but I am not sure if it is the right BRIGHT family. She is a daughter of Stockwell BRIGHT b: 1728 in Craven Co., NC d: bef. March 1791. Sarah has a sister Mary b: 1750 and a brother John b: abt. 1760. We are not sure if this Sarah is the same Sarah we have. Are either one of these Sarahs familiar to you? Hope :-) Mary Alice On Mon, 29 May 2000 18:37:19 -0400 "Joanne Harley" <[email protected]> writes: > > To Mary Alice in Fla. > What is your Bright connection? I have a good bit on this > family and > would be glad to share. I am a descendant of Charles Bright, > originally > from the Currituck area of N.C. who later settled in Marllboro Co. > , SC > after the Rev. War. > > Joanne H. > N.C. > [email protected] >

I hope I never get caught in this situation again. Being a "nice person" isn't all it's cracked up to be. I did enjoy "talking" to you and hope what I'm sending will help more. It was a Killcreas who sent in one of them. Glad to help anytime anyway as long as it doesn't involve selling. Jo

What book ? Just kidding

I regret that there were others who were interested in the book and it is no longer available. I also appreciate the patience of those on this website who were not interested. Joanne

I am searching for information on Thomas Davis, father of Clara Davis Arnet. In the papers of Kate Britt Biggs is found: That Thomas Davis's will is found in Book 1, page 159 of the Estates Section of the Clerk of Court. She refers to his wife as Rhoda Elizabeth Caldwell, and lists children as Zabon (Absolum), Thomas, Clary Arnet, Mary Bullock. She also refers to him as General Davis. I can not find proof of him being a general. CAN ANYONE HELP?? She married into this family and would have had some first hand knowledge of this family. I would like to compare notes with others researching this family. Blake Tyner Executive Director Maxton Historical Society

I am writing to extend you the opportunity to join the Sons of the American Revolution. I, along with several gentlemen in the local area, are in the process of beginning a local Sons of the American Revolution chapter. While living in the Raleigh area, I belonged to a very active chapter and upon my moving to Maxton this past year was sad to find that there was no local SAR chapter in the area. As a matter of fact the only chapters located in the southern part of the state are Wilmington and Charlotte, too far away for me to be very active. We invasion this chapter filling in the space between those two chapters. When you join the Sons of the American Revolution as a Descendent of one of the Patriots and Heroes of the American Revolution, you reaffirm your ancestor’s faith in the Principles of Liberty and our Constitutional Republic. You further pledge to support the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution. All Compatriots are bound to assist, support and encourage one another in the discharge of their duties, which include furthering the principles and purposes of the Sons of the American Revolution. Thus, we all are bound together in the common pursuit of the patriotic, historical, and educational objectives of the Sons of the American Revolution. This is a small price for us to pay to redeem the mutual pledge to each other of “our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor” made by our Patriot Ancestors. By becoming a member, you are eligible to participate in local Chapter activities, you will receive The Old North State, our state newsletter, and you will also receive The SAR Magazine, published quarterly by NSSAR. If you would like to honor your Revolutionary Patriot by joining our group or just have questions that you would like answered, please call email me .