I appreciate this, I had found the listing for Thomas Brown, Sr. and sons, but had failed to list the neighbors. I think that the Col. Thomas Brown is a different person. He lived in Bladen on the Cape Fear River and Brown Marsh Church area. Our Thomas and Edmund Brown lived down near the SC line in present day Robeson Co. That is one of the most confusing things, the fact that there appears to have been at least 3 Thomas Browns in the county at this time. I seem to recall that Loyalists of NC mentions a Thomas Brown who was hung by Tories. Does anyone know anything about him? On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:00:53 -0500, "Steve E." <datanato@bellsouth.net> wrote : > Or you could buy the 'Bladen County Tax Lists 1768-1789', Vols 1&2 by > William Byrd. > Earliest listing in Vol 1 for Thomas Brown is in 1768: "Thomas Brown > and two sons Edmond & Thomas" with neighbors Benjamin Odom David > Bairfield, John Jones, Abraham Paul and Daniel & John McLaine on one > side of him; then Simon Cox and adam Ivey (mulattos), Benjamin Ivey, > Henry Taylor, Samson Taylor, Jonathan Taylor on the other side of him. > There is also a petition by Colonel Thomas Brown to the county > government in 1782 to be reimbursed for damages done by the Tory forces > to his home. There are many listing for Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr. and > Edmond Brown in both volumes, too much to type here. I think you might > with to go to www.heritagebooks.com to buy the books before you take a > trip up here, that way you'll be better prepared for when you do vist > the archives here. > > Carolyn Brown wrote: > > >Any idea how far back the records do go? I'm needing info on Thomas Brown b abt 1740 in Bladen, probably died about 1800. Or should I concentrate on the archives? > > > > Carolyn Brown > > > >Allen & Betty Johannes <abelj@htcomp.net> wrote: > > Mr Johnson seems to not understand when those fires took place in Bladen > >county. The last was 1893. Earlier courthouses were of log or wood > >structures. > >A few years ago the courthouse in Hillsboro TX burned - fortunately most of > >the records were saved because they were in vaults. > > > >Courthouses such as Bladen etc did not have vaults for protection. > > > >Many people brought back records to be refilled. Not all did so. > > > >My wife's family in late 1700s & 1800s lost many records. We started from > >Bible records. > > > >Allen Johannes > >abelj@htcomp.net > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rose Parks" > >To: "NCROBESON" > >Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:29 PM > >Subject: Re: [NCROBESO] Bladen County Courthouse Fires > > > > > > > > > >>It probably cost too much to get brick or rock brought in to build a > >>courthouse that would withstand fire at that time. The Lenoir Co. > >>courthouse > >>burned twice but many years apart, but destroying all the county records > >>from 1757-1880 except the Grantee Index. > >> > >>There are District and Superior Court records at the NC Archives for > >>Lenoir > >>and many deeds and wills were in individual hands. > >> > >>The Secretary of State has a "list" that the counties had to provide of > >>early wills, but it is just the month and year written and probated, > >>persons > >>name, executor is about all the info it contains. > >> > >>Hope this at least gives you some ideas and there are many court records > >>that are good from what I have seen from Lenoir Co. > >>Rose Parks > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Terrell Johnson" > >> > >> > >>To: > > >>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:53 PM > >>Subject: [NCROBESO] Bladen County Courthouse Fires > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Just read a post about three separate Bladen County Courthouse fires > >>>which > >>>I find odd that any people should let their Courthouse Records be > >>>destroyed by fire 3 times. Didn't they take care of the peoples property? > >>> > >>>Anyway, this could be why I'm having so much difficulty researching one > >>>of > >>>my ancestors born in Bladen in the very Late 1700 or early 1800's. > >>> > >>>How long did it take to rebuild them after each fire and what years are > >>>reasonably safe to check records for or must all records be physically > >>>searched at the NC Archives in Raleigh and why would anything be there if > >>>the records all burned. > >>> > >>>Lot's of questions I know. But 3 fires seems to indicate a lack of care > >>>by > >>>the Bladen County residents. I'm sorry. > >>> > >>>Terrell Johnson > >>> > >>>------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with > >>>the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- **************** John K. Brown Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, but some just have a bunch of nuts. Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking."