Hello Listers, I am asking your help on my brick wall. I am trying to locate a Calvin Smith born about 1836 someplace in North Carolina. I do not have a county name. I am trying to find him and who his parents are. I know that he migrated from NC to Tennessee and into Missouri on the 1880 Missouri Census. I would think he was probably born close to the Tennessee border in North Carolina. Any help anyone could give me would be most appreciated. Thanks! Anita __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

The envelope is addressed as follows; note I used all caps in the surnames: Colerain NC Free April 13th (?). H. ETHERIDGE P.M. Mr. John BATEMAN "Pine Bluff" Arkansas (Letter content follow:) Colerain, Apl 12, 1850 Mr. John BATEMAN Dear Sir: Your letter dated Nov. 10th last was duly received, and in compliance with your request I availed myself of the first oppurtunity to give attention to is contents. Accordingly I wrote immediately the Clerk of Chowan Cty. Court, & sent the letter by a man going there, with a request for the Clerk to answer it forthwith. He sent me word that he would write me which kept me in suspence for sometime, and at last did not write to me. I then wrote a lawyer; & not hearing from him, I concluded I would go the next court myself, & try to acertain all about the matter. Accordingly I went over there this week and learned that your sister Rebecca BLOUNT is still living, but quite infirm & in bad health. I will now say something of your other relatives & friends so far as my memory serves me. I presume you have heard of the deaths of cousin Everitte (?) GARRETT as he has been dead 3 or 4 years. Aunt Cellia HOLLEY, Aunt Elizabth MCDOWELL & James HOLLEY son of Thomas are dead. Indeed, all of the old stock, except Henry WARD, is dead. He is now living here engaged in Mercantile busiess. David O. ASKEW (?) my brother-inlaw is also dead. He died in Miss. last August. His family now lives there. There has been a great deal of sickness in this section of the country & and a great many deaths. Four of which has occured in this place in about a month, one of whom was my little son 2 years old. I have a little daughter about 10 mos. old--a very fine healthy child. Hinderson WILSON of this place, son of James died last Feby. There have been so many changes since you left this county that the present order of things & race of beings are so nearly (?) new to you that a history of them would not be very interesting I imagine. Suffice it to say that I think we are improving much as (?) & bulding. You would hardly recognize old Colerain now. So much in the place improved. I am now engaged in fishing--but catching very few--I am so much hurried that I have not time to write more at present. I hope to hear from you again soon, and then I will try to give you a letter of morre interest. In the mean time I remain Very truly your fr'd (?). H. ETHRIDGE (?) contemplation (?) going South next summer or fall, & if I do, I will try to give you a call. Do you know where cousin Martha GARRETT, or MILLER lives? jShe married MILLER you know & moved away west. ___________________________________ I believe the parents of John BATEMAN of Pine Bluff, Arkansas were John BATEMAN and Miriam PERISHO of Perquimans County. In July 1830, Rebecca BATEMAN of Hertford, Perquimans County, sister of John BATEMAN of Pine Bluff, married John BLOUNT Esq. of Edenton, Chowan County. Parents of Mary Garrett, first wife of John Bateman of Pine Bluff, were David and Mary Garrett of (???). Any assistance in researching the above Bateman/Garrett/Perisho family lines would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the length of this posting--flames accepted. Newbie. Rich Borges

The quest continues for the parents of Barnabas Stevens (b. abt 1825 in North Carolina). He married Pauline Dupuyin WBR, Louisiana, and they had several children there..... I think he might be related to Barnabas Stevens who married Lydia Oates in NC (circa 1700's)..possibly his grandfather.... Anyone who has info on this family please email me! Thanks!!

Hello list, If you are searching surnames Holder, Mason,McNeill, McPhail,McDonald, McLean, Matthews,Morrison, O'Quinn, Porter, Patterson, Page, Stewart, Roberts, Ray, Strickland,Terry, Tyner, Wade,Wicker, Williams, Womble etc. you will want to see this listing. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccumber/spring1.htm Myrtle Bridges

1/14/00 3:31 AM Frendlysky@aol.com > ><< What does the heading "Company" mean? Thanks. Doris >> > >OK I have been waiting for this <G> I did get an answer before > >So can anyone help this time? this is info I posted some time ago...response to this same question.... --from Burke Journal -Dec.1988 Issue - provided to the Journal by Betsy Dodd Pittman: 1st Company Present McDowell Co. & part of present northern Rutherford Co. 2nd " Northeastern Burke Co & present southeastern Caldwell Co. 3rd " Mid & western Burke Co. - Oak Hill area 4th " Western Burke Co. & portions of present southeastern McDowell & northern Rutherford Counties 5th " Upper Burke Co. & portions of present Caldwell Co. - Globe, Edgemont, Collettsville 6th " Western Burke Co. - Bridgewater, Lake James; some in present eastern McDowell Co. 7th " Mid Burke Co. - Quaker Meadows 8th " North side of Catawba River in present day Caldwell Co. - Granite Falls 9th " North of Catawba River in present Caldwell Co. 10th " Present Mitchell/Avery Counties 11th " Cut off in 1791 to form Buncombe Co. 12th " Present Mitchell/Avery Counties 13th " South & southeastern Burke Co. - Salem; South Mountains; George Hildebrand areas Berna Stillwell abner@napanet.net Napa Valley, CA

Do you have any idea who this Calvin SMITH married? I find 4 Calvin SMITH's between ages of 30 to 39yrs on the 1870 NC census. I do not find him on the 1870 TN census or the 1870 MO census. Might be able to connect him if you have a spouse's name. Thank you. Ruth in NC e-mail: RLugowski@aol.com

If you find a list of slaveowners in NC would there also exist a list of overseers of slaves? Family ledgend has it that my gr gr was an overseer. Reply: Check census records. It will list occupation and I have seen overseer listed. sottilare@mail.clis.com

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:00:57 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Fairfax <dfair777@home.com> FRANK FAIRFAX CHINA GROVE — Frank Fairfax, 94, died Thursday, Jan. 13 in Columbus County Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Worthington Funeral Home. ============================================================ Frank Fairfax, to my knowledge, was the oldest living Fairfax, and now the first FAIRFAX to pass away in the 2nd Millenium, A.D., 2000. He was a pleasure to know and I deeply enjoyed my personal time with Frank and his family during my visits with him at his home in August, 1998 when he personally remembered the name of his grandfather, Thomas "Tom" Fairfax, Private in the Confederate States Army, North Carolina Troops. We shall endeavor to continue his memory in our research of FAIRFAX Family History. His eyes gleamed when he mentioned "Tom" Fairfax in our conversation, even though he had never met his grandfather, for Private Thomas Fairfax, CSA gave his life in a battle near Petersburg, Virginia while honorably serving with the 51st Regiment, Infantry, North Carolina Troops, Confederate States Army. I will miss you Mr. Frank Fairfax and my dear cousin. Best regards and in memory of, Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217

Hi, I thought I would send this to the list again in case some of the new subscribers might know them. thanks, Tawsha http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~brinkley/ I am trying to find who the parents, siblings and two unknown wives are of this Alexander Brinkley b. abt 1780's, North Carolina. He lived in Orange County where his children were born, Later he and his children moved to Carroll County Tennessee, Benton County, and Lawerence. with the majority of the family living in Carroll County where he died about 1850. Children names; Levi S. Brinkley born 1809 (1st married Eliza Smoot, Then he married Adaline Allen in Carroll County in 1859) Alfred Brinkley born 1811 Radford Brinkley, born1815 Edie Brinkley Crider, born 1819 Elizabeth Brinkley Hampton, born 1820 Fannie Brinkley Hampton, born 1822 Winnie Brinkley Chambliss, born 1826 John Brinkley, born, 1830 Robert Claiborne Brinkley,born 1837 James Brinkley, born 1839 Anthony Brinkley, born 1799 William Brinkley, born 1832 1. Levi's children with Eliza Smoot were: John Alexander Brinkley Harriet Ann Brinkley Elizabeth Elsabina Brinkley Richmond C. Brinkley Winfield Scott Brinkley 2.Levi's children with Adaline Allen were: William Brinkley( my great great grandfather) married Tempie Singleton in Hempstead county Arkansas. Levi Jr. Brinkley Winfield Scott Brinkley Thomas K Brinkley Elrod Coleman Brinkley Mary Brinkley Elston Brinkley Rowena Brinkley Hampton Gentry Brinkley Radford Brinkley Espidilla Brinkley After the death of Levi Brinkley, Adaline and some of her older children and families moved to Hempstead County Arkansas and then members of the extended family moved on to McCurtain County OK. if anyone has any information about this family please contact me. i will be happy to share any information.

Cindy, Are Reddick, Needham, or James Bryan mentioned in your book? Thank you, Diana Quinn Virginia Beach, VA

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2 . . . 1790 census North Carolina Rutherford County Morgan District 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd # free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fourteenth Company cont; Swelton, Edwd, 3,2,4,0,0 Gage, Aron, 1,2,2,0,0 Burilson, Jno, 1,1,2,0,0 Meda, Abram, 2,2,5,0,0 Craford, Moses, 1,0,2,0,0 Craford, Jas, 1,0,2,0,0 Craford, Isaac, 1,0,1,0,0 Crawford, Thom, 3,1,3,0,0 James, James, 5,2,2,0,0 Graham, Thos, 1,0,1,0,0 Durham, Wm, 2,0,2,0,0 Weaver, Sam, 3,1,2,0,0 Reid, George, 1,2,4,0,0 English, Wm, 2,5,4,0,0 Steward, Jno, 1,2,5,0,0 Allen, Sam, 1,0,6,0,0 Denton, Sam, 1,0,2,0,0 Odel, Ben, 2,0,1,0,0 Odel, Jno, 1,0,1,0,0 May, Tho, 2,2,3,0,0 English, Joshua, 1,4,2,0,0 Lamb, Jno, 1,1,2,0,0 Graham, Spencer, 1,1,2,0,0 English, Jas, 2,2,1,0,0 Denton, Jonas, 2,1,2,0,0 Shateen, Abram, 1,1,2,0,0 Shateen, Edwd, 1,0,3,0,0 Shipman, Edwd, 3,5,4,0,0 Susco, Jacob, 1,2,2,0,0 Susco, Jno, 3,0,4,0,0 Davidson, Jas, 1,3,2,0,0 English, Jos, 2,0,1,0,5 Still, Booze, 1,0,2,0,0 Jones, Stephen, 1,4,4,0,0 Robinson, Jas, 1,2,3,0,0 Vane, Jos, 2,1,5,0,1 Roberts, Obediah, 1,2,2,0,0 Hix, Wm, 1,2,3,0,0 Cooral, Jonathan, 1,1,3,0,0 here ends Rutherford County Alice Ohlsson Tatum Frendlysky@aol.com

In a message dated 1/13/00 11:00:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, debiv@itexas.net writes: << What does the heading "Company" mean? Thanks. Doris >> OK I have been waiting for this <G> I did get an answer before So can anyone help this time? Alice

<< I havn't posted my Edwards for awhile and see a few new members so will try again William Edwards b. 1767 NC d. 1857 Iredell NC William was possible married more than once Bertie Co NC marriage record William m. Nancy Ward 1799, this marriage is also on the LDS site associated with this family In Williams will he names his wife Elizabeth, which is also on the LDS site as Elizabeth Williams. The following children are listed in his will 1. Thomas Edwards b. 1793 m. Eleanor Nellie Brown Oct 12,1816 Rowan Co NC ( if this is the right Thomas Edwards, William could have had another wife before Nancy. The 1800 census for Irdell lists a William Edwards that matches the ages, ) 2. Charles M Edwards b. 1801 NC d. May 23, 1864 Ellijay Gilmer CO Ga. Rowan Co marriage book lists a marriage for Charles M Edwards and Martha Poarch August 13,1822. ( Charles and Martha's family bible lists his wife as Martha Hendrixs) 3. Marcus B Edwards b. 1812 Iredell NC m. Abigail b. 1820 NC 4. Hardy M Edwards (the 1840 Iredell census has Hardy and Abigail btw 30-40 with several children 5. Lemuel M Edwards ( William's will lists children for Lemuel as Mahaley, James, John, Jane and Mary Ann. Lemuel is on the 1840 Iredell census, He may have died before 1857. 6. John M Edwards m. Susanna Brown 7. William J Edwrds 8. Polly Edwards( Polly may have died before 1857 as son Absalem C. her heir is named in the will, also the above William J. could be her son and not Williams. 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Martha Edwards b. 1805 NC m. Davis Brown b. 1795 NC. He is listed on the 1850 Iredell NC census in the house hold next to William Gen 2 Charles M Edwards +Martha Poarch or Hendrix 1. Wm Edwards b. 1824 NC d. 1832 (from Charles bible) 2. John William Edwards b. 1828 Iredell NC m. Paulina Duckworth b. 1833 NC (listed on the 1850 Iredell NC census in Williams household. occupation shoemaker) 3. Mary E Edwards b. 1829 NC ( according to bible married a Black) 4. Thomas Edwards 1833 NC d. 1883 Gilmer Co Ga, was in the seige at Vicksburg Miss, poss shortened his life.) m. Margaret Ballew 5. Martha Susanna Edwards b. July 13, 1834 NC d. btw 1915-1920 in Eastland TX ( her family has possesion of the family bible) MARRIED jOHN Gibbs in 1854 Marion Co NC, was on the 1860 Gilmer Co Ga census. 6. female Edwards b. 1835 7. Margaret Elender Edwards b. 1838 NC ma. Alfred Cantrell August 8, 1867 Gilmer Co Ga. (both burried at the Scrounge Town cemetery in Gilmer Co Ga) 8. Charles W Edwards b. March 1844 d. June 1844 NC 9. Caroline Victoria Edwards b. Jan. 18, 1845 Raliegh NC d. Feb 26 1925 buried at Mt Olive cemetery Cohutta Ga m. Hampton Percival Ward Marcus Edwards + Abigail 1. Elizabeth b.1838 Nc 2. Isabelle b. 1841 Nc 3. James b. 1845 4 Harper b. 1847 5. Shane b 1849 Martha Edwards + David Brown 1. James Brown b. 1838 NC 2. William A b. 1841 Nc 3. Martha S Brown b. 1846 Nc gen 3 John William Edwards + Paulina Duckworth 1. Philadelphia Janette b. 1849 Iredell Nc d. 1935 m. George Gray b. 1845 Iredell Nc 2. Charles Manuel Edwards b. 1851 Iredell NC d. 1903 m. Francis Amanda Moody March 10, 1875 Ms 3. Sarah J Edwards b. 1853 Iredell Nc . m J.J. White and R. L. McComons 4. Martha Edwards b. 1855 Iredell Nc married Irwin West and 2nd John R Shepard 5. Margaret Ellen Edward b. 1859 Gilmer Co Ga m. George Frost 6. Julia T Edwards b. 1862 Fairmont Garden Ga m. William F Curtis 1880 in Benton MS died 1935 in Lehi Utah Caroline Victoria Edwards + Hampton Percival Ward ( went by Hamp was the son of James Ward and Mary Ledbetter of Rutherford Co NC 1. Millard H Ward b. 1867 Ga m. 1st Manerva Fowler 2nd Anne Dycus 2. Jane Ward .3. John Ward 4. Maggie Ward 5. Mattie Ward 6. Nan Ward 7. Robert Ward 8. James Fletcher Ward b. Feb. 16,1875 Cartecay, Gilmer Co Ga. b. Lula Victoria Bartlett b. 1876 Tunnel Hill Ga daughter of William Burrel Bartlett, who also was in the seige at Vicksburg and Mary Elizabeth Edgemon Would like to find the father of William Edwards who lived in Statesville, Iredell NC for many years also am interested in determining how many wifes he had and their identiy. Barbara of Ca

If you find a list of slaveowners in NC would there also exist a list of overseers of slaves? Family ledgend has it that my gr gr was an overseer.

Does anyone have a copy of the above Numbered CD. If so, I would greatly appreciate a lookup. I am seeking any information on Geroge NUTTERFIELD who married Nancy McWilliams in Shelby Co Ky 6-23-1804. Any information at all, might help, as I have VERY LITTLE. Dick Carter rcar37@prodigy.net

Hello again! Ok, I got a lot of replies about the roll call issue and surname pages. People asked where these pages were. Actually your best bet is to go to the appropriate GenWeb County page and you should find them. Tonight I made a MAJOR addition to Firstmoms NC page....108 links added! It took 2-3 hours but I did it...I went to every one of the NC county pages and put the links to their Surname and/or Query page on a list on my NC page. Ok, well I went to most of them, some I just went to their query board and posted that link cus it seems that not many do the good ole fashioned surname pages anymore. Hate to tell them...visitors love the original surname pages! If you are a CC and don't see your surnames page listed please let me know. Here's the address again for those who didn't save it to favorites yet. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/northc.htm <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/northc.htm">Firstmoms Genealogy Resources -North Carolina</A> I need to get a little work in on other states soon too! Kathy <A HREF="http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=firstmom"> WW Top 100 Genealogy Sites!</A>

Hello everyone, I am hoping maybe someone can help me with a small problem. I am looking for a small town in Halifax County, North Carolina call " BUCHARIA TWP" I have run up again a brick wall. I contacted the Historic Halifax Assoc. and here is a portion of the message that was sent back to me --- I quote > ""We do not have any information on Bucharia Twp nor have we run across it in the limited research that we have > done in the county. Our primary interpretation time frame is 1760-1840 for > the town of Halifax. As the county seat our research on Halifax town does > lead to info on the county but we are not familiar with Bucharia."" > In the 1870 census my greatgggrandfather is list as Porter, William - -61 - - m - - w -- birthplace Nc -- County Halifax -- Locality Bucharia Twp. We feel if we can locate this township that it will be a big help to us in our research. We have check all maps we can find even to this time period. If any one have a idea I would be very grateful for the help. Thank you all for your time in reading this request Regards, Patti

Census Index for NC - Colonial America - Heads of Household Ledford, John County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Ledford, John County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Census type code : Tax List Ledford, John, Jr. County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Ledford, John, Jr. County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Census type code : Tax List Ledford, Nicholas County : Orange Co. Year : 1772 Ledford, Nicholas County : Rowan Co. Year : 1755 Ledford, Nicholas County : Rowan Co. Year : 1759 Ledford, Nickelus County : Rowan Co. Year : 1761 Ledford, Peter County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Ledford, Peter County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Census type code : Tax List Ledford, William County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Ledford, William County : Randolph Co. Year : 1779 Census type code : Tax List - Ruth in NC e-mail: RLugowski@aol.com

I saw the post looking for the Lefords. I am also Looking for info on my G-Grandparents Frances Ellen Ledford /Hiram Anthony from NC. the dates are @ 1830-1835 Neal Caskey ostrich@bellsouth.net Please visit my website-books for sale at: http://members.xoom.com/petphotos/books.htm

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2 . . . 1790 census North Carolina Rutherford County Morgan District 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd # free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thirteenth Company cont; Case, Tho, 1,1,1,0,0 Slipp, Jas, 2,4,3,0,0 Shelton, Wm, 0,1,2,0,0 Shelton, George, 1,1,2,0,0 Gray, Jno, 1,0,0,0,0 Fourteenth Company Reed, Abram, 1,2,3,0,0 Stringfield, Jas, 4,1,2,0,0 Brittain, Jas, 1,2,4,0,0 Boldstone, Jas, 3,0,1,0,0 Kikendal, Simon, 1,1,1,0,0 Medcalf, Jas, 2,0,1,0,0 Medcalf, Norris, 1,2,2,0,0 Miller, Andrw, 1,1,4,0,1 Stringfield, Jno, 2,1,1,0,0 Boldstone, Sam, 1,2,1,0,0 Boldstone, Jas Jr, 1,2,3,0,0 Arnold, Tho, 1,0,4,0,1 Osborn, Jeremiah, 2,1,1,0,0 Claypole, Jno, 1,1,3,0,0 Osborn, Jno, 1,1,1,0,0 Box, Jno, 1,2,4,0,0 Osborn, Jonathan, 1,1,3,0,0 Claypole, Stephen, 1,0,1,0,0 Newport, Michl, 3,0,2,0,0 Woodphin, Tho, 1,2,2,0,0 Wood, Jno, 1,1,2,0,0 Woodpin, Nicholas, 2,1,6,0,0 Wood, Henry, 1,0,2,0,0 Newport, Jno, 1,0,1,0,0 Abbs, Thom, 1,0,4,0,0 Gardner, Jacob, 2,1,3,0,0 Gray, Jas, 1,0,3,0,0 Ashbrooks, Moses, 3,3,7,0,0 Parks, George, 2,2,5,0,0 Swelton, Robt, 1,0,1,0,0 Swelton, Jno, 1,1,4,0,0 to be continued Alice Ohlsson Tatum Frendlysky@aol.com