This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/7048 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on this Rheuben Lackey b 1795 in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Taylor abt 1820. If anyone could please help me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/1190.1 Message Board Post: Just posting this to update my email address it has changed. It is now lindaschmehl@hotmail.com Would like to hear from anyone doing research on these families.

Jim, I have heard that my ggggggrandmother, Elizabeth, maiden name was Echols. We have tried to find any information that would prove this. Have not even been able to find a marriage record. She married Bryan(t) Fannin(g) (Fanin, Fannon, Fanner, etc..) some time I would guess in the 1720's. We first find them in Amelia Co. Va. They lived there all their lives and died there as far as we know. Some where it was said that Bryan was b. abt. 1699 and Elizabeth born abt. 1708. We do not know where they were even born at. Seems we can not get any further back then what we have on them. If by chance you might have any one that matches this... I would really appreciate if you would let me know. Thank you much Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <jcechols@aol.com> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 5:56 AM Subject: [NCRowan] Re: John and Christina Braun Echols This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/4510.4623.1.1 Message Board Post: Saw your message on Peter Echols. I have right much info on him, and would love to share it. Contact me at jcechols@aol.con, or call me at 757-34-5364. Jim Echols ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/6791.2 Message Board Post: Although there is as of yet no solid proof of this, the Hugh Stephenson on the 1773 Fourth Creek Congregation map is probably the Hugh Stephenson enumerated in Spartenburg County,SC, rather than either the Hugh or Hugh, Jr. in York Co., in the 1790 census. My Stevenson/Stephenson line, as researched by several folks, goes back to Alexander Stevenson/Stephenson in Christian (later Caldwell) Co., KY by 1800 and probably the son of the Buffalo Shoal/Third Creek Hugh. Any info helping to either confirm of disprove this thesis would be much appreciated!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beck, Madden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/6998.1.1.1 Message Board Post: St. Leger Beck born about 1776 married Elizabeth Madden in 1801, Rowan Co. NC. I believe that they are the parents of Madden Beck. This St. Leger was son of the St. Leger Beck who died about 1822. I suspect that Aquilla Beck was another son, but don't have proof. Jo White Linn's abstract of the will of the 1822 will lists a child "Argminta" who doesn't otherwise appear in any records that I know of. I am wondering if this is really Aquilla. Does anyone have a copy of the original will? This family has also been discussed on the Davie County board.

I don't own one (yet), but my local library has a copy of the NC map put out by DeLorme Co. and it has all the waterways, creeks, along with an index. The state is broken into grids. Betty Pace > I think he lived on the Yadkin, and maybe not too far from Squire >Boone and his wife (Daniel's parents). I would love to find a map of >North Carolina that showed that part of the Yadkin, or all of it. I can't >find one on the Internet yet. Know where I might find one? I have no >idea exactly where the Yadkin River runs, although I believe John Adams, Sr. >was suppose to live close to where N.C. borders on Virginia, but I'm not >positive.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beck Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/6998.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for a reply to my message concerning Madden Beck. Is this the St Leger Beck and Elizabeth Madden who was married in 1801? In the 1810, 1820 and 1830 NC Census there is always a Aquilla Beck living next to them. The 1830 NC Census is the first one I have been able to find Madden Beck living in so I assume he was born sometime around 1802/03. I was always under the assumption that St Leger Beck was a son of the St.Ledger Beck who was born in 1832 and died around 1822 in Rowan Co., NC. Somehow I feel that this Aquilla Beck fits in there someplace. Do you happen to have any information on Aquilla. You can email me at: bblimm@netnitco.net Thanks again for your reply. Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beck Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/6998.1 Message Board Post: I don't have the info you are looking for but check the Davie Co. board. Madden Beck is related to Mary Elizabeth Madden Beck and St. Leger Beck, possibly their son.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/6771.2 Message Board Post: Hi Julie, In your list of children and who they married didn't you leave out Rebecca? According to the will of Charles Caton, Rebecca married a Ridgeway also. Do you have any information on the Ridgeway family? Howard

>Hi, Ginny: My goodness, how very interesting. Thanks so much for >explaining all that about North Carolina and its regions, and I thoroughly >enjoyed your "two cents". If you have "four cents", sometime, I would >love to listen. Actually, I am looking for a man's parents. His name >is John Adams, Sr., and he lived in Rowan County, N.C. during abt. 1720 to >1764, or so, and that county was in such a different area of N.C. than it is >today. Ginny already gave an excellent answer to this question too, but I'll add just a little more. Rowan County was much bigger then, but present-day Rowan county was part of it. Take a look at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/countyfm.htm and follow the changes from the 1760 map to the 1840 one. I doubt very much your family was there as early as 1720, however. This whole area didn't begin to be settled until about 1750. > I think he lived on the Yadkin, and maybe not too far from Squire >Boone and his wife (Daniel's parents). I would love to find a map of >North Carolina that showed that part of the Yadkin, or all of it. I can't >find one on the Internet yet. Know where I might find one? I have no >idea exactly where the Yadkin River runs, although I believe John Adams, Sr. >was suppose to live close to where N.C. borders on Virginia, but I'm not >positive. Squire Boone settled on Bear Creek near what is now Mocksville, in Davie County. The Yadkin starts in northwestern NC - look for Wilkesboro on a modern map - and then flows eastward through Yadkin County, which is west of Winston-Salem, then southward, dividing Davie and Davidson Counties and then along the edge of Rowan County. Mocksville and Salisbury are west of the Yadkin, Lexington is to the east. -- Elizabeth Harris ncgen@mindspring.com NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://www.fmoran.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/4510.4623.1.1 Message Board Post: Saw your message on Peter Echols. I have right much info on him, and would love to share it. Contact me at jcechols@aol.con, or call me at 757-34-5364. Jim Echols

One solution would be to enroll in the single-message mode of this mailing list. You now get digest (D), but you could get L mode (single message). Of course, it would mean reading all of the messages as separate. NCROWAN-L-request@rootsweb.com subscribe You will have to disenroll from D by: NCROWAN-D-request@rootsweb.com unsubscribe Betty Pace From: "Clarene and Robert Campina" <bccampina@msn.com> To: NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:09:49 -0800 Subject: [NCRowan] Re: NCROWAN-D Digest V02 #282 Every one of the attachments that were sent to me were unable to be opened. I do not know what the problem is but I do know that my internet provider uses McAfee to scan for virus and will put anything it cannot open in a "junk" folder which is where I found this message. Please let me know if there is anything I can do at this end to open these attachments. Sincerely, Clarene A. Campina ______________________________

If you search for topozone on your internet browser you will gain access to great topographical maps, that you can look at, re-center and print to your hearts delight. I do not know where John Adam's land was, or where Squire Boone's land was, although Squire Boone's name is frequently connected with Salisbury and the area covered by present-day Rowan County. Of course Rowan County was not formed until 1753 ?, and at that time it included virtually all of the northwest quadrant of North Carolina. I do know where the Yadkin River is though. It creates most of the eastern boundry of present-day Rowan County, and the Wachovia tract of the Moravians was on the "three forks of Muddy Branch" (of the Yadkin River). ... the Wachovia tract is near where Winston-Salem is today and most of that tract is in what is now Forsyth County. Davidson County is on the eastern side of the Yadkin River, adjacent to Rowan County. East of Albermarle, North Carolina the Yadkin River is formed out of the Pee Dee River on the border between Stanly and Montgomery Counties, just south of Badin Lake. The Yadkin River then runs up between Rowan and Davidson Counties, northward between Forsyth and Yadkin Counties, then westerly between Yadkin and Surry Counties, then into WIlkes County to the headwaters of the Yadkin near Wilksboro I do not know how substantial a waterway the Yadkin is past Rowan and Davidson Counties, and it is difficult to tell today what it was like 250 years ago beacuse High Rock Lake had been dammed and expanded in Rowan/Davidson Counties. Anyway back to topozone ... if you search for Salisbury, North Carolina you will get an index menu of the USGS topographical maps which show Salisbury ... then once you have pulled up the map you can navigate around as much as you want, even into other quadrants (maps) . You can look at the maps in three differend sizes, depending upon your needs ... it is a great resource. Ginny In a message dated 12/21/2002 10:33:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, aj4ever@olemac.net writes: > Subj: Re: [NCRowan] Ozarks and Piedmont > Date: 12/21/2002 10:33:06 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:aj4ever@olemac.net">aj4ever@olemac.net</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com">NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com">NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi, Ginny: My goodness, how very interesting. Thanks so much for > explaining all that about North Carolina and its regions, and I thoroughly > enjoyed your "two cents". If you have "four cents", sometime, I would > love to listen. Actually, I am looking for a man's parents. His name > is John Adams, Sr., and he lived in Rowan County, N.C. during abt. 1720 to > 1764, or so, and that county was in such a different area of N.C. than it > is > today. I think he lived on the Yadkin, and maybe not too far from Squire > Boone and his wife (Daniel's parents). I would love to find a map of > North Carolina that showed that part of the Yadkin, or all of it. I can't > find one on the Internet yet. Know where I might find one? I have no > idea exactly where the Yadkin River runs, although I believe John Adams, > Sr. > was suppose to live close to where N.C. borders on Virginia, but I'm not > positive. > Thanks again, Mrs. Sylvia Heiney, aj4ever@olemac.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GinnyAtwell@aol.com> > To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:46 AM > Subject: [NCRowan] Ozarks and Piedmont > > > >The physical geography of North Carolina is thus > > > >the easternmost part of the state is part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, > this > >area is characterized by sandy soil and tidal waters. As a child I also > >learned the term "tidewater" - I am not certain if this is the same as > >coastal plain or if is is an extention of the land around waters of the > >coastal plain until they reach the fall line. > > > >The central part of the state is the Piedmont. It has generally more > fertil > >soil and is easily managed land, this area continues to the foot of the > >mountains mountains. There may also be rolling hills in the piedmont area. > > > >The mountains in North Carolina are the Blue Ridge, Appalacian, and Great > >Smoky Mountains. (pretty much in that order from east to west. > > > >North Carolina is a very wide state, something like 500 miles from the > >easternmost point to the western boundry, but the mountains are far into > the > >western part of the state. > > > >Rowan County is in central North Carolina (although I always think of it > as > >western North Carolina). People in North Carolina consider Western North > >Carolina to be West of the Catawba River and in the Mountains. > > > >When Rowan County was settled in the 1750s. Travel through the mountains > was > >difficult. However there was some travel through the mountains, by > trappers > >and traders, and by people moving down through the valley of Virginia from > >Maryland and Pennsylvania. > > > >There is a definite shadow of these immigration patterns (for example - in > >the number of old Lutheran Churches in the valley of Virginia). The > history > >and record books of the early settlement of the middle colonies records > >little about these settlers, but I think that it was a situation of the > >English keeping the records, and the Germans and Scots-Irish staying > "under > >the radar". > > > >I don't know if this ranting of mine has anything to do with your > question, > >but anyway I had to stick my two cents worth in. > > > >Ginny Atwell > > > > > >From: "Sylvia (Susie) Heiney" <aj4ever@olemac.net> > >To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:27 AM > >Subject: Re: [NCRowan] Reece &Brandon > > > >Is Rowan County, N.C. in the Ozarks and Piedmont areas? Just what are > >those areas and why are they named so? I have heard of the Piedmont > area, > >but don't understand what it means. > >Mrs. S. Heiney, aj4ever@olemac.net PS, my ancestors name was John > Adams, > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Virginia's physical grography is similar to North Carolina's with Coastal Plain, Piedmont and Mountains, but the mountains run much farther to the east through Virginia and so the piedmont is much narrower. The Blue Ridge Mountains (the easternmost range) run virtually continously through Virginia, beginning from a point between Hagerstown and Frederick in Maryland and continuing in a southwest direction all through Virginia, through Ashville, North Carolina and into Georgia. From Frederick or Hagestown, Maryland, people travelled down through Harper's Ferry (now in West Virginia) and into the valley west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In northern Virginia the valley is split in two by the Shenandoah Mountains which run parallel to the Blue Ridge in the northern part of the state, the valleys on both sides of the Shenandoah are easily travelled, through the rest of Virginia the valley broadens out and more substantial towns were altimately established. According to my National Geographic Map of the Tidewater and Environs, in 1747 "ferry service began at Harper's Ferry" in 1736 "William Beverly was granted a tract of land near present-day Staunton" in 1749 "Staunton was founded" in 1749 "Washington and Lee University was established as Augusta Academa near present-day Lexington" According to some maps of the southward migration, some travelers went east of the Mountains and travelled through central Virginia, and the Moravians supposedly passed through the area where Danville is today on their was to establish their communities of Betabra, Bethania and Salem in 1753. Having driven both routes to Rowan County from my home in Maryland, The western route would have been an easier trip with a wagon and team, as the valley is not particularly hilly, and the eastern route through central Virginia traverses substantial hills (more like mountains to me and my car). Interstate 81 travels through the Valley, and US 29 travels through the eastern (central route). I don't know where they crossed back through the mountains ... the Roanoke RIver is one river that crosses back through ... and maybe the Smith River ... (I do not have a real good physical map to show me the possibilities), but both the Roanoke and Smith Rivers look like you might be able to get to Danville and then through the Wachovia lands (where the Moravians settled around present-day WInston-Salem, North Carolina) and then on to Salisbury. The North Carolina piedmont is a much milder terrain, and so it is easy to see how settlements and travel could be more spread out in North Carolina. I hope that this helps. Ginny In a message dated 12/21/2002 9:06:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, mthiesse@swbell.net writes: > Subj: Re: [NCRowan] Ozarks and Piedmont > Date: 12/21/2002 9:06:55 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:mthiesse@swbell.net">mthiesse@swbell.net</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com">NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com">NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > This is an excellent report. Thank you for taking the time to post it. > Can you tell us where the Valley of Virginia is ? > > I had ancestors who migrated from Sussex, New Kent, Fluvanna > and Fauquier counties in VA and I've been curious about their route(s). > > Thanks again.....~malinda > > > The physical geography of North Carolina is thus > the easternmost part of the state is part of the Atlantic Coastal > Plain,this > area is characterized by sandy soil and tidal waters. As a child I also > learned the term "tidewater" - I am not certain if this is the same as > coastal plain or if is is an extention of the land around waters of the > coastal plain until they reach the fall line. > > The central part of the state is the Piedmont. It has generally more > fertile soil and is easily managed land, this area continues to the foot of > the > mountains mountains. There may also be rolling hills in the piedmont area. > > The mountains in North Carolina are the Blue Ridge, Appalacian, and Great > Smoky Mountains. (pretty much in that order from east to west. > > North Carolina is a very wide state, something like 500 miles from the > easternmost point to the western boundry, but the mountains are far into > the western part of the state. > > Rowan County is in central North Carolina (although I always think of it as > western North Carolina). People in North Carolina consider Western North > Carolina to be West of the Catawba River and in the Mountains. > > When Rowan County was settled in the 1750s. Travel through the mountains > was difficult. However there was some travel through the mountains, by > trappers > and traders, and by people moving down through the valley of Virginia from > Maryland and Pennsylvania. > > There is a definite shadow of these immigration patterns (for example - in > the number of old Lutheran Churches in the valley of Virginia). The history > and record books of the early settlement of the middle colonies records > little about these settlers, but I think that it was a situation of the > English keeping the records, and the Germans and Scots-Irish staying > "under the radar". > > Ginny Atwell > > <snip> > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi, Ginny: My goodness, how very interesting. Thanks so much for explaining all that about North Carolina and its regions, and I thoroughly enjoyed your "two cents". If you have "four cents", sometime, I would love to listen. Actually, I am looking for a man's parents. His name is John Adams, Sr., and he lived in Rowan County, N.C. during abt. 1720 to 1764, or so, and that county was in such a different area of N.C. than it is today. I think he lived on the Yadkin, and maybe not too far from Squire Boone and his wife (Daniel's parents). I would love to find a map of North Carolina that showed that part of the Yadkin, or all of it. I can't find one on the Internet yet. Know where I might find one? I have no idea exactly where the Yadkin River runs, although I believe John Adams, Sr. was suppose to live close to where N.C. borders on Virginia, but I'm not positive. Thanks again, Mrs. Sylvia Heiney, aj4ever@olemac.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <GinnyAtwell@aol.com> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:46 AM Subject: [NCRowan] Ozarks and Piedmont > The physical geography of North Carolina is thus > > the easternmost part of the state is part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, this > area is characterized by sandy soil and tidal waters. As a child I also > learned the term "tidewater" - I am not certain if this is the same as > coastal plain or if is is an extention of the land around waters of the > coastal plain until they reach the fall line. > > The central part of the state is the Piedmont. It has generally more fertil > soil and is easily managed land, this area continues to the foot of the > mountains mountains. There may also be rolling hills in the piedmont area. > > The mountains in North Carolina are the Blue Ridge, Appalacian, and Great > Smoky Mountains. (pretty much in that order from east to west. > > North Carolina is a very wide state, something like 500 miles from the > easternmost point to the western boundry, but the mountains are far into the > western part of the state. > > Rowan County is in central North Carolina (although I always think of it as > western North Carolina). People in North Carolina consider Western North > Carolina to be West of the Catawba River and in the Mountains. > > When Rowan County was settled in the 1750s. Travel through the mountains was > difficult. However there was some travel through the mountains, by trappers > and traders, and by people moving down through the valley of Virginia from > Maryland and Pennsylvania. > > There is a definite shadow of these immigration patterns (for example - in > the number of old Lutheran Churches in the valley of Virginia). The history > and record books of the early settlement of the middle colonies records > little about these settlers, but I think that it was a situation of the > English keeping the records, and the Germans and Scots-Irish staying "under > the radar". > > I don't know if this ranting of mine has anything to do with your question, > but anyway I had to stick my two cents worth in. > > Ginny Atwell > > > From: "Sylvia (Susie) Heiney" <aj4ever@olemac.net> > To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:27 AM > Subject: Re: [NCRowan] Reece & Brandon > > Is Rowan County, N.C. in the Ozarks and Piedmont areas? Just what are > those areas and why are they named so? I have heard of the Piedmont area, > but don't understand what it means. > Mrs. S. Heiney, aj4ever@olemac.net PS, my ancestors name was John Adams, > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is an excellent report. Thank you for taking the time to post it. Can you tell us where the Valley of Virginia is ? I had ancestors who migrated from Sussex, New Kent, Fluvanna and Fauquier counties in VA and I've been curious about their route(s). Thanks again.....~malinda The physical geography of North Carolina is thus the easternmost part of the state is part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain,this area is characterized by sandy soil and tidal waters. As a child I also learned the term "tidewater" - I am not certain if this is the same as coastal plain or if is is an extention of the land around waters of the coastal plain until they reach the fall line. The central part of the state is the Piedmont. It has generally more fertile soil and is easily managed land, this area continues to the foot of the mountains mountains. There may also be rolling hills in the piedmont area. The mountains in North Carolina are the Blue Ridge, Appalacian, and Great Smoky Mountains. (pretty much in that order from east to west. North Carolina is a very wide state, something like 500 miles from the easternmost point to the western boundry, but the mountains are far into the western part of the state. Rowan County is in central North Carolina (although I always think of it as western North Carolina). People in North Carolina consider Western North Carolina to be West of the Catawba River and in the Mountains. When Rowan County was settled in the 1750s. Travel through the mountains was difficult. However there was some travel through the mountains, by trappers and traders, and by people moving down through the valley of Virginia from Maryland and Pennsylvania. There is a definite shadow of these immigration patterns (for example - in the number of old Lutheran Churches in the valley of Virginia). The history and record books of the early settlement of the middle colonies records little about these settlers, but I think that it was a situation of the English keeping the records, and the Germans and Scots-Irish staying "under the radar". Ginny Atwell <snip>

I am seeking INFORMATION on the family of BENJAMIN LEACH. Benjamin born ca. 1760, Rowan County, son of Stephen Leach, died ca. Sept. 1803. Don Magruder at dfmagruder@ims-1.com

Thank you, Ginny! That was wonderful! It makes the migration patterns of my family much easier to understand & how they seemed to flow back and forth between the two states, but always seeming to stay in the Piedmont region. Jerry Johnston ----- Original Message ----- From: <GinnyAtwell@aol.com> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: [NCRowan] Ozarks and Piedmont > The physical geography of North Carolina is thus > > the easternmost part of the state is part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, this > area is characterized by sandy soil and tidal waters. As a child I also > learned the term "tidewater" - I am not certain if this is the same as > coastal plain or if is is an extention of the land around waters of the > coastal plain until they reach the fall line. > > The central part of the state is the Piedmont. It has generally more fertil > soil and is easily managed land, this area continues to the foot of the > mountains mountains. There may also be rolling hills in the piedmont area. > > The mountains in North Carolina are the Blue Ridge, Appalacian, and Great > Smoky Mountains. (pretty much in that order from east to west. > > North Carolina is a very wide state, something like 500 miles from the > easternmost point to the western boundry, but the mountains are far into the > western part of the state. > > Rowan County is in central North Carolina (although I always think of it as > western North Carolina). People in North Carolina consider Western North > Carolina to be West of the Catawba River and in the Mountains. > > When Rowan County was settled in the 1750s. Travel through the mountains was > difficult. However there was some travel through the mountains, by trappers > and traders, and by people moving down through the valley of Virginia from > Maryland and Pennsylvania. > > There is a definite shadow of these immigration patterns (for example - in > the number of old Lutheran Churches in the valley of Virginia). The history > and record books of the early settlement of the middle colonies records > little about these settlers, but I think that it was a situation of the > English keeping the records, and the Germans and Scots-Irish staying "under > the radar". > > I don't know if this ranting of mine has anything to do with your question, > but anyway I had to stick my two cents worth in. > > Ginny Atwell > > > From: "Sylvia (Susie) Heiney" <aj4ever@olemac.net> > To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:27 AM > Subject: Re: [NCRowan] Reece & Brandon > > Is Rowan County, N.C. in the Ozarks and Piedmont areas? Just what are > those areas and why are they named so? I have heard of the Piedmont area, > but don't understand what it means. > Mrs. S. Heiney, aj4ever@olemac.net PS, my ancestors name was John Adams, > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

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The Guilford Genealogist (Vol. 29, #4, Fall 2002, Issue #99) cites the Greensborough Patriot of 8 January 1848: List of Letters remaining in the post office at Greensboro NC, Jan.1, 1848. ABNER PACE (had left Guilford Co.about 1844 to go to Rowan Co. NC, where his son John Fletcher Pace was born in 1844. Perhaps he had returned to Guilford Co. temporarily but by the 1850 census he was residing in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC, with his wife (Julia Ann REID of Guilford Co., NC) and son. By 1850 Abner's brothers Young and Needham Pace had also left Guilford Co., Young Pace and his mother Zilpha Pace (with retarded son David) going to Mecklenburg Co.,NC, and Needham Pace going to Iredell Co., NC. EDMUND PACE or RICHARD SMITH I don't know what this double entry means on Edmund Pace and Richard Smith. Could they have been in business together? What this would seem to establish is that both of these Pace men had been in the Greensboro NC area recently in late 1847 or early 1848 and had left. Perhaps they had visited and mail was sent to them there, or perhaps they had been living there and then left. Letters seem to have been held in the post office for a period of time and then deposited in the dead letter box. Betty Pace