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    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina

    3. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanRobison Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.rowan/12357.1.1.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Where did you get the CD..I would love to get one myself!! www.dmkheritage.com >From the CD "A HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA CONTAINING SKETCHES OF PROMINENT FAMILIES AND DISTINGUISHED MEN WITH AN APPENDIX BY REV. JETHRO RUMPLE PUBLISHED BY J. J. BRUNER SALISBURY, N. C. 1881 Copyright DMK Heritage 2004" Goodman, 151-152, In 1805 the commissioners resolved to issue forty-two pounds and ten shillings (£42/10) in bills of credit, and employed Francis Coupee to print the bills. In 1806 they required every dog to be registered, and allowing every family to keep one 152 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY dog free of tax laid a tax of one dollar on each surplus dog. Provided a dog should become mischievous, the magistrate of police was to issue a warrant against him, and the constable was to kill him. None of these laws, however, were to apply to dog* "commonly called foists or lap dogs." In 1811 the following citizens were divided into classes for the purpose of patrolling the town: 1. Samuel S. Savage, captain; Peter Brown, John Murphy, Ezra Allemong, James Huie, John Trisebre, Jacob Smothers, and William Hinly. 2. George Miller, captain; John Utzman, John Wood, John Smith, John Bruner, Christian Tarr, and Horace B. Satterwhite. 3. Moses A. Locke, captain; John Fans, Henry Under, Abner Caldwell, William Moore, George Rufty, and Henry Poole. 4. Jacob Under, captain; Joseph Chambers, Peter Bettz, Edwin J. Osborne, Hugh Horah, Archibald Ruffin, and Samuel Lemly. 5. John Smith (hatter), captain; Lewis Utzman, George Utzman, Robert Blackwell, Epps Holland, Benjamin Tores, and Peter Crider. 6. Henry Sleighter, captain; Jacob Utzman, Daniel Jacobs, Abraham Brown, Andrew Kerr, Epps Robinson, William Horah. 7. Robert Torrence, captain; Alexander Graham, Micahel Brown, Horace B. Prewit, George Goodman, James Wilson, Robert Wood. 8. William Hampton, captain; John Albright, Willie Yarboro, Jacob Stirewalt, John L. Henderson, John Fulton, and William C. Love. 9. William H. Brandon, captain; Benjamin Pearson, Michael Swink, Francis Marshall, Joshua Gay, Abraham Earnhart, John Giles. 10.Daniel Cress, captain; Abraham Jacobs, Peter Coddle, George Bettz, William Dickson, David Nesbit, Stephen L. Ferrand. 11.Thomas L. Cowan, captain; Joseph Weant, James Gillespie, William Pinkston, Francis Coupee, William Rowe, and William Davenport. 12.Francis Todd, captain; Thomas Reeves, Jeremiah Brown, Henry Ollendorf, Henry Allemong, George Vogler, and Charles Biles. These were the able-bodied men of Salisbury in 1811-sixty-nine years ago. 229, TRANSLATION In the year A.D. 1774, the following members of our congregation commenced to build the so-called Organ Church, viz.: Georg Ludwig Siffert (George Lewis Sifford), Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann (Eddleman), Johannes Steigerwalt (John Stirewait), Philip Gruss (Philip Cruse), Peter Steigerwalt (Stirewalt), Michael Guthmann (Goodman), Christoph Bless (Christopher Pleas), Leonhard Siffert (Sifford), Jacob Klein (Cline), Anton J. Kuhn (Anthony J. Koon), Georg Heinrich Berger (George Henry Barger), Christoph Guthmann (Christopher Goodman) Johannes Rintelmann (John Rendleman), Johannes Eckel (John Eagle), Bastian Lenz (Bostian Lentz), Jacob Benz (Bentz), George Eckel (George Eagle), Franz Oberkirsch (Francis Overcash), Johannes Jose (John Josey), Heinrich Wenzel (Henry). 239, Rev. John Tilled did more than any other man in putting down intemperance and distilleries in Davie County. Rev. Baxter Clegg was the most useful and successful teacher. Out of his academy, located at Mocksville, came many useful ministers, lawyers, physicians, and citizens. Methodism, both in Rowan and Davie, is also much indebted to such ministers as: Revs. J. W. Childs, Abram Penn, James Reid, Joseph Goodman, S. B. Bumpass, William Barringer, N. F. Reid, D. D.-all gone to their heavenly re240 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY ward; and a host of others whose names we have not space to mention. 241, THE METHODIST CHURCH OF SALISBURY ...At that Quarterly Conference, money was raised, and a comfortable wooden church was completed early in the following year (1833). With the exception of one year, the church was a part of the Salisbury circuit, until 1845. In 1834 it was made a station, and served by Rev. R. O. Burton. It then went back to the circuit. During this time (between 1833 and 1845), it had for pastors Revs. Messrs. T. McDonald, Tinnen, Yarrell, and others. Rev. Thomas S. Campbell traveled this circuit in 1835. 241 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY In 1846, it became a permanent station, with Rev. S. Milton Frost, pastor. The presiding elder was the Rev. Joseph Goodman. This year there was an extensive revival, and about seventy-five were added to the church. There was another revival in 1848, under Rev. L. Shell, which greatly strengthened the church. 286, FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Private Goodman, Tobias; d. of d. 334, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY A Privates Goodman, Christopher; en. April 15, 1863; a. 38, d. of d. at home. 336, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY B Private Goodman, George; en. March 15, 1862; a. 30. 345, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY C Private Goodman, A. M.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 28; k. in works at Petersburg. March, 1865. 350 SECOND REGIMENT (JUNIOR RESERVES) COMPANY B Privates Goodman, Jackson; w. at Bentonville. Goodman, Pink; w. at Weldon. 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    12/01/2008 12:19:05
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Earnhardt,Fisher,Gardner
    2. Debra Black

    3. I wish I knew that far back; Truthfully I collect any and all information on my family names; cane we split it up, send the war info first Thank you Visit Knight,s Dad Gifts Gifts for the entire family. Wholesale Opportunites Exist Also! http://www.giftsandhomedecor.com > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:26:08 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Earnhardt,Fisher,Gardner > > Could you please narrow down the Fishers a bit?? These are the pages on which they are mentioned, but could be NOT the ones you are looking for... > > If you look at the pages numbers... there are quite a few that capture more than two pages at a whack.? Don't wanna overload the capacity of how much is allowed to be sent via the list... > > Thanks! > > > Fisher, (17, 18, 19,) 43, 54, 59, 155, (186, 190, 191, > 192,) 231, 260, (268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 284,) > > The ones toward the end of the book are War entries: > 305, 320, 342, 349 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Debra Black <[email protected]> > To: ncrowan county rootsweb <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 3:57 pm > Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Earnhardt,Fisher,Gardner > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope I am not over loading you > > Visit Knight,s Dad Gifts > Gifts for the entire family. > Wholesale Opportunites Exist Also! > http://www.giftsandhomedecor.com > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008

    12/01/2008 11:57:21
    1. [NCROWAN] Heritage Quest has the book!

    3. Hi, all, If you have access to Heritage Quest, and know how to browse by author, the book is there. Jan

    12/01/2008 11:50:23
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Earnhardt,Fisher,Gardner

    3. Debra, The only way I can be overloaded is if I allow myself to be...  hehehehehe BTW, everyone, NEVER limit yourself to one specific spelling!! Earnhardt 286 FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Privates Earnhardt, Abram; k. at Malvern Hill. Earnhardt, James P. Earnhardt, Robert. Earnhardt, Thomas M.; w. near Richmond. Earnhardt, Wiley., 300, FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY E Private Earnhardt, Levi T.; en. July 6, 1861; a. 18. 313, SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY F Private Earnhardt, Lorenzo S.; en. June 13, 1861; a. 18; c. at Gettysburg and exchanged. 314, SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY H Private Earnhardt Crusoe; en. March 3, 1863. 336, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY B Private Earnhardt, Eli; en. February, 19, 1862; a. 23; d. of d. at Petersburg, June 30, 1862. 339, FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT COMPANY C Private Earnhardt, Moses G.; en. March 19, 1862; a. 26. 345, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY C Privates Earnhardt, A. S.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 24; w. at Gettysburg. Earnhardt, Benjamin; en. July 4, 1862; a. 34; missing at Chancellorsville. Earnhardt, Edward; en. July 4, 1862; a. 33. 348, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY K Private Earnhardt, N. 350 SECOND REGIMENT (JUNIOR RESERVES) COMPANY B Private Earnhardt, Moses. Earnhart, 151-152, In 1806 they required every dog20to be registered, and allowing every family to keep one 152 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY dog free of tax laid a tax of one dollar on each surplus dog. Provided a dog should become mischievous, the magistrate of police was to issue a warrant against him, and the constable was to kill him. None of these laws, however, were to apply to dog* “commonly called foists or lap dogs.” In 1811 the following citizens were divided into classes 9. William H. Brandon, captain; Benjamin Pearson, Michael Swink, Francis Marshall, Joshua Gay, Abraham Earnhart, John Giles. These were the able-bodied men of Salisbury in 1811-sixty-nine years ago. 303 FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY K Privates Earnhart, Calvin; en. August 8, 1862; d. November, 1862, at Guinea Station. Earnhart, David; en. August 8, 1862. Earnhart, Isaac; en. August 8, 1862; k. July 1, 1863, Gettysburg. Earnhart, J. C.; en. August 8, 1862.

    12/01/2008 11:05:49
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina

    3. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanRobison Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.rowan/12357.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 285 FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Officer James M. Crowell, 2d. Cor. 286 FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Private Crowell, H. H.; pr. to Cor. Crowell, Richard E. Crowell, Thomas. Crowell, William. Daniel, Amos. 294 COMPANY K (ROWAN RIFLE GUARDS) ENTERED SERVICE APRIL 19, 1861. REORGANIZED AS COMPANY K FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, MAY 30, 1861 Privates HOUSE, 317 EIGHTH REGIMENT COMPANY K Private House, James H.; en. July 14, 1862; a. 30; w. IDrewry's Bluff, May 13, 1864. Crowel, John T.; en. September 8, 1862; a. 20; k. Seven Pines. Crowel, R. B.; en. April 13, 1863; a. 23; w. Spottsylvania, Va. 328 FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT COMPANY B Private House, D.; en. January 27, 1862. Heilig 295 COMPANY K (ROWAN RIFLE GUARDS) ENTERED SERVICE APRIL 19, 1861. REORGANIZED AS COMPANY K FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, MAY 30, 1861 Private Heilig, Philip A.; en. January 30, 1861; a. 19; w. Seven Pines; k. Spottsylvania Courthouse. 301 FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY K Officers George Heilig, 2d. Cor.; en. June 5, 1861; a. 25; pr. to 2d. Lt. for gallantry. 303 FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY K Privates Heilig, J. M.; en. August 8, 1862; a. 24; k. July 1, 1863, Gettysburg. Heilig, Julius; en. June 8, 1861; a. 18; w. Williamsburg and pr. to Cor. for gallantry. Heilig, J. W.; en. August 8, 1862; a. 31. 308 SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY G Private Heilig, John F.; en. May 29, 1861; a. 19; c. Rappahannock Railroad Bridge, November 7, 1863. 336 FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY B Private Heilig, Green. 345 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY C Privates Heilig, A. H.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 27; w. at Chancellorsville. Heilig, J. M.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 33; k. at Mount Jackson, November, 1864. Heilig, Richard; en. July 4, 1862; a. 31; c. November 6, 1863. 349 SECOND REGIMENT (JUNIOR RESERVES) COMPANY B Officers Lee Heilig, Cor. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

    12/01/2008 10:05:45
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina

    3. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanRobison Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.rowan/12357.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joseph, there are no references, so far, of anyone being of one color or the other... Jan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

    12/01/2008 09:46:31
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina

    3. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanetLane714 Surnames: Goodman, Kesler, Nuseman, Nussman, Newsome Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.rowan/12357.1.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I would really appreciate any info on Goodman (my line is from St Johns Luthern Church in Cabarrus Co but they lived nearly on the county line), Kesler, Nuseman, Nussman, Newsome. Where did you get the CD..I would love to get one myself!! Thanks Janet Goodman Lane [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

    12/01/2008 08:03:25
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Davis entries

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Lois Willand <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 1:22 pm Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Davis entries Davis, 13-14, After holding this pastorate for four years, he was called to the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury, N. C., was installed as its pastor, November 24, 1860. There he found his life’s work. Taking up the burden of this church with a membership of ninety, he continued to be their faithful and beloved pastor for the remaining years of his life on earth, and forty-five years later he laid it down with a living membership of four hundred thirty-four souls, a glorious harvest for the Master. Eight young men have entered the Gospel ministry, and two-Rev. Dr. 14 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY John W. Davis, of China, and Rev. Robert Coit, of Korea -the foreign missionary field. 42-44, excerpts CHAPTER V THE FIRST COURT As stated on a former page, it is not certainly known where the first Court was held. But from the records in the office of the Superior Court Clerk, in Salisbury, it appears probable that it was held in June, 1753, only a few months after the county was established... These names of men and local 44 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY ities show the extent of the jurisdiction of the Rowan Court, stretching from the Orange line and Dan River to the King’s line, and as far west as the south fork of the Catawba, northwest of Lincolnton. The following were the officers of the c ounty, viz.: Richard Hilliar, Deputy Attorney-General; John Dunn, Court Clerk; James Carter, Esq., County Register; John Whitsett, County Treasurer; Francis Corbin, Esq., Colonel of Rowan Regiment of Foot; Scotton Davis, Captain in Corbin’s Regiment. 99 MOSES WINSLOW Benjamin Winslow or Winsley, as it was first written, obtained a grant of eight hundred and twenty-five acres of land, “on both sides of the South Fork of Davises Creek-waters of Catawba River,” under date of May 11, 1757. 168 The other daughter of Matthew Brandon, named Elvira, became the wife of the Rev. James Davidson Hall, then pastor of Thyatira Church, and left no children. Not far from Thyatira Church, many years ago, there lived two brothers named John Brandon and James Brandon. They were the sons of William Brandon, who settled there as early as 1752. Win. Brandon’s first wife was a Cathey, the mother of John and James. After her death he married a Widow Troy, of Salisbury, and moved to Kentucky. From William Brandon and his second wife there descended in the second generation a family of Davises. Two ladies of this name, granddaughters of William Brandon, lived for a while in Salisbury with Miss Catherine Troy, afterwards Mrs. Maxwell Chambers. One of these young ladies married George Gibson, and moved to Tennessee. The other died in Salisbury, after a short residence here. 217, BACK CREEK has had for ministers, Joseph D. Kilpatrick, A. Y. Lockridge, Thomas E. Davis, S. C. Alexander, W. B. Watts, Robert Bradley, A. E. Chandler, and J. A. Ramsay. PROSPECT CHURCH has enjoyed the ministerial labors of various ministers, among whom are Rev. Messrs. Walter S. Pharr, John LeRoy Davies, John F. McPherson, E. D. Junkin, W. B. Watts, Robert Bradley, Romulus M. Tuttle, William H. Davis, P. T. Penick, and F. P. Harrell. 221, (THE SALISBURY CHURCH) In closing this sketch there are two or three facts that may interest the reader. The first is, that from the beginning this church maintained a well conducted Sunday School, in which many of the most devoted members of the congregation were teachers. The principal superintendents of the Sunday School have been, Thomas L. Cowan, J. J. Blackwood, Colonel Samuel Lemly, D. A. Davis, Philip L. Sink, William Murdock, J. J. Bruner, Samuel H. Wiley, and J. D. McNeely. The ruling elders have been as follows: Albert Torrence, Thomas L. Cowan, Dr. Alexander Long, Michael Brown, Samuel Lemly, Philip L. Sink, D. A. Davis, J. J. Bruner, William Murdock, Thomas McNeely, Dr. J. J. Summerell, J. S. McCubbins, Julius D. McNeely, E. H. Marsh, H. A. Knox, and Orin D. Davis. The deacons have been Julius P. Ramsay, J. J. Summerell, M. D., Obadiah Woodson, John D. Brown, James S. McCubbins, J. A. Bradshaw, John A. Ramsay, John M. Horah, Julius D. McNeely E. H. Marsh, J. K. Burke, T. B. Beall, R A. Knox, Theodore F. Kluttz, Samuel H. Wiley, W. L. Kluttz, and Hugh M. Jones. Within the past ten years the following sons of this church have entered the ministry of the Presbyterian C hurch: Rev. William H. Davis, now laboring in Henderson County; Rev. John W. Davis, 222 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY missionary in Soochow, China; 257-258 The Rev. Robert Davis, whose history is unknown to the writer, officiated in this section of the State, cooperating with Mr. Miller, in the years of 1821-23.1 find his name included in the list of the 258 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY clergy for North Carolina, in Sword’s Almanac for the year 1822, the whole number of clergy being put down at nine, among whom were the Revs. Richard S. Mason (Newbern), and William Hooper, professor in the University of North Carolina. 261, The thirteenth annual convention met in St. Luke’s Church, Salisbury, on Saturday, May 23, 1829. The lay delegates from Christ Church were Charles Mills, Benjamin Harrison, David Cowan, and Dr. W. H. Trent. From St. Luke’s Parish were James Martin, Romulus M. Saunders, Edward Yarboro, and John Beard, Jr. Thomas F. Davis, Jr., afterwards rector of the parish and Bishop of South Carolina, was present as a lay delegate from St. James’ Church, Wilmington. 266-269 REV. THOMAS F. DAVIS, JR. He took charge in November, 1836. The congregations had been suffering from the want of regular religious services, and from the removals of some of the most valuable members of St. Luke’s. Mr. Davis, in his report to the convention of 1837, prayed to “Almighty God to pour upon. these congregations the abundance of his heavenly grace. Their pastor cannot but feel hi s own insufficiency, and deplore the small apparent fruit of his labors.” In 1838, the communicants at St. Luke’s were eighteen; at Christ Church, seventy-eight. One of the largest families connected with St. Luke’s Church had removed to the West during the previous year. Mr. Davis reported “the condition of the church in Salisbury as not encouraging.” “Christ Church was gradually gaining strength.” The delegates to the convention of 1839 from St. Luke’s, were John B. Lord, William Locke, and Charles K. Wheeler-the two former attended. Mr. Davis reported twenty-one communicants at St. Luke’s, and for Christ Church, ninety-one. Confirmations at the latter twenty-one (July 14 and 15, 1838). “There has been a much larger and more interested attendance upon divine ordinances than heretofore. An increased interest in the church then certainly is accompanied with an increased degree of attention to the Word of God. The people of St. Luke’s, entirely of their own accord, have almost doubled the pastor’s salary, and have in every respect exhibited towards him a kind and affectionate regard.” “The children of Christ Church are well acquainted with the Church catechism.” “At Mills’ Settlement, Iredell County, communicants, eighteen. The cause of the Church is on the advance in this part of the country.” The twenty-fourth convention of the Diocese met in St. Luke’s Church, Salisbury, Wednesday, May 13, 1840. St. Andrew’s 0A267 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY Church, Rowan County, was admitted into union with the convention. Vestrymen were Philip Rice, Jacob Correll, Samuel Turner, Joseph Turner, and John Watson. Delegates to convention, Joseph Owens, William Heathman, Samuel Turner, and John Watson. From St. Luke’s, A. Henderson, John B. Lord, Charles A. Beard, William Chambers. From Christ Church, J. E. Dobbin, William Chunn, Thomas Barber, Joseph Alexander. Among the names of many other lay delegates I find the following: Dr. John Beckwith, Raleigh; Thomas S. Ashe, Wadesboro. Convention sermon was preached by Rev. G. W. Freeman, D.D. The Bishop reported that he had visited Salisbury on the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh of July, 1839, preached five times, catechized the children, and confirmed four persons. He stated that it had been an object with him during the year to visit every communicant, and to cathechize every baptized person of suitable age in the Diocese, where there is no clergyman or established congregation; and this object he had nearly accomplished. Mr. Davis was chairman of the committee on the state of the Church and wrote a very eloquent and encouraging report-in which this sentence occurs: “Not captivated by the specious but seducing influences of the day, the Church has remembered always that to her the object of divine faith is her adorable Redeemer and Head; her only law a simple and entire submission to his will and acquiescence in his appointments. She has ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus Christ .” Mr. Davis’ report to the convention shows the following as the condition of his charge: Communicants-St. Luke’s, twenty-five; Christ Church, one hundred; Iredell County, seventeen. The ladies of St. Luke’s had lately realized two hundred and forty dollars from a Fair. The first confirmation at St. Andrew’s Church was on August 30, 1840, when the Church was consecrated. Eleven persons were confirmed. Communicants reported to the convention of 1841: St. Andrew’s, 29; Christ Church, 92; St. Luke’s, 26; confirmations at the latter, 9. Lexington, Mocksville, and Huntsville, had been visited. Rev. C. B. Walker, deacon, had become an assistant minister to Mr. Davis. Bishop Ives, in his address to the convention of 1842, thus alludes to the field of labor under the charge of Mr. Davis. “The counties of Rowan, Davie, Iredell, Davidson, and Surry come under the charge of another faithful Presbyter, with his associate deacon. The missionaries here deserve great attention, and claim, although they have hitherto received comparatively nothing, a share of your bounty. They have been able to sustain themselves only by 268 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY limited private means.” The delegates elected to the convention of 1844, from St. Luke’s, were John W. Ellis, John B. Lord, William Locke, and Archibald H. Caldwell. Mr. Davis removed to Camden, S. C., the latter part of the year 1846, after a continuous residence in Salisbury of ten years. He was admired, respected, and beloved by all who knew him. The parish records of St. Luke’s Church before the rectorship of Mr. Davis are lost, and the records kept by him are incomplete. Mrs. Jane C. Mitchell (now Boyden) is the first name among the list of confirmations, September 9, 1837. The last name is Charles F. Fisher, September, 1846. Among the baptisms is this entry: “July 24, 1844, James Alexander Craige and George Kerr Craige, infants of Burton and Elizabeth Craige, Catawba County.” Among the burials are the following names: November, 1841, Mr. George Baker; August 22, 1843, Mrs. Mary N. Steele; January 24, 1844, W. D. Crawford.” Among the marriages are the following: 1843, Dr. George B. Douglas and Miss Mary Ellis; July, Mr. Charles F. Fisher and Elizabeth Caldwell; November, Mr. N. Boyden to Mrs. Jane Mitchell; Dr. R. Hill to Miss M. Fisher. The record of marriages before the year 1843 has not been preserved. Thomas Frederick Davis was born near Wilmington, February 8, 1840; was a brother of the Hon. George Davis, once a member of the Confederate Cabinet, as Attorney-General, and was educated at the University of North Carolina. Among his seniors were Bishops Green (of Mississippi), and Otey (of Tennessee) ; while among his classmates were also Bishop Polk of Tennessee, the Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, and Judge William H. Battle. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Wilmington and the neighboring counties for several years. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Fleming, of Wilmington, who died in the year 1828. He was shortly thereafter confirmed, and admitted to the Holy Communion. He immediately became a candidate for Holy Orders, and was ordained deacon by Bishop Ives, November 27, 1831. In 1832, he was ordained priest. The first years of his ministry were spent in hard missionary work. The towns of Wadesboro and Pittsboro were one hundred miles apart, and in each of these he gave services on the alternate Sunday, driving in a conveyance from one to the other during the week. He had now married again, his second wife being Ann Ive Moore, also of Wilmington. She was in the habit of accompanying him in his missionary drives; and when the question was once asked where they lived, the answer was truly given in these words: “On the road.” He afterwards became rector of St. James’ 269 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY Church, Wilmington, and remained so for about three years. But he was not long in working himself down. The city missionary work was constantly engaging his attention, and among the poor, the sailors, and the strangers, he was ever ready to do his Lord’s service. He then removed to Salisbury, and occupied during his residence there the house previously owned by Judge Martin, the same known now as the “Presbyterian manse,” where the Rev. J. Rumple resides. While Mr. Davis remained rector of St. Luke’s, a number of young theological students were guided by him in their studies, among others the Rev. Edwin Geer, who married Margaret Beckwi th, a daughter of Dr. John Beckwith and wife, Margaret Stanly, at one time residents of Salisbury, but then of Raleigh. Mrs. Geer was the sister of the present Bishop John W. Beckwith, of Georgia, and both she and her brother were children of Margaret Beckwith, one of the original thirteen members of the first organized Presbyterian congregation of Salisbury. From Salisbury Mr. Davis removed to Camden, S. C., and became rector of Grace Church. He labored there faithfully for nearly six years. In May, 1853, he was elected Bishop of South Carolina. He was consecrated in St. John’s Chapel, New York, October 17, 1853. Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina, was consecrated at the same time and place. More than thirty Bishops were present. The Bishop-elect of South Carolina was presented by Bishop William M. Green, of Mississippi, and George W. Freeman, of Arkansas. Bishop Davis gradually became totally blind. In 1858, he visited England and the continent of Europe, and consulted the highest medical and surgical authorities. He could not be relived. He never murmured, but bore his trial meekly, patiently, and cheerfully. He died in Camden, December 2, 1871. He was a wise Bishop, a true Christian, a great divine, and a sincere, pure, good man. 269-270 The next pastor of the congregations in Rowan County was the REV. JOHN HAYWOOD PARKER The statistics of his first report, to the convention of 1847, are: Communicants St. Luke’s Church, 30; St. Andrew’s, 49; Christ Church, 89; Mocksville, 9; Lexington, 6; Mills’ Settlement, 17; Huntsville, 4. Mr. Parker endeavored to supply all the stations lately served by Mr. Davis and his assistant, Mr. Charles Bruce Walker. The removal of the Rev. Mr. Davis to South Carolina was a great shock to Bishop Ives. He thus alluded to the subject in his report to the convention: “That such priests as the Rev. Thomas F. Davis should 270 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY be allowed, with the most heartfelt reluctance, to leave the Diocese, and for no other reason than the want of necessaries of life, is to my mind a problem on all Christian grounds beyond the possibility of solution. No circumstance during the fifteen years of my Episcopate has tended so much as this to fill me with sadness and apprehension.” The Diocesan Convention met in St. Luke’s Church, Salisbury, May 24, 1849, and again on May 27, 1857. The delegates elected to the last-named were William Murphy, Charles F. Fisher, Benjamin Sumner, and Luke Blackmer, from St. Luke’s Church; Thomas Barber, Thomas Barber, Jr., Jacob F. Barber, William Barber, Jonathan Barber, Matthew Barber, R. J. M. Barber, and William F. Barber, from Christ Church; George Mills, John A. Mills, Henry M. Mills, Franklin Mills, Andrew Mills, Israel Mills, George Mills, Jr., and Charles Mills, from St. James’ Church, Iredell County. In 1858, Mr. Parker reported the communicants at St. Luke’s to be 74. He departed this life, September 15, 1858, in his forty-sixth year, having been born January 21, 1813. He was baptized, November 7, 1841, by Rev. Thomas F. Davis, rector of St. Luke’s Church; was ordained deacon, May 31, 1846, and priest May 10, 1847, by Bishop Ives. He was married on the --------------day of -----------------------------18 ------ to Miss -------------------------------------who lived only a few months, On January 25, 1854, he was married to Mrs. Ann Lord, widow of the late John B. Lord, and daughter of the late Dr. Stephen L. Ferrand. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Tarboro, who was a brother-in-law of Mr. Parker. Mr. Theophilus Parker is the only surviving child of this union. The Rev. John H. Parker was a faithful servant of Christ, and was greatly beloved by his flock. The parish paid him the honor to erect a handsome marble shaft over his remains, which were buried near the church where he officiated so constantly and acceptably for more than eleven years. His walk and conversation in this world was that of a humble obedient, patient, and God-fearing follower of Christ; and “he died the death of the righteous.” 272, The following statistics of St. Luke’s Parish may prove of interest to the curious. Under Mr. Davis, confirmations, 33; baptisms, 90. 294, Davis, L. M.; appointed Lt. in Company K, Fifth Regiment. 301, COMPANY K Officers Hamilton C. Jones, Capt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 24; pr. to Lt.-Col. Fifty-seventh Regiment. J. M. Jones, 1st. Lt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 27. L. M. Davis, 2d. Lt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 22;=2 0pr. to Capt. 303, FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY K Private Davis, Jackson; en. July 12, 1861; a. 44; pr. to 5th. Sgt. 324, THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT COMPANY D Private Davis, William; d. of d. at High Point, N. C. 329, FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT COMPANY D Private Davis, Martin; en. March 24, 1862; a. 41. 334, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY A Privates Davis, James; en. April 23; 1863; a. 40.

    12/01/2008 07:58:29
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Earnhardt,Fisher,Gardner
    2. Debra Black

    3. Hope I am not over loading you Visit Knight,s Dad Gifts Gifts for the entire family. Wholesale Opportunites Exist Also! http://www.giftsandhomedecor.com > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:26:18 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [NCROWAN] Index, E-G > > Eagle, 229, 307, 316, 327, 336 > Earnhardt, 47, 286, 300, 313, 314, 336, 339, 345, > 348, 350 > Earnhart, 152, 303 > Eberhard, 225 > Eckel, 229 > Eddleman, 229, 295, 345 > Edelmann, 229 > Edgerson, 321 > Edminston, 325 > Edwards, 307 > Edwin, 168 > Eisenhauser, 36 > Elkins, 286 > Ellar, 300 > Eller, 286, 291, 303, 313, 321, 322, 325, 330, 345 > Elliot, 338, 339, 348 > Elliott, 58, 325, 338 > Ellis, 183, 184, 236, 268, 272, 273, 325 > Elrod, 111 > Emerson, 98 > Emery, 342 > Empie, 249, 252, 253 > English, 130 > 357 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > Ennis, 348 > Epps, 152 > Erben, 263 > Erskine, 52 > Erwin, 88, 170, 195 > Espy, 18, 220 > Etheridge, 316 > Eudie, 295 > Eudy, 321 > Evans, 201 > Everard, 71 > Ewing, 264 > Exum, 327 > Fanning, 55, 58, 73, 74, 75, 111, 112, 136, 137, > 159, 247, 248, 276 > Fans, 152 > Farley, 286 > Farr, 316 > Farris, 348 > Faust, 129, 130, 149, 150, 202, 254 > Felcher, 332 > Felker, 291, 339 > Ferguson, 114 > Ferrand, 152, 158, 178, 255, 260, 270, 273 > Fesperman, 301, 303, 307, 312, 327, 332, 345 > Fetzer, 349 > Fight, 300, 313 > File, 300, 303, 313, 322 > Finch, 339 > Fink, 303, 321, 327 > Fisher, 17, 18, 19, 43, 54, 59, 155, 186, 190, 191, > 192, 231, 260, 268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 284, > 305, 320, 342, 349 > Fleming, 254, 260, 268, 313, 335 > Flier, 295 > Foard, 172 > Foards, 97 > Foil, 274, 277 > Foote, 2, 33, 34, 90, 124, 174 > Forrie, 150 > Forster, 245 > Fort, 99 > Foster, 47, 51, 53, 166, 193, 194, 325 > Fouts, 332 > Fox, 157 > Fraley, 169, 231, 240, 286, 293, 295 > Francis, 93, 229, 272, 302 > Franck, 44, 45, 49, 51 > Frank, 135, 295, 300, 311, 350 > Franklin, 73, 162, 226 > Franklow, 228 > Franks, 160 > Frederick, 332 > Freeland, 325, 332 > Freeman, 18, 194, 218, 219, 220, 261, 264, 267, > 269 > Freeze, 307, 332 > Freidheim, 295 > Frercks, 272 > Frick, 286, 322 > Frie, 36 > Frieze, 325, 336, 338, 339, 345 > FROHOCK, 54, 55, 58, 59, 61, 73, 129, 149, 154, > 159, 161, 162, 245, 246, 273 > Frohocks, 62, 83 > Frontis, 18, 220 > FROST, 238, 241 > Fry, 303, 327, 345 > Fulenwider, 330 > Fulk, 295 > Fuller, 289 > Fulton, 130, 152, 187, 190, 219 > Fults, 150 > Furman, 349 > Furr, 135 > Gallimore, 316, 339 > Gano, 280 > Gantz, 291 > Gardiner, 213, 345 > Gardner, 169, 258, 295, 303, 336 > Garver, 303, 332 > Gaskey, 345 > Gaston, 180 > Gates, 55, 112, 113, 116, 316 > Gay, 55, 150, 152, 219 > Geddy, 113 > Geer, 269 > Geisler, 340 > German, 52 > Gibbons, 307, 348 > Gibbs, 217 > Gibson, 168, 169 > Gibsons, 83 > Gifford, 121, 128 > Gilbert, 276 > Giles, 129, 149, 150, 152, 189, 219, 245, 320 > Gill, 340 > Gillespie, 44, 51, 125, 152, 157, 202, 216, 291, 300, > 345 > Gillespies, 115, 138 > Gillett, 2 > Givens, 173 > Glenn, 200 > Glover, 240, 286, 295, 325, 334 > Goforth, 43 > Goodman, 152, 229, 239, 241, 286, 316, 334, 336, > 345, 350 > Gordon, 123, 137 > Gordy, 321 > 358 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > Gorman, 286, 295 > Graber,, 230 > Gracy, 222 > Grady, 336 > Graham, 19, 84, 94, 101, 111, 114, 119, 152, 182, > 201, 218, 291, 298, 306, 308, 313, 324, 331, 340, > 342, 343, 344, 345 > Grahams, 34, 40, 83, 119, 138, 213 > Green, 236, 260, 261, 262, 265, 268, 269, 300 > Greene, 40, 97, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, > 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 136, 138, 156, 163, > 174, 180, 216, 308 > Greenfield, 134 > Greison, 228 > Grier, 168 > Griffith, 84, 141, 281 > Groseclose, 232 > Gruss, 229 > Guhn, 336 > Gullet, 291, 308 > Guthmann, 229 > Guttenberg, 301 > Gwaltny, 281, 282 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008

    12/01/2008 07:57:05
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Cash and Chambers lookup
    2. Debra Black

    3. As you have time Thank you so much Debra Visit Knight,s Dad Gifts Gifts for the entire family. Wholesale Opportunites Exist Also! http://www.giftsandhomedecor.com > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:25:07 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [NCROWAN] Index C-D > > Cain, 265 > Caldwell, 55, 60, 62, 65, 70, 74, 75, 88, 99, 110, > 131, 152, 161, 184, 185, 186, 187, 192, 195, 215, > 216, 225, 268, 273, 305, 316 > Calhoun, 19, 200 > CALL, 239 > Callicut, 321 > Calvin, 275 > Campbell, 97, 167, 188, 240, 286 > Canup, 316, 322, 336, 348, 350 > Carper, 327 > Carr, 110, 299 > Carrigan, 145, 217 > Carriker, 344 > Carroll, 81 > Carruth, 42, 246 > Carter, 42, 44, 47, 48, 51, 166, 182, 193, 245, 280, > 286, 294 > Carteret, 39 > Caruthers, 2, 55, 62, 65, 111, 118, 174 > Carver, 302 > Casey, 347 > Cash, 302 > Casper, 286, 294, 329, 342, 344 > Caster, 294 > Castor, 294, 321, 345 > Caswell, 76, 80, 81, 82, 91, 92, 113 > Cates, 302 > Cathey, 18, 42, 43, 106, 166, 167, 168, 213 > Catheys, 213 > Cauble, 284, 286, 294, 302, 307, 312, 327, 345 > Chafin, 315 > Chambers, 8, 45, 60, 61, 103, 106, 109, 128, 134, > 149, 150, 152, 154, 168, 186, 187, 188, 189, 197, > 199, 245, 253, 260, 267, 272, 273, 338, 339 > Chamberses, 115 > Chandler, 217, 336 > Chapman, 154 > Chatham, 248 > Cheshier, 348 > Cheshire, 270 > Childs, 53, 239 > Chunn, 194, 258, 267, 290 > Church, 294 > Churton, 40, 47, 245 > Clampet, 286 > Clapp, 276 > Clark, 33, 316, 327 > Clary, 240 > Clegg, 239 > Clifford, 222, 321 > Cline, 36, 229, 313 > Clinton, 113, 253 > Clodfelter, 299, 324, 352 > Clomlinger, 327 > Clomminger, 320 > Cloud, 200 > Clouts, 345 > Clover, 110 > Clutts, 299 > Coan, 302 > Cobb, 327 > Coburn, 332 > Coddle, 42, 50, 97, 152 > Coffin, 272 > Coffman, 232 > Coit, 14 > Coke, 235, 250 > Cole, 194, 234, 334, 339 > Coleman, 36, 302 > Coles, 45, 53, 54, 55, 61, 62, 103, 110, 245 > Colleton, 39 > Colley, 294, 316, 345 > Cone, 230, 232 > Connell, 327 > Connor, 236 > Conrad, 67, 150, 281 > Conrey, 347 > Cook, 42, 43, 339 > Coon, 36 > Cooper, 236, 306, 331, 332 > Corbin, 40, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 62 > Cornell, 348 > Corner, 166 > Cornwallis, 55, 78, 92, 97, 100, 101, 111, 112, 113, > 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 128, 129, 130, > 138, 139, 140, 156, 181, 186 > Correll, 267, 307, 321, 327, 332, 342, 345, 348 > Corriher, 307, 324, 332, 348, 350 > Coughenour, 135, 293, 327 > Coupee, 151, 152 > Cowan, 18, 65, 134, 150, 152, 167, 168, 171, 218, > 219, 221, 240, 245, 254, 259, 261, 284, 286, 289, > 290, 324, 327, 344 > Cowans, 18, 34, 214 > Cowden, 106 > Cox, 290 > Coyle, 313 > Cozort, 350 > Craig, 192, 193 > Craige, 17, 18, 19, 44, 51, 110, 193, 194, 195, 196, > 220, 245, 263, 268, 284, 306, 307, 323 > Cranford, 286, 316, 342 > Craven, 39, 303 > Craver, 348 > Crawford, 54, 163, 164, 217, 239, 268, 284, 288, > 293, 294, 312, 326, 329, 336 > Cress, 36, 150, 152, 231, 260, 303, 307, 339 > Creswell, 74 > 356 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > Crider, 152, 231, 347 > Criswell, 345 > Crocker, 219 > Crooks, 277, 278, 294 > Crosser, 150 > Crotser, 316 > Crowel, 294 > Crowell, 285, 286 > Cruse, 229, 299, 303, 316 > Cryder, 150 > Cummings, 294 > Cunningham, 299 > Cuppels, 248 > Current, 291 > Curruth, 167 > Curtis, 219, 266 > Cusick, 213 > Cuthrell, 272 > Dancy, 307, 324 > Daniel, 286, 287, 295, 297, 327, 329, 332, 337, 339, > 350 > Danis, 284 > Davenport, 152 > Daves, 184 > David, 259, 285, 294, 295, 300, 328, 337, 349 > Davidson, 15, 90, 98, 106, 109, 111, 114, 118, 119, > 181, 196 > Davidsons, 115, 172 > Davie, 28, 112, 113, 114, 161, 162, 163, 205, 216, > 238 > Davies, 217 > Daviess, 187 > Davis, 14, 19, 44, 64, 217, 221, 257, 258, 261, 266, > 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 294, 301, 303, 324, 329, > 334, 352 > Davises, 168 > Dayton, 150 > De Graffenried, 35 > Deal, 303, 316, 321, 332, 342, 350 > Dean, 348 > Deaton, 294 > Deberry, 303, 313 > Dennis, 159 > Denny, 276, 277, 280 > Dent, 258, 259 > Denton, 106 > Derr, 36 > Dickens, 299 > Dickey, 98 > Dicks, 285 > Dickson, 15, 94, 135, 150, 152, 219, 322, 348 > Dillard, 135, 327 > Dinkins, 168 > Dismukes, 291 > Dixon, 60 > Dobbin, 245, 267 > Dobbins, 92, 110 > Dobbs, 45, 58, 62, 71, 72, 243 > Dobson, 93, 254 > Dodge, 254 > Dodson, 326 > Dolan, 303 > Dolin, 327 > Doller, 43 > Donaho, 291 > Donaldson, 215 > Doniven, 150 > Donnell, 291 > Dosh, 232 > Doub, 239, 240 > Douglas, 268, 291, 324, 325 > Dowland, 44 > Doy, 327 > Draig, 65, 245, 248 > Draige, 280 > Drane, 65 > Dreher, 8, 232 > Drehr, 228 > Drummond, 72 > Dry, 36 > Duckworth, 300 > Duke, 300 > Dunn, 2, 8, 31, 44, 45, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 61, 62, 94, > 102, 103, 104, 120, 129, 130, 136, 149, 154, 155, > 159, 160, 161, 169, 179, 189, 245, 246, 323, 336 > Durell, 294 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get more done, have more fun, and stay more connected with Windows Mobile®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642556/direct/01/

    12/01/2008 07:54:03
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Davis entries
    2. Lois Willand

    3. thank you, thank you, thank you! Lois On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lois Willand <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 1:22 pm > Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Davis entries > > > > > > > Davis, 13-14, > After holding this pastorate for four years, he was > called to the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury, N. C., was > installed as its > pastor, November 24, 1860. There he found his life’s work. Taking > up the burden > of this church with a membership of ninety, he continued to be > their faithful and > beloved pastor for the remaining years of his life on earth, and > forty-five years later > he laid it down with a living membership of four hundred thirty- > four souls, a > glorious harvest for the Master. Eight young men have entered the > Gospel > ministry, and two-Rev. Dr. > 14 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > John W. Davis, of China, and Rev. Robert Coit, of Korea -the > foreign missionary > field. > > 42-44, excerpts > CHAPTER V > THE FIRST COURT > As stated on a former page, it is not certainly known where the > first Court was > held. But from the records in the office of the Superior Court > Clerk, in Salisbury, it > appears probable that it was held in June, 1753, only a few months > after the county > was established... > These names of > men and local > > 44 > HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > ities show the extent of the jurisdiction of the Rowan Court, > stretching from the > Orange line and Dan River to the King’s line, and as far west as > the south fork of > the Catawba, northwest of Lincolnton. The following were the > officers of the > c > ounty, viz.: > Richard Hilliar, Deputy Attorney-General; John Dunn, Court Clerk; > James Carter, > Esq., County Register; John Whitsett, County Treasurer; Francis > Corbin, Esq., > Colonel of Rowan Regiment of Foot; Scotton Davis, Captain in Corbin’s > Regiment. > > 99 > MOSES WINSLOW > Benjamin Winslow or Winsley, as it was first written, obtained a > grant of eight > hundred and twenty-five acres of land, “on both sides of the South > Fork of Davises > Creek-waters of Catawba River,” under date of May 11, 1757. > > 168 > The other daughter of Matthew Brandon, named Elvira, became the > wife of the > Rev. James Davidson Hall, then pastor of Thyatira Church, and left > no children. > Not far from Thyatira Church, many years ago, there lived two > brothers named > John Brandon and James Brandon. They were the sons of William > Brandon, who > settled there as early as 1752. Win. Brandon’s first wife was a > Cathey, the mother > of John and James. After her death he married a Widow Troy, of > Salisbury, and > moved to Kentucky. From William Brandon and his second wife there > descended > in the second generation a family of Davises. Two ladies of this name, > granddaughters of William Brandon, lived for a while in Salisbury > with Miss > Catherine Troy, afterwards Mrs. Maxwell Chambers. One of these > young ladies > married George Gibson, and moved to Tennessee. The other died in > Salisbury, > after a short residence here. > > 217, > BACK CREEK has had for ministers, Joseph D. Kilpatrick, A. Y. > Lockridge, > Thomas E. Davis, S. C. Alexander, W. B. Watts, Robert Bradley, > A. E. Chandler, > and J. A. Ramsay. > > PROSPECT CHURCH has enjoyed the ministerial labors of various > ministers, > among whom are Rev. Messrs. Walter S. Pharr, John LeRoy Davies, > John F. > McPherson, E. D. Junkin, W. B. Watts, Robert Bradley, Romulus M. > Tuttle, > William H. Davis, P. T. Penick, and F. P. Harrell. > > 221, > (THE SALISBURY CHURCH) > In closing this sketch there are two or three facts that may > interest the reader. The > first is, that from the beginning this church maintained a well > conducted Sunday > School, in which many of the most devoted members of the > congregation were > teachers. The principal superintendents of the Sunday School have > been, Thomas > L. Cowan, J. J. Blackwood, Colonel Samuel Lemly, D. A. Davis, > Philip L. Sink, > William Murdock, J. J. Bruner, Samuel H. Wiley, and J. D. McNeely. > > The ruling elders have been as follows: > Albert Torrence, Thomas L. Cowan, Dr. Alexander Long, Michael > Brown, Samuel > Lemly, Philip L. Sink, D. A. Davis, J. J. Bruner, William Murdock, > Thomas > McNeely, Dr. J. J. Summerell, J. S. McCubbins, Julius D. McNeely, > E. H. Marsh, > H. A. Knox, and Orin D. Davis. The deacons have been Julius P. > Ramsay, J. J. > Summerell, M. D., Obadiah Woodson, John D. Brown, James S. > McCubbins, J. A. > Bradshaw, John A. Ramsay, John M. Horah, Julius D. McNeely E. H. > Marsh, J. K. > Burke, T. B. Beall, R A. Knox, Theodore F. Kluttz, Samuel H. Wiley, > W. L. > Kluttz, and Hugh M. Jones. > > Within the past ten years the following sons of this church have > entered the > ministry of the Presbyterian C > hurch: Rev. William H. Davis, now laboring in > Henderson County; Rev. John W. Davis, > > 222 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > missionary in Soochow, China; > > 257-258 > The Rev. Robert Davis, whose history is unknown to the writer, > officiated in this > section of the State, cooperating with Mr. Miller, in the years of > 1821-23.1 find his > name included in the list of the > > 258 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > clergy for North Carolina, in Sword’s Almanac for the year 1822, > the whole > number of clergy being put down at nine, among whom were the Revs. > Richard S. > Mason (Newbern), and William Hooper, professor in the University of > North > Carolina. > > 261, > The thirteenth annual convention met in St. Luke’s Church, > Salisbury, on Saturday, > May 23, 1829. The lay delegates from Christ Church were Charles > Mills, Benjamin > Harrison, David Cowan, and Dr. W. H. Trent. From St. Luke’s Parish > were James > Martin, Romulus M. Saunders, Edward Yarboro, and John Beard, Jr. > Thomas F. > Davis, Jr., afterwards rector of the parish and Bishop of South > Carolina, was > present as a lay delegate from St. James’ Church, Wilmington. > > 266-269 > REV. THOMAS F. DAVIS, JR. > He took charge in November, 1836. The congregations had been > suffering from the > want of regular religious services, and from the removals of some > of the most > valuable members of St. Luke’s. Mr. Davis, in his report to the > convention of 1837, > prayed to “Almighty God to pour upon. these congregations the > abundance of his > heavenly grace. Their pastor cannot but feel hi > s own insufficiency, and deplore the > small apparent fruit of his labors.” > In 1838, the communicants at St. Luke’s were eighteen; at Christ > Church, > seventy-eight. One of the largest families connected with St. > Luke’s Church had > removed to the West during the previous year. Mr. Davis reported > “the condition > of the church in Salisbury as not encouraging.” “Christ Church was > gradually > gaining strength.” The delegates to the convention of 1839 from St. > Luke’s, were > John B. Lord, William Locke, and Charles K. Wheeler-the two former > attended. > Mr. Davis reported twenty-one communicants at St. Luke’s, and for > Christ Church, > ninety-one. Confirmations at the latter twenty-one (July 14 and 15, > 1838). “There > has been a much larger and more interested attendance upon divine > ordinances > than heretofore. An increased interest in the church then certainly > is accompanied > with an increased degree of attention to the Word of God. The > people of St. > Luke’s, entirely of their own accord, have almost doubled the > pastor’s salary, and > have in every respect exhibited towards him a kind and affectionate > regard.” “The > children of Christ Church are well acquainted with the Church > catechism.” “At > Mills’ Settlement, Iredell County, communicants, eighteen. The > cause of the > Church is on the advance in this part of the country.” > The twenty-fourth convention of the Diocese met in St. Luke’s > Church, Salisbury, > Wednesday, May 13, 1840. St. Andrew’s > 0A267 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > Church, Rowan County, was admitted into union with the convention. > Vestrymen > were Philip Rice, Jacob Correll, Samuel Turner, Joseph Turner, and > John Watson. > Delegates to convention, Joseph Owens, William Heathman, Samuel > Turner, and > John Watson. From St. Luke’s, A. Henderson, John B. Lord, Charles > A. Beard, > William Chambers. From Christ Church, J. E. Dobbin, William Chunn, > Thomas > Barber, Joseph Alexander. Among the names of many other lay > delegates I find the > following: Dr. John Beckwith, Raleigh; Thomas S. Ashe, Wadesboro. > Convention > sermon was preached by Rev. G. W. Freeman, D.D. > The Bishop reported that he had visited Salisbury on the fourth, > fifth, sixth, and > seventh of July, 1839, preached five times, catechized the > children, and confirmed > four persons. He stated that it had been an object with him during > the year to visit > every communicant, and to cathechize every baptized person of > suitable age in the > Diocese, where there is no clergyman or established congregation; > and this object > he had nearly accomplished. > Mr. Davis was chairman of the committee on the state of the Church > and wrote a > very eloquent and encouraging report-in which this sentence occurs: > “Not > captivated by the specious but seducing influences of the day, the > Church has > remembered always that to her the object of divine faith is her > adorable Redeemer > and Head; her only law a simple and entire submission to his will > and acquiescence > in his appointments. She has ceased not to teach and to preach > Jesus Christ > .” Mr. > Davis’ report to the convention shows the following as the > condition of his charge: > Communicants-St. Luke’s, twenty-five; Christ Church, one hundred; > Iredell > County, seventeen. The ladies of St. Luke’s had lately realized two > hundred and > forty dollars from a Fair. > The first confirmation at St. Andrew’s Church was on August 30, > 1840, when the > Church was consecrated. Eleven persons were confirmed. Communicants > reported > to the convention of 1841: St. Andrew’s, 29; Christ Church, 92; St. > Luke’s, 26; > confirmations at the latter, 9. Lexington, Mocksville, and > Huntsville, had been > visited. Rev. C. B. Walker, deacon, had become an assistant > minister to Mr. Davis. > Bishop Ives, in his address to the convention of 1842, thus alludes > to the field of > labor under the charge of Mr. Davis. “The counties of Rowan, Davie, > Iredell, > Davidson, and Surry come under the charge of another faithful > Presbyter, with his > associate deacon. The missionaries here deserve great attention, > and claim, > although they have hitherto received comparatively nothing, a share > of your > bounty. They have been able to sustain themselves only by > > 268 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > limited private means.” The delegates elected to the convention of > 1844, from St. > Luke’s, were John W. Ellis, John B. Lord, William Locke, and > Archibald H. > Caldwell. > Mr. Davis removed to Camden, S. C., the latter part of the year > 1846, after a > continuous residence in Salisbury of ten years. He was admired, > respected, and > beloved by > all who knew him. The parish records of St. Luke’s Church before the > rectorship of Mr. Davis are lost, and the records kept by him are > incomplete. Mrs. > Jane C. Mitchell (now Boyden) is the first name among the list of > confirmations, > September 9, 1837. The last name is Charles F. Fisher, September, > 1846. Among > the baptisms is this entry: “July 24, 1844, James Alexander Craige > and George > Kerr Craige, infants of Burton and Elizabeth Craige, Catawba > County.” Among the > burials are the following names: November, 1841, Mr. George Baker; > August 22, > 1843, Mrs. Mary N. Steele; January 24, 1844, W. D. Crawford.” Among > the > marriages are the following: 1843, Dr. George B. Douglas and Miss > Mary Ellis; > July, Mr. Charles F. Fisher and Elizabeth Caldwell; November, Mr. > N. Boyden to > Mrs. Jane Mitchell; Dr. R. Hill to Miss M. Fisher. The record of > marriages before > the year 1843 has not been preserved. > Thomas Frederick Davis was born near Wilmington, February 8, 1840; > was a > brother of the Hon. George Davis, once a member of the Confederate > Cabinet, as > Attorney-General, and was educated at the University of North > Carolina. Among > his seniors were Bishops Green (of Mississippi), and Otey (of > Tennessee) ; while > among his classmates were also Bishop Polk of Tennessee, the Rev. > Dr. Francis L. > Hawks, and Judge William H. Battle. He studied law and was admitted > to the bar, > and practiced in Wilmington and the neighboring counties for > several years. His > first wife was Miss Elizabeth Fleming, of Wilmington, who > died in the year 1828. > He was shortly thereafter confirmed, and admitted to the Holy > Communion. He > immediately became a candidate for Holy Orders, and was ordained > deacon by > Bishop Ives, November 27, 1831. In 1832, he was ordained priest. > The first years > of his ministry were spent in hard missionary work. The towns of > Wadesboro and > Pittsboro were one hundred miles apart, and in each of these he > gave services on > the alternate Sunday, driving in a conveyance from one to the other > during the > week. He had now married again, his second wife being Ann Ive > Moore, also of > Wilmington. She was in the habit of accompanying him in his > missionary drives; > and when the question was once asked where they lived, the answer > was truly > given in these words: “On the road.” He afterwards became rector of > St. James’ > > 269 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > Church, Wilmington, and remained so for about three years. But he > was not long in > working himself down. The city missionary work was constantly > engaging his > attention, and among the poor, the sailors, and the strangers, he > was ever ready to > do his Lord’s service. He then removed to Salisbury, and occupied > during his > residence there the house previously owned by Judge Martin, the > same known now > as the “Presbyterian manse,” where the Rev. J. Rumple resides. > While Mr. Davis > remained rector of St. Luke’s, a number of young theological > students were guided > by him in their studies, among others the Rev. Edwin Geer, who > married Margaret > Beckwi > th, a daughter of Dr. John Beckwith and wife, Margaret Stanly, at > one time > residents of Salisbury, but then of Raleigh. Mrs. Geer was the > sister of the present > Bishop John W. Beckwith, of Georgia, and both she and her brother > were children > of Margaret Beckwith, one of the original thirteen members of the > first organized > Presbyterian congregation of Salisbury. From Salisbury Mr. Davis > removed to > Camden, S. C., and became rector of Grace Church. He labored there > faithfully for > nearly six years. In May, 1853, he was elected Bishop of South > Carolina. He was > consecrated in St. John’s Chapel, New York, October 17, 1853. > Bishop Atkinson, > of North Carolina, was consecrated at the same time and place. More > than thirty > Bishops were present. The Bishop-elect of South Carolina was > presented by > Bishop William M. Green, of Mississippi, and George W. Freeman, of > Arkansas. > Bishop Davis gradually became totally blind. In 1858, he visited > England and the > continent of Europe, and consulted the highest medical and surgical > authorities. He > could not be relived. He never murmured, but bore his trial meekly, > patiently, and > cheerfully. He died in Camden, December 2, 1871. He was a wise > Bishop, a true > Christian, a great divine, and a sincere, pure, good man. > > 269-270 > The next pastor of the congregations in Rowan County was the > REV. JOHN HAYWOOD PARKER > The statistics of his first report, to the convention of 1847, are: > Communicants St. > Luke’s Church, 30; St. Andrew’s, 49; Christ Church, 89; Mocksville, > 9; Lexington, > 6; > Mills’ Settlement, 17; Huntsville, 4. > Mr. Parker endeavored to supply all the stations lately served by > Mr. Davis and his > assistant, Mr. Charles Bruce Walker. The removal of the Rev. Mr. > Davis to South > Carolina was a great shock to Bishop Ives. He thus alluded to the > subject in his > report to the convention: “That such priests as the Rev. Thomas F. > Davis should > > 270 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > > be allowed, with the most heartfelt reluctance, to leave the > Diocese, and for no > other reason than the want of necessaries of life, is to my mind a > problem on all > Christian grounds beyond the possibility of solution. No > circumstance during the > fifteen years of my Episcopate has tended so much as this to fill > me with sadness > and apprehension.” The Diocesan Convention met in St. Luke’s > Church, Salisbury, > May 24, 1849, and again on May 27, 1857. The delegates elected to > the last-named > were William Murphy, Charles F. Fisher, Benjamin Sumner, and Luke > Blackmer, > from St. Luke’s Church; Thomas Barber, Thomas Barber, Jr., Jacob F. > Barber, > William Barber, Jonathan Barber, Matthew Barber, R. J. M. Barber, > and William > F. Barber, from Christ Church; George Mills, John A. Mills, Henry > M. Mills, > Franklin Mills, Andrew Mills, Israel Mills, George Mills, Jr., and > Charles Mills, > from St. James’ Church, Iredell County. In 1858, Mr. Parker > reported the > communicants at St. Luke’s to be 74. He departed this life, > September 15, 1858, in > his forty-sixth year, having been born January 21, 1813. He was > baptized, > November 7, 1841, by Rev. Thomas F. Davis, rector of St. Luke’s > Church; was > ordained deacon, May 31, 1846, and priest May 10, 1847, by Bishop > Ives. > He was married on the --------------day of > -----------------------------18 ------ > to Miss -------------------------------------who lived only a few > months, On January > 25, 1854, he was married to Mrs. Ann Lord, widow of the late John > B. Lord, and > daughter of the late Dr. Stephen L. Ferrand. The ceremony was > performed by the > Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Tarboro, who was a brother-in-law > of Mr. Parker. > Mr. Theophilus Parker is the only surviving child of this union. > The Rev. John H. > Parker was a faithful servant of Christ, and was greatly beloved by > his flock. The > parish paid him the honor to erect a handsome marble shaft over his > remains, > which were buried near the church where he officiated so constantly > and > acceptably for more than eleven years. His walk and conversation in > this world > was that of a humble obedient, patient, and God-fearing follower of > Christ; and “he > died the death of the righteous.” > > 272, > The following statistics of St. Luke’s Parish may prove of interest > to the curious. > Under Mr. Davis, confirmations, 33; baptisms, 90. > > 294, > Davis, L. M.; appointed Lt. in Company K, Fifth Regiment. > > 301, > COMPANY K > Officers > Hamilton C. Jones, Capt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 24; pr. to Lt.-Col. > Fifty-seventh Regiment. > J. M. Jones, 1st. Lt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 27. > L. M. Davis, 2d. Lt.; en. May 16, 1861; a. 22;=2 > 0pr. to Capt. > > 303, > FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY > COMPANY K > Private > Davis, Jackson; en. July 12, 1861; a. 44; pr. to 5th. Sgt. > > 324, > THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT > COMPANY D > Private > Davis, William; d. of d. at High Point, N. C. > > 329, > FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT > COMPANY D > Private > Davis, Martin; en. March 24, 1862; a. 41. > > 334, > FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT > COMPANY A > Privates > Davis, James; en. April 23; 1863; a. 40. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROWAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

    12/01/2008 07:37:32
    1. [NCROWAN] Where to get the CD

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    12/01/2008 06:43:50
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] The Littles in Rowan County

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Greg Little <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 9:23 am Subject: The Littles in Rowan County Little, 55, Dr. Caruthers designates Thomas Frohock as a “bachelor,” but the evidence of his Will is to the contrary. His Will, in 1794, leaves his property to his son, Alexander Frohock, and to his daughter, Elizabeth, who was married to Charles Hunt, a merchant of Salisbury. There are two or three items of his history, of peculiar interest. The first is that he gave to the town that lot now known as the “English Graveyard,” or “Oak Grove Cemetery,” and the schoolhouse lot immediately in front. The oldest stone in this yard is that of Capt. Daniel Little, who died in 1775, and was laid peacefully to rest just as the stormy days of the Revolutionary war were coming on. In this place, it is said that some of Gates’ soldiers, after the battle of Camden, wounded there, or worn out in their flight, were buried. And here were interred some of the British soldiers, who died in 1781 during the time that Cornwallis occupied Salisbury. The graveyard lay unenclosed until about fifty years ago, when William Gay, the father of the late Mrs. Mary Brown, left a legacy for the purpose of enclosing it. With the proceeds, a wooden paling or plank fence was put around it, and renewed from time to time until, in 1855, the present substantial granite=2 0wall was erected by the voluntary contributions of the citizens of this town. 61, The gentlemen who were authorized, as Town Commissioners, to put these regulations into execution were prominent citizens, selected for their standing and their fitness for the high trust, and were generally the owners of a large real estate in the town. The list is as follows: William Steel, John Dunn, Maxwell Chambers, John Louis Beard; Thomas Frohock, Wm. Temple Coles, Matthew Troy, Peter Rep, James Kerr, Alexander Martin, and Daniel Little. These Commissioners were appointed by the General Assembly, and in ease of a vacancy, the place was to be supplied by appointment of the Justices of the Rowan Inferior Court. Holding their offices for a term of years, or during life, these Commissioners would be able to mature and carry out extended schemes of improvement, without having before their eyes the constant fear of being left out the next year if they should chance to offend any of the people by the conscientious and faithful discharge of unpopular duties. This was the conservatism of monarchy, and doubtless it had its evils as well as the fickleness and instability of popular democracy. Perhaps the best results would be secured by a policy lying between these two extremes. 128-129, During these two days of occupation the British buried some soldiers on the spot known as the “English-Graveyard,” and from this circumstance it is said to have derived its name. But it was a burying-place before that time. Near th e center of it, lean129 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY ing against a tree, there is an ancient headstone of some dark material, that says that Capt. Daniel Little, who died in 1775, lies buried there. It is more probable that it was called the “English’? in distinction from the “Lutheran” or “German” graveyard, on the eastern side of town. 245 I think it probable that the following-named persons, living in this county before the Revolution, were Church of England people: John Frohock, William Giles, Matthew Locke, Maxwell Chambers, James Macay, John Dunn, William Temple Coles, Benjamin Boothe Boote, James Carter, Hugh Forster, William Churton, Richard Viggers, William Steele, Thomas Frohock, Matthew Troy, James Kerr, Daniel Little, Alexander Martin, Francis Locke, James Dobbin, Alexander Dobbin, Arichibald Craige, David Craige, James Brandon, John Nesbit, Anthony Newnan, James Smith, and Richmond Pearson. The Howard family were also here then, and were members of the English Church.

    12/01/2008 06:41:57
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Rowan Co., NC ~~~~Lookups please

    3. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 2:56 am Subject: [NCROWAN] Rowan Co., NC ~~~~Lookups please Patten, 300 FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY E Private Patten, A. W.; en. July 15, 1862; a. 22; missing at Sharpsburg. Patton, 150, 1793, the commissioners adopted several ordinances. One ordinance forbade the citizens to allow their hogs or goats to run at large in the streets, and any person was allowed to kill any hog or goat so found, and the owner sustained the loss. Another ordinance forbade the keeping of any hay, oats, straw, or fodder in dwelling-houses. Another ordinance required each house-holder to keep on hand, for use at fires, a number of leather water buckets, holding not less than two gallons each. And in this connection we have the first list of householders of Salisbury, graded according to the number of buckets they were supposed to be justly required to furnish. As the Chinese mandarin is graded by the number of buttons, and the Turkish pasha by the number of “tails” he wore on his cap, so the Salisbury citizen was graded by the buckets he was required to keep on hand. Richmond Pearson was expected to keep four, and Dr. Anthony Newnan three. The following were rated at two each, viz.: Richard Trotter, Joseph Hughes, Conrad Brem, Tobias Forrie, Michael Troy, Andrew Betz, John Patton, Lewis Beard, Henry Giles, Edward Yarboro, David Cowan, Albert Torrence, Charles H unt, William Alexander, Maxwell Chambers, M. Stokes, John Steele, William Nesbit, Peter Fults, and Michael Brown. The following householders were let off with one bucket each, viz.: Henry Barrett. Robert Gay, Matthew Doniven, Richard Dickson, Daniel Cress, George Lowman, John Mull, Hugh Horah, George Houver, Charles Wood, Fed. Allemong, David Miller, Mr. Stork, George Moore, John Beard, Mrs. Beard (widow), Leonard Crosser, Martin Basinger, Peter Faust, John Blake, Henry Young, John Whith, George Kinder, Jacob Utzman, Barna Cryder, William Hampton, Samuel Dayton, and Charles Shrote. 343 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY A Private Patton, J. M.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 33. Eddleman, 229 TRANSLATION In the year A.D. 1774, the following members of our congregation commenced to build the so-called Organ Church, viz.: Georg Ludwig Siffert (George Lewis Sifford), Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann (Eddleman), Johannes Steigerwalt (John Stirewait), Philip Gruss (Philip Cruse), Peter Steigerwalt (Stirewalt), Michael Guthmann (Goodman), Christoph Bless (Christopher Pleas), Leonhard Siffert (Sifford), Jacob Klein (Cline), Anton J. Kuhn (Anthony J. Koon), Georg Heinrich Berger (George Henry Barger), Christoph Guthmann (Christopher Goodman) Johannes Rintelmann (John Rendleman), Johannes Eckel (John Eagle), Bastian Lenz (Bostian Lentz), Jacob Benz (Bentz), George Eckel (George Eagle), Franz Oberkirsch (Francis Overcash), Johannes Jose (John Josey), Heinrich Wenzel (Henry). 295, COMPANY K (ROWAN RIFLE GUARDS) ENTERED SERVICE APRIL 19, 1861. REORGANIZED AS COMPANY K FOURTH REGIMENT INFA NTRY, MAY 30, 1861 Privates Eddleman, J. A.; en. March 15, 1862; a. 23; c. Sharpsburg, Md.; c. Fisher Hill, Va. Eddleman, Jacob A.; en. May 30, 1861; a. 25; k. Seven Pines. 345 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY C Privates Eddleman, J. M.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 24; w. at Chancellorsville. Eddleman, W. C.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 19. Eddleman, W. H. C.; en. July 4, 1862; a. 19; d. of w. received at Chancellorsville, January 28, 1863.

    12/01/2008 06:25:06
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Pool(e) and Waller Families

    3. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:52 pm Subject: Pool(e) and Waller Families Pool, 135, A third son of Moses (son of Michael Braun) was the late Peter (M.) Brown, of Charlotte. Peter (M.) Brown was first married to Elizabeth Pool, of Salisbury, by whom he had two children, John L. Brown, Esq., of Charlotte, and Margaret C. Brown... 183, Gov. JOHN W. ELLIS was a native of Davidson County, then Rowan, and was born on the twenty-third of November, 1820. The family of the Ellises, for several generations, lived in the famed Jersey Settlement, on the eastern banks of the Yadkin, and several of them accumulated fortunes. Anderson Ellis, Sr., gave to his children the advantage of a good education, and most of them became prominent and useful citizens. John Willis was early sent to a classical school, taught by Robert Allison, Esq., at Beattie’s Ford. After spending a season at Randolph-Macon College, in Virginia, he went to the University of North Carolina, where he was graduated in 1841. His legal studies were pursued under Judge Pearson. He opened a law office in Salisbury, and by his diligence and talents soon won a place in public confidence. He bore the reputation of a hard student, and the passer-by would see the light of Ellis’ lamp until long after midnight. Two years after his licensure he was chosen to represent Rowan County in the House of Commons, and he continued in that place until 1848, when he was elected Judge of the Superior Court, when only twenty-eight years of age. He held this important post with credit to himself and honor to the State until 1858, when he was elected Governor of North Carolina over John Pool, of Pasquotank. The issue between Ellis and Pool was what was called the ad valorem system of taxation, a system defended with great ingenuity by Pool and the Whigs, but which failed to carry the Party into power. 288 FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Private Pool, H. C. Poole, 152 In 1806 they required every dog to be registered, and allowing every family to keep one 152 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY dog free of tax laid a tax of one dollar on each surplus dog. Provided a dog should become mischievous, the magistrate of police was to issue a warrant against him, and the constable was to kill him. None of these laws, however, were to apply to dog* “commonly called foists or lap dogs.” In 1811 the following citizens were divided into classes for the purpose of patrolling the town: 1. Samuel S. Savage, captain; Peter Brown, John Murphy, Ezra Allemong, James Huie, John Trisebre, Jacob Smothers, and William Hinly. 2. George Miller, captain; John Utzman, John Wood, John Smith, John Bruner, Christian Tarr, and Horace B. Satterwhite. 3. Moses A. Locke, captain; John Fans, Henry Under, Abner Caldwell, William Moore, George Rufty, and Henry Poole. 4. Jacob Under, captain; Joseph Chambers, Peter Bet tz, Edwin J. Osborne, Hugh Horah, Archibald Ruffin, and Samuel Lemly. 5. John Smith (hatter), captain; Lewis Utzman, George Utzman, Robert Blackwell, Epps Holland, Benjamin Tores, and Peter Crider. 6. Henry Sleighter, captain; Jacob Utzman, Daniel Jacobs, Abraham Brown, Andrew Kerr, Epps Robinson, William Horah. 7. Robert Torrence, captain; Alexander Graham, Micahel Brown, Horace B. Prewit, George Goodman, James Wilson, Robert Wood. 8. William Hampton, captain; John Albright, Willie Yarboro, Jacob Stirewalt, John L. Henderson, John Fulton, and William C. Love. 9. William H. Brandon, captain; Benjamin Pearson, Michael Swink, Francis Marshall, Joshua Gay, Abraham Earnhart, John Giles. 10.Daniel Cress, captain; Abraham Jacobs, Peter Coddle, George Bettz, William Dickson, David Nesbit, Stephen L. Ferrand. 11.Thomas L. Cowan, captain; Joseph Weant, James Gillespie, William Pinkston, Francis Coupee, William Rowe, and William Davenport. 12.Francis Todd, captain; Thomas Reeves, Jeremiah Brown, Henry Ollendorf, Henry Allemong, George Vogler, and Charles Biles. These were the able-bodied men of Salisbury in 1811-sixty-nine years ago. Waller, 288, FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) Privates Waller, Crusoe. Waller, Lewis A. 301, FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY COMPANY E Private Waller, George; en.June 11, 1861; a. 20; k. at Gettysburg, July 11, 1863. 337, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY B Privates Waller, Frederick; en. April 13, 1863; a. 38. Waller, George; en. April 13, 1863; a. 36; d. of d. 1864. Waller, Jacob; en. March 19, 1862; a. 35. Waller, John; en. March 11, 1862; a. 36; d. of d. 1864. 351 SECOND REGIMENT (JUNIOR RESERVES) COMPANY B Privates Waller, John. Waller, Peter; d. in camp.

    12/01/2008 06:06:18
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Penninger look up

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Nelda Florence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:17 pm Subject: [NCROWAN] Penninger look up Penninger 309, SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY G Private Penninger, Wilson; en. March 19, 1862; a. 26; d. in hospital, Richmond. 335, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY A Privates Penninger, Paul; en. April 30, 1863; c. 337, FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY B Private Penninger, Tobias; en. March 19, 1862; a. 36. 348 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY K Officers W. A. Penninger, 2d. Cor.; d. of d.

    12/01/2008 05:54:38
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] McCorkle lookup

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Nelda Florence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:16 pm Subject: [NCROWAN] McCorkle lookup Jan, please when you are able look up info on the McCorkles, I am > descendent. McCorkle, 215-217, In 1778, the Rev. James Hall became pastor of Fourth Creek, Concord, and Bethany Churches, and in 1777 the Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle was ordained and installed pastor of Thyatira Church. Mr. McCorkle was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1746, and came with his parents to Rowan in 1756. He was prepared for college under the Rev. David Caldwell, of Guilford, and was graduated from Princeton in 1772. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York in 1774, and then preached two years in Virginia. After preaching about eight years in Thyatira, he commenced a classical school, about a mile east of the church, which he called “Zion Parnassus Academy.” This school was eminently useful, and Dr. McCorkle’s students were thoroughly drilled, and six of the seven graduates of the first class from the University of North Carolina were Dr. McCorkle’s pupils. Forty-five of his students entered the ministry, and many of them became lawyers, judges, and officers of the State. The signal success of his pupils in achieving eminence arose from his faithfulness in dis216 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY couraging young men who were destitute of respectable talents from following any of the learned professions. In 1795,=2 0the trustees of the University of North Carolina elected Dr. McCorkle Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy and History, with the view of his acting as president. General Davie, it seems, objected to the arrangement, and this caused Dr. McCorkle to decline the place. In 1796, the Rev. Joseph Caldwell was elected to the chair of Mathematics, and presiding professor, and for forty years guided the institution in its career of usefulness. But Dr. McCorkle did not cease to labor for the advancement of the infant University. He made many excursions to raise funds for its endowment, was present at the laying of the cornerstone of the first building, and made an address upon that occasion. He did not cease to love the University to the end of his life. On the second of July, 1776, the Rev. Samuel E. McCorkle was married to Margaret Gillespie, of Salisbury, the daughter of the patriotic Mrs. Elizabeth Steele, who relieved the distress of General Greene, in Salisbury, by the timely supply of money. She bore him ten children, six of whom survived him, and some of their descendants are still living in Thyatira Dr. McCorkle received his death warrant in the pulpit, being stricken with palsy while conducting the services of the sanctuary. He lingered on for a number of years, unable to fulfill the duties of the ministry, except by patient suffering for the Master’s sake. On the twenty-first of June, 1811, he was called to his reward, and his body was laid in the Thyatira graveyard. About 1792, Third Cr eek and Unity Churches in Rowan were ordained, and about the same period, Joppa, now Mocksville Church, in Davie County. The Rev. Joseph D. Kilpatrick, from the Waxhaws in South Carolina, was the first pastor of these churches, that were cut off from Thyatira, Fourth Creek, and Bethany Churches. In the revivals of 1802-03, Mr. Kilpatrick was an active participant, and warm sympathizer. He labored in this field until March, 1829, when he was called to his rest. His remains are interred in the graveyard of Third Creek Church. Two of his sons, Abner and Josiah, became ministers, and two of his daughters married ministers-one the Rev. Mr. Kerr, and the other the Rev. Mr. Porter. Four or five of Mr. Porter’s sons became ministers. The revival of 1802-03 had great effect upon the western neighborhoods of Thyatira, and they began to desire a separate church. Dr. McCorkle did not sympathize with the camp-meeting movement, but only tolerated it. On the other hand a part of his congregation was fully under its influence. In 1805, Back Creek was erected 217 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY into a separate church. At its organization it possessed an eldership of peculiar excellence, and it has sent out some ministers of the gospel whose labors have been greatly blessed. In 1824, Prospect Church, in the southwestern corner of Rowan, was organized, mainly from Center congregation, but partly from Back Creek. In 1829, Franklin Church, four miles north of Salisbury, was organized in vacant ground adjoining Thyatira, Third Creek, and Unity. All these churches have been served by a succession of devoted ministers. The ministers of THYATIRA after Dr. McCorkle, were the Rev. Messrs. Bowman-a son-in-law of Dr. McCorkle-John Carrigan, James Stafford, James D. Hall, A. Y. Lockridge, S. C. Alexander, B. S. Krider, S. C. Pharr, and J. A. Ramsay. 218, THE SALISBURY CHURCH The town of Salisbury lies between the settlements of the Scotch-Irish and the “Pennsylvania Dutch” or Germans. To the east and south lay the great body of the German settlers; and to the north and west the Scotch-Irish predominated. The population of the town was a mixture of these two races, interspersed with Englishmen, Frenchmen, pure Irish and Scotch. Among the early inhabitants we find a good many names that are suggestive of Presbyterian affinities. These people had no church of their own, but such as were church members belonged to Thyatira. Dr. McCorkle, having married the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Steele, the half-sister of Gen. John Steele, was early brought into connection with the Salisbury people, and frequently preached in the courthouse, or in the Lutheran Church, as most convenient. In 1803-04, Dr. James McRee, of Center Church, preached in Salisbury once a month, and from 1807 to 1809, the Rev. John Brown, D. D., was principal of an Academy in Salisbury, and preached regularly there one-half of his time, giving the other half to Thyatira. This was during the time that Dr. McCorkle was prostrated by paralysis. Dr. Brown was called to the presidency=0 Aof the South Carolina College, and afterwards became president of Athens College, Georgia, and there ended his life. Between the years of 1809 and 1819, the Rev. Samuel L. Graham, the Rev. Parsons O. Hays, and perhaps others, preached for a while in Salisbury. During all this time there were not enough Presbyterian Church members in Salisbury to justify an organization; at least, such was the opinion of these members and visiting preachers. But in 1820 there came as teacher to Salisbury, a man who entertained a different opinion. 225, As he preached at Organ Church-then called Zion’s Church-from 1775 to 1785, it is probable that part of his time was devoted to the Salisbury Church. In 1785, Mr. Ahrend removed from Rowan to Lincoln County. For twelve years these two Lutheran ministers, with the Rev. Mr. Beuthahn, a German Reformed minister, labored among the German population of Rowan, Cabarrus, Lincoln, Catawba, Iredell, Davidson, Guilford, and other counties. At this time the Rev. Mr. Harris, and after him the Rev. Samuel E. McCorkle, was preaching to the Presbyterians at Thyatira, Rev. James Hall in Iredell, and Rev. David Caldwell in Guilford. These seven were breaking the bread of life to the thousands of people in this vast region. 347 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY H Private McCorkle, W. A.; en. July 4, 1862.

    12/01/2008 05:48:05
    1. Re: [NCROWAN] McCorkle lookup

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Nelda Florence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:16 pm Subject: [NCROWAN] McCorkle lookup Jan, please when you are able look up info on the McCorkles, I am > descendent. McCorkle 172-176 THE FAMILY OF THE MCCORKLES A member of this family, Francis Marion McCorkle, of Tennessee, has gathered up the traditions of this family, and his manuscript furnishes the basis of this article. There lived in Scotland, during the troubles arising from the efforts of Charles Edward, the Pretender, to seize the throne, a family of McCorkles that sought a safer and quieter home in Ireland. Here the parents died, and a son of theirs, named Matthew McCorkle, 173 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY married a lady by the name of Givens. Ned Givens, a brother of Mrs. McCorkle, was quite a character in his way. At the age of fourteen Ned entered the army and was redeemed by his father at great cost. He soon re-enlisted and was a second time redeemed by his father for a large sum, and assured him that if he repeated the project he should take his chances. About this time Matthew McCorkle and his wife were about to remove to the American Colonies, and Ned, not yet tired of adventures, proposed to go with them, but his father refused to let him go. When, however, McCorkle arrived at the port from which he was to sail, to his surprise he found Ned there awaiting his arrival, and determined to go. His persistence was rewarded, for McCorkle paid his passage, and the party arrived safely in Pennsylvania, and after a short stay there proceeded to North Carolina and entered lands near Beattie’s Ford, some in Mecklenburg, and some in Rowan (now Iredell). Here Matthew McCorkle and Ned Givens both settled down, and each of them raised large families, and there they ended their days. Givers had already showed that he had a strong will, and he was reputed to have had an ungovernable temper. >From him were descended some of the most reputable families of South Iredell, as for instance the family of Whites. Matthew McCorkle had two sons, Thomas and Francis, and several daughters. One of these sons, Francis, married Sarah Work, by whom he had five children. As his family increased he entered more lands. The second entry was on the west side of Catawba River, on one of the tributaries of Mountain Creek, in the limits of the present County of Catawba. Here he started a farm, planted an orchard, and by industry and skill began rapidly to accumulate property. He was said to have been a man of amiable disposition and of a fine personal appearance (or florid complexion, auburn hair, and about six feet in height). When the Revolutionary War came on Francis McCorkle promptly took his place on the side of the patriots. In 1714, he was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety of Rowan, along with John Brevard, Matthew Locke, and others. (See Wheeler’s Sketches, Vol. 2, page 360.) Though full thirty miles from his home, he is recorded as present in Salisbury at the regular meetings of the committee, and is named in the records as the captain of a Company. He was in the battles of King’s Mountain, Ramsour’s Mill, Cowpens, and Torrence’s Tavern. His patriotic course excited the animosity of the Tories, and he was in consequence frequently compelled to keep away from his home to escape their vengeance. A 174 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY morning or two before the battle of Ramsour’s Mill, Francis McCorkle and a man by the name of Smith rode out before day to learn the whereabouts of the Tories, knowing that they were in the neighborhood. Arriving at a neighbor’s house near the head of the creek about daylight, they inquired of the lady if she knew where the Tories were. She replied that she was expecting them every moment. Upon this the party wheeled and rode home in a hurry to arrange matters. After brief preparation they left home, and were scarcely out of sight before the Tories arrived, and searched the house from garret to cellar for McCorkle They found there some salt, which they appeared to want, and left word if McCorkle would come and bring them some salt all would be well, but if not they would come and destroy everything in his house. Instead of joining them, McCorkle and Smith hastened to the patriotic soldiers that were centering at Ramsour’s Mill, and were in the battle there. The tradition of the McCorkle family is that Colonel Locke, a friend of Francis M cCorkle, fell in the battle of Ramsour’s Mill. Dr. Foote states that he was killed at the Kennedy place, near Charlotte, and Dr. Caruthers says he fell at Torrenee’s Tavern. Dr. Foote is evidently mistaken, for it was Lieut. George Locke, a brother of Colonel Francis, that fell at Charlotte; It is probable also that the McCorkle tradition is a mistake, since Tarleton, in his Memoirs, according to Caruthers, preserves a letter written by General Greene to Col. Francis Locke, about the time of the affair at Cowan’s Ford, dated Beattie’s Ford, January 31, liSt But the battle of Ramsour’s Mill was fought on the twentieth of June, 1780, seven months before this time. Besides, there is no record of any administration upon his estate, but there is a will of Francis Locke on file, dated 1796, with the known signature of Col. Francis Locke. He doubtless survived until this date. But to return. After the battle of Ramsour’s Mill, Smith returned and reported that McCorkle was killed. But to the great joy of the family he soon rode up alive and unharmed. He then ventured to sleep in his own house for a few nights. But about the third night he was suddenly awakened by the sound of horses’ hoofs. Hearing his name called, he answered, and was told to get up and come to the door. He requested time to put on his clothes, but with abusive words they told him it was no use, as they intended to kill him. They then asked him “whom he was for?” He r eplied that he did not know whether they were friends or foes, but if he had to die, he would die with the truth in his mouth-he was for liberty. He was then told to put on his clothes, that they had more of his sort, and they would 175 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY slay them all together. He went with them, but when he arrived at the main body, he was agreeably surprised to learn that they were all Whigs, and that they had met for a jollification after the battle of Ramsour’s, and wished to have him in their company. After the British crossed the Catawba at Cowan’s Ford, McCorkle made a narrow escape. He was in the affair at Torrence’s Tavern, with his friend Smith, and these two were either acting as a kind of rear guard, or were sent back to reconnoiter, but before going far they were discovered by the British, and wheeling attempted to rejoin their comrades. Smith’s horse bolted through the woods, and he was killed. The enemy pursued McCorkle until he came up to the little band of Whigs, who had formed in Torrence’s Lane. The little party fought the British troopers under Colonel Tarleton, until the smoke became so dense that they could’ not tell whether they were among friends or enemies. As the smoke cleared off a little, McCorkle discovered that he was among the redcoats, and putting his hands on a stake-and-ridered fence he leaped through just as three or four sabers struck the rail above him. They all retreated and made good their escape-none being killed except Smith, before named. Several British soldiers were killed and buried east of the Featherston House. McCorkle bore the title of Major, whether won during the war or after the war in the militia is not known. He survived all the dangers of the war, and returned to his peaceful home, and was respected and esteemed by his neighbors. His wife died after the war, and some time about 1794 or 1795 he was again married. His second wife was Elizabeth Brandon, daughter of Richard Brandon, and niece of Matthew Locke. This was the lady that furnished the breakfast to General Washington in 1791 as he passed through Rowan County. By his first marriage to Miss Work, Major McCorkle had two sons, Matthew and Alexander Work. These men lived on Mountain Creek, but never married. Alexander W. McCorkle was a man of wealth and of fine judgment and business talents. He was frequently called upon to advise his neighbors in business affairs, and to aid them in making deeds and conveyances. By his second wife (Elizabeth Brandon), Major McCorkle had several children. 1. Wm. B. McCorkle, who was a merchant in Wadesboro for about forty years. This son married Mary, the daughter of William Marshall, of Anson County. This William Marshall and his father, James Marshall, and his son, Clement Marshall, were leading men of Anson County, and represented their fellow-citizens often in the Legislature. (See Wheeler’s History of Anson.) The children of 176 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY William B. McCorkle were: James Marshall McCorkle, Esq., of Salisbury; Dr. John B. McCorkle, of Mooresville; William A. McCorkle, of Jefferson County, Tenn.; and his daughters, Sarah, Mary, Cornelia, and Caroline. 2. The second son of Francis McCorkle by his second wife was Francis McCorkle, who lived on Mountain Creek, and married Elizabeth Abernathy. Their children were: Matthew Locke McCorkle, Esq., of Newton; Thomas, David, and Fanny. David died during the war, in the Confederate army. 3. Another son was named Thomas, who moved to Georgia. 4. Another son of Maj. Francis McCorkle was John H., who moved to Tennessee. His son, Dr. Francis Marion McCorkle, collected the principal facts of this article. 5. A daughter named Elizabeth married Jephtha Sherrill, and was the mother of Henderson Sherrill, who lived in Hickory Nut Gap for a long time. He served in the Legislature. 6. A daughter named Agnes married John Kirk, and lived in Lincoln County. Besides the old families already mentioned, who came to Rowan County at its first settlement, there were others who came after the War of the Revolution, and near the close of the century.

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    1. Re: [NCROWAN] McCorkle lookup

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Nelda Florence <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:16 pm Subject: [NCROWAN] McCorkle lookup Jan, please when you are able look up info on the McCorkles, I am > descendent. McCorkle, 7-8, The writer has been indebted to a number of persons for the facts which he has recorded. Miss Christine Beard, a granddaughter of John Lewis Beard, and of John Dunn, Esq.-now eighty years of age, with a remarkably retentive memory-has furnished personal recollections of the Town of Salisbury, covering seventy years. She has also treasured up the stories heard in her youth from the lips of her ancestors, running back to the first settlement of the County. Messrs. J. M. Horah and H. N. Woodson, the Clerk and the Reg8 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY ister, kindly gave access to the old records in the Courthouse, dating back to 1753. John S. Henderson, Esq., Rev. S. Rothrock, Rev. H. T. Hudson, D. D., Rev. J. J. Renn, Rev. J. B. Boone, Rev. J. Ingle, Rufus Barringer, Esq., Dr. D. B. Wood, M. L. McCorkle, Esq., Mrs. N. Boyden, and others, have either prepared papers in full, or furnished documents and manuscript statements that have been of special service. Mrs. P. B. Chambers furnished the diary of her grandfather, Waightstill Avery, Esq. Col. W. L. Saunders, Secretary of State, and Col. J. McLeod Turner, Keeper of the State Capitol, very kindly furnished, free of charge, a copy of the Roll of Honor of the Row an County soldiers in the Confederate Army. The revision and completion of this Roll was superintended by Mr. C. R. Barker, who bestowed great care and much time upon this work. Many thanks are due to all these persons. In fact, it has been a labor of love, without hope of pecuniary reward, with the Author, and all those who have contributed to this performance. With these statements, the little book is sent forth, with the hope that it will be of some service to the citizens of North Carolina, and especially to the people of Rowan. 44-45, Salisbury was well supplied with licensed ordinaries, or inns, in those days. The licensed houses were as follows: In 1755, John Ryle’s ordinary was licensed. In 175, John Lewis Beard, Peter Arrand, Jacob Franck, Archibald Craige, James Bower, and Thomas Bashford and Robert Gillespie received licenses. Jacob Franck occupied the lot where the late Dr. Alexander Long resided, and Bashford and Gillespie occupied the corner next to the present courthouse, i. e., corner Corbin and Council Streets. Robert Gillespie 45 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY was the first husband of the celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Steele, of Salisbury, and the lather of the wife of the Rev. Samuel E. McCorkle, D. D. A few years after this, Paul Barringer, Esq., of Mecklenburg (Cabarrus), bought the lot on the east corner of Corbin and Innes Streets, ninety-nine feet down Corbin and one hundred and ninety-eight feet down Innes, from a man who is described as an “ordinary keeper.” From this=2 0it appears probable that the corner now occupied by Kluttz’ drugstore was occupied as an ordinary at an early day, as we know that it was at a later day, when William Temple Coles kept an inn there, where John Dunn, Esq., died in the winter of 1782-83. 69-70 ACADEMIES But the people were not content with the common “old-field school.” About 1760 a classical school was established at Bellemont, near Col. Alex. Osborne’s residence, called the “Crowfield Academy.” The location is about two miles north of Davidson College, on the headwaters of Rocky River, and in the bounds of Center congregation. Here a number of distinguished men, who acted well their part in their day, received their education, or were prepared for college. Among these were Col. Adlai Osborne, who was for a long time Clerk of Rowan Superior Court, and a leading man in the Rowan Committee of Safety at the opening of the Revolution. Dr. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, the pastor of Thyatira and preacher in Salisbury, and who for a long time conducted the “Zion-Parnassus Academy,” Dear Thyatira, also began his classical studies at 70 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY ”Crowfield.” Dr. James Hall, the soldier-preacher of the Revolution, the founder and conductor of “Clio’s Nursery School,” on the headwaters of South Yadkin, began his literary course at this same institution. The same is true in regard to Dr. Ephraim Brevard, who is said to be the author of the Mecklenburg Declaration20of May 20, 1775. The Rev. David Caldwell, about 1766, is said to have taught in the Crowfield Academy for a short season. But he soon removed to northeastern Rowan-now Guilford-where after a short time he established a school on the headwaters of North Buffalo, about three miles from where Greensboro now stands. This school was in operation ten years before the Declaration of Independence, and also a number of years after, and it is computed that there were about fifty ministers, besides a large number who entered the other liberal professions, who were educated at this “Log College” of North Carolina. The old-field schools and a few classical academics comprised the educational facilities of Western North Carolina at this time. But those whose means would allow it were sent to complete their education at Princeton, or “Nassau Hall,” as it was then called. There, under the instructions of President Witherspoon the clerical signer of the National Declaration of Independence----they imbibed not only a knowledge of the liberal arts and sciences, but also the principles of liberty and independence, which brought forth such rich fruit a few years afterwards. 106, This Committee of Safety began its sessions, according to these Minutes, on the eighth of August, 1774, seventeen days before the assembling of the first North Carolina Provincial Congress. This committee was probably chosen at the time appointed for electing. members to the General Assembly of the Province, or it may have come into existen ce before that time in obedience to the wishes of the people. The members of the committee were chosen from all parts of this grand old county, and numbered twenty-five. The following is a list of their names: James M, McCay, Andrew Neal, George Cathey, Alexander Bobbins, Francis McCorkle, Matthew Icke, Maxwell Chambers, Henry Harmon, Abraham Denton, William Davidson, Samuel Young, John Brevard, William Kennon, George Henry Barringer, Robert Bell, John Bickerstaff, John Cowden, John Lewis Beard, John Nesbit, Charles McDowell, Robert Blackburn, Christopher Beekman, William Sharpe, John Johnson, and Morgan Bryan. 125, Mrs. Steele’s first husband was Robert Gillespie, who in partnership with Thomas Bashford purchased a large number of lots in Salisbury, about 1757, and among them the lot on which they carried on a village inn, the same that was afterwards owned and occupied by Mrs. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie had two children. One of these was a daughter, named Margaret, who became the wife of the Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, D.D., so long the pastor of Thyatira Church, and principal of the “Zion Parnassus Academy,” where he educated so many men during the closing years of the last century. The other child was a son, named Richard Gillespie, who was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and died unmarried. He was of a peculiarly bold and defiant spirit, and when the British entered Salisbury he rode in sight of them, waving his sword towards them in a menacing manner. As he had but one companio n, “Blind Daniel,” so called from having lost one eye, a kind of hanger-on in Salisbury, of course he did not remain to carry out his menaces. After the death of Mr. Gillespie, his widow married Mr. William Steele of Salisbury, by whom she had an only son, the distinguished General John Steele, who was an ornament to his native town, and to his whole country. His services were rendered at a later day. 145-146, Besides this, the early Rowan man was a man of faith. He may have been a little rough and free in his manners, but he had his religious beliefs, and his religious observances. On the western side of the county the Presbyterians had their churches-Thyatira, Third Creek, and Bethphage, where Dr. McCorkle, Rev. Joseph D. Kilpatrick, and Rev. John Carrigan preached and taught the people the strong Calvinism of their creed. In the eastern division, at the 146 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY Organ Church, the Lower Stone, and elsewhere, the devout Lutheran and German Reformed churches and ministers led the people in the way of life. Salisbury could boast of but one church, the Lutheran; standing where the Lutheran graveyard now is. It did not always have a pastor, but it was open to all evangelical ministers. Salisbury Presbyterians were a branch of Thyatira, and here Dr. McCorkle often officiated, and married his wife in this place. Schools were kept up and eminent teachers were employed to give instruction to the young. In this way matters moved on with nothing more exciting than a popula r election or a general muster, for several years after the close of the war. 147-148, As General Washington approached the borders of North Carolina, Capt. John Beard, of Salisbury, with the Rowan “Light Horse Company,” set out for Charlotte to meet and escort him to Salis148 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY bury. As the cavalcade was approaching Salisbury a little incident occurred of pleasing character. Richard Brandon, Esq., then lived six miles southwest of Salisbury, at the place known by our older citizens as the Stockton place, now owned by C. H. McKenzie, Esq. The old building stood, till a few years ago, on the west -side of the road, near a little meadow, about halfway between St. Mary’s Church and Mr. McKenzie’s present residence. As the party neared this place early in the day, the President being then sixty years old, and wearied with his journey, and knowing too that a long and fatiguing reception awaited him in Salisbury, bethought him that a little refreshment would strengthen him for the day’s work. So he drove up to the farmer’s door, and called. A neat and tidy lass of some twelve or fourteen summers-a daughter of Squire Brandon, answered the call. The President immediately asked whether she could give him a breakfast.. She replied that she did not know that all the grown people were gone to Salisbury to see General Washington. The President kindly assured her that if she would get him some breakfast, she should see General Washington before any of her people, adding pleasantly, “I am General Washington.” The breakfast-for the President alone-was prepared with great alacrity, and the blushing maiden had the pleasure, not only of seeing, but of conversing with General Washington, as she dispensed to him her bountiful hospitality. This little girl’s name was Betsy Brandon, the daughter of Richard Brandon. Her mother’s maiden name was Margaret Locke, the sister of Gen. Matthew Locke, and the aunt of Judge Francis Locke. A few years after this, Betsy Brandon was married to Francis McCorkle, Esq., of Rowan, and some of their descendants still reside in Rowan, Iredell, and Catawba Counties. James M. McCorkle, Esq., of Salisbury, and Matthew Locke McCorkle, Esq., of Newton, are grandsons of Francis and Betsy McCorkle. The Brandons came originally from England, and the Lockes from the North of Ireland. 162-163, GEN. WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE Another distinguished gentleman who resided for a season in Salisbury was William Richardson Davie, afterwards Governor of the State of North Carolina. General Davie was born at Egremont, England, but came to America at five years of age, and was adopted by his maternal uncle, the Rev. William Richardson, the Presbyterian pastor of the Waxhaw and Providence Churches. Davie was graduated at Princeton College in 1776, and the same year commenced the study of law in Salisbury-it is believed under the direction of Spruce Macay, Esq. In 1779 he raised a Company of 163 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY cavalry, principally in the 8 0Waxhaws,” of which he was lieutenant. After the battle of Stono, where he was wounded, he returned to Salisbury and resumed his studies. In 1780, Davie raised a Company of horse in Rowan County, which he led in the battle of the Hanging Rock, and with which he confronted the British in their northward march at Charlotte, where he and his “Rowan Boys made a brilliant display of courage. He was with General Greene at Guilford Courthouse, Hobkirk’s Hill, and Ninety-Six. After the war he began his professional career, as a brilliant and powerful orator and statesman. He was on the committee that fixed the location of the University of North Carolina. The gigantic poplar tree is still standing in the University Campus, under which General Davie was resting when his negro servant reported that he had found a fine spring near by, and lots of mint growing by its side, and that he thought that was the very place for the college. As Grand Master of the Masonic Fraternity, in October, 1793, General Davie laid the cornerstone of the college, while Dr. Samuel E. McCorkle, of Rowan, made the address. 167, John Brandon had three sons, namely: Richard, William, and John. Richard Brandon married Margaret Locke, the sister of Gen. Matthew Locke. The children of Richard Brandon and Margaret Locke were John Brandon, Matthew Brandon, and Elizabeth Brandon. The latter is the fair maiden who furnished the breakfast for General Washington, and who married Francis McCorkle, Esq. John and Matthew Brandon resid ed in the same neighborhood. 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 215, 216, 217, 218, 225, 347 Nell

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    1. Re: [NCROWAN] Rumple Index, A-B

    3. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Trott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:59 pm Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Rumple Index, A-B *You are very nice and generous with your time to help like this. I have three names -- Thomason, 311, SIXTH REGIMENT COMPANY G Privates Thomason, Frank W.; en. March 19, 1862; a. 28; d. at Richmond, July 1, 1862. Thomason, James W.; en. September 13, 1861; a. 23; d. at Montgomery Springs, Va., November 29, 1862. Thomason, Jesse B.; en. March 19, 1862; a. 20; c. Rappahannock Railroad Bridge, November 7, 1863. Thomason, John P.; en. September 13, 1861; a. 25; w. at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1803. Thomason, Pink J.; w. at Richmond. 341, FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT COMPANY C Private Thomason, William A.; en. April 18, 1863; a. 31; w. at Petersburg. 349, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY K Private Thomason, R. M. 351 SECOND REGIMENT (JUNIOR RESERVES) COMPANY B Private Thomason, Turner; tr. Todd 152, ...In 1806 they required every dog to be registered, and allowing every family to keep one 152 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY dog free of tax laid a tax of one dollar on each surplus dog. Provided a dog should become mischievous, the magistrate of police was to issue a warrant against him, and the constable was to kill him. None of these laws, however, were to apply to dog* “commonly called foists or lap dogs.” In 1811 the following citizens were divided into classes for the purpose of=0 Apatrolling the town:... 12.Francis Todd, captain; Thomas Reeves, Jeremiah Brown, Henry Ollendorf, Henry Allemong, George Vogler, and Charles Biles. These were the able-bodied men of Salisbury in 1811-sixty-nine years ago. 254 The Rev. John Stark Ravenscroft, of Virginia, was elected the first Bishop of North Carolina. He was consecrated to the Episcopate May 23, 1823. On Saturday evening, September 6, 1823, Bishop Ravenscroft preached on Confirmation in the old courthouse in Salisbury (services being held there by request). On the next day he preached, both morning and evening, in the Lutheran Church; administered the Holy Communion to about forty, persons-one-third of whom were colored; and confirmed thirteen persons, among whom were Miss Chrissie Beard, Mrs. Eleanor Faust, Mrs. Susanna Beard, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly, Mrs. Mary Beard, Misses Camilla and Loretta Tores, Mrs. Mary Locke, and Misses Margaret Burns, Mary Hampton, and Mary Todd. Trott 348, 349 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT COMPANY K Officers J. H. Trott, 2d. Sgt.; w. at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, from which he died. Private Trott, Willis; d. of d. Thank you very much. Bill Trott Pasadena, TX*

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