>A great many Rutherford County connections for me, but the ones I am most >especially interested in: > >1. WILLIAMS, JONAS, b. 1825, son of WALTER WATSON WILLIAMS of Henderson >County and MILLIE GREEN. Jonas was supposedly born in Rutherford >County. He married MARY CAROLINE NIX, b. 1825-1834. They attended Bill's >Creek Baptist Church very briefly, but supposedly Jonas is buried in >Fairview, Buncombe County. None of this is proven. He would have been >the grandson of WILLIAM WILLIAMS who died in Rutherford County in >1834. Jonas and Mary's son (my great-grandfather) was WILLIAM SHUFORD >WILLIAMS, who is buried, as is his wife MARY LOUISA COLLINS, at Mt. >Moriah in Henderson County. > >2. GREEN, MILLIE (or EMILY, or NANCY), b. abt 1804, the daughter of AMOS >GREEN and ELIZABETH SEARCY.. Millie married WALTER WATSON WILLIAMS. Both >are buried in the Walter Watson Williams cemetery in Henderson >County. Can anyone tell me more about Millie? Was that really her >name? Know anything about Amos Green? His ancestors? > >3. NIX, JOHN, b. abt 1785, died in Rutherford County. His father was >probably WILLIAM NIX, born in NJ, but died abt. 1817 in Rutherford >County. John married CONNIE WADKINS Oct. 18, 1808 in Rutherford >County. Their daughter PATRICIA NIX married WILLIAM MILLS EDNEY -- my >great-great grandparents. Need much more background. > >4. WADKINS, LUDWELL, -- just a name, but he may have been CONNIE WADKINS' >father. She was born in 1787 in VA, but was married (to JOHN NIX, above) >in 1808 in Rutherford County. Who was Ludwell's wife? Any background on him? > >5. MIDDLETON, JAMES -- owned a sawmill in Rutherford County at one time, >but I know almost nothing else about him. TWO of my female ancestors were >Middletons -- NANCY MIDDLETON, b. 1760-1765, was married to WILLIAM >WILLIAMS abt. 1782. She died 27 July, 1840 in Rutherford County. LINDA >MIDDLETON was married to WILLIAM ELLIOTT. Their daughter RHODA ELLIOTT >married JONATHAN MIDDLETON WILLIAMS in 1803. They were the parents of yet >another Williams side of my family -- JONES OVERTON WILLIAMS, b. 1817, d. >abt 1879. What happened to James Middleton? He seems to have left >Rutherford County, but where did he go? Are these two Middleton women >related to each other? How? > >6. HESLEP, CATHERINE, b. 1747, d. 1830 in Rutherford County, buried at >Green Hill with her husband BENJAMIN HYDER, 1745-1826. There's a lot of >information available about the Hyders but not much about the >Hesleps. Can anyone help? > >7. BAGWELL, LUNSFORD, b. abt 1760, d. before 25 May 1826 in Rutherford >County. He married SARAH M. (What does the M. stand for?) She died 20 >Sept. 1830 and is buried at Bill's Creek. Their son THOMAS DRURY BAGWELL >(1778-1845) married Nancy Hyder; their daughter CATHERINE H. BAGWELL >(1814-1904) was married 22 Sept. 1838 to WILLIAM F. FLYNN, and they are >both buried in the Flynn Cemetery on Buffalo Road, Lake Lure. They are my >great-great grandparents. > >Would be interested in sharing information on these folks! Other family >names are Ledbetter, Kelly, Garrett, Merrill, Whiteside, Hoots, Newman, Owens. > >Thanks. Jeaneane