I'm researching the CORN line descending from Mathew and Molly CORN through their son Jesse and his wife Nancy HANCOCK. Any information on this line would be greatly appreciated, especially as I reside in Michigan and have little access to books and documents. Thank you in advance for any help you have to offer. Feel free to request information from me as well, as I will gladly share what I know. Ruth Corn Roy

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Hello- I am looking for anything on Silas Westmoreland (my gggrandfather). He was the Captain of Company G,21st Regiment, called up in 1861 from Stokes Co. His daughter, Dixie, married Thomas N. Marion. This is about all that I have on this family line. Does anyone out there have any information on this family? Thank you Susan Lewis Burton

At 11:59 PM -0400 5/21/1999, [email protected] wrote: >Does anyone know anything about the Red Bank Methodist Church in Stokes Co. >I'm guessing it was near Germanton...possibly near Baux Mt. Rd. area ?? >Where might the old records be? Martha Kapp There's a Red Bank Baptist Missionary Church on Red Bank Rd. near Germanton and the Red Bank Baptist Church on Baux Mt. Rd. It may be one or the other started out as a methodist church. I believe the one on Red Bank is the older, it was established by the Marshall family, among others. I used to have a history of that church (it was printed in the King Times News) but I gave it to my cousin who is a descendant of John Elisha Marshall. I will forward this to him. --- Mike Warren <http://www.netunlimited.net/~mwarren/> Sine Nomine Farm, Tobaccoville, NC

Sorry, I made a mistake on the URL just transmitted to you. It should be http://www.tarheelconfederate.com/21st/21st.htm .

Those interested in the genealogy of Stokes County NC may be interested in a website on the Civil War. It contains a complete list of the enlistees in the 21st Infantry Regiment, F Company which are all from Stokes County in the Spring of 1861. It must be a fairly complete list of the surnames of that County at that time. The site contains information on the entire Regiment, where they came from, the rosters, where they fought, and two first hand accounts of the activities and men of the regiment. You can find it at http://www.tarheelsconfederate.com/21st/21st.htm It is well worth a visit. Harold

Harold, Thanks for posting the Civil War site. So far, I have found 11 ancestors on the list. Omeda

Does anyone know anything about the Red Bank Methodist Church in Stokes Co. I'm guessing it was near Germanton...possibly near Baux Mt. Rd. area ?? Where might the old records be? Martha Kapp

Just noted a query which included a reference to the closure of a Campbell post office in Stokes. This sent me to the USGS site, and sure enough, there still exists a town by that name, population 1140. Campbell lies at the very northern edge of Stokes, just south of the Virginia border. This may explain why I've been having such a difficult time finding much on my Campbell ancestors who lived in Stokes County--they may have been doing business in Virginia! Does anyone know about Campbell? Is there a history that covers the northern edge of Stokes? I'd appreciate any information on this region of the county. Maureen

[email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > NCSTOKES-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 51 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NCSTOKES-L] Lawsonville [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCSTOKES-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NCSTOKES-L] Lawsonville > Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:49:44 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Does anyone know when Lawsonville was formed? Would it have been included in > an 1860 census of Danbury District? Per Chapter 94 of "The Hertage of Stokes County, North Carolina - 1981", the history of the Lawsonville Community dates back to the 17th century when Moses Amos Lawson and his bride Elizabeth Bradly moved there. Their first son, Joshua, was born in Sept. 1790. In the 1920's the Smith and Campbell Post Offices were combined and the Lawsonville Post Office was formed. Hope this helps, Ned Lankford

Hi: Seeking parentage of my GGgrandfather Thomas SHELTON who married Elisabeth ALLEN of NC in 1835. Thye lived in Patrick Co Va by 1850. Thanks Harold

Does anyone know when Lawsonville was formed? Would it have been included in an 1860 census of Danbury District?

Laura that wasn't nice. Help is always appreciated. No one knows it all and every little bit helps me. I am going to try to gt the books Ira Wade talked about and I know it will help me. Clifford Sands [email protected]

YEs, well that goes back to the expectation that one is totally familiar with the history of the marriage bond/license. I still feel that this was misleading to the effect that the book encompassed everything between 1839 and 1887. We should all be as smart as you. I'm not in the mood to read your smug synopsis of the situation. LAP --- Ira Wade <[email protected]> wrote: > To Laura, Judy, and all, > I feel I have to respond to Laura's reaction to the > Marriage Licenses of > Stokes County, NC. It is very rare to find any > marriage license before > 1868 when "as part of the reorganization of state > and local government > under Reconstruction, an act was approved > transferring the power to > issue licenses to the Register of Deeds and making > the license the only > public record of a marriage."...as the Introduction > to the book states. > When looking for marriages before then, I always > look to marriage BONDS, > not LICENSES. These were two different types of > documents, with > different information. Therefore I am glad someone > had a copy of the > marriage bond book and did find the marriage she > needed. > > I have loved having the Marriage License 1839-1887 > book and its sequel, > Marriage Licenses of Stokes Co NC 1888-1900. > Because licenses did > require parents of each party, ages, actual marriage > date, etc., if you > can make a hit, you can often add lots to the family > record. > > The problem is not the book, but what one could > realistically expect to > find...the title said "Licenses" not marriage > "records". > > Thanks, Jane > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

To Laura, Judy, and all, I feel I have to respond to Laura's reaction to the Marriage Licenses of Stokes County, NC. It is very rare to find any marriage license before 1868 when "as part of the reorganization of state and local government under Reconstruction, an act was approved transferring the power to issue licenses to the Register of Deeds and making the license the only public record of a marriage."...as the Introduction to the book states. When looking for marriages before then, I always look to marriage BONDS, not LICENSES. These were two different types of documents, with different information. Therefore I am glad someone had a copy of the marriage bond book and did find the marriage she needed. I have loved having the Marriage License 1839-1887 book and its sequel, Marriage Licenses of Stokes Co NC 1888-1900. Because licenses did require parents of each party, ages, actual marriage date, etc., if you can make a hit, you can often add lots to the family record. The problem is not the book, but what one could realistically expect to find...the title said "Licenses" not marriage "records". Thanks, Jane

Would appreciate a look up for the marriage of Frederick (b abt 1810) WHITE and Patsy (maybe Martha SANDS ) b abt 1805 in Stokes Co. They could have been married anyttime. I only know they were living in Danbury, Stokes, NC circa 1880. Thank you for any help. Margaret in Ca.

I am glad you were able to resolve your marriage problem.. If that one book looks like it doesn't have yours then I would call in a partical book on early marriages. Does anyone have anything on early deeds around 1800 I am looking for Fishers who had deeds for Stokes county? I found one film but it was not indexed and I do not know if it was complete. Betty O.

Laura Phillips Hi Laura! Very frustrating when you pay from a low budget genealogy hobby; been there, done that! I would appreciate your checking to see if there are any MOSS or CHEEK marriages listed. Norm Ricker [email protected] At 01:47 AM 5/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >NCSTOKES-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 47 > >Today's Topics: >  #1 [NCSTOKES-L] Stokes County Marriag   [Laura Phillips <[email protected]] >  #2 Re: [NCSTOKES-L] Anderson-Pell Mar   ["MmeDefarge" <[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from NCSTOKES-D, send a message to > >        [email protected] > >that contains in the body of the message the command > >        unsubscribe > >and no other text.  No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 07:40:35 -0700 (PDT) >From: Laura Phillips <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [NCSTOKES-L] Stokes County Marriage Lookups >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hello everyone! > >I purchased a copy of Stokes County Marriages >1839-1887. I purchased it with the hope of locating a >marriage between David Anderson and Sarah Ann Pell in >1839. What I didn't know before purchasing the book is >that only 22 licenses survive the period between 1839 >and 1850. Unfortunately, my marriage wasn't one of >them. > >I will look up marriages for the group to make use of >the book now that I have it. > >I would like to suggest to the Genealogical Society of >Rockingham and Stokes County that they rename this >book "A Few Early Marriages of Stokes County" and >publish the few early ones as a pamphlet. Then publish >"Marriage Licenses of Stokes County 1850-1887" as a >complete book. The title is misleading unless you know >the specific history of marriage licenses in the >county. > >Please post to the group or email me privately. > >Regards, > >LAP >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at <http://mail.yahoo.com/>http://mail.yahoo.com > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 19:05:08 -0400 >From: "MmeDefarge" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [NCSTOKES-L] Anderson-Pell Marriage > >Hi, Laura! > >    My Stoke County Marriage Book by Frances T. Ingmire lists the following: > >    David N. ANDERSON - Sally Pell - December 17, 1839 > >Nancy >

Dear Laura, I was extremely interested in your e-mail received this a.m. It was dissapointing, I can fully understand, not to find a record of the Anderson/Pell marriage in 1839. You said only 22 license records were left between 1839 and 1950. How about the year 1895-96? That is the time frame I would like to find a marriage record of my grandparents, ISAAC S. BOYLES and MATTIE E. ALLRED. The 1900 Census of James City County, Williamsburg, VA shows they had been married four years. They were both born in North Carolina, and my grandfather's home is listed as Stokes County in some alumni records of Wake Forest College where he graduated in 1895. Grasping at straws, I thought Stokes County might show them. If it's too much trouble for you to look, would you let me know how I could go about seeking this information? Thanks again for your letter. Judy Boyles Brooks P. S. I see a Nancy found the record. Hooray!

Hi, Laura! My Stoke County Marriage Book by Frances T. Ingmire lists the following: David N. ANDERSON - Sally Pell - December 17, 1839 Nancy