Marilyn S. Weinrich wrote: > > Thank you for including Stokes Co. & Moravian History with shared > information in this List. I am researching the Meyer/Myers/Meyers > family from Stokes Co. 1767 to 1816 and have found wonderful help among > the records and those sharing information on the internet. > > I am also seeing familiar names as I read the List mail. The latest is > the name of Jacob Blum who was a witness named on Jacob Meyer's will > written 21 Jun 1794 along with Philip Transu. When the will was proved > in court, March Term, 1801, Jacob Blum was the only witness named. > > I found a great deal of history involving the Jacob Meyer family as he > maintained the Salem Tavern from 1772 to 1787/88 in the book "The Quiet > People of the Land - A Story of the North Carolina Moravians in > Revolutionary Times." by James Hunter. I recommend it for anyone doing > research in Moravian Records in those Revolutionary times. > > I also would like to recommend "The Moravian Potters in North Carolina" > by John Bivins, Jr. for all the genealogical surnames it includes with > histories of the workers and apprentices. Jacob Meyer's son, Philipp > Jacob Meyer/Myers is chronicled along with John F. Holland who earlier > had been a worker in the tavern with the Meyer family. > > Would any of you know of such a book on HATTERS or any records that may > have named Hatter apprentices between 1800 and 1814? > > I am researching the MEYER/MYERS,HELSABECK/HILSABECK, BONER & MILLER > families of the above mentioned time period. > > Any help would be much appreciated. Marilyn Weinrich, No. Highlands, CA