Chapter Nine is about the Stuarts and their Surry County/Mount Airy Connections. Including the extended family of the Stuarts giving Mount Airy its name. Surry County's Civil War Sailor Jonathan Hanby Carter, a friend of JEB Stuart Educator and Historian Ruth Minick's involvement in preserving Laurel Hill Stuart Family attending church, shopping, getting their mail all in Mount Airy For Immediate Release: Ararat, Virginia, January 12, 2007 Tom Perry is pleased to announce publication of Stuart’s Birthplace: The History of the Laurel Hill Farm. Perry hopes to have the book available on February 6, 2007, J. E. B. Stuart’s 174th Birthday. This book tells the story of the farm in Ararat, Virginia, that was the birthplace and boyhood home of Patrick County’s most famous son James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart and the people who lived there. In over 250 pages will tell the story of Stuart’s family from their arrival in North America through 2006 with a seven page bibliography and index. Laurel Hill’s history begins with prehistoric times including information on the Native-Americans, the American Revolution, Antebellum Farm Life and the life of J. E. B. Stuart, who served in the U. S. Army and fought against it in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia as commander of Robert E. Lee’s cavalry in the Civil War. The book reveals the lives of the women of Laurel Hill such as Elizabeth Perkins Letcher Hairston, who saw her husband, William Letcher, killed by Tories in the American Revolution and then married George Hairston of Henry County. The book tells of her daughter, Bethenia, who married into the Pannill Family and was grandmother to J. E. B. Stuart. The book tells of the life of Stuart’s mother Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart and J. E. B. Stuart’s widow Flora Cooke Stuart along with information about the Stuart children and their father, Patrick County Attorney and politician Archibald Stuart. The book tells about the Laurel Hill Farm after the Stuart’s left it in 1859 dealing with the history of the Patrick County community of Ararat with stories of Revered Robert Childress “The Man Who Moved A Mountain” and the midwife made famous by the cabin along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Orleana Puckett. The book concludes with a chapter on Perry’s personal work to preserve the site along with the preservation interest of the Brown, Dellenback and Mitchell families of Ararat, Virginia. The book may be ordered at http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/book.htm or by check payable to Tom Perry P. O. Box 50 Ararat, VA 24053. The cost is $25 plus $5 tax and shipping. One dollar from the sale of each of Perry’s books will go to the preservation efforts at Stuart’s Birthplace in Ararat, Virginia, owned by the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace www.jebstuart.org Places to hear Tom Perry speak on his new book Stuart's Birthplace: The History of the Laurel Hill Farm February 10, Arts and Antiques Mall 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. beside Lowe's Grocery Store in Stuart, Virginia, as part of the J. E. B. Stuart Birthday Celebration. March 7, Surry County Civil War Round Table at the Mount Airy Public Library on Rockford Street in Mount Airy from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. March 10, Bassett Historical Center, 3960 Fairystone Highway in Bassett, Virginia, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. March 11, Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society 3-5 p.m. Pythian Building adjacent to Old Henry County Courthouse in downtown Martinsville, Virginia Biographical Information on Tom Perry can be found at http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/tomscorner.htm Historian Thomas D. Perry is the Founder of the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace and hold a BA in History from Virginia Tech (83) He is the author of Ascent To Glory: The Genealogy of J. E. B. Stuart ($20) and The Free State of Patrick: Patrick County Virginia in the Civil War ($30). Both books ($40). Stuart’s Birthplace: The History of the Laurel Hill Farm ($30) are available on Perry’s website or by sending check payable to Tom Perry P O Box 50 Ararat VA 24053. Perry speaks all over the country on topics related to J. E. B. Stuart, the Civil War and Patrick County history. You can see the latest events by visiting the following webpage http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/coe.htm. Perry will speak to any church, civic or school group in Patrick County free of charge. Perry was the recipient of the George Waller Sons of the American Revolution Citizen of the Year in 2004 for Patrick and Henry Counties and the North Carolina Society of Historians Award for a magazine article on J. E. B. Stuart’s North Carolina Connections in 2005. In 2006, the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace honored the Perry Family for its work in preserving Stuart’s Birthplace. Perry produces a monthly email newsletter about Patrick County History from The Free State Of Patrick Internet History Group, which has over 350 members. Contact Information Tom Perry P. O. Box 50 Ararat, VA 24053 276-692-5300 freestateofpatrick@yahoo.com Table of Contents For Stuart’s Birthplace: The History of the Laurel Hill Farm Foreword “Home” Part One Journeys To Eden Chapter 1 The Hollow: Ararat Virginia Before The Stuarts Chapter 2 The Immigrant: Archibald Stuart (ca1697-1761) Chapter 3 The Major: Alexander Stuart (1733-1823) Chapter 4 The Judge: Alexander Stuart (1770-1832) Chapter 5 The Patriot: William Letcher (1750-1780) Chapter 6 The Daughter: Bethenia Letcher Pannill (1780-1845) Part Two Laurel Hill Chapter 7 The Father: Archibald Stuart (1795-1855) Chapter 8 The Mother: Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart (1801-1884) Chapter 9 The Stuarts and Mount Airy: Connections To Surry County NC Chapter 10 The Children of Archibald and Elizabeth Stuart: J. E. B. Stuart’s Siblings Part Three Stuart of Laurel Hill Chapter 11 Son of Southwest Virginia: James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1850) Chapter 12 Soldier of the United States: James Ewell Brown Stuart (1850-1861) Chapter 13 Soldier of the Confederate States: James Ewell Brown Stuart (1861-1864) Part Four Preservation Chapter 14 The Wife: Flora Cooke Stuart (1836-1923) and her children Chapter 15 Laurel Hill and Ararat Virginia After The Stuart Family Chapter 16 A Personal Preservation Afterword “Walk This Hallowed Ground” Appendix: The Laurel Hill Land Transactions Records of the Slaves and Free Blacks Bibliography Index

Looking for parentage of Young Hudson, b 1809 Halifax Co VA died between 1870 and 1880 Surry Co NC Married Dicy Whitaker, widow of William Key Also looking for Samuel Hudson, dob, dod unknown, named father of Robert Young Hudson, son of Lucy Hudson and grandson of Young Hudson, all of Surry Co NC. Robert was born Sept 1879 in Surry Co. NC Many thanks Bea

Somehow, the first portion of my message 'evaporated'....am resending.... Bob Carter, You bring up an interesting subject. The Baan, or Banns, is an oft-forgotten custom. There are many versions in the old countries, but as practiced here in America, I was able to find the following general description: Banns A Very Colonial Marriage Procedure In order to be married outside of the civil authorities, a couple could publish “banns,” or intent to be married, at there local church or meeting house for three consecutive weeks, or meetings. If there were no objection to the marriage, the clergyman would marry the couple. This “marriage by banns” required no reporting to civil authorities, therefore it was recorded only in the church records and perhaps the family Bible. Unfortunately, many church records have been lost, leaving many a genealogist searching for the old elusive family Bible. The main objection to the marriage that could be raised was the question of an earlier marriage by either the man or the woman. Bigamy existed then, just as it does today. A more legal definition of “Banns of matrimony” from Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition: “Public notice or proclamation of a matrimonial contract, and the intended celebration of the marriage of the parties in pursuance of such contract. Such announcement is required by certain religions to be made in a church or chapel, during service, on three consecutive Sundays before the marriage is celebrated. The object of is to afford an opportunity for any person to interpose an objection if he knows any impediment or other just cause why the marriage should not take place.” Marriage Bonds and Licenses “In 1660-61 the [Virginia] law requiring a bond was first enacted. Because of a scarcity of ministers, the colony required that all persons wishing to be married by license must go to the county court clerk and give bond with sufficient security (usually $150 by the 19th century) that there was no lawful cause to prevent the marriage. The license was then prepared by the clerk and presented to the minister who would perform the ceremony.” From the introduction to the published Frederick Co., VA Marriage Bonds, by John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Iberian Publishing Company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bondsman or surety was to be “able and knowne.” Often, this person was a brother or uncle to the bride, not necessarily a parent. The rich and established uncle was an excellent candidate for bondsman. The bondsman could be related to the groom, but from what we have seen, that situation would occur less often. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Tennessee, three documents were created at the time of a marriage. The first was the marriage bond. The second was the license, wherein the court authorized the marriage, and the official signed the back to show that it had been performed. The ledger where the clerk copied some information from these two sources is known as the official marriage record, and is often the only surviving part of the record. ____________________________________________ Co-habitation Bonds. At the end of the civil war the Southern states had to make certain concessions in order to become part of the United States again. One concession NC did was to publish lists of former slaves who had married during slavery and still wanted to be considered husband and wife in 1866 along with their former (most recent) master. I'm not sure what other states, if any, had these lists. _______________________________________________ I'm sure other listers may have other opinions to add. r/Steven > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Bob Carter" <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> > > Hi Steven, > > > > The old marriage bonds didn't include ages so there is no way of telling. > > Seems like it was about 1868 when they started providing marriage > > certificates that listed the ages of the bride and groom and also their > > parents names and where they lived. I've got my marriage index files for > > Surry in a box so when I find them I'll look it up. > > > > Also, in the early days they also had couples married by a Baan, which was a > > religious ceremony and not codified in a document. I'm not up on the > > history of them, but seems like they were pronouncements in a church for 3 > > Sundays and if no one objected to it after that, then the couple was > > considered married. > > > > Then, there were the co-habitation bonds that were in existence too. > > Another story there. :-) > > > > Bob Carter > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <johnnylumen@comcast.net> > > To: <ncsurry-l@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:32 PM > > Subject: [NCSURRY] Old Marriage Bonds/Records > > > > > > > Need lookup, please, for old 1804 - 1810 marriage bonds/records: > > > > > > Marmaduke D. MITCHELL [aka M.D. Mitchell] m. Mary Bradley TUPPLE(?) > > > > > > Marmaduke would have been about 23 yrs in 1805. Mary would have been about > > > 18 yrs in 1805. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > r/Steven Mitchell > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message >

Bob Carter, You bring up an interesting subject. The Baan, or Banns, is an oft-forgotten custom. There are many versions in the old countries, but as practiced here in America, I was able to find the following general description: Banns A Very Colonial Marriage Procedure In order to be married outside of the civil authorities, a couple could publish “banns,” or intent to be married, at there local church or meeting house for three consecutive weeks, or meetings. If there were no objection to the marriage, the clergyman would marry the couple. This “marriage by banns” required no reporting to civil authorities, therefore it was recorded only in the church records and perhaps the family Bible. Unfortunately, many church records have been lost, leaving many a genealogist searching for the old elusive family Bible. The main objection to the marriage that could be raised was the question of an earlier marriage by either the man or the woman. Bigamy existed then, just as it does today. A more legal definition of “Banns of matrimony” from Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition: “Public notice or proclamation of a matrimonial contract, and the intended celebration of the marriage of the parties in pursuance of such contract. Such announcement is required by certain religions to be made in a church or chapel, during service, on three consecutive Sundays before the marriage is celebrated. The object of is to afford an opportunity for any person to interpose an objection if he knows any impediment or other just cause why the marriage should not take place.” Marriage Bonds and Licenses “In 1660-61 the [Virginia] law requiring a bond was first enacted. Because of a scarcity of ministers, the colony required that all persons wishing to be married by license must go to the county court clerk and give bond with sufficient security (usually $150 by the 19th century) that there was no lawful cause to prevent the marriage. The license was then prepared by the clerk and presented to the minister who would perform the ceremony.” From the introduction to the published Frederick Co., VA Marriage Bonds, by John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Iberian Publishing Company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bondsman or surety was to be “able and knowne.” Often, this person was a brother or uncle to the bride, not necessarily a parent. The rich and established uncle was an excellent candidate for bondsman. The bondsman could be related to the groom, but from what we have seen, that situation would occur less often. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Tennessee, three documents were created at the time of a marriage. The first was the marriage bond. The second was the license, wherein the court authorized the marriage, and the official signed the back to show that it had been performed. The ledger where the clerk copied some information from these two sources is known as the official marriage record, and is often the only surviving part of the record. ____________________________________________ Co-habitation Bonds. At the end of the civil war the Southern states had to make certain concessions in order to become part of the United States again. One concession NC did was to publish lists of former slaves who had married during slavery and still wanted to be considered husband and wife in 1866 along with their former (most recent) master. I'm not sure what other states, if any, had these lists. _______________________________________________ I'm sure other listers may have other opinions to add. r/Steven -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bob Carter" <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> > Hi Steven, > > The old marriage bonds didn't include ages so there is no way of telling. > Seems like it was about 1868 when they started providing marriage > certificates that listed the ages of the bride and groom and also their > parents names and where they lived. I've got my marriage index files for > Surry in a box so when I find them I'll look it up. > > Also, in the early days they also had couples married by a Baan, which was a > religious ceremony and not codified in a document. I'm not up on the > history of them, but seems like they were pronouncements in a church for 3 > Sundays and if no one objected to it after that, then the couple was > considered married. > > Then, there were the co-habitation bonds that were in existence too. > Another story there. :-) > > Bob Carter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <johnnylumen@comcast.net> > To: <ncsurry-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:32 PM > Subject: [NCSURRY] Old Marriage Bonds/Records > > > > Need lookup, please, for old 1804 - 1810 marriage bonds/records: > > > > Marmaduke D. MITCHELL [aka M.D. Mitchell] m. Mary Bradley TUPPLE(?) > > > > Marmaduke would have been about 23 yrs in 1805. Mary would have been about > > 18 yrs in 1805. > > > > Thank you. > > r/Steven Mitchell > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

I would be interested in finding information about any religious groups, or families that traveled together and migrated from Surry County, NC to Pulaski County, KY. I know the STONES and ZIGLARS, both ended up in Pulaski County, KY and probably some PATTERSONS; but I haven't been able to tell which PATTERSONS might have gone west with them. Is there anyone from the PATTERSON family, or other families with Surry County roots that ended up in Pulaski County, KY? Vi ZIGLAR LOVE

No, I don't think they are on the web. Someone on the Surry list might know of a book that lists them for Surry County. I've remember seeing a listing in the Forsyth County library for them in Forsyth County in 1850, but haven't bothered to look for the others. Bob Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: <wnorman918@aol.com> To: <ncsurry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Old Marriage Bonds/Records > Bob, > Do you have a link for the marriage bonds? > > Wanda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, all, Since I have the same surname, I often get requests on information of the Stones of Surry Co., NC. Unfortunately, these are not my own Stone family, and I have not gathered information on the Stones of Surry. However, I hope that this information posted to the Stone family list on Rootsweb may help others who ARE connected to the Stones of Surry. Here is the posting I received. :-) Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ============================================= Sent from: jfrench <jfrench1@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 1:43 AM My apologies for creating confusion about the children of the 1790 William Stone who lived on Heather Creek in Surry Co., NC. My earlier email about this family was only intended to show that the revolutionary war pensioner, Ezekiel STONE, was not his son. I did not include all of William's children who were listed in his will. Below is a published transcription of his will that lists all of his children. The boys are listed in order of age from oldest to youngest, a frequent practice in wills. I would seriously question whether Hannah Conway was the wife of this William STONE who wrote his will in 1819. I think Hannah Conway was the wife of different STONE, the probable parents of the revolutionary war pensioner, CONWAY STONE. Revolutionary War Pensioner, Conway STONE, said he lived on Blues's [also Beloos/Blews---Pam] Creek when he was in Surry Co., NC. He married there in 1781. Revolutionary War Pensioner, zekiel STONE said he attended the wedding of Conway STONE in 1781 (his affadavit located in Conway's pension file at NARA). 1778 Delaney Herrin received a land grant in 1778 on Belews Creek 1779 James GAMMILL, Sr. . . . granted 800 acres of land on Blues Creek in Stokes Co., NC on December 10, 1779. 1782 Surry County Tax list CAPT. COOK'S DISTRICT with 280 A. on BELEWS CREEK John STONE with 1 poll. 1783 Hannah STONE married Daniel Barrow. They were living on Tom's Creek in 1795 when his brother, David, visited. David Barrow stayed with Elder John STONE at this time, waiting for Daniel to return home from Surry Court. >From North Carolina 1812-1814 MUSTER ROLLS 1812 - CONWAY STONE - listed in NC, Surry County Regiment, First Company [1790/Heather Cr. William's son] 1812 - EPHRAIM STONE - listed in NC, Surry County Regiment, First Company [1790/Heather Cr. William's son] 1812 - WILLIAM STONE - listed in NC, Stokes County Regiment, Sixth Company [1790/Heather Cr. William's son or 1790 Enoch's son] 1814 - ENOCH STONE - listed in NC, Surry, First Reg Mr [Enoch's son] 1850 The 1790/Heather Cr., William Stone's daughter, Hannah STONE, never married and can be found listed in the 1850 census living with her sister Mary and family. Excerpted from: Surry Co., North Carolina, Will Abstracts, Vols. 1-3, 1771- 1827; Abstracted and Compiled by Jo White LINN; Indexed by Edith Montcalm Clark; Published by Mrs. Stahle Linn, Jr., Salisbury, NC; Copyright,1974, by Jo Lynn White. p. 119: 23 Mar 1819; Recorded May Court 1821. Book 3, p. 147A. Will of William STONE. Sons: John STONE, William STONE, Ezekiel STONE, James STONE - $5 each. Sons Conway STONE & Ephraim STONE to get the homeplace. Three daus.: Nancy, Hannah, Sary. Mary has had her part. Exrs.: Conway STONE, Ephriam STONE. Wits: Enoch STONE, Ezekiel STONE, John BURCHAM. Proved by Enoch STONE. This email list is complimented by the STONE research page at http://www.genealogybuff.com/data.htm#Stone -------------------------------

Bob - I am very interested in the cohabitation bonds. I didn't know such things existed, except in the case of illegitimate children. Where are they found?

Bob, Do you have a link for the marriage bonds? Wanda

Hi Steven, The old marriage bonds didn't include ages so there is no way of telling. Seems like it was about 1868 when they started providing marriage certificates that listed the ages of the bride and groom and also their parents names and where they lived. I've got my marriage index files for Surry in a box so when I find them I'll look it up. Also, in the early days they also had couples married by a Baan, which was a religious ceremony and not codified in a document. I'm not up on the history of them, but seems like they were pronouncements in a church for 3 Sundays and if no one objected to it after that, then the couple was considered married. Then, there were the co-habitation bonds that were in existence too. Another story there. :-) Bob Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: <johnnylumen@comcast.net> To: <ncsurry-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: [NCSURRY] Old Marriage Bonds/Records > Need lookup, please, for old 1804 - 1810 marriage bonds/records: > > Marmaduke D. MITCHELL [aka M.D. Mitchell] m. Mary Bradley TUPPLE(?) > > Marmaduke would have been about 23 yrs in 1805. Mary would have been about > 18 yrs in 1805. > > Thank you. > r/Steven Mitchell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Need lookup, please, for old 1804 - 1810 marriage bonds/records: Marmaduke D. MITCHELL [aka M.D. Mitchell] m. Mary Bradley TUPPLE(?) Marmaduke would have been about 23 yrs in 1805. Mary would have been about 18 yrs in 1805. Thank you. r/Steven Mitchell

Need look up, please, for old marriage bonds/records somewhere between 1804 - 1810 for: Marmaduke D. MITCHELL [aka M.D. Mitchell] m. Mary Bradley Tupple(?). Mary would have been about 18 years old in 1805. Marmaduke would have been about 23 years old in 1805. Thank you. Steven Mitchell

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays From The Free State Of Patrick. Happy 75th Birthday (December 19) to Erie Meredith "Erie-sistible" Perry. Congradulations to my parents, Erie and Betty Perry, on their 49th wedding anniversary (December 21). Click Here To Read This Month's Newsletter. http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/thismonth This month’s newsletter is in memory of Eugene H. Copeland Sr., 98, of Fieldale, Virginia, who died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at Blue Ridge Rehab Center. He was born Aug. 25, 1908, to Isaac Austin Copeland and Bettie Hager Copeland. He is the father of Anne Copeland of the Bassett Historical Center. Memorials may be made to E.H. Copeland Memorial Fund, Bassett Historical Center, 3964 Fairystone Park Highway, Bassett, Va. 24055. Help The Building Fund of the Bassett Historical Center http://www.bassetthistoricalcenter.com/ http://www.brrl.lib.va.us/flyer.pdf Help The Patrick County Bookmobile Fund http://www.brrl.lib.va.us/bookmobile.htm Patrick County High School Alumni Association http://www.patrickalumni.com/index.html Annual Meeting and Social on Saturday, December 30th at 7:00 pm at the Williams' Barn. Please bring a covered dish for the meal. The Surry County Genealogy Assn. will meet 8 Jan. 2006 at 7:00 PM in the Teaching Auditorium at Surry Community College, Dobson, N. C. The speaker will be Tom Perry who will speak on, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" George Stoneman’s 1865 Raid This meeting is FREE and everyone is invited. For more information, call 1-336-755-9462, or email epdj1@earthlink.net Surry County Civil War Round Table will meet at the Mount Airy Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on January 2. Andy Cooper will be discussing Gettysburg. http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/sccwr.htm If you are not a member of the Free State Of Patrick Internet History Group and would like to receive the monthly email newsletter reply to this email with the word Add in the Subject line. www.freestateofpatrick.com

Have I shared with you the Denny family history covering the period 1810 - 1820 in White and Hamilton counties, TN? Ray Shirley rshirley@icx.net > [Original Message] > From: Richard Denney <rfdenney@insightbb.com> > To: Surry County NC <NCSURRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 12/18/2006 2:36:32 PM > Subject: [NCSURRY] Genealogy & Holidays > > > I would like to take this opportunity to wish all on the Surry County forum > HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Merry Christmas & best wishes for the New Year 2007 from my family tree to yours. > I have updated all of my family history GEDCOMS and uploaded to my web sites, please visit the below sites > to view my files. My GEDCOMS are also uploaded to Rootsweb & GenCircles. I > would like to sincerely thank all who have contributed to my success over > the past year, I have added over 2000 more people to my data base this past year for over > 56,800 that are associated with Samuel Denny of Surry County, NC. Without input > from kind people like you, my GEDCOMS would be nowhere near what they are > As most people on this list would know, Samuel Denny's roots are from Surry County, NC > and there are still thousands of descendants of his around that area. > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/denney/index.html > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/denney/Families.html > > I would also like to invite all of you to visit my holidays pages below for > some Christmas & New Years cheer. Also, visit the page of Dick Norton below. > Dick is a Denney friend who lives in Burbank, CA and has for years had award > winning displays at his home > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/special > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/newyears/ > > > http://www.nortonswinterwonderland.com/ > > Richard Denney > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Richard, http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~rdenney/joshua/n_0.htm#0 Please discard lois4@roman.net. New e-mail address: loisgrizzard@charter.net. OLD http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grizzard/watkins80.htm NEW http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grizzard/watkins.htm WRONG STATE (SC) The 1860 Pickens County, SC Census shows a Joshua Denny, age 82 (places birth about 1778), born in NC. In the same household there is a Adeline Denny age 62 born VA and a male, Em**ice Denny age 23 as a farm hand, born SC. RIGHT STATE (GA) The 1860 Pickens County, GA Census shows a Joshua Denny, age 82 (places birth about 1778), born in NC. In the same household there is a Adeline Denny age 62 born VA and a male, Em**ice Denny age 23 as a farm hand, born SC. Merry Christmas! Lois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Denney" <rfdenney@insightbb.com> To: "Surry County NC" <NCSURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:32 PM Subject: [NCSURRY] Genealogy & Holidays > > I would like to take this opportunity to wish all on the Surry County > forum > HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Merry Christmas & best wishes for the New Year 2007 from > my family tree to yours. > I have updated all of my family history GEDCOMS and uploaded to my web > sites, please visit the below sites > to view my files. My GEDCOMS are also uploaded to Rootsweb & GenCircles. I > would like to sincerely thank all who have contributed to my success over > the past year, I have added over 2000 more people to my data base this > past year for over > 56,800 that are associated with Samuel Denny of Surry County, NC. Without > input > from kind people like you, my GEDCOMS would be nowhere near what they are > As most people on this list would know, Samuel Denny's roots are from > Surry County, NC > and there are still thousands of descendants of his around that area. > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/denney/index.html > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/denney/Families.html > > I would also like to invite all of you to visit my holidays pages below > for > some Christmas & New Years cheer. Also, visit the page of Dick Norton > below. > Dick is a Denney friend who lives in Burbank, CA and has for years had > award > winning displays at his home > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/special > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/newyears/ > > > http://www.nortonswinterwonderland.com/ > > Richard Denney > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all on the Surry County forum HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Merry Christmas & best wishes for the New Year 2007 from my family tree to yours. I have updated all of my family history GEDCOMS and uploaded to my web sites, please visit the below sites to view my files. My GEDCOMS are also uploaded to Rootsweb & GenCircles. I would like to sincerely thank all who have contributed to my success over the past year, I have added over 2000 more people to my data base this past year for over 56,800 that are associated with Samuel Denny of Surry County, NC. Without input from kind people like you, my GEDCOMS would be nowhere near what they are As most people on this list would know, Samuel Denny's roots are from Surry County, NC and there are still thousands of descendants of his around that area. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/denney/index.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/denney/Families.html I would also like to invite all of you to visit my holidays pages below for some Christmas & New Years cheer. Also, visit the page of Dick Norton below. Dick is a Denney friend who lives in Burbank, CA and has for years had award winning displays at his home http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/special http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/7853/newyears/ http://www.nortonswinterwonderland.com/ Richard Denney

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December 5, Andy Cooper will begin a two part program on the Battle of Gettysburg at the Surry County Civil War Round Table meeting at the Mount Airy Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Click here to read this month's newsletter. http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/newsletter.htm This month Birthday History on December 8 and November 4. The Journey To Jamestown Begins 400 years ago this month. Tom Perry will speak to the Surry County NC Genealogical Society on January 8 at 7 p.m. at Surry Community College on Stoneman's Raid. "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." --Winston Churchill Tom Perry P. O. Box 50 Ararat VA 24053 276-692-5300 www.freestateofpatrick.com --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

Bob, Thank you for the Allen information. Any other Thomas or Richard Allen information is much appreciated. Judson Allen Croft New Zealand ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:53:05 -0500 > From: "Bob Carter" <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Thomas ALLEN, Surry County, early 1800s > To: <ncsurry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <047b01c70869$8ecc7220$99d2b941@D6F1DT91> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi Judson, > > I don't have those ALLEN names, but I do have some others that are probably > related to them. My ancestors are PATTERSON and WHITAKER from Surry County, > but I try and take some surveys of cemeteries in Surry when I can make it up > there. > > Anyway, there is a J. W. ALLEN cemetery located on Ayers Road which is just > southwest of Pilot Mountain, meaning the mountain itself. It's a > well-maintained cemetery and the GPS coordinates are: 36.18.31.2 N, > 080.28.58.5 W, elevation is about 975 ft. I surveyed the cemetery last May, > 2006. Location is . . . . From the intersection of US Hwy 52 & NC Hwy 268 > in Pilot Mountain travel south on US Hwy 52 for 5.00 miles to the Pinnacle > exit on the right. At end of ramp, turn right onto Perch Rd and go 0.95 > mile and turn right on Mt. Zion Church Rd. Then go 2.1 miles until Mt. Zion > Church Rd dead ends. Then left on Pinnacle Hotel Rd for .5 miles to Ayers > Rd; then left on Ayers Rd for .4 miles, and cemetery is on left. > > Earliest marker is John ALLEN, b. 1-20-1807, d. 11-10-1902. His wife is > Malinda BROWN, b. 7-19-1808, d. 3-2-1891. Presume the "J. W. ALLEN" name is > for this John ALLEN. > > Will try and post the other names later when I can get them transcribed. > > Bob Carter > Greensboro, NC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jud croft" <jud.croft@xtra.co.nz> > To: <NCSURRY@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:42 AM > Subject: [NCSURRY] Thomas ALLEN, Surry County, early 1800s > > > > To Gwenn - and anyone else able to help > > > > Your offer to assist has been a great help to many of us - thank you so > > much! > > > > I continue (with no success) to search for information about my family of > > Allens in NC in early 1800s. It seems that Allen must be the most common > > surname in the state. I seek any information about a Thomas Allen, married > > Majincy (?). What little information I have is listed below. I believe > > this Thomas Allen lived in Surry County but I have no idea if he was born > > there. If you can link anything you have found to this Allen family I > > would love to receive it. > > > > One bit of detail that may help to make a link is that my > > great-grandfather was Richard Young Allen. I have located many Allens with > > 'Young' in their name. One helpful person emailed me to say that with > > "Young" in the NC Allen family name there is a good chance my ancestors > > might have come from Lunenburg County. I really don't have any idea where > > to look to find this Thomas and his predecessors. > > > >> Thomas ALLEN was born on 25 Sep 1814 in ,?, NC. He was enumerated in the > >> census of 1850 on 14 Sep 1850 in South District, Surry County, NC. He was > >> married to Majincy before 1844. Majincy was born on 7 Nov 1816 in , , NC. > >> Children were: > >> > >> i. Anna Elizabeth ALLEN. > >> ii. Louisa J ALLEN was born on 13 Oct 1846 in , , NC. > >> iii. Thomas M ALLEN was born on 18 Feb 1849 in , , NC. > >> iv. John Henry ALLEN was born on 14 Jun 1851. > >> v. Richard Young Allen was born about 1853. > >> v. Lee J ALLEN was born on 20 Mar 1855. > >> vi. Margret E ALLEN was born on 20 Mar 1857 in , , NC. She died after > >> 1920. > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > Judson Croft > > Auckland, New Zealand > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NCSURRY list administrator, send an email to > NCSURRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NCSURRY mailing list, send an email to NCSURRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NCSURRY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 28 > **************************************

Have posted a survey of Copeland Baptist Church cemetery at the following location. Hope this helps some of you with missing links. http://www.genealogy.mountainscape.com/surrycousins/Churches.htm Bob Carter Greensboro, NC