This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdarnall1 Surnames: FREEMAN, RUBALM Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/46.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Pam, I have very little information about Lydia Freeman and her husband, Joshua Rubalm. Below is all I've been able to find: Lydia Freeman,daughter of Moses Freeman and [--Fanny?--], was reportedly born Aug 17, 1799 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina; died Jan 31, 1867 in Flat Creek, North Carolina. Documentation for her includes her father's probate record, in which she was named. She married Joshua Rubalm, who was also named in her father's probate record. Can you please share information about the children of Lydia Freeman and Joshua Rubalm? Thanks so much! Jean 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Pam_Tubbs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/46.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am a descendant of Moses and Mary Fanny Freeman. Are there no records to prove that Lydia was there daughter? 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdkilp Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/691.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I know of 3 town names under Fontana: Procter, Judson, and Hazel Creek. Try searching for them (obviously, state of NC), and you can probably find some names. Jenkins and Collins families were there, for sure. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdarnall2 Surnames: FREEMAN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/46.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is your Robert H. FREEMAN a descendant of Rev. Moses FREEMAN [b.1744 in Wilkes Co., NC-d. 1859 in Madison Co., NC]? He married 2x, but the names of his wives are not documented. He and his family lived for a time in Buncombe Co., NC, but records were reportedly destroyed, making it difficult to document and construct the family. Parents of Rev. Moses FREEMAN were Aaron FREEMAN [1745-1825] and Mary BENTLEY [b. abt 1749-d. abt 1820]. Their children, in addition to Rev. Moses FREEMAN, were: Joshua, Jesse, Thomas, Isaac, Aaron Posey, James, John, and some Unk. children. Children of Rev. Moses FREEMAN were: William, Green Hill, Lydia, Mary, Moses, Susan, Ailsey Beth, Tabitha, and Elisha. If you're of this family, I would love to connect and exchange information. Best regards, Jean 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vnations11 Surnames: Freeman, Davis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/46.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Monica, Just got back online and found your reply to my post about Robert Freeman and Lucy Davis. Would love to talk with you if you are still interested. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TMThomas865 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/348.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Rachel is buried in Bakersville, NC. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: edwinshook Surnames: buckner, mcelrath-mcelroy, crisp and rose Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/851.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I sent this to my sister who is the genealogy person in the family...if you would like to contact her by email I am sure she will be glad to work with you. She says she does have all the info. on these families. Her name is Loretta Cline and her email is: olette24@yahoo.com Good luck in your search. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kylekillian76 Surnames: SMITH Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1708/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for information regarding my great grandmother Jennie L. SMITH. Her date of birth is 8/14/1883 and was born in NC, not sure what county. She is 100% Cherokee Indian. Her date of death is 4/13/1968 and married Charlie Ellis Stillwell on 12/15/1902 in Burke County. I am actually trying to find her on the Baker Roll of 1924. Any help will be greatly appreciated... Please respond to kylekillian@embarqmail.com for any ideas or info. Regards 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GarnetteSprinkle Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/348.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My interest in James Henry and Rachel Thomas was to identify Rachel's maiden name.SW Bailey responded that she was the daughter of Thomas and Nancy Silver Robertson (Robinson). I descend from Thomas and Nancy Silver Robinson's son, William Riley Robinson. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jlcrisp1 Surnames: Crisp, Buckner, Rathbone Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/851.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am the grandson of Hettie Buckner Crisp. Donnie is my uncle. I have recently gotten interested in my heritage and have been doing some light research. (I am a novice at this). I will tell you what I know. I think Donnie and my Dad, Thomas are the only living children. Hettie married later in life to Russel Roark in Union, SC. That may help. I have been told that my Great Grandmother (Hettie's Mom) was a Rathbone and that my Great Grandfather was a photographer. They lived in Jasper, GA. Once their Mother died, the kids moved to Swain County, NC. Things are fuzzy before that. My Dad says that my Grandmother was an American Indian, but he can't remember her first name or my Grandfather's name. Maybe you can help fill in that gap. Thanks 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TMThomas865 Surnames: Thomas, Silver, Robertson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/348.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James Henry is my great-grandfather. His son Newt is my grandfather. I have pictures of both James Henry and Newt. James Henry is supposedly burried at Thomas Chapel in Bryson City. Newt is burried near Roane Mountain. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: firearrow1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1707/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Our history is in danger ! Please sign the online petition to save the Trading Ford NC site at http://www.petitiononline.com/trading/petition.html . The Trading Ford contains Revolutionary and Civil War battlegrounds as well as other history spanning thousands of years . The importance of the Trading Ford NC historic site was most recently recognized in Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States in June 2008. Despite this recognition, careless development continues to threaten the site.The latest threat is by the Duke Energy Company, who wants to build a power plant DIRECTLY ATOP the site of Greene's Crossing ! During the "Race to the Dan River Campaign" in 1781, Greene drew Cornwallis into a trap that would be sprung at Yorktown with Cornwallis' surrender. In Feb 1781, Greene and his men eluded almost certain capture and annihilation by Cornwallis by crossing the Yadkin at the Trading Ford in the night while Cornwallis slept. After the crossing, the river rose , preventing the British from crossing . If not for Greene's Crossing, there would have been no Battle of Guilford Courthouse and probably no surrender at Yorktown. We might all be paying taxes to the Crown ! This is an issue for ALL Americans, not just North Carolinians. Please sign the petition first, and if you'd like to further participate in an email campaign, then go to http://www.carolina-patriot.com/tradingford.html where email and web addresses have been organized . Thanks ! Nancy Holmes Simpson, PhD For www.trading-ford.org 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mabeone Surnames: Watkins, Simmons, Darrh, Bowers, Queen, Davis, Rummage, Duncan, Buck, Thacker, Aldish, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1706/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MOUNT AIRY - Victoria Watkins Simmons, 86, of Mount Airy, formerly of Carolina House, Lexington, passed away Thursday morning, Nov. 27, 2008, at Golden Living Center in Mount Airy. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Among the survivors is a daughter, Donna Darrh and husband, Mike, of Mount Airy. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net. Mt Airy News 29 Nov 2008 ----- Victoria Watkins Simmons, age 86 of Mt. Airy, formerly of Carolina House, Lexington passed away Thursday morning (11-27-2008) at Golden Living Center in Mt. Airy. Graveside service will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday (12-3-2008) at Forest Hill Memorial Park and burial will follow at Forest Hill. She loved her God, family and extended family, and was born in Swain County, NC June 2, 1922 to John Alexander Watkins and Harriet Bowers Watkins. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Basil Simmons October 15, 1984, two sons, Barry Simmons (10-27-2007 and Dale Simmons (03-27-2008) brothers, Albert, Hobart, Charlie, Dewey, Walter, Alex, Floyd, Jimmy, and Hanzy Simmons and a sister Dora Queen Davis. Surviving are: two daughters, Shirley Rummage and husband Larry of Lexington and Donna Darrh and husband Mike of Mt. Airy; one son, Auburn "Kaye" Simmons of Tazewell, Virginia; Ten grandchildren, Rhonda Duncan and Wanda Rummage of Lexington, Clay and Mark Simmons of New Mexico, Scott Simmons, Vickie Buck and Joel Simmons all of Washington, Heather Simmons of New Mexico, Jon Simmons of Anchorage, Alaska and Meagan Simmons of Lexington; fourteen great grandchildren, Korbyn Duncan, Madison Simmons, Hyatt Simmons, Brittany Simmons, Cloe Simmons, Sydney Simmons, Hannah Buck, Dalton Buck, Cole Buck, Faith Buck, Elizabeth Simmons, Ryan Simmons, Nathan Simmons and Sarah Simmons; former daughter-in-law Joan Thacker of Bellingham, Washington; and a special friend, Sue Aldish of Lexington The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net Davidson Funeral Home 29 Nov 2008 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: d68692 Surnames: WALKER PILKEY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/237.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: new email address--d68692@yahoo.com 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: d68692 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/405.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: new email address----d68692@yahoo.com 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: grantlgbg Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1705/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would like to know if someone could copy an obit for me on a William Burrell d. 13 Apr 1990 in Swain Co. Thank You 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: crperrysr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1704.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a Texas Wiggins, b. 1/29/1877 who is listed on a North Carolina Certificate of Death for Gaston County,NC with a date of death of 9/22/1971. He father is Jim Wiggins and her mother is Susan Jenkins which would tie in with the grandmother on the following census. This lists her as single and the Elizabeth Jenkins is listed as her widowed grandmother. There are a number of Jenkins living right beside of her on the census page: 1910 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Texas Wiggins Age in 1910: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: North Carolina Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: North Carolina Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina Home in 1910: Charleston, Swain, North Carolina Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Texas Wiggins 30 Willie Wiggins 14 Casper Wiggins 9 Lizzie Wiggins 7 Elizabeth Jenkins 89 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Charleston, Swain, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1123; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 386. The reporting person on the Death Certificate is Mrs. Fred Cunningham. I have a relative named Fred Cunningham who was born in Swain County, NC. I would be interested in comparing notes to see if there is a tie in. I have some Jenkins and lots of Cunninghams in my data base. Please email me directly at crperrysr@comcast.net 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jcunningham59 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1704/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm searching for the father of Dora Elizabeth Wiggins. She had two brother Will and Casper. Their mother Texas Wiggins never married their father. All grow up in Bryson City, NC. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wdunncpa Surnames: Freeman , Henson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/173.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have some info in my family tree on these individuals. Thomas H. is my 3rd great grandfather. Please contact me directly at dunnfamily57@verizon.net Bill Dunn 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.

I'm seeking information on John Mashburn born 1820, his wife lydia Roberstson Mashburn. I think they lived for a time in the area called Dorsey possibly on Panther Creek. they had a son named Albert Mashburn born around 1844 possibly in Rabun Co. Ga. or Macon Co. N.C. Albert Mashburn married Margaret Crisp born in 1850 in Macon Co. N.C. Margaret Crisp was the daughter of Nathan Crisp & Jane Crisp. does anyone know who the parents of John Mashburn ?