First to clarify; The UsGenWeb project is a fantastic idea. It has given us all lots of useful information. It has some very wonderful and dedicated volunteers. Deep down inside I support the concepts of the project. But then there is Jane Moyer - County Coordinator for Transylvania, Swain, Henderson, & Macon Counties. Okay - we have all moaned and groaned over the complete lack of info from our county GenWeb site. I've complained numerous times over the past two years to county, state & national level and been rudely told to basicaly shut up by the former National Coordinator. Jane even has copyright violations on her history page - and she copied erroneous information. Well she just "updated" her page Still didn't fix the broken link Still didn't remove the out-of-print book that is listed for sale She didn't actually write a personally researched County History page Just sent off another big gripe letter to county, state, and national levels. Last round I was told that they needed more than just one person complaining. So I'm inviting you to join in County level writeus@gpsbooks.com State level ncgen@mindspring.com National level bwills@ionia.net Anyone want to offer to take over as coordinator? I know they won't let me do it (we have had that discussion before - that's why I went with ALHN) But I would be happy to help out anyone who wants to create a useful site for this wonderful county our ancestors called home. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

For anyone interested in subscribing The Tranylvania Times PO Box 32 Brevard, NC 28712 Out of county rates: $10.00 for 3 months $16.00 for 6 months $26.00 for 12 months published Monday & Thursday Editor Stella Trapp is planning to begin regular local history columns soon. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

E.D. Reid is probably Elijah D. Reid, b. 10-1858 per 1900 census of Trans. Co. J.D. Reid = Jefferson Davis Reid, b. 1861 per 1880 census S.R. Reid = Samuel R. Reid, b. 5-1862 per 1900 census J.H. Reid = John Henry Reid, Jr., b. 7-1869 per 1900 census Could Lizzie Alexander be dtr. Susan E. Reid, b. 1864 (1880 census)? I don't have a spouse listed for her. Also dtrs. Judy Reid, b. 1866 and Margaret, b. 1856 that I have no spouses for. Hope someone else can be more definite about this. Shawna A Germina (Jemima?) m. Loureso Glazner on 9-22-1872 at the home of J. Reid by J.L. Fisher

Linda,and other old document readers! That didn't come out quite the way I meant it,but in case you haven't seen it ,check out this url. http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html Keep up the good work Jerry Owen

At 11:01 AM 1/31/99 -0500, Linda Hoxit Raxter wrote: >For all you Reid fans out there. That's me! John H. was John Henry "Ziz" Reid, b.4/14/1828 in S. C., d. 11/12/1904, buried at Union Cemetery. >E.D. Reid.......................Elijah D. Reid, 1858-1945, m. Annie A., both buried at Toxaway Baptist Church (Lakeside) Cemetery. >Million Reid (widow)............Millie Ann McCall, 8/23/1829 - 5/21/1912, dau of John McCall and Elizabeth Glazner, bur. at Union with her husband. >J.D. Reid.......................possibly Jefferson Reid, b. abt. 1861 (1880 Transylvania census). >John H. Reid....................John Henry ("jr."), b. abt. 1868 (1880 census). >S.R. Reid.......................Samuel R. Reid, b. abt. 1862 (1880 census). >Lizzie Alexander................Eh1? Susan E. Reid?, b. abt 1864 (1880 census). >M------h Fisher.................Eh2? Marget Reid?, b. abt 1856 (1880 census). >Jer----a Glazener...............Eh3? >heirs of Malinda Robinson.......Eh4? Might have said that this was his sister, but she married John B. "Dick" Owen. Second marriage name? Don't know of a second marriage. Reids not mentioned above (as far as I can tell): Martha Jane who married Henry Woodfin Miller Judy, b. abt. 1866 (1880 census) Roda L., b. abt. 1872 (" " ) I've wondered about some of these children. Martha Jane is the only one I have children for. Nothing much on the others, except Elijah and wife's dates. Would love to track down more descendants. Hope this helps! Philip Philip Sheppard Beaufort, South Carolina ************************ Rootsweb Sponsor and Listowner NCMACON-L, NCTRANSY-L, NCSWAIN-L, NCJACKSO-L ************************ Look ups: 1850 Macon County, North Carolina Census 1870, 1880 Transylvania County, North Carolina Census Macon County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1829-1939 Marriage Bonds of Haywood and Jackson Counties, North Carolina ************************

For all you Reid fans out there. I just got his estate records in from Raleigh. Not much - but they did get that ever critical list of heirs. L.M. Glazener was appointed administrator 29NOV1904 Estimated value of estate was $100.00 Heirs!!! >From application for Letters of Administration E.D. Reid Million Reid (widow) J.D. Reid John H. Reid S.R. Reid Lizzie Alexander M------h Fisher Jer----a Glazener and heirs of Malinda Robinson Desceased Signatures on letter to Inferior Court Milean Reid (signed w/ mark) E.D. Reid Jane Miler (signed w/ mark) J.D. Reid J.H. Reid S.R. Reid Can anyone fill in the blanks (bad handwriting) or put names by the initials? -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

Last night, I found some interesting details about the Deavor/Deaver House: http://www.cofc.edu/~deavorj/dhouse.htm Joe D. Deaver jdeaver@eaze.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Hoxit Raxter [mailto:lraxter@CITCOM.NET] > Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 12:30 PM > To: NCTRANSY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Sneak peek at the latest Allison Deavor House report > > > The Historical Society hired a dendrochonologist to help deterine when > the house was built. The basic concept is to take a sample of wood and > check the tree rings against nearby wood of a known age. > > Wednesday when I was hangin' down at archives, they had just received > the initial findings over the phone. > > 1816 > > The tree was still growing in 1815 before is was chopped down and used > to build a wall. > > I'll give you all more info when we get the full report in. > > > -- > Linda Hoxit Raxter > http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net > Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! > American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator > Related to at least half the county at least once ; ) >

The Historical Society hired a dendrochonologist to help deterine when the house was built. The basic concept is to take a sample of wood and check the tree rings against nearby wood of a known age. Wednesday when I was hangin' down at archives, they had just received the initial findings over the phone. 1816 The tree was still growing in 1815 before is was chopped down and used to build a wall. I'll give you all more info when we get the full report in. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

Deaver House: Another site is at http://www.cofc.edu/~deavorj/dhouse.htm The Transylvania Times newspaper has had numerous articles on it. They are at P.O. Box 32 Brevard, NC 28712 (704) 883-8156. A subscription is not expensive. Good luck. Cynthia Raxter Bynum, NC ---NCTRANSY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > NCTRANSY-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 9 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Deaver House? ["Joe D. Deaver" <jdeaver@eaze.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCTRANSY-D, send a message to > > NCTRANSY-D-request@rootsweb.com > > 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. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > > I have been researching my ancestry (Deaver) for 2-3 weeks now, mostly on > the net since I live in Texas and all of the early Deavers are from NC. > Although most of my ancestors lived in Buncombe and Haywood Counties, I > noticed a historical reference occasionally to a William Deaver House in > Transylvania County that was recently restored. One of my earliest > ancestors in NC was William Deaver, who was born in the early 1700s in VA, > but lived most of his life in western NC until he died around 1805. > > I found one archaeology page which gave some info on this historic house, > but would love more. Does anyone know of any brochures, books, or websites > which would satisfy my curiosity? This is the site I saw: > http://www.arch.dcr.state.nc.us/sites/deaver.htm > > Thanks! > > Joe D. Deaver > Arlington, Texas > jdeaver@eaze.net > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I have been researching my ancestry (Deaver) for 2-3 weeks now, mostly on the net since I live in Texas and all of the early Deavers are from NC. Although most of my ancestors lived in Buncombe and Haywood Counties, I noticed a historical reference occasionally to a William Deaver House in Transylvania County that was recently restored. One of my earliest ancestors in NC was William Deaver, who was born in the early 1700s in VA, but lived most of his life in western NC until he died around 1805. I found one archaeology page which gave some info on this historic house, but would love more. Does anyone know of any brochures, books, or websites which would satisfy my curiosity? This is the site I saw: http://www.arch.dcr.state.nc.us/sites/deaver.htm Thanks! Joe D. Deaver Arlington, Texas jdeaver@eaze.net

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------34175535B7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All This is from another list I am on,but I think you will find the maps very interesting.I know I did. Jerry Owen --------------34175535B7F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Delivered-To: ebsinc@texoma.net Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by mail.texoma.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A21D437E; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:43:45 -0600 (CST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA21679 for ebsinc@texoma.net; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:43:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:43:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36AFDD8C.A01DF166@ncnatural.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:46:20 -0500 From: Tim Treadwell <birdsong@ncnatural.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Movement of Families-Visual Aids References: <002801be4a59$a89c1a60$18567dce@John.worldnet.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"IUDC5.A.ZKF.0y9r2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4658 X-Loop: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ROWANROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Greetings, With all the recent discussion of migration routes, I thought a few visual aids might be a help. I put a few maps up at "http://ncnatural.com/maps/". Of the four in that directory, probably the best ones are "1820roads.jpg", "paths&towns.jpg" and "ethnic.jpg". They're all pretty large files because I wanted to retain the detail. "1820roads.jpg" shows the main routes of travel in eastern America along with areas of settlement to 1820. "paths&towns.jpg" shows most of the Indian towns, white settlements and roads large and small in use from 1660 to 1775. "ethnic.jpg" shows the main routes that various nationalities traveled into the state. Hope these will make it a little cleare for everyone. And while I'm posting, does anyone have any info on Elmer Andrew Stewart who married 3/14/1880 in Iredell Co., Sarah Banner Washam? They lived in the area from Mooresville to Huntersville in Mecklenberg Co. there children included Mac, Bertha, Nellie, Hylie, Fred, Jack and Andrew Doyt, born 10/12/1896 in Huntersville. Also researching Morrow, Thompson, Mayhew, Day and Barkeley. cheers, Tim Treadwell ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== The purpose of this list is the discussion of "Old Rowan" genealogy and history. Please ensure that your message is on topic. --------------34175535B7F--

The Transylvania Times called today and wants me to start writing a monthly history column for the newspaper. Not sure when it will start, but I'll be posting them on my web page for all you far away folks. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

<blushing> I appear to have misplaced the personal e-mail address I was supposed to send this info to. So everyone please pretend you are interesed in the Crary family while I post this to the list. Oak Grove Cemetery, Brevard, NC Was a Methodist Church - now Independant Baptist Not the Oak Grove Baptist in Quebec (Hogback twp) one row of graves in the Crary plot in order May E. Crary 04MAY1900 to 24NOV1988 Truman Bishop Crary 02MAY1875 to 21JAN1966 Marie Alice Crary 15DEC1893 to 12AUG1961 Edna C. Jones Crary 18MAR1873 to 29MAR1919 Joe Bishop Crary 20SEP1912 to 25APR1937 there is also a memorial In Memory of Jack Oliver Crary 26AUG1925 to 10JAN1945 Killed in Action WWII Buried in Luxembourg, Germany Now I'll just go back to pretending I am organized. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

I've gone professional - but there is a reason. Transylvania, like most counties, does not have staff to do research for out of town folks. We did have one lady in the Reg of Deeds office doing a little bit of research on her own time, but she is retiring. What used to happen is folks would get a letter saying to hire a professional. Now I have learned that they are sending this plus my name (I guess since I hang out there so much). We used to have a professional genealogist, but she died. This all means that if you live in say Texas and need some local documentation on say some Deavors you have to hire a lawyer. And I really have no personal desire to research Deavors since I'm not connected to them (Amazing. eh?). I was discussing this with the new local Archives Chairman and we concluded that my offering some professional services would be beneficial. Anyway, charges will only be for very in depth research of local government documents. I'm still friendly. And I'll still be posting free stuff as fast as I can. If you want the details http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree/services.html -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )

Dear Friends, cousins, and members of the Macon and Transylvania County Lists: Some of you will receive this twice, but I wanted to make sure everyone got the notice and could pass it along to others you may know of. I have set up TWO new county lists, one for Swain County, North Carolina, and the other for Jackson County, North Carolina (Yes, I must be nuts for wanting to manage four lists!). You may subscribe in the usual manner: For Swain County: Message to NCSWAIN-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word subscribe in the body of the message. For Jackson County: Message to NCJACKSO-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word subscribe in the body of the message. Note that it's not JacksoN, but Jackso. If you want the digest version of these lists, put the letter 'D' where the 'L' is in the address. I haven't set up my welcome message yet, but will soon. Those of you with web pages that deal with these counties have my permission to put a notice on your pages. I would love it if you would! Many kind regards, Philip Sheppard Rootsweb Sponsor and Listowner NCMACON, NCTRANSY, NCSWAIN, NCJACKSO

Did you notice, on one of your visits to Lakeside, all the little stones that had Fisher Reunion (or some such)? Wonder when those were put there and if they were just identifying the graves or just the graves of Fishers... Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Fisher Reunion Association over the years have tried to place markers at all unmarked graves in the cemetery, when it is known for sure who is buried where. As to the cause of death that said some unreadable word plus stones and something, must be something to do with the gallbladder, maybe cholecystitis or cholelithiasis. Most of the people seemed to have graduated from the Hooked on Phonics School of Spelling back then <G>. Shawna

At 08:16 AM 1/7/99 -0500, MS GIGI M CREEL wrote: >My grandfather, William Alfred FOSTER, was moved to Lake Toxaway >Lakeside Cemetary when HWY 441 was built through the family farm >cemetary in Rabun Co, GA. According to his Lakeside tombstone, he >died in 1927. Think the highway was built in the 1940's. My gmother, >Cora GALLOWAY died in 1948 and is buried next to him at Lakeside. > >____ >Gigi Foster Creel (Virginia Lee Foster) Cousin Gigi, Did you notice, on one of your visits to Lakeside, all the little stones that had Fisher Reunion (or some such)? Wonder when those were put there and if they were just identifying the graves or just the graves of Fishers... Rufus Galloway wasn't moved to Lakeside until Susan Butler Galloway died in 1955, some 15 years after he died. Philip

Morning folks, Well, for me it pays to get the Transylvania Times. In the December 31st edition, I found an obit for Libby O. Ammons, a daughter of Wiley and Ellie Galloway Owen. Now I have another set of names to enter in a family in which I had only two infants buried at Jackson Owen Cemetery. Let me know if you want the obit. Regards, Philip Sheppard Beaufort, South Carolina

My grandfather, William Alfred FOSTER, was moved to Lake Toxaway Lakeside Cemetary when HWY 441 was built through the family farm cemetary in Rabun Co, GA. According to his Lakeside tombstone, he died in 1927. Think the highway was built in the 1940's. My gmother, Cora GALLOWAY died in 1948 and is buried next to him at Lakeside. ____ Gigi Foster Creel (Virginia Lee Foster) My URL: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8630

Philip Sheppard wrote: > >Rufus McLelland Galloway b. 08APR1868 Wolf Mountain > > Wolf Mountain - Jackson County, right? Right. My Dad just bought Grandpa's birth place on top of the mountain. 60 acres of paradise - and Christmas Trees. Flat Creek Tree Farm goes way beyond Flat Creek these days. My Great Grandpa used to WALK from Wolf Mountain to the Balsam Grove area to work for Gloucester Lumber Company. > > >Buried Enon > > And moved later to Toxaway Baptist Church Cemetery. I just tidied the stacks of stuff and can't find my cemetery book at the moment. What is with moving all these folks to Lakeside Cemetery (What local folks call Lake Toxaway Baptist Church Cemetery 'cause we like shorter names)? There are lots of folks up there who have been moved from somewhere else. Starting to wonder if there are any original burials <g>. You would thinks these folks could at least stay still for us after they die. Do you know any removal details? Anyway, the paperwork says buried 15OCT1940 in Enon by Osborne & Simpson, Undertaker. Other interesting note - His wife's name is spelled "Susand". > > > >Wed (no middle name) Galloway b. 14JUL1887 Jackson County, NC > >Daddy - Cliffoed(their typo) Galloway Mommy - Pernelia Owen > >Died Cathey's Creek twp - 07NOV1966 - Carcinoma Prostate > > This would be Wedia G. Galloway. What kind of name is Wedia for a > boy?!?!?!?!!! Wonder where he was buried... Shame on me for skipping that detail. The certificate says Calvert Cemetery - that would probably be Mt. Moriah Calvert Bapt. Church in Rosman. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )