Hi List, Just to let you know, in case some of you aren't subscribed to the Chatham Co., list. Or weren't, last year, when I posted the deeds. I have now put them all up on the county page, to be viewed at any time. So many Wake people were in Chatham, too, that these may be helpful. They aren't indexed, but are searchable, by using your "edit" and "find in page" options, in your tool bar. Hope this will help you all. I will get more up as I can get them typed up. Right now, I'm working on the marriage bonds from the microfilm. So many of you have expressed interest in them. Sue http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncchatha/chatham.htm

--part1_cc.27cae21.25f96bad_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_cc.27cae21.25f96bad_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Mar 2000 06:54:37 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Mar 2000 06:54:20 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA01239; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 03:50:30 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 03:50:30 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 06:49:47 EST Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 67 Subject: [GOODWIN] In Case you didn't get this classic Ancestry Daily News, 29 February 2000 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1133 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] ============================================================ "MISCONCEPTIONS," by Michael John Neill <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ This is a semi-serious look at some misconceptions that genealogists (and non-genealogists) have about family history. 1) WE ALL HAVE A FAMOUS ANCESTOR, SOMEWHERE. I've got the names of over three hundred of my ancestors and have yet to have any of them qualify as "famous." In some cases, you may want to reconsider being related to someone famous. Hard-working, law-abiding relatives are nothing to be ashamed of. Try and document your ancestors accurately, whether they were famous or not. 2) THERE ARE NO "EARLY" BABIES OR SHADY STORIES IN MY FAMILY TREE. Trace your ancestry completely for six generations and then we will talk. 3) THERE WERE THREE BROTHERS WITH THE LAST NAME OF [TAKEYOURPICK] WHO CAME TO AMERICA. WE DESCEND FROM THE YOUNGEST (OLDEST, MIDDLE, TALLEST, SMARTEST, ETC.) If this is true, then the number of families who had three sons is beyond statistical expectations. Check it out. 4) IMMIGRANTS WERE ALL POOR. There's no doubt that the vast majority of them were and came to America with only the clothes on their backs. Once in a while though, you'll find one who had a little bit of money and came to America hoping to make more. 5) LIFE BEFORE 1900 WAS ONE OF BUCOLIC PASTORAL BLISS, DOTTED BY BARN RAISINGS AND CHURCH SOCIALS. Life before 1900 was hard. No running water, no electricity, no law (in some areas), rudimentary medical care (if any), child labor, and few of life's creature comforts. This only scratches the surface. I'm not even so certain life was "simple." If I want a loaf of bread, I go to the store. Great-great-grandma likely did not. 6) EVERYONE LIKES TO HEAR THE TALES OF "NOTORIOUS" ANCESTORS. Not everyone will think the story of great-great-great-grandma's four husbands, two divorces, involvement in a murder, and the running of a tavern should be included in the family history. 7) CENSUS AGES ARE ALWAYS CORRECT. You must be kidding. 8) OFFICIAL RECORDS SHOULD NOT CONTAIN ERRORS. They do. The best way to deal with it is to try and research around it where possible. 9) GENEALOGISTS ARE ALL RETIRED. Not so. There are genealogists out there who have yet to hit forty or retirement. If you see one who has yet to hit puberty, tell them to interview their grandparents now. Most of all encourage them, gently. 10) GENEALOGY IS NOT AN INTELLECTUAL HOBBY. Ever tried to read through (and understand) sixty pages of court records from the 1840s? I've taken calculus exams that made more sense. Same thing goes for platting property in metes and bounds. Talk about applied mathematics. 11) MY FAMILY HAS A CASTLE IN EUROPE. Some did, but don't believe it until you see it. Don't really believe it until you see the deed, title, etc. 12) MY ANCESTOR SERVED WITH WASHINGTON, LEE, GRANT, ETC. Choose your war . . . take your pick. There are lots of these stories. Check them out before believing them. Document your ancestor's service, accurately. 13) I GOT IT ON THE INTERNET, THEREFORE IT MUST BE TRUE. Nope. 14) I GOT IT ON THE INTERNET, THEREFORE IT MUST BE FALSE. Nope. 15) I CAN DO MY GENEALOGY ENTIRELY VIA THE INTERNET. Nope. 16) I CAN DO MY GENEALOGY WITHOUT THE INTERNET. Possibly, but it really saves time. 17) THE RECORDS IN STATE Y ARE CLOSING BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED TO THE GENEALOGY MAILING LIST FOR THAT STATE. Check out rumors before you spread them. Think before you forward or copy and paste this type of information to other people or lists. [Editor's Note: For more on this, see the FGS Suggested Steps for Action in the Feb. 9 Ancestry Daily News at: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/columns/dailyarchive/02-09-00.htm#4] 18) I CAN DO ALL MY RESEARCH ONLY USING VITAL RECORDS, OBITUARIES, AND CENSUS RECORDS. Goodness! There's a vast treasure trove of other sources out there that you can utilize. 19) MY SURNAME HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPELLED THE SAME WAY, WE NEVER CHANGED IT. Maybe, but then again, maybe not. 20) EVERYONE REPLIES TO E-MAIL IMMEDIATELY. Some genealogists have non-genealogy commitments, such as family and employment. Be patient and wait a few days before posting a follow-up e-mail. 21) I CAN TRACE MY ANCESTRY IN ONE AFTERNOON AT THE COMPUTER. Time for a reality check. 22) I CAN TRACE MY ANCESTORS IN AN AFTERNOON AT THE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER. (See number 21) 23) SOMEONE HAS ALREADY TRACED MY ENTIRE FAMILY TREE. I JUST HAVE TO FIND IT. That's the tricky part--finding it! Then comes the fun of documenting it. 24) DOCUMENTATION IS ONLY FOR GENEALOGICAL GEEKS WHO GET CHEAP THRILLS BY ASKING, "WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?" How will you ever compare three different birth dates for Grandpa if you don't know where you obtained each date? 25) GENEALOGISTS ARE NUTS. More likely they are truly focused on their research. However, one correspondent told me that working on genealogy "beats spending all my free time at a bar." 26) GENEALOGISTS ARE RUDE AT THE COURTHOUSE OR LIBRARY. Genealogists are people and a few are rude. Just make certain it's not you. No family historian wants to walk into the courthouse just after the most obnoxious genealogist on the planet has left the building. 27) GENEALOGY IS BORING. You must be kidding. I've learned a great deal about history, culture, and myself researching my own family. 28) YOU OUGHT TO BE DONE WITH THAT FAMILY HISTORY BY NOW. Well, I would except every time I find one ancestor I have two more parents to learn about. 29) THERE IS ONE BEST GENEALOGICAL SOFTWARE PACKAGE. Most have their pros and cons. Pick one that works for you, keep alert for new packages, but only change when you have good reason to. Time spent upgrading and upgrading and constantly learning new packages can be spent doing research. 30) YOU ARE COMPLETELY ADDICTED IF YOU SEARCH THE INGREDIENT LIST OF YOUR BREAKFAST CEREAL FOR YOUR ANCESTRAL SURNAMES. This is likely true, but I'm not admitting to this one in public! ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2000, Michael John Neill. Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including Ancestry and Genealogical Computing. 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Good day to everyone, I am looking for by ggggrandfather, John HARRISON b. abt. 1808 in NC He married ________ HARRIS. I found in the 1850 Wake Co. NC Census the following person 17 486 486 HARRISON John age 54 Male Farmer Does any one know this John HARRISON? If so, please email me.... Thank you, Carol Jean, from California [email protected] Researching: NC, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, MS, OK, AZ, AL, KY (Lets just say most of the US) ALLISON, AVERILL, BLACK, BEAM, CARPENTER, CLARK, GILLETTE, HARGROVE, HARRIS, HARRISON, JONES, JENKINS, KENNEDY, KISER, LOCKHART, LUTZ, MARTIN, MAUNEY, MERCER, MERRIMAN, MOSS, PEARSON, RANDLE, ROBERTS, SELLERS, SMITH, SNEED, STROUPE, WHITWORTH, WILKISON, and WALKER, just to name a few.

I'm researching the Surls family from Wake County NC. I'm looking for the parents of Thomas Surls Sr. b. 1773 Wake Co. NC married to Rutha Maynard b. 1790 Wake County NC. If you have any information on who Thomas's parents were or the Surls family from NC and Wake County please let me know. Thanks for your help and efforts. Crispin Vessell Family Historian

Are these the children of John or Samuel or NEITHER? Joel CROCKER b 1801 William CROCKER b 1809 John CROCKER b 1810 And where is the documentation? <G> Thanks. Shelby <->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<-> Shelby Jean CROCKER http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3843/ CROCKER: Shelby>Arvey Owen>Walter Owen>Elijah Hilliard>John Edgecombe/Nash/Johnston Counties NC CROCKER GEDCOM: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crocker/cg/ <->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->^<->

In a message dated 3/3/00 12:04:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << will of Fred Spane in 1798 i >> Send $8.00 to NC State Archives Dept. of Cultural Resources 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4614 (A large self-addressed stamped envelope is helpful too)

Hello, I just found a listing for the will of Fred Spane in 1798 in North Carolina. I believe he lived in Wake County. I want to secure a copy of the original will, or the complete text of the will. (all I found was an abstract of the will). I have written today to the Archives and Records in Raleigh, and hopefully they will be able to send me a copy. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get a copy of this will. I live in Texas, and cannot go to Raleigh to do the needed search. Thanks, Betty

--part1_ce.24ad839.25f14dbc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_ce.24ad839.25f14dbc_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (rly-zc02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.2]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:47:01 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:46:28 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA23526; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:37:01 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:37:01 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:35:30 EST Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 67 Subject: [GOODWIN] Migration Reasons, very interesting Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1126 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Posted to the BEAN List, thought I'd forward it to all of you. Might help. Ley 1. Motivations of original colonial ancestors > THE ENGLISH > > 1. Social and economic dislocation, caused in part by pressure on feudal > system by inflation resulting from vast amount of new gold and silver > introduced through Spain. > 2. Political rivalry between a recently strengthen England and Spain. > 3. Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western Planting" provides an > intellectual rationale for colonizing both in Ireland and the New World. > 4. Religious upheaval in England encourages various groups to leave. > 5. The success of Francis Drake leads englishmen to perceive of the New > World as a land of instant riches, thus serving as a catalyst for > colonization. > 6. Development of joint stock companies provides economic base for > colonization (think the Jamestown-Virginia Stock Co, pocahontas timeframe). > 7. Failure of the Spanish Armada gives English greater confidence. > > B. THE NON ENGLISH > > 1. Blacks introduced, first as indentured servants, then as slaves, after > 1619. > 2. Dutch and Swedes are incorporated as New York and New Jersey become > english colonies. > 3. Huguenots (French Protestants) permitted by English to settle after > forced to leave France. > 4. Lowland Scots settle in northern Ireland, then shortly after 1700 come in > large numbers to the English colonies, settling on the frontier and becoming > known as the "Scotch-Irish." > 5. Germans, largely from the Panatinate, settle on the frontier at same time > as the "Scotch-Irish" and become known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch." > 6. After 1750, signficant numbers of Highland Scots are permitted to leave > Scotland to settle in the English colonies, with the promise they will never > fight against the (english) Crown. > > II. MOVEMENT OF ANCESTORS AFTER MAJOR MIGRATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN > > A. Rather static habits of most settlers in the English colonies throughout > the Colonial Era. > > 1. Most colonists rarely moved more than 20 miles in their lifetime, except > for Scotch-Irish who moved often. > 2. New England religious and social attitudes discouraged much movement, > often required considerable preparation before moves were sanctioned. > 3. Southern settlers who came from England found themselves oriented toward > England economically, socially and politically, and by 1776 more than 85% > were still within thirty miles of the Atlantic coast. > 4. "Pennsylvania Dutch" though settling most of the frontier from NY South, > rarely moved after selecting a permanent home. > > B. Surge of interest in the West leads to settlement in Tennessee, Kentucky, > and the Ohio Valley after 1750. > > 1. Exploration shows great desirability of these areas. > 2. Establishment of military roads such as Forbes Road and Braddocks Road > opens the Ohio Valley during the French and Indian War, after 1754. > 3. Development of Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road open Kentucky. > 4. Utilization of the Indian trails of the Great Valley of the Appalachians > brings settlers from Virginia and Maryland to Tennessee, while North > Carolinians use the river valleys of the Holston, Nolichucky and French > Broad to the same part of eastern Tennessee. > > C. Revolutionary War encourages western settlement. > > 1. Removal of indians from desired land often justified as part of war > effort. > 2. British policy which often discouraged settlement west of Appalachians no > longer operative. > 3. Individual states, especially Virginia and North Carolina, encourage > settlement to solidify their claims before 1778. > 4. Land speculation rampant. > 5. Western land utilized for land bounties given to Revolutionary War > soldiers. > 6. Treaty of Paris of 1783 ending the Revolutionary War almost doubles the > area claimed by the U.S. when Britain agrees to a Mississippi River > boundary. > > D. Western Movement escalates during the early national period. > > 1. Legislation such as the Northwest Ordinances of 1784 (deciding that the > West will be admitted as states equal to the original 13 colonies), 1785 > (providing for the surveying and orderly sale of western land) and 1787 > (providing specific steps for establishment of territories, then states) > encourages settlement. > 2. Challenges to U.S. claims to land north and west of Ohio river by > Britain, and in the far south by Spain leads to heightened American interest > in Ohio and the "Yazoo Strip." > 3. The clearing of Indian and British claims to the Ohio Country by the > Treaty of Ft. Greenville and Jay's Treaty in 1795 and Pinckney's Treaty, in > which Spain not only recognizes the American interpretation of the Yazoo > controversy, but guarantees Americans the right to navigate the entire > Mississippi River erased many of the impediments to settlement in these > areas. > 4. Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin 1793, making the growing of > upland cotton commercially feasible at a time when European technological > development has led to a major demand for a new source of fibers, greatly > affects the nature and level of western settlement. > A) Southerners with land find a ready sale for it, at unheard of prices, > which gives them the funds to go elsewhere. > B) Even though land suitable for growing of cotton will usually cost between > $15 and $50 per acre, many settlers from the Old South cling to the > traditional pattern of going almost due west, because of the great profits > that can be made from raising cotton. > C) Many southerners break the traditional pattern of settling almost > straight west of where they had lived before and go instead clear up the > Ohio River Valley, settling in southern Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. This is > largely because: > 1) Slavery which almost everyone thought was dead, was revitalized because > of the need for dependable cotton cultivators, many left the south because > of an aversion to slavery; > 2) Some left because they didn't like blacks, and because the Northwest > Ordinances forbade slavery, they chose to go there; > 3) Most who left the south and went to the Ohio Valley probably did so > because they were guaranteed that they could obtain what they considered to > be exceptional fertile land at no more than $1.25 per acre. > > 5. Abrupt departure of many people from New England between 1800 and 1810. > a) Appeal of rich land in upstate NY, now free of most Indian claims. > b) Appeal of land in Ohio Valley, especially northern Ohio, Indiana and > Illinois. > c) People moving from New England to Ohio Valley begin raising sheep and > agri products, making it difficult for New Englanders with their generally > poor soil, to compete. > d) Embargo Act of 1807 destroys the New England shipping industry and the > New England economy sags considerably. > e) Much of the traditional New England resistance to individual distant > settlement is fading. > f) The introduction of steamboats, whch make upriver navigation of the > Mississippi and Ohio rivers practical, further enhances the economy of the > area west of New England. > 6. The LOUISIANA PURCHASE of 1803 almost doubles the land of the United > States, establishes new opportunities for Americans in the far west, and > entices many young men to settle, grow cotton, trade, trap and explore. > > E. ADDITIONAL FACTORS LEADING TO THE TREMENDOUS SETTLEMENT OF THE FIRST 50 > YEARS OF THE 19th CENTURY. > > 1. Canal boom of the 1820s, especially the extremely successful Erie Canal > which drastically lowers the cost of east-west shipping. > 2. Changing Indian policy which by 1816 encourages each Indian head of > family to select 640 acreas on which to live or move west of Mississippi > River and by 1826 tells all Indians east of Mississippi they must remove, > thus making much land available, especially for cotton production in the > south. > 3. The Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819 gives the U.S. Spain's claim to Florida, > but also to the land north of the 42nd parallel (the northern border of > California). > 4. American settlement of Texas, beginning in 1823, which leads to Texas > independence in 1836, admission to the Union in 1845. > 5. Development of the railroad as a means of transportation and of > encouraging westward movement. > 6. American interest in Oregon soars after 1841, with rapid settlement of > the Willamette River Valley. > 7. Mormons, dispossessed from their homes in Missouri and Illinois, go first > to Iowa, then make a major migration to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, > quickly expanding throughout the Great Basin. > 8. The War with Mexico ends with the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo giving the > Southwest to the U.S. > 9. The discovery of large amounts of placer gold in California leads to a > major rush there in 1849 and statehood in 1850. > 10. The Pacific Railway Act and Homestead Act in 1862 lead to a further, > effective settlement of the west. > 11. The CENSUS of 1890 OFFICIALLY declares that there is no longer a > frontier in the U.S. > > III. IMPORTANT FACTS THAT MAY HELP YOU FIND WHERE YOUR FAMILY CAME FROM OR > WENT. > > A. RULE OF THE HARVEST. Before the 1850s (and McCormick's reaper) families > rarely planted more than they could harvest, which was between 15-25 acres > per able bodied person who could help with the harvest. Finding out how many > acres lyour family cultivated will help you know how many many people were > in the household. > B. IMPORTANCE OF HARDWOOD TREES. In both the North and the South, > conventional wisdom (and you thought it was a '90s soundbite!) indicated > that land covered with hardwood trees was the best, while grassland was to > be avoided. Despite the great difficulty of clearing land covered with oaks > and maples, that was the land most likely selected by your ancestors prior > to the 1820s. > C. FAMILIES WHO MADE THEIR LIVING PIONEER FARMING rarely moved unless they > had enough means to live on for at least 2 years, or had someone who would > provide for them this long. This is due to the fact that it took 2 years to > go through the process of converting a hardwood forest into an economically > viable farm. If your family moved, it usually meant they had enough money to > survive for 2 years without much add'l income, or enough $ to buy an already > improved farm. Few poverty stricken people (PSP)moved west, but a fair > number of PSPs moved east. > D. MOST SETTLERS BEFORE 1800 at least in the North, moved west during the > winter, usually in January and early February. Expect your families to have > moved then, not in the summer. > E. With a new notable exceptions, your ancestors MOVED ALMOST DUE WEST, > rarely deviating more than a few degrees up or down. > F. IF YOUR ANCESTORS WERE IN NEW ENGLAND PRIOR TO 1700, expect them to stay > very close to the same site until 1800. By 1810, they will most likely be in > upstate New York, by 1820 in northern Ohio, Indiana or Illinois, and by 1850 > perhaps in Iowa, Oregon, California or Utah. > G. TOWNS SETTLED BY NEW ENGLANDERS usually had streets running north-south > and east-west, while towns settled by Southernors often placed less emphasis > on grid patterns. > > TRAVEL ROUTES. > > COLONIAL ROADS TO 1750. As one of the earliest east-west wagon roads, the > Lancaster road linked Philadelphia to Harrisburg before 1730. A connection > from Lancaster to Winchester, Virginia, in the early 1740s, created what was > either called the Philadelphia Wagon Road or the Great Valley Road. The Fall > Line Road crossed Virginia and the Carolinas, and eventually into Georgia. > By 1746, the Pioneer's Road had connected Alexandria to Winchester, > Virginia, joining with the Great Valley Road. By 1748, the Upper Road became > an important wagon route for migrations into the Carolinas. > > THE WAY WEST, 1775-1795. Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road was the route for > thousands of settlers into Kentucky. Meanwhile the western Pennsylvania > routes provided an overland access to the Ohio River. After the > Revolutionary War, western migrations on these routes continued to increase. --part1_ce.24ad839.25f14dbc_boundary--

Debbie Howell and Louis Carpenter. I have a Tempy Reaves/Reeves that married Kindred Strickland in Wake County, NC in 1811, before moving to Pickens County, Alabama. Does she fit in any of your families.? Do you have any land records or court records on Reaves/Reeves there. Thanks much, Lavonne Lavonne Sanders Walker, 19505 13th Street, Shawnee, Ok. 74801 Phone 405-273-5345 or 273-3326 Email:[email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Howell <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 4:04 PM Subject: Re: NCWAKE-D Digest V00 #37 > I am searching for Ann R. Reece according to my records. She married > Younger Wardrope in Wake Co NC approx 1790. I recently was sent a map > of Younger's father, James Wardrope's land and noticed that northeast of > his land there was a William Reeves. Is anyone searching the Reeves > family? Does William have a daughter, Ann? Any help will be greatly > appreciated. > >

I am searching for Ann R. Reece according to my records. She married Younger Wardrope in Wake Co NC approx 1790. I recently was sent a map of Younger's father, James Wardrope's land and noticed that northeast of his land there was a William Reeves. Is anyone searching the Reeves family? Does William have a daughter, Ann? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

The William Reeves you are referring to is William Reeves, Jr. He was married to a Milliscent who maybe John White of Isle of Wight County, VA. The will of William Reeves, Sr is unrecorded but in many willbooks of Granville, County. He died in 1750/1. Louis Carpenter

I would suggest you look at the following three things in each of the two deeds to see if they are similiar: 1. The acreage contained in each deed, if given. 2. Names of adjoining landowners, some likely the same if same tract with only 10 years lapse of time. 3. Are boundaries, other than Neuse River, the same? Look at markers in the boundary lines, such as "a red oak, corner with John Smith",and are length of boundary lines similiar? Do other boundary lines run with a stream in both deeds? Hope this helps.

A Tabitha Keeton had and sold some land on the Neuse River in 1756. On the deed it said she was a widow but it did not name her husband. It did name her children as John, Peter & William Keeton. I have been trying to find the name of her husband and the only Keeton I could find was a Richard Keeton who bought land on the Neuse river between 1746 - 1750. I have not found where this land was sold. I would like to know if there is a way that I could find out if this land was the same land and I might be able to prove if Richard Keeton was or was not Tabitha Keeton's husband. This land was in either Wake, Lenoir or Johnston Co NC Thanks a lot and have a good day. Sally Keeton Eichhorn.

Hi Folks! How about a helping hand on these ancestors? NATHAN JOHNSON, (b.1769-Wake Co), and CATHERINE E.MOTHLEY/MOXLEY, (b.1768), were married on Dec.16, 1789 in Wake Co., NC.. Catherine was the daughter of Capt. JOHN M. MOTHLEY/MOXLEY. One of their sons, JOHN HENDERSON JOHNSON, (b.1794-Wake Co), and NANCY C. OLIVER, (b.1799) were married on Oct. 21, 1822 in Allen Co., KY. Nancy was the daughter of WILLIAM OLIVER, (b.1773-NC). If you have any information regarding any of the above, I would be most appreciative. Other surnames that married into these family lines from Halifax Co., VA in the 1750's to North Carolina and on into Kentucky are: STOVALL, OWEN, STUBBLEFIELD, CHAMBERS, DOBSON/DODSON, NICHOL, FRANKLIN, DRAKE, FINNEY, CROWDER, and PRICE. Any help at all will be appreciated. Mimi Alexander

I am searching for info on Reece Wardrope who married Catherine Waddle in Wake Co NC. Reece was born around 1789. He died 10 Aug 1854 in Hart Co KY. His whole family moved to Hart Co KY in the early 1800's. Does anyone know of any Waddle's living in Wake Co NC? Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Debbie

Hello, I am new to the list. I have been going through NC counties trying to find a family for my gggrandfather, Joseph Perry Jackson Dawson. All that I know about his parents and siblings is on the census: JPJ was b. in NC (ca. 1823-1826); his mother NC; his father MD. I recently came across the following information and hope that someone knows more about these families. In the 1840 Wake Co., NC census, there is a Catharine J. Dawson listed with: males: 1, 15-20 females: 1, 30-40 1840 Tax list - House Creek: 254 acres; $254 value; 0 - POL; 4 slaves; amt. $3.23 I found these marriages in a book of Wake Co., NC marriages and thought this might be her: Isaac Dawson to Catharine I. Warren, 3 March 1823 (William Moore bondsman) Daniel G. Rencher to Catherine J. Dawson, 24 Feb. 1841 (John M. Fleming bondsman) In "Abstracts of Records of Wills, Inventories and Settlements of Estates 1802-1812, Wake Co., NC, Vol. II" by Frances Holloway Wynne, I found this will: Isaac Dawson dated: 22 Oct 1787 Probated: 15 Feb. 1788 Wife: Ghesky Dawson son: William daughters: Mary Dawson, Nancy Dawson, Agnes Dawson, Sarah Dawson, Frances Dawson. Exec: William Dawson (father); Andrew Hartfield; wife Ghesky Dawson Rencher, John Grant will dated May 1812 wife: Nancy afflicted son: George sons: Nelson, Umstead, Daniel G., Abraham, William dau: Sarah Isaiah Johnson an orphan boy In some estate records, John G. Rencher is a guardian for a minor re: Isaac Dawson, dated Aug. 1808. Also, Dennis Grady (see marriage below) apparently took over as an executor of Isaac Dawson's estate in order to help his wife, Ghesky, widow of Isaac. There are references to that. There is also a reference to a Talitha Dawson, orphan of William Dawson, dec'd, with John Bledsoe as guardian. William was died before Feb. 1807 from what I can gather. In another book of marriages, a Ghesky Mickelroy married Isaac Dawson on 5 Jan. 1774 with William McKelroy as bondsman. Ghesky Dawson married Dennis Grady on 10 July 1788 with William Kilgo as bondsman. Also found these marriages: Agnes Dawson to William Bledsoe 18 Dec. 1800, Tiller Ship bondsman Francis Dawson to Joseph Delk 15 Sep 1804, Mark Gradie bondsman Sally Dawson to Harbert Smith 17 Dec. 1802, David Allen bondsman Tilitha Dawson to Joseph Rogers 22 Feb. 1817, James Speight bondsman Is anyone researching these families and know more about these Dawsons? In the earliest record I have of JPJ Dawson, he is enumerated in the household of Andrew Snell Hartzog in Lawrence Co., MS 1850 census. There are no other Dawsons in the county. I have checked surrounding counties and what Dawsons I have found were there too early to be his parents if his census info is to be believed -- that he was b. in NC ca. 1823-1826. He was also listed as a tanner. In 1856, he married one of Andrew's daughters, Amanda, and removed to Hunt Co., TX in 1860. Their children's names were: Alexander B. C. Dawson; Eugenia A.M.L. Dawson; Mary Elizabeth Dawson; JPJ, Jr; Amanda B. C. "Carrie" Dawson; Allina C. A. "Ally" Dawson. Some of the surnames associated with this family -- Warren, Speight, and others I have seen in Wake Co. are also in Lawrence Co., MS. Warrens married into the Daniel line which is Andrew's father-in-law. Thank you for your time and any help is appreciated. Teri Oaks VA

If your ancestor left a Will, you should be able to find it at the N. C. State Archives. I am assuming he lived in N. C. at the time of his death. There is a two book index to N. C. wills, arranged in alphabetical order as to the surnames. This will show you the date the will was written, the County in which he lived, if the Archives has the original or a copy on record. If you do not find a will in his name, suggest you look for his estate record at Archives. Land grant records are housed in the North Carolina State Archives, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, N. C. If you have not been to N. C. State Archives, ask at the desk for help in filling out a call card or slip so the person going into the stacks will know what record you are looking.

I am searching for the cemetaries that my relative James Wardrope and his family are buried in. James died in 1790. I also need to know where I can send for a copy of this Will. His son, George, administered the estate. Any help with this line will be greatly appreciated. I also need to know where to send for a copy of his Land Grant. I have the grant numbers and the date they were issued.

Would someone be able to read the 1790 census of Wake Co. for the name of Sauls? It may be spelled Sauls, Salls, Sells, Saules, Salles etc. I would like information on any name that lokks like it could be it. Caroline

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