Ginger, Is the Capt. John Christmas who was in the Bute Reg. of the North Carolina Militia the son of John Christmas who was md. to Nannie Duke or his father. Thanks, Becky Pacey

I want to thank the following people for helping with the 1900 census indexing and transcriptions. In one week we have a great start on the project. I think all of you out there that are not helping need to thank the hard workers who will take the time to take on this project. If we get more people to help in the transcriptions there would be so much more information on our web page. Thanks to all the people who are helping. Fishing Creek = 16 sheets === G. Beattie Fork = 12 === H. E. Williams Hawtree = 19 === J. Cole Judkins = 18 === D. Halleman Nutbush = 18 === A. Lee River = 16 === A. Turner Roanoke = 5 === C. Hilliard Sandy Creek = 15 === E. L. Hunter Shocco = 12 === R. Pacey Six Pound = 18 === V. Payne Smith Creek = 12 === ------------------ needs to be adopted Warrenton = 3 districts 1=12; === K. Roberts 2=17; 3=9 === R. Edmonds Each page is 100 entries so we have people transcribing from 500 to 1900 households in the census. Ginger L. Christmas-Beattie Warren County Web Page Moderator

Those of you who sent me mail today please re-send it. My mail server had a glitch and lost 3 letters. Ginger

I still have the following districts unclaimed for the 1900 census project for Warren County. Anyone wishing to help please contact me and include a mailing address so I can mail you a CD with the images on it. Fishing Creek = 16 sheets === Alexs Turner Fork = 12 Hawtree = 19 === J. Cole Judkins = 18 === K. Roberts Nutbush = 18 === A. Lee River = 16 Roanoke = 5 === C. Hilliard Sandy Creek = 15 === E. L. Hunter Shocco = 12 Six Pound = 18 === V. Payne Smith Creek = 12 === G. Beattie Warrenton = 3 districts 1=12; 2=17; 3=9 Choose you district and size. The program I have to enter it into is in Excel. IBM and .jpg images Ginger

Does anyone have the 1800 and 1810 census for Wilkes Co., GA and Warren Co., GA? I'm hoping to find Etheldred Thomas as head of his home and an early marriage for him. Please help me if you can. Thanks, June

I am looking for people to help in Transcribing the 1900 Warren Co. Census. I have all the images and a database set up in Excel for 2000. If anyone would like to help I can send you pages of images and the database to work from. Once we have the census transcribed we can publish it to the web page. Ginger

As the new moderator of the Warren County NC web page I would like to hear from all of you on what you would like to see and donations of information for the site. I need family reunion dates and any Genealogical event coming up in 2003. Deeds, Wills and Court records would be nice to increase the database we have started. Also anyone who has submitted information in the past and has a new e-mail address or their connection has lost its link please e-mail me with the up date and the pages to attach it to. I hope to make this one of the best pages on US GenWeb. Ginger L. Christmas-Beattie e-mail me http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwarren/ Warren Co. NC

Cliff Beattie wrote: > Sat, November 9, 2002 > Jordan pleads guilty Killer sentenced to two life terms > > FORT WORTH - After jurors indicated they were deadlocked, Charles William > Jordan agreed to plead guilty to two counts of capital murder Friday > evening, trading the possibility of a death sentence for a life behind bars. > Jordan, 31, pleaded guilty to the Nov. 23, 2001, murders of James and > Ullaine Christmas of Bowie and also agreed to plead guilty to an aggravated > robbery charge in connection with a Jan. 28 jailbreak that led to a 10-day > nationwide manhunt. > Montague District Attorney Tim Cole said Friday evening Jordan will be > sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. > "I don't like it, but I think it's the best thing to do at this point," > said Montague County District Attorney Tim Cole. > Defense attorneys had proposed the plea agreement weeks ago. But Cole > said he didn't agree until Friday, after jurors indicated they were > deadlocked 10-2 on the capital murder charge. It was unclear whether their > vote favored a guilty verdict or acquittal. > Jordan's attorneys said Friday they wanted to keep their client off death > row. > "The state had always maintained a tough stance on the death penalty, but > it became fairly apparent that the jury was struggling to reach a verdict," > Wichita Falls attorney Bruce Martin said. "But we're not harboring any > illusions they were hung up on `not guilty.'" > The jury began deliberations Friday morning following a four-day trial in > Tarrant County. The trial was moved from Montague County to Fort Worth after > defense attorneys asked the court for a change of venue, citing extensive > pre-trial publicity surrounding the murders and the subsequent jailbreak. > The Christmas' bodies were found in a shallow grave behind Mr. Christmas' > home four days after Thanksgiving. > What may have contributed to the jury's deadlock was the testimony of > Willie Christmas. The grandson of James Christmas offered jurors conflicting > accounts of what happened on the day his grandfather and step-grandmother > were murdered. In particular, Willie Christmas claimed Jordan's lover, > Chrystal Soto, smothered Ullaine Christmas with a pillow after Jordan had > repeatedly beaten the 79-year-old woman with the shotgun he had used to kill > James Christmas. > However, a state forensic specialist testified Ullaine Christmas' death > was because of the beating and that he found no evidence the woman died of > asphyxiation. > Defense attorneys had proposed the plea agreement weeks ago. But Cole > said he didn't agree until Friday, after jurors indicated they were > deadlocked 10-2 on the capital murder charge. It was unclear whether their > vote favored a guilty verdict or acquittal. > During deliberations, jurors gave to the judge several notes asking > questions, including the definition of reasonable doubt and whether their > verdict had to be unanimous. > Jordan of St. Charles, Mo., had traveled to Montague County in the fall > of 2001 with Soto and the Christmases' grandson. James Christmas had offered > the three a mobile home on one of his properties as a place to live. When > the elderly couple asked the trio to leave their house near Bowie because of > their drug use, Jordan shot 76-year-old James and repeatedly hit 79-year-old > Ullaine in the head.

M I D D A Y U P D A T E Nov. 8, 2002 Jury deliberating in Bowie murder case John Ingle Times Record News FORT WORTH -- A Tarrant County jury began deliberations Friday morning to determine if Charles William Jordan is guilty of capital murder or a lesser offense. Montague County Assistant District Attorney Jack McGaughey said he and Jordan's attorney made closing arguments before the jury began determining Jordan's guilt. Jordan is accused of the Nov. 23 slayings of James and Ullaine Christmas. Mr. Christmas was shot to death with a sawed off shotgun and Mrs. Christmas was beaten to death. Their bodies were found in a shallow grave behind Mr. Christmas's home. "The defense claim is that it was an accident. We pointed out that there was no blood" in the area where the scuffle allegedly took place, McGaughey said. The testimony of grandson Willie Christmas throughout the week was riddled with conflicting accounts of the deadly day,which, McGaughey said, shouldn't harm the state's case. If the jury doesn't reach a verdict today, the assistant district attorney said 97th District Judge Roger Towery would sequester the eight-woman, four-man jury for the weekend. McGaughey said they would continue deliberations over the weekend until a verdict is reached. The punishment phase could begin Monday.

R E G I O N A L N E W S Tue, November 5, 2002 Jordan trial begins Girlfriend Soto refuses to testify , John Ingle, , , Times Record News FORT WORTH - Testimony began Monday morning in the Charles William Jordan capital murder trial, but possibly the most compelling statements won't be heard. Crystal Soto, longtime girlfriend of Jordan, exercised her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a pre-trial hearing Monday morning, refusing to testify against Jordan. Jordan is accused of shooting James Christmas, 76, and beating 79-year-old Ullaine Christmas, Soto's grandmother, to death in November 2001. Their bodies were found buried in a shallow grave about two miles south of Bowie on FM 101 on Nov. 27. If convicted of capital murder, Jordan faces life imprisonment or death by lethal injection. The trial was moved to Tarrant County because of the media attention the deaths had received in the small county of Montague. Testimony will continue at 9 a.m. today at the Criminal Courts building in Tarrant County. Otto "Sonny" Lunday, Ullaine's son, was the first witness Montague County District Attorney Tim Cole called to the stand before an eight-woman, five-man jury. Lunday painted a picture of his mother and stepfather as two people who followed a weekly routine. "Those people (the Christmases), you could almost set your watch to what they did," he said. The last time he saw his mother and stepfather was during a Thanksgiving meal, the day before their deaths. Their failure to follow their routine activities alerted him that something might have happened to the couple, he testified. On Fridays, the couple played dominoes. Saturday, they usually went dancing and on Sundays they went to church. After speaking with several people who knew the Christmases, he said he learned that they never attended any of their usual activities over that weekend. Lunday testified he went to his mother's home in Bowie and then to James Christmas' home south of the town, but no one was home. When James and Ullaine married, they both owned homes and chose to keep both of them, he said. The couple was staying at Ullaine's home while Jordan, Soto and Willie Christmas, James Christmas' grandson, lived in James' home. When things seemed out of place, Lunday said he contacted the Bowie Police Department and filed a missing persons report. Lunday knew that James Christmas had let the three live in a trailer house on the property in exchange for repairing the home. But none of the three were around that Monday when he went looking for his mother, he said. Bowie Police officer Mike Pilato testified that when he went to Ullaine's home in Bowie, the front door was open and dog feces were in the house. He said he accompanied Lunday and his sister, Norma Pruitt of Bowie, to James' house as an observer. He said James' home was out of his jurisdiction, but he could observe the surroundings. The officer testified that no one was at the county residence and that Christmases' Dodge Dakota pickup was missing. Pilato said he then called the Montague County Sheriff's Office for assistance. Virginia Tate, a next-door neighbor of James Christmas, might have been the last one to see the Christmases alive. The Friday following Thanksgiving, she said she saw James Christmas at the mobile home. "Mr. Christmas was taking some stuff into the mobile home," she said. Later that evening about 5:45 p.m., she testified that she saw a large fire on the Christmases' side of the fence that split the two properties. She also said she saw someone - she couldn't tell who it was - driving the Dodge pick up at a high rate of speed from the fire up to Christmases' house. During cross-examination by defense attorney Bruce Martin of Wichita Falls, Tate testified that she heard a "sharp noise" at about 2:30 p.m. coming from the Christmases' home. "It sounded like a metal door had been slammed," she said. She thought it might have been her husband in his workshop and didn't get up to see what the noise was, she said. During opening comments, Cole portrayed Jordan as someone who liked to be in control. That was exemplified during the jailbreak in which Soto, Jordan, Curtis Gambill and Josh Bagwell ran from law enforcement officers for 10 days before being recaptured in Oklahoma, he said. "He ran away to avoid responsibility of this act (the Christmas murders)," he said. "I submit you'll be convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that he is guilty." Co-defense attorney Ron Poole of Wichita Falls said there was a struggle between Jordan and James Christmas over a sawed-off shotgun. During the scuffle, the weapon fired, killing Christmas. He said the Bowie man's death was accidental, but "in panic, (Jordan) clubbed her (Ullaine Christmas) on the head...at least two times." During a taped confession in Washington state, Jordan told officers he didn't know how many times he had hit Ullaine Christmas, Poole said. Regional and military reporter John Ingle can be contacted at (940) 763-7532, (800) 627-1646 Ext. 532 or by e-mail at inglej@wtr.com.

Did your Hicks family move to Upson County, GA? June

I found information on my grandfather "James Virgil Gardner" He is listed on the census in Macon,NC/Sixpound Township. He is listed in the household with Richard and Lucy Gardner. I need information on "Virgil". I do know he went to Norfolk/Newport News Va. in the early 1940s'. Can someone do a census lookup in these areas for me. If there are family members in Va. - I am interested in a picture of my grandfather if you do not wish to share any other information. Bernice Lee

Roberta Wilson wrote: > You have an excellant web site. I was able to find a lot of > information from the court records. I am at a brick wall with research > of my Hicks family. Do you know of anyone researching the Hicks of > Warren Co. Any help would be appreciated. Bobby Hicks > Wilson LectaAnn@aol.com Thank you

Just a note on the new transcriptions I am working on. Ginger http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwarren/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 26th 1824 A paper proporting to be the last Will and Testament of Littelton H. Coleman was offered for probate and proved in the following manner (the same not having been attested by any subscribing witnesses) to wit, first by the oaths of Mrs. Ann Russell anf John H. Hawkins who swore that the said paper writing was found in a trunk, among the valuable papers of the deceased; and second by the oaths of Thomas White, Richard Russell and Archibald W. Robins was being truly sworn, said that the said instrument and every part of it is in the proper handwriting of the said Littleton H. Coleman wherefore it is ordered by the court, that the same be recorded, and whereupon came here in her proper person, Lucy Coleman widow and relict of Littleton H. Coleman the Testator, and ordered his descent to the devise set forth and contained in said last will of her said deceased husband which is also ordered by the court here to be recorded. Whereupon John M. Mosley one of the Executors therein names, qualified as such and took upon himself the burden of the executorship thereof.

In a message dated 10/17/2002 1:58:31 AM Central Daylight Time, TJstubby@msn.com writes: > I have Terisha Johns's Rev. War record showing he enlisted in MEcklenburg > Co. Tn. was wounded .(Applied for Benefits in HEndreson Co.TN 3rd wife > Hannah a Son Stephen age 7) living by a Terisha Turner I don't understand all your message, WHEN was he living by a Terisha Turner, and was that in Henderson Co., TN? And there is no Mechlenburg Co., in TN.

I am looking for info on one Terisha or Terasha ( Terry ) Johnson/ Johnston he is in the First Census of NC saying born in 175?. in 1790 Warren County he is listed in the Nutbush Tax District.of Warren Co. He was married to Susanah Turner ( Daughter of Stephen Rueben Turner a Grandaughter of Terisha Turner),This is wife #2.He is 30 yoa when he married Susannah He is listed in 1811 Warren County Taxes and in 1814 his taxes show a Reaves as for Terisha Johnson. I have Terisha Johns's Rev. War record showing he enlisted in MEcklenburg Co. Tn. was wounded .(Applied for Benefits in HEndreson Co.TN 3rd wife Hannah a Son Stephen age 7) living by a Terisha Turner Terisha did move to Mecklenburg County 1796 (nutbush Creek area) and was in 1820 census there.Land was bought from John and Martha Johnson of Granville Co. in 1796.Living by Proff.Sommerville and Stephen Johnson. One daughter Nancy Johnson married to James Douglas in 1808 in Mecklenburg Co.Va. One Son Len Henly Johnson married to Mary W.Kendrick daughter of Benjmain Kendrick and Ruth Harvey. Mary W. had a brother Isaac Kendrick.SHe is Granddaughter of James Kendrick and Susanah Roberson married 1755 Granville Co.NC Some how George Robertson and wife Susannah are involved as they Freely Deed Property to Terry Johnson in 1818, and so Do Leonard Roberson-RObertson and wife Sarah. in 1816 Thanks Tony

The index to the Warren Co. NC Will Book 16 is now on the web page. After 3 weeks of reading the microfilm I have finished the index. Please note that these records are not just Wills but contain Indentures, Bonds, Inventories and other records. Ginger L. Christmas-Beattie http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwarren/

I have a Zebiah SIMS who married John EARL in Warren Co 21 June 1780. Her mother has been reported to be Elizabeth DUKE, wife of Edward SIMS. I had earlier assumed they were married in Virginia, but now I find that there was a DUKE family in Bute Co that might have been hers. Does anyone know if she was a daughter of John DUKE, who married (first) Charlotte GREEN and, if so, which of his wives was her mother? I have considerable information on the SIMS family that I will gladly share. Tom Aiken Amateur arborist, specializing in family trees

Tom; Thanks for the information on John Earl, The Earl/Earls/Earle of Warren Co. NC. are my ancesters. Gameliel Earls b abt 1710 in Fishing Creek Dist. is the forefather of this group clan of people. Any info you might see on the Earls would be appreciated . Grover Pope in W..Tn.......... Rootsnva@aol.com wrote: > I have a Zebiah SIMS who married John EARL in Warren Co 21 June 1780. Her > mother has been reported to be Elizabeth DUKE, wife of Edward SIMS. I had > earlier assumed they were married in Virginia, but now I find that there was > a DUKE family in Bute Co that might have been hers. Does anyone know if she > was a daughter of John DUKE, who married (first) Charlotte GREEN and, if so, > which of his wives was her mother? > > I have considerable information on the SIMS family that I will gladly share. > > Tom Aiken > Amateur arborist, specializing in family trees > > ==== NCWARREN Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the Warren County mailing list. Remember, flames are NOT allowed. If you have ANY problems with this list, contact nduffy@patch.net

Can anyone tell me if the Superior Court records , referred from Warren Co. in 1780 still exist ? It seems that there was a counterfeiting case in Warren Co. involving Robert Caller/Callier, Jr. which was to go to the Superior Court in Halifax on April 15, 1780. Are there Superior Court records in Warren for that year? Thanks for any ideas. Sue