I am looking for the parents of Genelia Ann Campbell Pennington. She was born 12 Dec 1861. She married James A. Pennington. His father was Harvey, his father was Levi, his was Levi and his was Micajah Pennington. I think James and Genelia lived around Howard's Creek. They were the parents of my grandmother Naoma (Oma) Lewis. Thank you Freida Busch

Hi cousins, I will attempt to clear up a mistake I keep finding on http://www.Rootsweb.com. At the bottom of page 332 of John Preston Arthur's "A History of Watauga County", in the information about the MILLER FAMILY is a clue that should clear up something I keep finding on Rootsweb. I think this will help clear something up for some folks. JPR's book is online here: http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Arthur/contents.html You can also go to the NCGenWeb Archives and do name searches in the book. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/watauga.htm "Miller Family.-- According to Clyde C. Miller, of Sands, N.C., there is a tradition that, several years before the Revolutionary War, three young men, a Horton, a Miller and Baird, all married sisters named Eldridge and moved to the upper Yadkin from Pennsylvania. They probably came with the Jersey settlers. Tradition also gives this Miller the name of William and credits him with having fought in the Revolution. His son, David, was one of the first settlers in the bounds of what is now Watauga county, near Meat Camp Creek. David Miller and Levi Murphey or Morphew were constables and called the first court in Watauga to order. David had twelve children, seven sons and five daughters: Wayne, David, John, William, Joseph, Ephriam and Jonathan: Lydia, who married a Bingham, Rebecca, who married Battle Bryan; Polly, who married a Lookabill; Elizabeth, who married an Allison, and Nancy, who married a Lewis. Wayne's sons were: William, James, Daniel, Jonathan and Alfred. David, a brother of Wayne, was the father of Clingman, who has been for years in the State of Washington; George, Mrs. L. D. Cole [Sharon's note - Mrs. L. D. Cole was named Martha Angeline and the "L.D." was for Lorenzo Dow] and Mrs. George Moody were also children of Wayne. Daniel lived and died on Cove Creek." The mistake I keep finding is that Lorenzo Dow Cole's wife was the daughter of David Miller, Jr. and Elizabeth Bingham. They did have a daughter names Martha Angeline, but she is not the one who married Lorenzo Dow Cole. If someone has more light to shed on this, please jump in. Sharon Williamson

Does anyone have the book "Come When the Timber Turns" by NC writer and teacher Bessie Willis Hoyt. Published by the Puddingstone Press. The press may belong to Lees-McRae College I wrote to the college in Banner Elk that published the book, but I have rec'd no answer as to whether they have any copies left. I also checked the net http://www.cheapestbookprice.com/? This site checks all the books stores online but no luck. My only hope is Lees-McRae or someone who is willing to part their copy. :-)

I have come into posession of some old deeds and land grants from the early 1800s for some of the Ward property in Watauga Co. I am hoping someone can advise me on how to properly store and copy these so as to avoid further damage. Included is a power-of-attorney- from Sabra Harmon Ward to Amos Ward dated 1812. I also have been in contact with someone who remembered Lorenzo Dow (son of Amos) Ward from childhood, and who shared several anecdotes about him. Too, I was able to copy several interesting photos; the only known photo of the wife of Amos (son of Duke) Ward, with her grandchildren, a photo on a copper sheet that may possibly be Amos Ward, a photo of a family gathering at the LD Ward homeplace about 1940, a photo of J. Oscar Ward and Mollie Cook Ward as a young (20s) couple, a photo of Reeves Billings family, ( Billings wife was the daughter of LD Ward) and several photos of Cable Brothers general store in Sugar Grove NC. I also was able to obtain a complete written history of Willow Valley Church. I ran across a name from the early 1800s that was unknown to me; Elijah Kilborne or Kilbourn. Does anyone recognize that name? Steve Ward

Greetings to all my BRITNELL cousins in North Carolina I am conducting a census of all living BRITNELLs world wide. To register for the census please email me here--> [email protected] OR, write to me at: 35 Deerpoint Road, SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2J 6R3 I am hoping to have the census complete by March of 05. Mary Anne Britnell

I am a descendent of Benjamin Ward ( Duke, Amos, Lorenzo Dow, Oscar, Leonard, Cannon ) and reside in Watauga County. I have recently scanned some photos of Lorenzo Dow and Anne Dyer Ward, Jordan Oscar Ward and others, Spence Cable, Carter Cook, Jordan Oscar Ward and his brothers, 2 very nice photos of dinner on the grounds at Willow Valley Baptist Church c 1951. I would be happy to e-mail copies. Steve Ward

Hello: I am looking for information concerning children of William Grant and Daniel Boones sister. I believe her name was Elizabeth Boone. Also their grandchildren. My Grandmother was Ruth Dorcus Grant, born 1873 to James Grant and Elizabeth W. Grant. I am trying to connect this James Grant to Elizabeth Boone and William Grant. The resemblances of Daniel Boones painting and my Grandmother, mother and aunt is amazing. Can anyone help. Thanks in advance. Carol

Hi, Is there anyone on the list that has access to old county biographies and/or histories? I am trying to find information on my GGGGrandfather Thomas Neely b. abt 1787 or my GGGrandfather John Neely b. abt 1824 Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Debbie

Hi Folks, There is still a surname page up for Watauga. Sometimes folks still contact me about some of the links. Many of them were out of date and I have removed those. If you have a current web page about your Watauga NC surnames and would like to have a link on the Surname page, please send me the details. Also, if you spot any wrong e-mail addresses, please let me know. http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Wata_surnames.html Thanks, Sharon

Hello Everyone: Can anyone help me with my lineage. I got the names of my GGrandparents..but cant seem to get any further. My GGrandparents were James Grant and Elizabeth W. Grant. This is whats on the Marriage Certificate of my Grandmother Ruth Dorcus Grant. I believe my lineage descended from Daniel Boones family. Do anyone have any information on the children of William Grant and Daniel Boones Sister. I know many of my family members come from the Watauga Area. Ruth Dorcus Grant lived in Halifax County, Virginia. She married John Aaron Ray. John Ray's family came from the western part of NC. Rowan County, Ashe County,Watuaga County, Salisbury, Orange, Yadkin River.... Ruth Dorcus Grant was born in 1874. I found on internet..a James Grant and Elizabeth Grant born around 1794..something like that...but they would not be my Grandparents parents...cause they be too far up in age. Unless James Grant and Elizabeth Grant was her Grandmother and they were taking care of my Grandmother. (Maybe something happen to her parents in this case.) I just dont have enough information. I do know that Grandma..Ruth Dorcus Grant looks like Daniel Boone. Also my mother and aunt look a lot like Daniel Boones picture. This is why I am trying to get information. My heart tells me we are..but I need documentaion. Thanks in advance for any help. Carol Roark Valora Virginia

Hi, Can some of you Eggers researchers supply my with some information I seem to have left on my ATT website? When you check the links here: http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Landrine/index.html you'll see that some of them are dead. They still direct to the att pages from earlier. The two pieces I need are the last two, the marriage bonds for George and Avis, and Landrine and Joana If someone could send me a jpg of those two documents, I will be glad to get them back online. Thanks - Sharon

seeking any stories of people living on Laurel Creek area. our great grandfather Richard Crawley and his wife and children lived there, and all but two daughters died from something going around there, and his wife Melissa Halliburton Crawley died from child birth, from grandmothers writings she did. Richard, left the two daughters with a family,(Mast) in Watauga, and came to Kansas then sent for the two daughters. grandmother Lula, said on her SS papers she says she was born in Elk Park, Boone CO. NC, he married a woman from Watauga.named Sarah E. James (maiden name) He owned land on Laurel Creek when he died in Kansas at the age of 49 in 1899, never have found out what happened to it. Lena

We've extended the deadline to submit Moore County, NC family stories and pictures. Our new deadline is Jan. 20, 2005. This new date should give everyone a chance to submit their pioneer ancestors and modern families for the new book! For details on that, please click on our website: http://www.nccountyheritage.com/mooreco.html Sponsored by the Moore Co. Genealogical Society. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will be forming a new chapter in Carter county which will serve neighboring counties, including Watauga, Ashe and Avery Counties in North Carolina. The new SAR chapter will be called Fort Watauga after the fort at Sycamore Shoals State Park. It is estimated that there were over 1000 patriots at Fort watauga at one time or another especially during The Kings Mountain Campaign. The Overmountain men played a significant role at Kings Mountain. Their backwoods fighting skills helped win the Battle of Kings Mountain for the American Revolution cause. The new SAR chapter will be working with Sycamore Shoals State Park to help recreate and portray historical events in the Watauga region that will honor the Overmountain men for their couragous efforts in the fight for Independence. The new SAR chapter will also be honoring the patriots buried in the region by holding graveside services and placing a SAR marker beside the grave. It is estimated that there are over 200 patriots are buried in Carter county and the surrounding counties. If your Patriot ancestor was at Fort Watauga or fought at Kings Mountain with the Overmountain Men, we would love to have you join the new chapter. The Fort Watauga chapter will be holding an enrollment meeting on November 20, 2004 at 2pm at the Sycamore Shoals State Park. The Sycamore Shoals State Park will also be holding their annual Thanksgiving Feast event also on this date. So come for the food and celebration and honor your patriot ancestor by joining the new Fort Watauga SAR chapter. For more information Contact Bob hughes at [email protected] or Todd Williams at [email protected]

Hello! I apologize if a partial message was sent earlier - the computer blinked while I was typing and I think the message went off into the nether reaches of the digital world... My name is Brian Fannon, and I'm doing research on the Buffalo Trail in Watauga County. I've found a few intersting tidbits, but am searching for any mention of it - old journals, deeds that used it as boundary - anything and everything that might help document it. This is for a thesis at ASU, but I have a strong personal interest in the subject as I am from the Beech Creek area - I would someday like to pull together a documented early history (pre 1800) of this area. Any help would be appreciated, and I'll be happy to share any info that I have (including Ward family history). Thanks, Brian Fannon _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

A new chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is being formed in Carter County, Tennessee, which will also be open to those interested from Watauga,Ashe, Avery Counties in North Carolina. FORT WATAUGA New TNSSAR Chapter Study In keeping with new Chapter extensions by TNSSAR, Todd Williams, President of the General Joseph Martin Chapter has found interest in an SAR Chapter in Carter County, Watauga Area, and Johnson County in upper East Tennessee. Todd has kin in Carter County, and I have the same in the Boone area of North Carolina. Some of this kin is already members of the General Martin Chapter. There is no SAR Chapter in Boone, NC, but a very strong DAR Chapter; the Daniel Boone NCDAR Chapter. Todd Williams, as President of the extending Chapter, will serve as Chairman of the Extension Study Committee. Jim Moore, East TNSSAR Vice President has agreed to serve on the Committee. Fort Watauga has played a major roll in the history of the NC/TN Area. The Watauga Agreement was signed before the Declaration of Independence. We feel that there is just too much potential for SAR members in this are not to at least explore the possibility of forming a new Chapter. We will stay with the minimum 25 "new" members as the Lt. Andrew Crockett and Gen. Joseph Martin extensions did. Meetings will be planned in the coming months. Robin Taylor

I understand that there is a Cook family cemetery in Triplett (or maybe Deep Gap). James P. and Doshie Cook are buried there. James died in 1950 and Doshie died in 1974. Can you tell me exactly where this cemetery is and if there is any information on its history and who all is buried there? I am a descendant of James. I understand the Cook family arrived in NC from Pennsylvania around 1770, or maybe earlier, and that Cook's Gap was founded by them. Any info you have will be greatly appreciated. By father is coming there in October. I hope to make the trip sometime next year. Thank you, Jeff Cook

Does anyone know this Greene family from the 1930 Watauga Co census. Lenord B Greene 47 1882 North Carolina Head White Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Mag M Greene 44 1885 Wife Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Charles R Greene 19 1910 Son Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Ralph H Greene 18 1911 Son Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Blan Greene 14 1915 Son Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Bonard Greene 10 1919 Son Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Blanch Greene 8 1921 Daughter Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Belva Greene 6 1923 Daughter Meat Camp, Watauga, NC John Greene 2 1927 Son Meat Camp, Watauga, NC 1930 Living with Leonard is his daughter Ruth Lee Colvard 27 1902 North Carolina Head White Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Ruth Colvard 22 1907 Wife Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Herman Colvard 2 1927 Son Meat Camp, Watauga, NC Floy Colvard 0 1930 Daughter Meat Camp, Watauga, NC

Hello, list members! I am a former resident of Asheville who is now living in Illinois. At the request of The Globe Pequot Press, I am writing a book to be called "Disasters and Heroic Rescues of North Carolina." One of the chapters in this book will be about the flood of August, 1940, particularly its effects in the Deep Gap area of Watauga County. I am using the following sources: - A Disastrous Flood by Ivery C. Greene - The Watauga Democrat newspaper from August 1940 - History of Watauga County by Daniel Jay Whitener - A History of Watauga County by John Preston Arthur - Miscellaneous other sources I would very much like to correspond with anyone who remembers experiences during the flood, but especially members of the Deep Gap families mentioned in Ivery Greene's book. I am wondering, for example, if B.L. Greene, who was 7 years old at the time of the flood, is still living. I am also interested in obtaining pictures to go with this chapter in my book. I am in contact with the usual sources for such pictures (State Archives, UNC Chapel Hill, libraries, etc.), but would be very interested in any photos in your possession that show the effects of this disaster in the Deep Gap community. If you woud like to know more about me, please go to my web site (URL is below). I look forward to hearing from any of you that would be willing to correspond with me. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, (Ms.) Scotti Cohn Web Site: http://www.angelfire.com/oz/rainbow1/index.html Author of: - Liberty's Children: Stories of Eleven Revolutionary War Children (by "Scotti Cohn") - Beyond Their Years: Stories of Sixteen Civil War Children (by "Scotti Cohn") - It Happened in North Carolina (by "Scotti Kent") - More than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women (by "Scotti Kent")

Brad: Here is the information that I have on Alexander Fox. Born ca.1847 in Ashe (Watauga) County. He is living in 1860 in the Valle Crucis Township, family group 31. Also in that household are Matilda, age 38 (his mother?) and Columbus, age 4. Alexander was a farmer prior to enlisting in Caldwell County, North Carolina, on July 7, 1862. He was mustered in as a private in Company E, 58th North Carolina Troops. There are no further records from the National Archives. I also checked the 1870 census. In the Watauga township, family group 14, it shows a Matilda Fox (Age 43), with Columbus (age 16) and Martha E. (Age 6). I would be interested in the date of birth, death, and place of burial for Alexander Fox if you even come across it. Regards, Michael C. Hardy www.michaelchardy.com ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Tim Fields" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [NCWATAUG] I need some help with ancestors.. Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:19:00 -0400 I can't seem to find any information on my ggg grandfather Columbus F Fox he was born on 15 Jan 1855. He died on 9 Sep 1914. He died in Watauga Co , NC in Dutch Creek. I know he had a brother named Alexander Fox who may have fought in the Civil War. Columbus had a son named Roy Pinkney Fox.. If anyone could help , or has information on the Fox surname of Watauga county..Please give me an email . Any help will be welcomed Brad Fields ==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== Wade Eller Index of surnames that were in northwestern NC. The area that is now Watauga County is included. http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Wade_enter.html _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/