Who are the husbands of this Nancy Smith? Barbara bkcoffey@insightbb.com -----Original Message----- From: ncwilkes-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwilkes-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of moonrose2u Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:23 PM To: ncwilkes@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCWILKES] SMITH looking for further parentage and history of my gggrandmother Nancy SMITH b. 1837 to Christena Jenkins and possibly John/Johnathan SMITH (?). There should be a native american link. Nancy md. Allen SERGENT 1844 and settled Harlan Co KY. Trying to find information on this line of Smiths have been very difficult. Is anyone searching for this line of SMITH? "The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the blood of our ancestors." Chief Plenty Coups (Crow) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bill, I'm sure someone will be happy to help you find these cemeteries. If I didn't live in California, I would help you myself. The people in this part of NC are extremely friendly and helpful. At least that has been my experience. Most of my relatives are from Job's Cabin, and that general area includes Parsonsville. I've attached a map, which I hope will show up. If you enlarge it just a bit, you can see Big Ivy Road, Parsonville Rd, and Parsonville. My Church family was from Summit, which is also on the map. The one time I corresponded with Mr. McNeil, he said he would be happy to help me find a couple of obscure cemeteries that I was interested in, as long as he didn't have prior plans. I don't know how his health is now, but if no one else can help you, he will if he is able. Since Barbara Pipek is in the area, she might be willing to help you find them as well. Good luck with the search, and if you've never been to NC, you are in for a real treat! This area of NC is positively beautiful. :-)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, This strikes me as amazing! For many years I have only known that my family generally came from Wilkes County and then a short while ago (a few months) I learn that it was around Parsonville and that there was a Powell cemtery plot. Now there are two Powell cemeteries-definitely an embarrasment of riches! I have no idea who might be in either, but would like an address or map so that I could visit. My assumption is that my gggggrandmother and father are buried on the cemetery that was on John Martin's property since they lived with him but that would just be a guess. Certainly back then (140-190 years ago) there were a lot of Powell family members in that immediate area. In fact, my father visited from Indiana nearly 70-80 years ago and knew family members in the area but he has been gone for nearly 40 years so I have no idea what he knew about the area and so forth. Is there a way to get a map or something to help me figure out where to go and who to ask before I go looking for the cemeteries? I will also let distant Powell relatives in Indiana (I now live in Wisconsin) know of this-there are quite a few 5th and 6th cousins there and a few of us keep in touch by email. I'm visiting some of them for the first time next month and they very much want to know where the family came from...this will be exciting news for them. Anyway, thank you all so much. Bill Powell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is the current address for George McNeil. His wife Joyce died a few years ago. He is still doing some research. In fact, I spoke with him this morning about our CHURCH line. I meet with him on occasion, along with another CHURCH researcher Day Parker Church. In fact, I asked him to confirm that I had the right location for the John Powell Family Cemetery, and it is about 2 miles from me. I do live in Parsonsville. This is where I was born and came back home after moving around the country for 38 years. Let me know how I can help you. Barbara Spears Pipek

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cardwell, Ashley, McGee, Spears, Hamby, Dillard, Church, to name a few. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bill There are two Powell Cemeteries in Parsonsville. One of them is on my property and the other one is about two miles up the road from me. Your John Martin Powell that married Mary Owens is buried in the John Powell Cemetery on Little Big Ivy Road in the community of Parsonsville. There are several graves in this cemetery - some have names on the stones and others do not. This cemetery is located on my father's great-nephew's property. This great-nephew descends from John Martin and Amanda Catherine SPEARS POWELL. So gaining access to the property would not be an issue. In the meantime, I will check with my cousin to see how accessible this cemetery is now. It used to be located within a cow pasture, but I am not sure anymore how much the field has grown up. Barbara Spears Pipek

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Thanks for the information about a source for cemetery listings-I'll follow up on that. A Wilkes County historical source talked about the cemetery and Rachel Smith Powell lived with John Martin Powell until her death a few years after the Civil War-I'm presuming both of John Martin's parents are buried there and I would like to visit it sometime. William Evans Powell, her husband, and John Martin's father died several years earlier. John Martin did indeed marry Mary Owen (another Welsh name). There are a lot of siblings in that family and, as mentioned, I am descended from Mason and Clary who moved to Indiana. Quite a few people from Wilkes County moved to Indiana and most settled near one another in Wells County Indiana which is just south of Fort Wayne...........they kept contact with their NC relatives for nearly 100 years but those ties have drifted away, unfortunately. Many of the names in Wilkes County can be found in Wells County to this date and there is even a genealogical listserv for people with families in both areas! Anyway, I greatly appreciate hearing from you and will follow up on your message. Kindest regards, Bill Powell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owens, Phillips, Powell, Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Bill. There is a man living in Wilkes Co. who spent eight years, along with his late wife, documenting the cemeteries in Wilkes Co. I would think you could contact him to see where the Powell cemetery is. I know he used to charge a nominal fee for records he provided, but I don't know if he charges just to tell someone where a certain cemetery is located. His name is George F. McNeil, 1128 Winkler Mill Rd., Wilkesboro, NC 28697. This was where he lived in 2002, and I'm going on the assumption that he still lives there. I have a John Martin Powell, b. abt 1798 in Wilkes Co., NC, on my family tree. He married Mary Owens. Do you know if he is part of the Powell families that have been discussed in this thread? I got my Powell information from an Owens descendant who has since passed away. John Martin and Mary Owens Powell had children Alice, Rachel, Rhoda, Green, Nancy, Jane, John Madison, William, Rebecca, and Mary Ann. A few of the girls married into my Phillips family. I think John Martin's parents were William and Rachel Smith Powell from VA, but I have no proof of this. It is something I found online, and there weren't any sources listed, unfortunately. John Martin was listed as one of the children of William and Rachel, and there was a Mason Powell listed as brother to John Martin. This information says that this Mason was born abt. 1797 in Wilkes Co. Barbara Shirley Rogerson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Combs, Brewer, Morgan, Jenkins, Jones, Lewis, Hensley, Hall, Baker, Bird, Riddle, Barrett, Barger, Allen, Frazier, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/7232/mb.ashx Message Board Post: looking for Deborah Byrd/Bird who md. Ephraim Sergent/Sergeant b. 1800 NC. Deborah d. 1865. Son Allen b. 1829 and md. 1849 in Harlan Ky. Nothing is known about Deborah. Is anyone researching this line?

Hi again. Glad I could be of help. My dad's maternal great-grandfather moved from Wilkes Co, NC to Madison Co., IN, when he was just a young man. He lived with his future father-in-law as a boarder. His mother-in-law was a woman named Emily Plutina Cheek, who was born in NC according to records others have checked for me. I have yet to find out who HER parents were! She was listed as Miller when she died. Do you know if the death certificates list the names of the parents of the deceased? I was going to order a copy of her certificate to see if that was the case, but they wanted to know her parents names. If I knew that, I wouldn't need the death certificate! LOL Barbara "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4251.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Thanks for the information about a source for cemetery listings-I'll follow up on that. A Wilkes County historical source talked about the cemetery and Rachel Smith Powell lived with John Martin Powell until her death a few years after the Civil War-I'm presuming both of John Martin's parents are buried there and I would like to visit it sometime. William Evans Powell, her husband, and John Martin's father died several years earlier. John Martin did indeed marry Mary Owen (another Welsh name). There are a lot of siblings in that family and, as mentioned, I am descended from Mason and Clary who moved to Indiana. Quite a few people from Wilkes County moved to Indiana and most settled near one another in Wells County Indiana which is just south of Fort Wayne...........they kept contact with their NC relatives for nearly 100 years but those ties have drifted away, unfortunately. Many of the names in Wilkes County can be found in Wells County to this date and there is even a genealogical listserv for people with families in both areas! Anyway, I greatly appreciate hearing from you and will follow up on your message. Kindest regards, Bill Powell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.

Hi. I noticed you mention your great aunt, who was a Hood. my great grand mother was Nancy Carolina Hood. born abt 1825 , married a Cockerham, do you have any information on the Hood family from Wilkes Co, thanks so much Katherine "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byrd Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4236.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I dont know if this will help. My Great Aunt Alice Hood married Parks Gordon Byrd b. 1888 in Wilkes. Parks parents were John Byrd and Nancy Henderson. I dont know Parks siblings. Yours could be related to him. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byrd Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4236.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~byrd/ Try this link too

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byrd Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4236.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I dont know if this will help. My Great Aunt Alice Hood married Parks Gordon Byrd b. 1888 in Wilkes. Parks parents were John Byrd and Nancy Henderson. I dont know Parks siblings. Yours could be related to him.

looking for further parentage and history of my gggrandmother Nancy SMITH b. 1837 to Christena Jenkins and possibly John/Johnathan SMITH (?). There should be a native american link. Nancy md. Allen SERGENT 1844 and settled Harlan Co KY. Trying to find information on this line of Smiths have been very difficult. Is anyone searching for this line of SMITH? "The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the blood of our ancestors." Chief Plenty Coups (Crow)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4236.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks, walter is my grandfather. since i posted this i have found barney gray byrd, thomas m byrd and thomas byrd. that's where it stops right now. i don't know who thomas father was but i do have more info on their children and wives. i need to go back further and i want to find out who mary g mcbride was and what her line is through my g.g.grandfather thomas meredith byrd. my g.g.g.grandfather thomas byrd was 38 in 1860 and he was married to elizabeth betsy thornton. all according to the census records.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCrary, Childress, Bauguess, Spicer, Kendrick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/7231/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for information on my great grandmother who married Henry Childress. She was the daughter of Acy McCrary (born abt 1850) and Ciely (may have been a McCrary also) unknown last name. Acy was the son of William McCrary (born 1824) and Jane Caudill. William's brother, Joseph (born 1827) married Sarah Elizabeth Cheek in 1862. Another sibling, Elizabeth (born 1831) married James Madison Bauguess) and Margaret was born 1833 and married Esau Fugate. William's father was Christopher McCrary and Priscilla Aulsbury. I have found my great-grandparents on the 1900 census living in Rock Creek, Wilkes Co, NC with my grandmother and Aunt. No other documents have been found as to Henry's parents or as to what happened to the family. The daughters were living in diffent homes in the 1910. My grandmother, Florence Childress married William Spicer in 1914 in Surry Co, NC and her sister, Celia married William Kendrick in 1922 in Guilford Co. NC. No other records have been found for Celia. Any information will be appreciated.

This may be the email. It is the only one I can find and it did come from my cousin Ken Steven's who passed away last year. You might try this Scott Kendall and see what he can tell you. I really feel badly about my cousin, as he had almost completely financed a book on the trail of Hamp Kendall in Wilkes County, where he was wrongly accused of a murder and spent about 10 years on Central Prison in Raleigh, NC. I hope someone can get this book in print as it was 99% finished. I don't know how I received this message as it has my email address from the 90's. But I did receive it. My email address now is Ninajcobb@aol.com Nina Cobb From: Scott Kendall [mailto:skendall@kc.rr.com] Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: 'ninajoancobb@cs.com' Subject: Kendall Family Dear Ms. Cobb, I received your name from Ken Stevens. I would like to correspond with you concerning the Kendall family. I descend from Braxton Bird Kendall (1782-1822) of Stafford and Fauquier County, VA. Please contact me at your earliest convenience. Thank you Scott Kendall From: Kenneth Stevens [mailto:kgs@msn.com] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 11:22 PM To: Scott Kendall Subject: Re: Hamp Kendall Scott, Nina Cobb, about 75 years, old lives in Charlotte, NC. I met her about two years ago, last heard from her about 6 months ago. She has done extensive work on the Kendall family tree for about 30 years. Nina Cobb ----------- 704-752-7678 ninajoancobb@cs.com She has more knowledge on the Kendall family than anyone else I know. Try to e-mail her. Sometimes she takes a while to respond. Just keep trying and let me know how it turns out. Ken Stevens 11400 Kennewick Road Charlotte, NC 704-394-6040

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Redding, Sparks Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/1953.2109.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Bill, It was good to hear from you. I'm afraid I may not be of much help right now. I have hit many brick walls, since starting research. And then for the last few years, I haven't done much research due to marriage and a baby. I didn't figure the research would be that hard. While I was researching, I found out that my William Brown may not have been the son of James Brown, but maybe a brother or cousin. It's so hard to sort out all of the Willim Browns. It is amazing to think that genealogy work was being done in the '30s as it seems to all have disappeared. I have visited IN and found a ton of distant cousins, but I cannot seem to pin down what country they came from. I've heard rumors of England and Germany, but I've not heard about Northern Ireland. What information do you have about that? I do believe we are likely from the British Isles as the families we traveled with from NC to IN were. It's so hard for me to believe that no one out there knows. Especially s! ince they kept in contact so long--how could the Brown history just vanish. Well, I'm sorry that I haven't been of much help. I'd gladly share any information with you that I have. I have only traced the Browns back to NC. I have some land records and such for James and William Brown, and then some more records for when they moved to IN, but nothing before about 1775. If you have any info or find some out from our IN relatives, it'd be great if you'd let me know. Feel free to email me with any further questions or requests for info. Sarah Brown-Thoenes

Nina, Do you know whether there is a DNA test available for females .........to be tested back to females? I would appreciate hearing. My family would not be the same as the one mentioned in your letter. (Mine would be a Davis in Moore County, NC.) RobbiePurse@aol.com

Yes, these Smiths were from North Carolina, and were in Lee County, Virginia for a few years before moving back to NC.. If you want more information, I will be glad to send it, just let me know.

Hi, Betty. Sorry for not replying sooner. Have been dealing with Wet Macular Degeneration. I forwarded your email on to a cousin when I received it and hope that he got in touch with you. Do you want information further back on William Kendall? I have my research back to him and hit a brick wall years ago. A man emailed me sometime ago and I don't know if I kept his email, but will look for it. I did forward it on to some of my male cousins, since he was looking for male descendants of William Kendall for a DNA test. They were doing DNA studies on the supposed descendants of William Kendall in Virginia. There are several William Kendalls in Virginia in that time period and he nor I knew which one was ours. If you have some information that will get us back further, we surely would love to know about it. I do have most of the descendants of William Kendall down to the present in my lines. I could send you a copy if you would like it. I have Family Tree Maker software and am not very good at computers, so I don't know exactly how to send it to you by email. I could try, but just in case I fail, just email me directly and give me your snail mail address at Ninajcobb@aol.com My Grandmother, Minerva Josephine Kendall, was the daughter of Larkin Leroy Kendall, who was the son of Thomas Kendall, who was the son of William Kendall, Jr., who was the son of William Kendall of Virginia. Nina Cobb Charlotte, NC