Hi Rae And thank you for sharing what you have found or collected. DO you know were you got the data om George MINTON being Mary Ann ELLER's nee MINTON's father???? I think he is a possible canidate for her father but can not find any thing to prove it??? thank you Jeanie RaeSunshin@aol.com wrote: I have a little bit on this family, but not much more than you do. I'll include what I have below. They are not in my direct line of ancestry, so it's sketchy. However, I went looking for any of them in a census after 1870 this morning, and they might as well have vanished. Very interesting to find none of the children there. In other cases like that, they have moved to Buncombe County or gone west. I see Mary Minton's last child born in 1852, and childbirth was a leading cause of death for women, so that may be when she died. The Churches were often orderly about burying their dead in cemeteries, so I would go looking through cemeteries in the Lewis Fork area of the county. I tried to do that this morning but the site was not available. Here is what I have, for what it is worth. 1. GEORGE6 ELLER (PETER5, PETER4, GEORGE MICHAEL3, GEORGE2, JOHANN ADAM1)1 was born Abt. 1812 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1870. He married MARY ANN MINTON 24 Jul 1845 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, daughter of GEORGE MINTON and REBECCA CHURCH. She was born Abt. 1823 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1852 - 1860. --------------------------------- Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stafford, Lunsford, Fox, Teague Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4310.1 Message Board Post: Try these: www.cyndislist.com/home-r.htm www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19761 http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WL.html http://www.interment.net/us/nc/index.htm (Cemeteries of NC) There is also the Wilkes Co. Genealogical Society you may try. I would almost bet they have a cemetery listing. You could probably call the library to find what you need too. Hope this helps, DSH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/2494.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Linda, Found another Whittington and Hinchey connection in Wilkes Co. NC. Caroline Whittington (daughter of Leonard) married Absolum Faw in 1837. Caroline is my husbands 2nd great grand aunt. Absolum Faw is the granduncle of William Harrison Faw who married Mary Jane Hinchey, daughter of William and Charlotte Hinchey. Mary Jane is a sister of Thomas Jefferson Hinchey. Thanks for your help. Maybe together we can find the family that Margaret Victoria Hinchey belongs.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lunsford, Massey, Allen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4311 Message Board Post: Can anyone five me information on the Lunsfords or Massey,s from Wilkes Co. I would appreciate any information.

Hi, I am also related to the Hinchey/Hincher/Hinshaw family through Phoebe Ann Hincher who married James Linville Bumgarner - the common parents being William Hinshaw and Charlotte Carroll. It seems this name may originally have been Hinshaw, but it looks like all the male descendants ended up mostly using Hinchey or Hincher, probably due to literacy and/or dialect issues. Have you found any information to help determine William and Charlotte's ancestry? They were married in Orange County, NC. Anyway, I just thought I would chime in here since I have just been working on a few more census entries for all the kids of William and Charlotte. Thanks, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net On 27 Oct 2006 18:21:04 -0600, appalachian_heritage@yahoo.com <appalachian_heritage@yahoo.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Hinchey, Hincher, Hinshaw, Shoemate, Shumate, Absher > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/2494.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Does any of this seem remotely familiar? These are the only lines in the 1875 time frame that I have that are Hinchey/Hincher's connected to a Shoemate. > Linda > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Appalachian_Heritage/ > > Descendants of Thomas "Jeff" Jefferson HINCHEY/Hincher > ------------------------------------------------------ > 1-Thomas "Jeff" Jefferson HINCHEY/Hincher b. Abt 1831-1849, Chapel Hill, Orange > Co., NC, d. Jan 1926, Orange Co., NC > +Martha Ann SHOEMATE/SHUMATE b. Abt 1849-1851, > Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. > 1934 > Thomas & Marthas children: > ------------------------------------------------ > |--2-James Calvin HINCHEY b. 22 May 1874 or 1878, Wilkes County, Mulberry > | Township, North Carolina, c. ñ, d. 1 Dec 1953, Abingdon, Washington > | County, Virginia, bur. Mountain View Church Cem., Rt. 75, Abingdon, > | Washington County, , Va > |--2-Nancy Millicent HINCHEY b. Aug 1870, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. After > | 1930 > |--2-Pheobe E. HINCHEY b. 9 Mar 1871-1874, d. After 1930 > |--2-John Freeland "Freel" Hinchey b. 20 Jul 1880, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, > | d. 19 Jan 1924, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, bur. Cane Creek Baptist > | Church, Wilkes Co., North Carolina > |--2-Martha Ann HINCHEY b. Oct 1882, NC, d. 1908 > > Thomas' second family w/ Millie Absher > -------------------------------- > +Millie Ann Absher b. Abt 1861-1862, d. Between 1910 and 1920 > |--2-James Allen HINCHEY/Hincher b. 9 Jul 1883, d. 1957 > |--2-John "Alvin" Calvin HINCHEY/Hincher b. 15 Sep 1887, d. 1954 > |--2-William Thomas HINCHEY/Hincher b. 18 Jun 1889, d. 1971 > |--2-Felix Columbus HINCHEY/Hincher b. 20 Apr 1891, North Carolina, d. 1969 > |--2-Leota M. J. HINCHEY/Hincher b. Jul 1894, Traphill, Wilkes County, North > | Carolina, d. 1969 > |--2-Solomon Iredell HINCHEY/Hincher b. 22 Feb 1897, d. 1988 > |--2-Linville Reed HINCHEY/Hincher b. 1901, d. 1965 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net

Here's a link to a list of all the newspapers from Wilkes that are available through inter-library loan (ILL): http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncnp/wilke.htm. It looks like the Wilkes Journal covers from 1924-1932. Good luck with the search! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net On 10/28/06, RaeSunshin@aol.com <RaeSunshin@aol.com> wrote: > I think the other article said he died in January 1926. If that is true, > there may be an obituary in the Wilkes County papers in late January or early > February. I don't know the names of the newspapers in 1926 in Wilkes County, > but I'll bet someone can tell you. If you get the newspaper name, the > library or archive system may have back issues in either Wilkes County or the state > of North Carolina archives. > > Rae Williams > www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net

The Wilkes Public Library has one reel of film of the N North Wilkesboro Carters Weekly and Wilkes Journal. Jan 7-1926 to Dec 30 1926. Jeanie --------------------------------- We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.

My brother and I spent the day today looking around Wilkes County at old graveyards. Since I was out, I went ahead and indexed the Caudill / Joines Cemetery. None of this is proofed, so let me know if you find any errors. IRN (Individual Reference Number) is my wierd way of indexing everyone in my database and the information will be meaningless to you. If I don't have an IRN number next to a name, it means I haven't identified them. If you know who they are, how they tie to the CAUDILL~JOINES~ADAMS~HOLBROOK madness, please let me know. (Like some of you, I am part ADAMS, HOLBROOK, BLEVINS, CAUDILL, RICHARDSON, lord only knows what else). I try to keep track of all the interrelationships because I find them to be very revealing about places, events, and people from our collective history. Narrative: This cemetery is known by more than one name such as "Old Double Creek Baptist Church Cemetery". This cemetery was indexed on October 29, 2006 as below. The row numbers begin with row #1 being closest to the entry gate. Rows were read from left to right. There are unequal number of graves in each row therefore the columns do not align. Anything in CAPITALIZED ITALICS is inscribed on the stone. Other comments, if any, are mine. If two names appear in one bordered box, they share a common headstone. Caudill ~ Joines Cemetery IRN Name Birth Death Commentary Row #1 Holbrook, Larry Wayne 282 Joines, S.F. Mar. 22, 1870 Feb. 16, 1927 287 Joines, Mary Ann Jan. 5, 1870 June 18, 1945 Joines, Walter Marvin June 14, 1908 June 19, 1977 Flynn, Charlie Monroe INFANT SON OF EARL & MARILYN Row #2 13844 Joines, Nancy Etta Dec. 11, 1902 June 10, 1911 DAU. OF M.F. & ALICE JOINES 13833 13834 Inf. Twins, son & dau. J.H. & Callie Woodruff Joines 1925 Row #3 Fieldstone (no inscription) Fieldstone (no inscription) 9203 Joines, James Hardin Dec. 12, 1865 June 18, 1953 Son of Shadrick Franklin Joines 9212 Joines, Carrie Buttery July 25, 1866 Jan. 24, 1918 13835 Joines, Ethel Aug. 6, 1907 Mar. 20, 1908 ETHEL DAU. OF J.H. & CALLIE JOINES Joines, Mac Feb. 18, 1887 July 21, 1918 1st LT. MAC JOINES Joines, Dean July 29, 1892 Apr. 27, 1985 13836 Joines, Vance Oct. 14, 1900 Dec. 9, 1989 SON OF J.H. & CARRIE JOINES. FATHER OF CARRIE, ELLEN, ETHEL, JAMES Row # 4 9209 Joines, John A. July 27, 1868 Nov. 26, 1931 13841 Joines, Mary A. Jan. 29, 1869 May 23, 1921 MARY A. WIFE OF J.A. JOINES 13842 Joines, Wannie G. Aug. 23, 1904 Apr. 2, 1910 WANNIE G. SON OF J.A. & M.A. JOINES 13843 Inf. Son of J.A. & M.A. Joines Apr. 20, 1898 Joines, R.C. Mar. 4, 1889 July 9, 1893 Fieldstone (no inscription) Fieldstone (no inscription) 282 Joines, S.F. Oct. 17, 1840 Aug. 24, 1915 287 Joines, Nancy Apr. 1, 1843 July 29, 1908 NANCY WIFE OF S.F. CAUDILL 9202 Absher, Alice Joines Mar. 24, 1865 July 9, 1938 Daughter of S.F. Joines Caudill, Grover C. Nov. 25, 1889 Jan. 17, 1957 Row #5 Fieldstone (no inscription) 277 Joines, Ezekial 1800 1893 Son of Thomas Joines 173 Joines, Pheraby 1800 1870 Daughter of Jeremiah Caudill Fieldstone (no inscription) Fieldstone (no inscription) 10652 Caudle, Nannie A. Aug. 16, 1882 July 9, 1914 NANNIE A. CAUDLE WIFE OF J.A. CAUDLE 317 Caudill, Thom. B. Aug. 30, 1838 Nov. 4, 1928 90Y 2MO 5D 281 Caudill, Martha Sept. 18, 1838 Apr. 11, 1922 MARTHA WIFE OF THOM. B. CAUDILL Daughter of Ezekial Joines and Pheraby Caudill 318 Caudill, Julina Ellen May 4, 1864 June 26, 1943 Daughter of Thomas B. Caudill 10638 Caudill, Ezekial Arleington Oct. 2, 1876 Aug, 3, 1947 Son of Thomas B. Caudill 319 Mabe, Mary Jane (Caudill) Oct. 25, 1865 Jan. 25, 1949 MARY JANE WIFE OF FIELDEN MABE Daughter of Thomas B. Caudill Row #6 Truitt, William H. Jan. 17, 1876 Dec. 24, 1945 Truitt, Margie C. June 19, 1879 Sept. 2, 1973 Truitt, Aaron July 2, 1851 Apr. 1, 1914 Truitt, Cyntha Apr. 3, 1843 Oct. 14, 1891 Inf. Dau. A.R. & Cyntha Truitt Inf. Dau. A.R. & Cyntha Truitt Inf. Dau. A.R. & Cyntha Truitt Truitt, Sally DAU. OF A.R. & CYNTHA TRUITT Andrews, Della Apr. 22, 1892 June 21, 1955 Row #7 46 Caudill, Cornelius Sept. 22, 1906 July 15, 1916 SON OF A.M. & F.J. CAUDILL. SAFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS Killed Basin Creek flood of July 15, 1916. Brinegar, Guy Feb. 4, 1904 Jan. 11, 1980 Brinegar, Eula W. June 25, 1914 Mar. 7, 1996 Brinegar, Robert Apr. 9, 1932 Feb. 7, 1933 SON OF MR. & MRS. GUY BRINEGAR Walker, Robert Glenn June 30, 1920 July 8, 1921 SON OF WIRT & NANNIE WALKER Walker, Leonard C. Apr. 21, 1893 Apr. 16, 1909 SON OF J.A. & PHOEBE WALKER Walker, Pheroby Dec. 29, 1869 July 15, 1957 Walker, Wirt (Eld.) Sept. 25, 1891 July 17, 1984 Walker, Nancy E. Jan. 8, 1889 Aug. 18, 1960 Walker, T. Vestal 1918 - Walker, Minerva B. 1909 1991 Row #8 Adams, Frank 1879 1952 Adams, Dora 1894 1952 Adams, Doris Jan. 13, 1916 Apr. 26, 1935 WIFE OF NILIE LOVE Adams, Irvin Sidney May 29, 1917 June 21, 1997 Adams, Franklin Paul Nov. 21, 1920 Aug. 18, 2002 Adams, Rosa Hutchison Mar. 16, 1922 - Row #9 Joines, Mac July 11, 1918 Joines, Edna R. July 5, 1939 Jan. 20, 2006 Row #10 Shumate, Dan Mar. 30, 1866 Feb. 2, 1963 Shumate, Aurora Joines May 3, 1876 May 16, 1975

Anderson Independent-Mail Anderson, SC Oct 27, 4:16 AM EDT Records of Freed Slaves to Go Online By DIONNE WALKER Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Records the Freedmen's Bureau used to reconnect families - from battered work contracts to bank forms - will be placed online in part of a new project linking modern-day blacks with their ancestors. The Virginia Freedmen Project plans to digitize more than 200,000 images collected by the Richmond bureau, one of dozens of offices established throughout the South to help former slaves adjust to free life. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Thursday unveiled the project and a state marker near the site where the bureau once stood in downtown Richmond. "This is the equivalent for African Americans of Ellis Island's records being put up," said Kaine, who was joined by Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor and a grandson of slaves. Researchers will eventually transfer data from all of the southern states to an online database, said Wayne Metcalfe, vice president of the Genealogical Society of Utah, a partner in the project. Records from Virginia should be ready to go online by the middle of next year, Metcalfe said. "It was one of the larger states and one of the most complete collections available," he said. "It's a gold mine, as far as a genealogist is concerned." About a half-million slaves were left to establish a new life following emancipation, Metcalfe said. Established in 1865, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands - also called the Freedmen's Bureau - helped former slaves find clothes, food and jobs. Bureaus kept meticulous records, documenting marriages and work histories. Those records will be scanned from microfilm and compiled into an electronic index families will eventually be able to access, Metcalfe said. Twenty-four years removed from slavery in rural Virginia, Hawkins Wilson had established himself as a respected Texas minister. But there was something missing from his life as a free man: the mother and sisters he left behind. In a letter dated May 11, 1867, he offered bureau officials details of his family's old home in Caroline County, and urged them to pass along a note to his sister, Jane. "Your little brother Hawkins is trying to find out where you are and where his poor old mother is," reads the letter, which will be included in the database. "Your advice to me to meet you in Heaven has never (lapsed) from my mind." Historians don't know if he ever found his family. Debra Great things have been affected by a few men well conducted. George Rogers Clark to Patrick Henry, Gov. of VA 1779 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Earp, Kilby, Hubbard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4310 Message Board Post: I am looking for information and location of the Earp Family Cemetery. Also would like to know if a Cemetery Book is available for Wilkes Co. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I have a little bit on this family, but not much more than you do. I'll include what I have below. They are not in my direct line of ancestry, so it's sketchy. However, I went looking for any of them in a census after 1870 this morning, and they might as well have vanished. Very interesting to find none of the children there. In other cases like that, they have moved to Buncombe County or gone west. I see Mary Minton's last child born in 1852, and childbirth was a leading cause of death for women, so that may be when she died. The Churches were often orderly about burying their dead in cemeteries, so I would go looking through cemeteries in the Lewis Fork area of the county. I tried to do that this morning but the site was not available. Here is what I have, for what it is worth. 1. GEORGE6 ELLER (PETER5, PETER4, GEORGE MICHAEL3, GEORGE2, JOHANN ADAM1)1 was born Abt. 1812 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1870. He married MARY ANN MINTON 24 Jul 1845 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, daughter of GEORGE MINTON and REBECCA CHURCH. She was born Abt. 1823 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1852 - 1860. More About GEORGE ELLER: Census: 1860, Year: 1860; Census Place: Elkville Post Office, Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 157; Image: 315. More About MARY ANN MINTON: Census: 1850, Year: 1850; Census Place: Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M432_649; Page: 370; Image: 243. Children of GEORGE ELLER and MARY MINTON are: i. WILLIAM7 ELLER, b. Abt. 1846, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown. Notes for WILLIAM ELLER: In the 1870 census, he is living on the farm of Franklin McNeil, working as a laborer on the farm. He is living near John and Hiram Church. More About WILLIAM ELLER: Census: 1860, Year: 1860; Census Place: Elkville Post Office, Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 157; Image: 315. age 14 ii. CAROLINE ELLER, b. Abt. 1847, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown. More About CAROLINE ELLER: Census: 1860, Year: 1860; Census Place: Elkville Post Office, Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 157; Image: 315. age 12 iii. PHINEAS H. ELLER, b. 06 Nov 1850, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. 18 Aug 1935; m. MARGARET CHURCH, Abt. 1873, Wilkes County, North Carolina; b. Abt. 1855, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown. Notes for PHINEAS H. ELLER: In the 1870 census, George and Phineas are the entire household. They appear to be 2 years younger than they were in 1860 (meaning they aged 8 years instead of 10). However, they live among all of the same Mintons and Churches so they certainly look like the same people. More About PHINEAS H. ELLER: Census: 1860, Year: 1860; Census Place: Elkville Post Office, Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 157; Image: 315. iv. MARY ANN ELLER, b. Abt. 1852, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown. More About MARY ANN ELLER: Census: 1860, Year: 1860; Census Place: Elkville Post Office, Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 157; Image: 315. v. LOWRY ELLER, b. 06 Jun 1855, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown. More About LOWRY ELLER: Census: 1860, Year: 1860; Census Place: Elkville Post Office, Upper Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M653_918; Page: 157; Image: 315. Rae Williams www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com

Jo Ann, Sorry, I just realized again that I don't think I ever thanked you for your idea. I don't like the implication, but still it has to be a consideration. Thanks. Joan Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Ann Whitworth" <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net> To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] RECORD PROBLEM RE HARBIN SURNAME > Sounds to me like the poor old guy was cheated out of his property, or > that > William Byrd put it in writing that he gave his property to son in law, > but > never had it recorded, then a long time later, someone found that piece of > writing and claimed to be William Byrd (maybe a relative of the William > Byrd). Hope someone can come up with a much better reason than mine for > this mystery and I am sure they will. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Marie" <my33har@open.org> > To: <NCWILKES@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:40 PM > Subject: [NCWILKES] RECORD PROBLEM RE HARBIN SURNAME > > >>I have in front of me a copy of a microfilm document that is sure >>presenting problems. It is from p49 of court records and is a "deed of >>gift" from an "old and infirm" Joshua Harbin to s-i-l Wm. Byrd for >>maintance of Joshua and his wife, and gives his s-i-l William Byrd >>essentially all his possessions. The problem is this: >> >> The deed was dated the 15th day of Sept 1872 - no question about the >> writing. It is listed under the Nov Term AD 1872, and the following deed >> is also dated Nov Term AD 1872. All the ones are ones, all the sevens are >> sevens. >> >> My records indicate Joshua was born in 1755 in MD, married Ruth Hoskinson >> in 1778 in MD, appears in deeds & censuses in Wilkes County 1778-1810, >> but >> not thereafter. He had a dau who married William Byrd. >> >> So are the court records dated incorrectly (1812 would make much more >> sense) or do we have two Joshua Harbins who married two Ruths and had two >> s-i-l's named William Byrd? >> >> Since both things sound abit unlikely to me, I would appreciate readers' >> comments on this. You know your early settlers - do you think the >> latter >> might have happened? Thanks so much! >> >> Joan Marie >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Can some one please share what they have if they have it on a GEORGE MINTON born about 1793 lives in WILKES CO 1830-1850 (census) Married Rebecca CHURCH . Has several daughters in the early census records . I am looking for the father of a Mary Ann MINTON born about 1823 George MINTON has a daughter that age in 1830-1840 census. The Mary Ann MINTON I am seeking marries George ELLER and she is not in the 1860 census records only the 1850. Marriage date vJuly 24, 1845 So she must of died ? bondsman Caleb Minton M432 649 379 1890 November 8 1850 Wilkes CO George ELLER age 38 Mary age 26 Lurana age 13 -daughter to a first wife ----- children of Mary Ann MINTON and George ELLER William age 4 Caroline age 3 Phelix age 1 ----- ----- George is now alone last child born about 1855. 1860 U Elksville PO Wilkes CO 157-A George ELLER age 48 day Laborer 40. personal estate William 14 Caroline 12 Phineas 10 Mary Ann 8 Lowry 5 Thank you for any thing. Jeanie --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.

I think the other article said he died in January 1926. If that is true, there may be an obituary in the Wilkes County papers in late January or early February. I don't know the names of the newspapers in 1926 in Wilkes County, but I'll bet someone can tell you. If you get the newspaper name, the library or archive system may have back issues in either Wilkes County or the state of North Carolina archives. Rae Williams www.grannyandpopacaldwell.com

Do you mean to say Thomas Jefferson Hinchey b. btw 1831-1849-d.1926 The thing is if your man did not die in Wilkes CO he might not have record of death in this CO, most often they are written in the CO found dead? Some News papers are on microfilm in Librarys.. Some years and months are lost and some years in Wilkes have several area news papers. Since you don't have a month he died it would be very time consuming and nothing may be found. There has been no indexing that early. You can write and your call most court houses for death records. Ask for clerk of registers office. Ask the price? You can also do interlibrary loans on microfilm of news papers. Ask at the reference desk of your public library how to do this . But make sure they first have an easy to use microfilm machine with a printer. Many old news papers on film can be found also Raleigh NC at state archives. Google the state archives they should have a web page some place with the news papers that are available . I have sent to other states for news papers but not Raleigh yet. Thomas disappeared while taking a trip in January, 1926 to Alert, near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina Jeanie --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited Try it today.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinchey, Hincher, Hinshaw, Carroll,Shoemate, Shumate, Absher, Reynolds Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4309 Message Board Post: Can anyone do a lookup for this poss. article? Or a look-up for a death certificate on Thomas Jefferson Hinchey b. 1831-1849. He was married to Millie Absher at the time. Thanks, Linda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Appalachian_Heritage/ Thomas disappeared while taking a trip in January, 1926 to Alert, near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. He was carrying cash and gifts to family members in Orange County, I was told by Clara Hinchey Harless that James Calvin, her father, said that "Jeff" was taking presents to one of his sisters... He took train and when he got close he hitched a ride with a man... when he got near where he needed to be dropped off he got out and offered the kind man $5 for his trouble. This was a large amount of money in those days... she said there were two men sitting outside the store where he was dropped off and they must have noticed that he was carring large amounts of cash and money. He disappeared and in a few weeks after a large search they found his clothes scattered in a large area along with his suitcase and ultimately found his body at the bottom of a well.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinchey, Hincher, Hinshaw, Carroll,Shoemate, Shumate, Absher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4308 Message Board Post: I realize the murder was possibly in Orange Co., NC but I wondered that it may have been printed up in the Wilkes Co., newspapers also, being that he lived there? Can anyone do a lookup for this poss. article? Thanks, Linda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Appalachian_Heritage/ Thomas disappeared while taking a trip in January, 1926 to Alert, near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. He was carrying cash and gifts to family members in Orange County, I was told by Clara Hinchey Harless that James Calvin, her father, said that "Jeff" was taking presents to one of his sisters... He took train and when he got close he hitched a ride with a man... when he got near where he needed to be dropped off he got out and offered the kind man $5 for his trouble. This was a large amount of money in those days... she said there were two men sitting outside the store where he was dropped off and they must have noticed that he was carring large amounts of cash and money. He disappeared and in a few weeks after a large search they found his clothes scattered in a large area along with his suitcase and ultimately found his body at the bottom of a well.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hinchey, Hincher, Hinshaw, Shoemate, Shumate, Absher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/2494.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Does any of this seem remotely familiar? These are the only lines in the 1875 time frame that I have that are Hinchey/Hincher's connected to a Shoemate. Linda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Appalachian_Heritage/ Descendants of Thomas "Jeff" Jefferson HINCHEY/Hincher ------------------------------------------------------ 1-Thomas "Jeff" Jefferson HINCHEY/Hincher b. Abt 1831-1849, Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC, d. Jan 1926, Orange Co., NC +Martha Ann SHOEMATE/SHUMATE b. Abt 1849-1851, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. 1934 Thomas & Marthas children: ------------------------------------------------ |--2-James Calvin HINCHEY b. 22 May 1874 or 1878, Wilkes County, Mulberry | Township, North Carolina, c. ñ, d. 1 Dec 1953, Abingdon, Washington | County, Virginia, bur. Mountain View Church Cem., Rt. 75, Abingdon, | Washington County, , Va |--2-Nancy Millicent HINCHEY b. Aug 1870, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. After | 1930 |--2-Pheobe E. HINCHEY b. 9 Mar 1871-1874, d. After 1930 |--2-John Freeland "Freel" Hinchey b. 20 Jul 1880, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, | d. 19 Jan 1924, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, bur. Cane Creek Baptist | Church, Wilkes Co., North Carolina |--2-Martha Ann HINCHEY b. Oct 1882, NC, d. 1908 Thomas' second family w/ Millie Absher -------------------------------- +Millie Ann Absher b. Abt 1861-1862, d. Between 1910 and 1920 |--2-James Allen HINCHEY/Hincher b. 9 Jul 1883, d. 1957 |--2-John "Alvin" Calvin HINCHEY/Hincher b. 15 Sep 1887, d. 1954 |--2-William Thomas HINCHEY/Hincher b. 18 Jun 1889, d. 1971 |--2-Felix Columbus HINCHEY/Hincher b. 20 Apr 1891, North Carolina, d. 1969 |--2-Leota M. J. HINCHEY/Hincher b. Jul 1894, Traphill, Wilkes County, North | Carolina, d. 1969 |--2-Solomon Iredell HINCHEY/Hincher b. 22 Feb 1897, d. 1988 |--2-Linville Reed HINCHEY/Hincher b. 1901, d. 1965

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xUB.2ACE/4307 Message Board Post: Two new books on the Elrod family are available. For information, please contact me directly. “Untangling the Elrod Family in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama” focuses on those 3 states and shows their connections back into North Carolina in the late 1700s, and traces the movement of Elrods out of SC into Georgia and Alabama in the early 1800s. “Untangling the Elrod Family in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky” focuses on the Elrods who moved from Rowan County, NC to western counties of NC, such as Wilkes and Ashe (late 1700s). From there many moved further west into Tennessee and Kentucky (1800s). Write to Streett44@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Franklin,Carrell,Delinger,Presson,Carpenter Turbyville,Ransour Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4299.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you know if the cemetery is documented and if a list of those buried in the cemetery is available.