Mary Ann Ellis m. Steven Deans abt. 1870, probably in Wilson Co, NC. Their daughter was Cornelia Frances Deans, my g grandmother. Is this the same Mary Ellis, b. abt. 1851, that is a daughter of William Ellis and Mary of NC, maybe Nash Co? She might have been known as "Molly". Hunter Ferrell <[email protected]> Researching Surnames: NC: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM, CROWELL, MERCER, ELLIS. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Can anyone help fill in the blanks? 1 David Deans 2 Bartl(e)y Deans, b. 1789, Edgecombe Co., NC ? m. Nancy 3 Bartley Deans, b. 1805, Nash Co, NC, m. Lizza 4 Stephen Deans, b. 1850, Nash Co, NC, m. Mary Ann Ellis "Molly" 5 Cornelia Frances Deans, b. 20 Oct. 1875, Wilson Co, NC, d. May 1973, Wilson Co, NC; m. Joseph Richard Etheridge 24 Jan. 1894. There was a will in Apr. 1789, Edgecombe Co, NC, that mentioned one Bartley Deans. Does anyone have an abstract of this? Thanks in advance. Hunter Ferrell <[email protected]> Researching Surnames: NC: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM, CROWELL, MERCER, DEANS. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Rooters, I own Al's book and it is a beautifully done book with maps, photos, and a comprehensive index. Al has won an award for another book of his on the Jones Family and I suspect the Pridgen book will garner another prize. I urge all of you with Pridgen roots or branches to snap up this buy. He also has included many of the allied lines like the Joyners, Pittmans, Cockerells, Mannings, etc. Carol At 05:31 PM 12/14/98 EST5EDT, you wrote: >Now available: > >Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. The Pridgen Family of St. Mary's Parish, >Old Edgecombe County, North Carolina, with Allied Families: Manning, >Batchelor, Bone, Joyner, Cooper, Lindsey, Cockrell, Harper, Lamkin, >Smith, Eason, Bass, Rouse, Sugg, Carter, Winstead, Davis, Ren(t)frow, >Whitley, Williams, Atkinson, Taylor, Richardson, Rackley, Holland, >Wood, Gill, Ralph, Pittman, Bright, Dixon, Dean(s), Tisdale, High, >Perry, Kent, Vester, Creekmore, Evans. Blounts Creek, NC: >Rhosymedre Press, 1998. Approximately 500 pages, including 99-page >personal name index, maps, photographs. $40, including shipping and >handling. > >Send check to: > >Al Jones >100 W. Innes St., Apt. 5-D >Salisbury, NC 28144 > > >Plummer Alston "Al" Jones, Jr., PhD >Director of Library Services >Corriher-Linn-Black Library >Catawba College >2300 W. Innes St. >Salisbury, NC 28144 >Tel: (704) 637-4449 >FAX: (704) 637-4304 >E-mail: [email protected] > > Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

Could someone look up on the 1860 and 1870 census the complete information as listed for John Farmer Mercer and wife Celia (Crowell) Mercer? Any information on other family members and possible relatives will be helpful also. Thank you. G. Hunter Ferrell "Hunter" <[email protected]> Surnames: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Does anyone have any information concerning a deed from or to Joseph Williamson Jr., brother of Martha Williamson Peele? I don't know the date, but Joseph Jr. was born bef. 1797, the son of Joseph Sr. and Ann Williamson. Thank you. G. Hunter Ferrell "Hunter" <[email protected]> Surnames: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Can someone look up Anne Williamson in the 1870 and 1880 Wilson Co. census? I need the complete information as entered, incl. dwelling #. Thanks in advance. G. Hunter Ferrell "Hunter" <[email protected]> Surnames: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Barnes' researchers in Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Wayne and Johnston Cos. NC and back to Virginia will find this site very interesting: <http://myweb.www.com/NorthCarolinaBarnes/index.html> Connie

I don't remember which list received this info from me, but since it was over a year ago... Does anyone know this family? How much of this is correct (any?<G>). COPIED: >From - Tue Oct 14 21:29:30 1997 From: crockersmith <[email protected]> Subject: Samuel CROCKER Does anyone have information that these are the children of Samuel CROCKER b: @ 1848 in Johnston County, NC? Parents: John CROCKER and Nancy ? SONS: Robert Ira (who had 8 children) Johnny (spouse = Nellie) James Elmer (spouse = Lillian) or Lelial James died summer, 1969 Harvey (spouse = Alice) DAUGHTERS: Eva (spouse = Alfred BOYKIN) Julie (spouse = Walter GODWIN) Nancy Jane (spouse = Luther BOYKIN) (Children: Houston, Ennis, Clovis) Lula (spouse = Gaston JOHNSON) I just found this list!!! This is typed from a list made @ early 1960's. Is an oral history of the Johnston County Family(lies). Not sure all the folks are in the right place. I remember sitting in a swing I think at Betty CROCKER/Eugene HOUSE's house near Kenly, NC (she is daughter of Johnny CROCKER and Nellie ?) with everybody calling names so fast I could hardly keep up. Since it's been years!!!and a LOT of water has gone under, over, and through the dam, I don't know how many are associated with the right person. At least there's something to search. Thanks! Shelby CROCKER Smith [email protected] NC

check out http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8929/cures.html This site has old medical terms and cures. Never can tell when you might need them... Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

. "I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me, those who are to come.  I looked back and saw my father, and his father, and all our fathers, and in front, to see my son, and his son, and the sons upon sons beyond.  And their eyes were my eyes. As I felt, so they had felt, and were to feel, as then, so now, as tomorrow and forever.  Then I was not afraid, for I was in a long line that had no beginning, and no end.  And the hand of his father grasped my father's hand, and his hand was in mine, and my unborn son took my right hand, and all, up and down the line that stretched from Time That Was, to Time That Is, and Is Not Yet, raised their hands to show the link, and we found that we were one, born of Woman, Son of Man, made in His Image, fashioned in the Womb by the Will of God, the Eternal Father." Extracted from the work of Richard Llewellyn "How Green Was My Valley" Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

MISSING LINKS: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists Vol. 3, No. 50, 11 December 1998; Circulation: 15,800+ Copyright (c) 1996-98 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG * * * * * WELDING LINKS: GERMANIC TIES by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <[email protected]> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/index.htm> More than one-half of Americans claim to have German ancestors, which accounts for the great interest in this ethnic group. Additionally, many more of us probably have German ancestry but are not aware of it because so many of the German surnames were mutilated beyond recognition or simply were Americanized along the way. In order to trace your German ancestors in the "old country" you must determine their ancestral city, town, or village because the needed genealogical records are kept in local areas, with no nationwide indices to them. You are most likely to find this information in North American records, such as naturalization, military, or church records. Emigration from Germany took place in waves of migration during three major time periods: -- 1683 to 1820. Causes of emigration were religious persecutions and economic hardships. Many were Protestants from the Palatinate area. They went down the Rhine River and sailed from Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Many arrived at the port of Philadelphia. -- 1820 to 1871. Causes of emigration were due chiefly to economic hardships, unemployment, and crop failure, with many leaving to avoid wars and military service. Many were from Rheinland, Hessen, Baden, Wurttemberg, and Alsace-Lorraine. Major U.S. ports of entry for them were New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans. -- 1871-1914. Large numbers emigrated during this time period, because of political and economic problems, and due to recruitment by U.S. states, railroads, industries, transatlantic shipping companies, and their friends and relatives. These emigrants, who included ethnic Germans, Poles and Jews, came from all areas of Germany, including large numbers from the eastern areas of Prussia. New York was the major port of entry. The major ports of debarkation for German emigrants between 1850 and 1891 were: Bremen (40%); Hamburg (30%); Le Havre, France (16%); Antwerp, Belgium (8%) and several ports in The Netherlands (5%). Between 1868 and 1940 a few Germans sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark. Consult the Family History Library's (FHL) Catalog for lists of available filmed ship passenger lists under: GERMANY (or name of country), [name of port] -- EMIGRATION and IMMIGRATION. Germans, in most areas, had to apply for permission to emigrate, and some of these application records for several German states and cities have been filmed by the FHL. Among the localities are Baden, Rheinland, and the Pfalz. Several published volumes of Wurttemberg records exist, dating from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s. Additionally, there are German Emigration Card Indexes for Hessen (various time periods), Baden (1660s-1900s), the Pfalz (1500s-1900s), and for World War II refugees. Many Germans lived in or emigrated through Alsace-Lorraine [ElsaB-Lothringen], and an index (1817-1866) of these emigrants is available . German police began keeping records of each person's residence in the 1840s. Citizens were required to tell the police at the local registration office when they moved. These records, called Melderegister (registrations) or Einwohnerregister (resident lists), are usually found in city archives. 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I have been there myself many times. You know just what documents you need, but where in the world are they? There has got to be a way to find them, you say. Some pastor, some archive, some expert has got to be able to furnish the answer. When desperation makes us question our own sanity, it's time for a perspective check. Those who read my column in "Heritage Quest Magazine," <http://www.heritagequest.com> know I am not a quitter. It is not generally known that, if necessary, time and its relative monetary value become secondary considerations to me when it comes to solving a puzzle I feel can be solved. But what if, after no stone has been left unturned, the "well runs dry"? Do we throw a tantrum or are we able to say "sayonara" gracefully and "let go"? Perhaps genealogical research has become too easy for us in recent years. We never had it so good! Gone are the days of the card files at the genealogical library, where books and films were requested on a slip and shelves and drawers were off limits to all but the library staff. Research trips abroad, too, are becoming less frequent, thus many of us are spared obscure record locations, dank or dusty quarters, cramped space, lack of copying equipment, stern rules and "sterner" archivists and language problems. Whereas we had been hampered by limited hours, fee schedules and restricted access, we can now stroll into the Family History Library (FHL), use the computer, take any desired book off the shelf with our own hands, retrieve any microfilm and pay only nickels and dimes for copying. Or we can visit one of more than 2,000 Family History Centers and receive many of the identical services of the famed FHL of Salt Lake City. 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Here is a "Special Hint" to those who think they know everything about using the censuses <g>- If you are missing a male in the 1900, 1910 or 1920 census that you KNOW is alive but is apparently hiding out, check out the rolls of film at the end of the catalog. Since the following are not in alphabetical order, not every one knows of their existence. In 1900, there is a separate section at the end for each of the following: Alaska, Hawaii, Military, Indian Territories, and Institutions. There is a separate soundex section for each of these. In 1910, there is a separate section at the end for each of the following: Overseas Military and Naval, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii. They have not been soundexed. In 1920, there is a separate section at the end for each of the following: Alaska, Hawaii, Canal Zone, Overseas Military-Naval, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Institutions. All have been soundexed except the Institutions which are only one roll of film. In 1880, institutions are at the end of the soundex rolls. For example the last soundex roll of Missouri is called Y-520 through institutions. Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

AFRICAN AMERICAN LINKS & RESOURCES Christine's Genealogy Website http://www.ccharity.com/ Afrigeneas http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/afrigen/ The African - Native Genealogy Homepage http://members.aol.com/angelaw859/index.html Census Schedules and Black Genealogical Research: One Family's Experience http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/govpubs/debbie/cover.htm "Tracking African American Family History," by David Thackery http://www.ancestry.com/home/source/src488.htm NARA - Black Studies: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/blackstudies/blackstd.html African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection - American Memory Project, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html Preview - African American Odyssey American Memory Project, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html The African American Mosaic Library of Congress Exhibition http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html Smithsonian Institute: African American History & Culture http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society 314 North Main Street P.O. Box 25251 Decatur, IL 62525 Tel: 217-429-7458 URL: http://www.decaturnet.org/afrigenes.html African-American Genealogy Group (AAGG) P.O. Box 1798 Philadelphia, PA 19105-1798 Tel: 215-572-6063 Fax: 215-885-7244 URL: http://www.libertynet.org/~gencap/aagg.html Afro American Historical & Cultural Museum 7th and Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: 215-574-0380 URL: http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/55740380.htm Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society P.O. Box 73086 Washington, DC 20056 Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History 1407 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-667-2822 Fax: 202-387-9802 Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

usgenweb project. That URL is: http://www.usgenweb.org Many of these pages are hosted by rootsweb, which, as you probably know, can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com If you don't know about Cyndi Howell's site, it is an absolute must: http://www.cyndislist.com Don't be overwhelmed by Cyndi's List. Have a subject or location in mind when you visit and ignore the rest -- personally I like her page on libraries and have found gems I'd never thought to look for. You can explore more at a later date. The National Archives has an excellent site at http://www.nara.gov There is a genealogy page, and the Archives has all film numbers listed. For those of you who will be traveling to the Archives, having your film numbers ahead, can save you time on location. Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

Hi That is strange... My Jospeh Williams was married to a Mary Francis Turnage. Happy hunting.... Mary

I think we can all benefit from this information. I am posting this to my list also. Thanks, Mike Simmons- List manager for VAHENRIC list and FLOWERS list. -----Original Message----- From: psmartoc <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 12:22 AM Subject: [NCWILSON-L] A source for African American resource help >I wanted you all to see the following URL address if any of you need help >researching your African American Roots. It is so thorough that I think it >is a must tool for Black researchers. I am the listmanager for the Wilson >County NC list and for the Pridgen Family list and there are lots of black >researchers who really need some specialized sources. One of my listmembers >sent it to me. > > >http://members.tripod.com/~roots_and_branches/african.htm >Carol Pridgen Martoccia >MY LlNES:PRIDGEN,LOFTIN,BRIGHT,GRAY,GRAVES,RUFFIN,BROWN,BATTEN, >PITTMAN,HOLLAND,HARPER,BRUTON,WILLIAMS,OATES,LEWIS >HUSBAND'S LINES:MARTOCCIA,DAVIDSON,ELLIS,FERGUSON,GILES,HARDEMAN, >HARDING,HYSEL,MENEFEE,PERKINS,VIVIAN,BROWER,CHEEVER,DEMING,TREAT, >FROST,GRISWOLD, HOWLAND, HUSTON, LAUNCE, LEWIS,PAYNE,PENDLETON SHERMAN, >SMITH, STOUTENBOURGH,THACKER, TILLEY, UNDERHILL, > >

I wanted you all to see the following URL address if any of you need help researching your African American Roots. It is so thorough that I think it is a must tool for Black researchers. I am the listmanager for the Wilson County NC list and for the Pridgen Family list and there are lots of black researchers who really need some specialized sources. One of my listmembers sent it to me. http://members.tripod.com/~roots_and_branches/african.htm Carol Pridgen Martoccia MY LlNES:PRIDGEN,LOFTIN,BRIGHT,GRAY,GRAVES,RUFFIN,BROWN,BATTEN, PITTMAN,HOLLAND,HARPER,BRUTON,WILLIAMS,OATES,LEWIS HUSBAND'S LINES:MARTOCCIA,DAVIDSON,ELLIS,FERGUSON,GILES,HARDEMAN, HARDING,HYSEL,MENEFEE,PERKINS,VIVIAN,BROWER,CHEEVER,DEMING,TREAT, FROST,GRISWOLD, HOWLAND, HUSTON, LAUNCE, LEWIS,PAYNE,PENDLETON SHERMAN, SMITH, STOUTENBOURGH,THACKER, TILLEY, UNDERHILL,

>From: [email protected] >Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:18:47 EST >Subject: Re: [NCWILSON-L] Children of Joseph WILLIAMSON Sr., b. IOW Co, VA, d. 1797 Na... >To: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] > >Hi > >Was the name ever Williams? My ggrandfather was Jospeh Archer WIlliams and he >was married to Mary Francis Turnage.... He worked at the Rocky Mount Mills >for many years before he died in NC. > > >Thank you, > >Mary > > Mary, I have it on a good source that his name was Joseph Williamson, Sr., a son of Francis Williamson Jr. from Isle of Wight Co, VA. G. Hunter Ferrell "Hunter" <[email protected]> Surnames: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

EXPERT GENEALOGY Editor: Jeannette Holland Austin Series: Field Trips Subject: Cemeteries, Funeral Homes. Topography Date: December 7, 1998 Did you ancestor manage to avoid the census-taker, never filed his deeds, or anything in the county where he resided? Whether he is guilty, or the records are lost, the problem is the same. Where in the world was he? Here are some suggestions on how to help piece together the puzzle of people whose records you can't find. A good old-fashioned field trip to the small town, or countryside where they resided, can provide some unexpected clues. I have found old family cemeteries, noticed sinking soil and dug down to find inscribed tombstones! Even found old broken slate markers propped up in the woods, in barns, and even broken headstones tangled up in briars in woods. Old church cemeteries still remain in rural communities, even on wooded sites. Vandals, or sextons might throw broken stones in nearby woods or fields. Cemetery Visits. Field trips to cemeteries is one of the finest methods of learning unexpected information. For one, the arrangement of the family plot can be quite informative. Typically, the parents and their minor children are together in the same geographical location. Nearby, one frequently locates married daughters and their children. This is why it is so very important to sketch the plot and adjoining plots. I pay particular notice to all markers, including lining up all head markers to foot marker. Initials of the person are generally found on the foot marker. Then, I pace the feet between each grave to try and determine if an unmarked grave exists. For example, if the family buried 2 feet apart in their plot, then one expects all gave to be consistent. This applies to family graveyards found on old farms or plantations, local church cemeteries, etc. If there is an unmarked hump, or sunken place, I am interested. Social customs of an area must be considered. Virginia, for example, beginning with Jamestown in 1609, buried their colonials inside local parishes, so familiarity with history is important. Later, by the 19th century, they were buried on family plantations, and by the 19th century, in church graveyards. Few Colonial graves are intact. Their preservation was instituted by historical societies who restored or replaced markers. The old fashioned slate markers break and fall to the ground, get buried under the soil. The inscriptions on cement slabs become almost impossible to decipher. A good example of this is the coastal town of Frederica, in Glynn Co., Georgia. This beautifully restored site of avenues pinpoints each house's 18th century foundation. Yet, Gen. Oglethorpe's rangers and townspeople sleep under huge sprawling live-oaks which only protect the cement slabs, not inscriptions. The DAR tries to locate Revolutionary War Soldier's graves, and mark them. Sometimes the marker contains a list of several names known to have been residents of the county, without any indication of where they lived. The best of attempts do not guarantee accuracy, as such markers do contain errors in birth and death dates. Remember, they get the information from a member's application, which may be gaping with errors. The best, most visible markers began in the early 1800's. Even so, inscriptions must be read with the "fingers", if at all. What I do is trace my fingers in the indentions, and try to determine the most likely name. Others, use paper, coloring over the indentions with pencil. The burials in county cemeteries can date as far back in time as the formation of that county. Usually, there is a Sexton who cares for the cemetery. And, you can write him for information, but don't expect any information other than what is on the tombstone. They don't have an office, like funeral directors. 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>From [email protected] written by Sandy Hi all, In case you haven't checked out the library sites lately, I have just discovered the excellent catalog listings of special collections at UNC (esp the Southern Historical Collection). Some are digitilized (actually ON line!).....but not too many. STILL.....they HAVE put a lot of the details of what are IN the various papers, etc. within the collections online....and there is a wealth of information to be gleaned from this. No dout the same is true of other collections, such as at Duke.... but for UNC, go to: http://www.lib.unc.edu/ Then, click on "Collections" ... then AGAIN click on "collections" <g> that should get you to here: http://www.lib.unc.edu/cdd/crs/collections.html Then go to "Special Collections and Formats" -- http://www.lib.unc.edu/cdd/crs/special/ Then go to "manuscripts": http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/ There's also one for "maps"!! But under the "manuscripts" you find several interesting collections....the Southern Historical Collection.......BUT, do NOT overlook the "Selected Business History Resources" http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/bushist.htm I found a LOT of good stuff in there!! They are grouped by types of businesses, and there are lots of personal papers, etc. in there as well! Some of the catalog descriptions give *great* details of families as well! Hope this proves helpful to some of you. It is great fun to explore! All the best, Sandy Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)