Betsy Ross on the Lenoir County list told about the following url. It really is a lot of fun to see how your family spread thru-out the US. Also scroll down that page and visit other links. This website that lets you have some fun locating your surnames geographically (and otherwise). Thought you might find this entertaining as well as useful. You can enter the surname and select US Census choice from the following: 1850, 1890, 1920, 1990. You will see a map of the US showing the distribution of the surname selected. If you select all years, you will get an animated spread of the name thru the US. Here is the url: http://www.hamrick.com/names 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 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

Joseph Williamson Sr., d. 1797, Nash Co, NC, (originally fr. Isle of Wight Co, VA) wife Ann. Children: Joseph Jr. Sarah Ann Thomas Penelope Hardy Does anyone have ANY further information on these children? Yor help would be greatly appreciated. G. Hunter Ferrell "Hunter" <[email protected]> Surnames: FERRELL, WILLIAMSON, ETHERIDGE, LAMM, CROWELL, MERCER, DEANS ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

You wrote: <<I am trying to find information on the children of Henry Flowers and Jane Underwood. I have info on Benjamin but would like to know about Jacob or any of the other children. I am also looking for info on the children of Hardy Flowers, grandson of Jacob.Thanks, Mike Simmons Pierce City, MO.>> Hi, My database shows Henry FLOWERS m. to Jane UNDERWOOD in 1703 in Isle of Wight, VA. The following is their family group: Name: Henry Flowers Birth: abt 1670 Surry, Virginia Death: aft 1745 Edgecombe County, North Carolina Father: Jacob Flower, 14721 (1635-~1700) Marriage: 1703 Isle of Wight, Virginia Spouse: Jane Underwood Birth: 1675 Isle of Wight, Virginia Father: Thomas Underwood, 14739 (~1640-1714) Mother: Dianah (~1640-) Children 1 M: John Flowers Birth: 1703 Isle of Wight, Virginia Death: Edgecombe County, North Carolina Spouse: Mary Burwell 2 M: Henry Flowers Birth: 1704 Virginia Death: 1727 3 M: Jacob Flowers Birth: 1705 Isle of Wight, Virginia Death: 1766 Edgecombe County, North Carolina Spouse: ? ? Spouse: Mary Johnson Marriage: 20 Nov 1764 Edgecombe County, North Carolina 4 M: Henry Flowers Jr., Birth: 1706 Isle of Wight, Virginia Death: 1766 North Carolina Spouse: Mary Washington 5 M: Benjamin Flowers Birth: 1707 Isle of Wight, Virginia Death: 1783 Nash County, North Carolina Spouse: ? ? Spouse: Martha Phillip 6 M: Jesse Flowers Birth: abt 1709 Virginia 7 M: Edward Flowers Birth: 1710 Isle of Wight, Virginia Death: 1788 Edgecombe County, North Carolina Spouse: Elizabeth Barnes Marriage: abt 1727 North Carolina 8 M: Hardy Flowers Birth: 1712 Isle of Wight, Virginia 9 M: Thomas Flowers Birth: 1714 Isle of Wight, Virginia 10 M: Jesse Flowers Birth: 1716 Isle of Wight, Virginia Hope this helps! Sincerely, Linda Plaisance Knecht Lafayette, Louisiana [email protected]

WILLIAM PITMAN 7 Nov 1827 - Feb Ct 1828 Wife SUSAN PITMAN - part of my land during her life joining FOSTER GANDY; then it to go to my 2 children MARYAN and WILLIAM B. PITMAN; give to my wife bed & furniture, etc.; sd twp children to have balance of estate. Ex. JONAS JOINER. Wit. BENNETT ATKINSON, FOSTER GANDY, DUNCAN (x) PITMAN. [ The Wills of Nash County, North Carolina, Volume I 1777-1848, abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. ] MARY WHITE (x) PITMAN 7 Nov 1838 - Aug Ct 1839 “Weake in bodie.” Son BRINKLEY GANDY PITMAN - 60 acres on n side of Pole Cat Branch, wearing apparel. ELIZABETH SMITH - balance of my wearing apparel. If sd son dies without heir, then to go to JOHN FRANCIS MERRILON SMITH. Ex. AMOS JOINER. Wit. WILLIAM GRIFFIN, BATHSHEBA SMITH. [ The Wills of Nash County, North Carolina, Volume I 1777-1848, abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Matters: (North Carolina) Bass, Capps, Glover, Jones, Jordan, Lamm, O'Quinn, Peacock, Raiford, Raines, Wilkins, Williamson, Wilson. http://members.xoom.com/cyberbev/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pittman Data Bank: [email protected] NOTE: Pittman Data Bank records have been compiled using data from both published records and individual researchers. You should carefully verify all information before using it in your lineage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/surnames/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I compute; therefore I am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PITTMAN DATA BANK would like additional information about these families: 7 PITTMAN James A. b 1858 JoCoNC d 1930 [ *line of Carol Pridgen Martoccia ] | bur Exum Holland cemetery, near Kenly, Johnston Co NC | m 10 Aug 1879 Sarah J. HOLLAND JoCoNC | dau of Exum & Martha HOLLAND of JoCoNC | 8 PITTMAN Johnny m Maud | 8 PITTMAN Frank m Sally | 8 PITTMAN Charlie R. d June 1961 “aged 71” JoCoNC | 8 PITTMAN Leonard | 8 PITTMAN Needham m E.J WHITFIELD res in VA | 8 PITTMAN David m Ora PITTMAN | 8 PITTMAN Naomi m1 Hiram DAVID m2 Albert STANCIL | 8 PITTMAN Ella d inf | 8 PITTMAN Bessie m Monty WALL | 8 PITTMAN Kate m Ernest FELTON res Wilson, NC | 8 PITTMAN Rosie 1882 - 1883 | 8 PITTMAN Martha Corinna b 6 Dec 1883 JoCoNC d 30 Jan 1944 Wilson Co NC | m 1902 Patterson BROWN of JoCoNC | son of Simon BROWN & Ailcie ( Alice) BATTEN | 9 BROWN Annie Mae Dulice b 5 Sep 1912 JoCoNC d 1 Apr 1996 Wilson Co NC | | m 28 Oct 1928 Marvin Douglas PRIDGEN in Dillon Co SC | | son of James & Lillie PRIDGEN of JoCoNC | 9 BROWN Elsie b 1905 m Wiley FARRELL | 9 BROWN Pauline a.k.a. Lena b 1908 m Norman ROCHELLE | 9 BROWN James b 1909 m -?- | 9 BROWN P. B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Matters: (North Carolina) Bass, Capps, Glover, Jones, Jordan, Lamm, O'Quinn, Peacock, Raiford, Raines, Wilkins, Williamson, Wilson. http://members.xoom.com/cyberbev/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pittman Data Bank: [email protected] NOTE: Pittman Data Bank records have been compiled using data from both published records and individual researchers. You should carefully verify all information before using it in your lineage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/surnames/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I compute; therefore I am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[email protected] wrote: > > My name is bob baker, and I am researching my family tree. I saw your > posting on the ncwilson forum. You indicated you were researching surnames > forbes and baker. my research goes back to a Hiram Forbes who had a daughter > named Sallie who married a Thomas Baker, the Son of Blake Baker and Nancy > Barnes baker. > Blake Baker born in 1800 > Nancy Barnes Baker born in 1806 > Hiram Forbes born in 1805 > Sallie Forbes born in 1839 > Thomas Baker born in 1832 > > I have lots more information, but lots of gaps. Maybe we could share our > resources. I have no information on your primary Goff/Gough line, but since > you indicated you were researching forbes and baker, I feel they may somehow > be connected. I live close to Grimesland. > > Thanks:>) Joe Robert (Bob) Baker [email protected] Hello Cousin Bob, You are correct, we are researching the same families, and this is weird, I live in nearby Washington. I descend through Blake and Nancy's son James who removed from Bakertown to that part of Wilson Co. adjoining Pitt and Greene Cos. His son King David married Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Forbes, daughter of Hyrum Forbes. My mother was named for Mary Elizabeth Forbes by my grandfather William Daniel Baker. I have your line through the 1870 Wilson Co. census, children of Thomas and Sally (Forbes) Baker: Marinda b 1858; Stephen b Jan 1860 d bef 1870?; Hyrum b 1861; Richard b 1864; Harry b 1866 and Ephraim b 1869. And I probably have more. I need to go back and look at them individually. From whom do you descend? I've been researching family since 1973. My mother was really into this and we went to Bakertown many times. On one trip I picked up a brick supposedly from the foundation of Blake's house. We talked to some of the older locals and picked up some stuff. Blake b 1800 was son of James Baker b abt 1768 Nansemond Co. VA (now City of Suffolk) who arrived in Edgecombe Co. in 1803/4. Nansemond Co. is a burned county. I've been there several times and have worked hard to construct a pedigree based on patent records (location) 1623-1732, the Vestry Book of the Upper Parish of Nansemond 1743-1793 and a surviving index of court fee books of Nansemond. I've traced this Baker family (there were others in Nansemond) to Silvester Baker b abt 1615 d bef 24 Mar 1675/6 Nansemond. He MAY be the same Selvester Baker christened 16 Jan 1613 in Sibsey, Lincolnshire, son of Anthony Baker. Silvester Baker and Thomas Harrell were headrights of and likely indentured servants of Robert Bennett, cousin of Richard Bennett, Governor of Virginia during the Commonwealth. They arrived abt 1633 and settled on the plantation of Robert Bennett adjoining Richard Bennett's plantation on Bennett's Crk at the mouth of the Nansemond River in James River. Silvester Baker, after he served out his indenture, likely married the daughter of William Parker and sister of Richard Parker Sr. and settled on Parker's Crk located between the Nansemond River and the Dismal Swamp. He already possessed land there, when he patented 250a on 1 Apr 1658. We descend through the Parker marriage - Richard Baker b abt 1642 d abt 1702 Nansemond Co. Silvester married (2) Mercy ? I confess to spending more time on Virginia records than on Edgecombe and Wilson Co. stuff so I'm very interested in what you have, and will gladly share the rest of mine. Connie

I found this on another list. Subject: Selective Service System (USA): Obtaining Records for Genealogy and Family History from Military Records. Selective Service System (USA) : Obtaining Records The Selective Service System is able to provide information from records kept on men currently registered with Selective Service, as well as on men who were registrants as far back as World War I. This web resource is now available at: Archives and Library Resources http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archives.htm#Military 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)

EXPERT GENEALOGY Editor: Jeannette Holland Austin Series: Odd Sources Subject: City Directories Date: December 2, 1998 So here we go. We run the gammat: 1. Census records for time-period/place in which our ancestor lived. 2. Search all the county records where our ancestor lived, as well as adjoining counties. 3. Military records, such as pensions, muster rolls. 4. Cemeteries, bibles, genealogies, everything we can find at libraries and archives. And so on. What we are trying to do is establish our ancestors movements throughout his lifespan, learning more about him....thus being a good detective. An example of how one learns additional details which help to assemble a "person" profile is the cemetery. A visit there might locate a number of burials of small children during the same months and years. This means the area suffered some kind of epidemic. This might help explain some pre-mature deaths in your own family. There is another place to search to help establish the time-line, and that is the City Directories. These are not always easy to find, but most regional libraries have some old City Directories of varying dates. There is a good reason for the gaps in dates, as well as missing City Directories . Most genealogical departments inside libraries depend upon contributions. A number of these books are contributed by local genealogical and historical societies. If it weren't for such societies, we simply would not have the source material which exists today. Not only do they publish genealogical magazine and county histories, but also campaign for bible and cemetery records. If you haven't visited a historical society, it is an excellent source of some unexpected materials. For example, the Richmond (Virginia) Historical Society has a marvelous collection of civil war weapons, swords, clothing, wall murals, as well as an excellent card file system of their genealogical holdings, which are quite different from the Virginia State Archives. Also, State Archives collect City Directories. The purpose of City Directories is to list head of household, name of wife, address, where they worked, and yellow pages similar to our phone books. It's really fun to see where your father worked during different time periods. You might not recall your own address during your childhood - there is where to look. Then, go take a peek at that house. It helps shore up your childhood memories. How about seeing your grandparents house? The address will assist you in quickly locating the family in latter-day census records. This is especially useful for large cities. By cross-checking from one year to the next, you might even figure out an approximate date of death, as well as when the family moved to and from an area. It is a good idea to check for surnames of others living at the same address. This helps locate other children who since become an adult. The commercial section can be used to learn information on churches, cemeteries, funeral homes, schools, etc. It is helpful to search Funeral Homes records, as well as local cemeteries and church graveyards. Be sure and obtain a copy of the county map from tax assessor's office (at courthouse) before you go out into the field. This will be extremely helpful in locating churches, cemeteries, etc. 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)

>This is the response I received from my congressman. > Darlene > > >Subject: > Internet Service Charge > Date: > Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:40:27 -0500 > From: > "Wise, Brittley" <[email protected]> > To: > "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > > >Professor Bruner: > >Thank you for contacting our office regarding Internet service charges. >Currently, there are NO plans to charge Internet connection at the rate >of long-distance service. There had been some vague discussion last >term regarding nominal connection fees or line user fees, but at this >point nothing substantive is in the works. > >Don't worry -- we don't want to see that happen either!! > >Thanks again for sharing your concerns. > >Sincerely, > >The Office of Congressman Sanford Bishop > > 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)

>From: Tim Pierce <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > >Hi, folks -- > >In the last week or two, AOL users have been experiencing more trouble >than usual delivering mail to RootsWeb. Apparently AOL's mail servers >have been having difficulty establishing a connection to us, so AOLers >(both listowners and regular subscribers) have been getting bounces >that say "could not deliver mail for 3 days" when sending to RootsWeb. > >To fix this, I've set up a secondary mail server for RootsWeb. If AOL >can't deliver mail to our primary mail server, it should automatically >try to deliver to the secondary. Since the two servers live on >totally different networks, the probability of being unable to deliver >to *both* systems should be pretty low, so I think the problem will >mostly go away. > >So, thanks for your bug reports, and let's see if this doesn't fix >things for your subscribers. > >-- >Regards, >Tim Pierce >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative >system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades > > 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)

The Census It was the first day of the census, and all through the land each polster was ready... a black book in hand. He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride, his book and his quills were tucked by his side. A long winding ride down a road barely there, toward the smell of fresh bread wafting up through the air. The woman seemed tired, with lines on her face and wisps of brown hair tucked back into place. She gave him some water ...as they sat at the table and she answered his questions..... the best she was able. He asked her of children. Yes, she had quite a few --- the oldest was twenty , the youngest not quite two. She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; his sister she whispered was napping in bed. She noted each person who lived there with pride, and she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside. He noted the sex, the color, the age...the marks of the quill soon filled up the page. At the number of children .......... she nodded her head .......and felt her lips quiver for the three that were dead. The places of birth she..."never forgot" was it Pennsylvania? or Ohio? or what? They had come cross the sea, of that she was clear, but she wasn't quite sure how long they'd been here. They spoke of employment, of schooling and such, they could read some, and write some, but really not much. When the questions were answered, his job there was done, so he mounted his horse and rode toward the sun. We can almost imagine his voice loud and clear, "May God bless you all for another ten years". Now picture a time warp .....its now you and me as we search for the people on our family tree. We squint at the census and scroll down so slow as we search for "THAT ENTRY" from long, long ago. Could they ever imagine on that long ago day that the entries they made would effect us this way? If they knew would they wonder at the yearnings we feel and the searching that makes them so lovingly real. Would they understand our efforts, our struggles, to reach back to touch them because they are ours? Hush now awhile, we can hear if we listen the words they impart, "Our bloods in your veins and our love is in your hearts". Author Unknown 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)

More info on William Bert Williams: William Bert William Born: 22 Feb.1834 Died: 11 June 1912 Marr: 30 July 1857 By Hylyard S. Taylor, A.B.M.G., Elza Taylor (w) J.H.Dozier ..............Found in the Book Marriages of Edgecombe Co. NC. (this date only) .....................OTHER INFO: ...............................William Bert Williams was an Elder of the Church. ................................In Edgecombe County , He performed marriages between 1853 .................................and 1866. In July of 1889 he came from Tyson Church to Upper ....................................Town Creek church. ......................................Primtive Baptist Church Elder. Served the church for .......................................one year from 1910 to May of 1911. This is a different .......................................church than the one above. Spouse:Margaret Ruffin Born: 20 May 1838 Died: 7 Jan. 1908 CHILDREN: ..........(1) John Edward Williams ..............Born: 10 June 1862 ..............Died: 7 Aug. 1933 ..............Marr: 6 Nov. 1889 ..............Spouse: Martha Rebecca Skinner By W.W. Flowers J.P.; at Jesse Skinners in Garders Township (w) C.L. Wiggins and J.W. Greene. License Issued: On Nov. 4, 1889 .......................................Male 28, white Gardners Township resident; .......................................Female 16, white, Gardners Township resident. .......................OTHER IONFO: ....................................Deed made from Grantor ....................................Jesse R. Williams ....................................to grantee's John E. Williams and Mary L. Luper ....................................the day of 2 Dec. 1899 ............................................John E. Williams ............................................Farmville ............................................Pitt Co. NC ............................................April 10, 1886 ( I don't know what this is for ................................................it is just a note I have.) ........... .........(2) Jesse L. Williams ..............Born: 6 July 1864 ..............Died: 19 Nov. 1912 .............. Never married ( He was in a wheel chair as my brother has a picture of him) .........(3) Mary Williams ............. Born: 6 Feb. 1871 ............. Died: 20 July 1956 ............. Marr: .............Spouse: James R. Luper .................... Born: 7 July 1857 .................... Died: 8 Aug. 1922 .............CHILDREN: ....................(1) Martha L. Luper ....................... Born: 28 Sept. 1900 ....................... Died: 20 July 1976 ....................(2) Maggie ....................(3) Bettie ....................(4) Elizabeth .........(4) Annie Williams (this is my mother's mother. My grandmother. I was 5 when ...............................she died and I still remember that day after 46 years. ) .............Born: 10 Oct.1879 (Pitt Co. NC ) .............Died: 14 Feb.1952 .............Marr: 19 June 1907 ..........................OTHER INFO: .....................................Annie Whitehead .....................................Garntees, Gantors .....................................W.B.Williams, .....................................Book 85, page 428 .....................................Kind of Intrument .....................................Deed, 1905 .............Spouse: John Thomas Whitehead .....................Born: 15 Sept 1873 Edgecombe Co. NC .....................Died: May 7 1942 Wilson Co. NC ( Death certicates said's May 18, 1942 ............................( his son and the tombestone said's May 7. My uncle said he was .............................. sure it was may 7th so take your pick as my brother said.) .....................CHILDREN: (1) Gladys Mae Whitehead ...................................Born: 21 June 1908 ...................................Died: ....... 1948 ...................................Never Married ...............................(2) William Floyd Whitehead "Buck" ...................................Born: 30 April 1912 ...................................Died: 4 April 1983 ...................................Married: ...............................(3) Mary Magdalene Whitehead ...................................Born:7 May 1917 ...................................Died: ...............................(4) Ruby Estell Whitehead ...................................Born 27 Feb. 1921 ...................................Died:

I received this message this morning. I have written my Congressman and I suggest that you do also. ____________________ CNN stated that the Government would in two weeks time decide to allow or not allow a Charge to your phone bill equal to a long distance call each time you access the internet. The address is http://www.house.gov/writerep/ If you choose, visit the address above and fill out the necessary form! If EACH one of us, forward this message on to others in a hurry, we may be able to prevent this injustice from happening! 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)

Carol, Went to your web site today for the first time in a long time. (This can become a job). What do you know about Amos Joiner other than guardianship. GGGrandmother was Mary Ann Catherine JOINER (1823-1874). Nash County. Check my web site out; you probably won't recognize it. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3843/ Shelby -----Original Message----- From: psmartoc [mailto:[email protected]] List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)

I lifted this from VaRoots... It's surprising how most people don't know about Books We Own (BWO). BWO is a rootsweb list of people who will volunteer to lookup info in the books they own. Family genealogies, county data, reference books, etc. Be sure to check out http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/index.html -- 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)

Lucy, I think I told you before about both of my Mother's grandmothers being Ruffin's. One was named Mary Ann Ruffin married to John Thomas Whitehead. The other one is Margaret Ruffin b. 5/20/1838 d. 1/7/1908 married William Bert Williams 7/30/1857. He was born 2/22/1834 died 6/11/1912. They were married by Hylyard S. Tayer, A.A.M.G. Eliza Tayer & J.H.Dozier Witnesses. Their children were: John Edward Williams b. 6/10/1862 d.8/7/1933 married Martha Rebecca Skinner 11/6/1889 Jesse L. Williams b. 10/6/1864 d. 11/19/1912 never married . I believe my brother has a picture of him in a wheel chair.He believes he was handicap in some way. Mary Williams b. 2/6/1871 d. 7/20/1956 married James R. Luper b.7/7/1857 Annie Williams b. 10/10/1879 d. 2/14/1952 married 6/19/1907 to John Thomas Whitehead b. 9/15/1873 ( this is a son of John Thomas Whitehead b. 1844 and Mary Ann Ruffin b. !844 d/o Gray Ruffin and Nancy Bailey. My mother said that her mom and Dad were second cousins. I have not found William Bert Williams Parents or Margaret Ruffin's parents yet. Can you help? Any info greatly appreciated. Thanks. Peggy

I hope that all of you know that the emails have been archived at the following location....in fact all of rootsweb surname and locality lists are located at that site. You first need to go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Once you get to this site, type in the name of the list you are interested in, ex: NCWilson The window for the NCWilson list will pop up and then you type in a surname or a place name that you are interested in: Ex: Stantonsburg or Winstead or Amerson The e-mails about that local or about that particular name will come up and then you just need to click on each of them. Happy hunting. Carol List Manager for NCWilson Carol Pridgen Martoccia MY LlNES:PRIDGEN,LOFTIN,BRIGHT,GRAY,GRAVES,RUFFIN,BROWN,BATTEN, PITTMAN,HOLLAND,HARPER,BRUTON,WILLIAMS,OATES. 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,

Hi List, Looking for ancestors of: Thomas Jeptha Maness born 1817 in NC? died in Decaturville, TN date unknown - Married Elizabeth ???? Children: Eliza 1843 Christiana 1845 Sarah M. 1847 John 1849 Elizabeth 1852 Nathan 1855 Lucy 1863 Charles 1866 Gabriel Scott 1867 (my gr gf) Thomas J. 1872 Ola Cates Humboldt, TN Visit the Horton Surname Resource Center at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5925 Family Ties Are Forever http://www.intelcities.com/memory/tngal

Do any of you have Flowers WINSTEAD in your ancestry? Do any of you FLOWERS have a girl marrying a WINSTEAD and naming a son Flowers? Shelby