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    1. [NCYADKIN] FORSYTH COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - MARCH MEETING
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    3. The Forsyth County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 pm. in the Forsyth County Library Auditorium. The program will feature speakers R. G. Absher ("Overmountain Men") and Dr. Charles Gilreath (Regent of Yadkin Co. SAR) on "Battles of King's Mountain and Guilford Courthouse". Dr. Charles Gilreath from Elkin, NC, currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Overmountain Victory Trial Association (OVTA). In addition, he's a Volunteer Docent - Wilkes Heritage Museum, a Ghost Tour Guide - Wilkes Heritage Museum and President of the Yadkin Valley Chapter, NC Sons of the American Revolution and Vice president of the Wilkes-Surry Chapter OVTA and a Member of James B. Gordon Chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans. R. G. Absher from Elkin, NC, is a Past President of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA). He's also a Volunteer Docent - Wilkes Heritage Museum, Ghost Tour Guide -Wilkes-Heritage Museum and current President of the Wilkes Heritage Museum. Both Absher and Gilreath enjoy telling about their ancestors who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain. Both have done a many programs for school students on the subjects of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War and the Battle of Kings Mountain. The Library is located at 660 W. 5th Street in Winston-Salem. The meeting is free and open to the public.

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