I have a Cannon line that I believe comes from Rowan County and my 4th great-grandfather, Joseph Cannon (1760-1843), was married to a Nancy Sitton (1765-1845) who had been previously married to a Gipson or Gibson. She had a daughter by that marriage named Sarah E. Gipson/Gibson (1790- ?), who went by the name Cannon when growing up. Sarah married Jeremiah Beck (1784-1839). Do you have any Gibsons who married a Nancy Sitton, by any chance? This would have occurred around 1789-90. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "clgibson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Gibsons in Rowan County > Hi! I'm new to the list. Here are my research questions: > 1. William Gibson Sr. was born ca. 1720 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He > immigrated around 1765. No wife has been mentioned but I'm wondering about > the headstone in Thyatira Presbyterian Church of Sissela Gibson, who died > 10 August 1777 at 57 years of age. From accounts of this family, William > had sons William (m. Mary Locke, daughter probably of Francis Locke and > Anna Brandon); John (b. ca 1745; d 9 Aug 1777; m. 1775 Elizabeth Locke, > daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); James Gibson, who moved to > Tennessee; George Gibson (b. ca 1755; d ca 1821; m 1780 Margaret Locke, > daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); Joseph Gibson (b. ca 1748, d. > 1846 Iredell Co; m. 1789 Hannah Mary McCree). Is any one else researching > this Gibson family of Rowan County? Can anyone prove/disprove any of the > above? > > 2. William Gibson (Sr. or Jr.?) was in Rowan County by 1761, as he > witnessed several deeds. In 1775 William bought 500 aces on Buffalo Creek > adjacent to Alexander Penny but it is unclear if this is William Sr. or > William Jr. Both are in the 1778 tax list but, as it lists pounds, it is > still unclear who bought the 500 acres. On the 1784 tax list, William > Gibson is listed with 249 acres. In 1791 William gave 233 acres on both > sides of Buffalo Creek to his son Joseph, adjacent George and James > Gibson. William Jr. married Mary Locke ca. 1774 and died around 1778, > taken prisoner in Charleston, SC. Their children were Francis Locke, > Elizabeth, Ann and Mary "Polly." Widow Mary Locke Gibson married 2nd > Alexander Penny in 1788. What happened to William Sr.? What happened to > William Jr.'s children? What happened to the rest of the 500 acress? > > 3. From where did the Gibsons come previous to Rowan County? They came > from Ireland to somewhere, then to Rowan County. Could they have come from > Laurens County, SC? > > 4. John Gibson was born ca 1745 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He married 13 > Jan 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon. He > died 9 August 1777 and his headstone is in Thyatira Presbyterian church > cemetery. There is no record of him buying or being granted land in Rowan > County but Elizabeth and her father, Francis, were able to get one or two > grants of land in 1778 (#699 for 380 acres and/or State grant #33 for 380 > acres). Elizabeth Gibson is listed in the taxes of 1778, 1781, 1784; as > Elizabeth Armstrong in 1796 and 1798. Widow Elizabeth married 1792 to > Richard Armstrong and they moved to Mercer Co., KY. John and Elizabeth had > at least two children (as the grants were for widow and orphans). > Supposedly they had two children, John (born ca 1776), and Phebe (born 20 > Jan 1776; m 1792 Joseph Hasket) but I have no proof. Can anyone verify the > children? What happened to the children? What happened to the land? Can > anyone verify Elizabeth and Richard Armstrong? > > 5. James and George Gibson owned land on Buffalo Creek. Where were the > nearest Presbyterian Churches? > > 6. George Gibson died in 1821. He married Margaret Locke in 1780 and she > apparently died before 1796, when her father's will was probated. Where > were they buried? > > ______________________________

I don't know if John Gibson and Elizabeth Locke had a daughter. I think Elizabeth and John Jr. were probably living with her father, Francis Lock, for the 1790 Census. There were 3 adult males, 1 under 16, and 2 females in the household. Since Anne Brandon Lock was still living, if corect that would rule out a girl. There is a marriage bond record in Rowan Co, NC for Richard Armstrong and Elizabeth Gibson. Elizabeth Lock's brother William, who also moved to Mercer Co KY and died there in 1800, included the following in his will. ..."I also give to John Gibson my sattle together with all my warring clothes"... I think he was leaving personal items to the nearest relative who could use them (William had a young daughter, no sons). Now I have a question. I found the following information several years ago. The name, location, and dates could fit, as do a daughter Frances and grandson Francis. However, I have no idea if this was our John Gibson. Elaine Oakes From Ancestry.com, and a book called "Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. III". John Gibson, 1775-July 15, 1828. Wife Mary Connor of Lexington, KY, 2 daughters (Frances & Susan). Francis married James Irwin and had a son, Francis Gibson Irwin (his widow was still living in Clarksville when the book was published), children and grandchildren. >>4. John Gibson was born ca 1745 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He married 13 Jan 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon. He died 9 August 1777 and his headstone is in Thyatira Presbyterian church cemetery. There is no record of him buying or being granted land in Rowan County but Elizabeth and her father, Francis, were able to get one or two grants of land in 1778 (#699 for 380 acres and/or State grant #33 for 380 acres). Elizabeth Gibson is listed in the taxes of 1778, 1781, 1784; as Elizabeth Armstrong in 1796 and 1798. Widow Elizabeth married 1792 to Richard Armstrong and they moved to Mercer Co., KY. John and Elizabeth had at least two children (as the grants were for widow and orphans). Supposedly they had two children, John (born ca 1776), and Phebe (born 20 Jan 1776; m 1792 Joseph Hasket) but I have no proof. Can anyone verify the children? What happened to the children? What happened to the land? Can anyone verify Elizabeth and Richard Armstrong?

I am a Locke researcher so can only help with that part of the family. I'll have to put my additions with the families. My main source is the will of Judge Francis Locke, who named his sisters' children: ***5thly. I give and bequeath unto my nephew, John Gibson, if living, and if not, then in equal proportion to his surviving children the sum of One thousand dollars to be paid him out of my monies which may come to the hands of my Executors from debts owing or the sale hereafter directed to be made and I further hereby release the said John & his heirs from the payment of One Hundred & ten dollars by me heretofore advanced to the said John as well as from the payment after taxes of his land and it is my wish that my executors continue to pay the taxes thereof out of my Estate until a sale can be appointed thereof by himself or his heirs free from any charge against him or either of his Heirs and that no sale of his land shall be suffered for non-payment of taxes. ***7thly. I devise and bequeath to my nephews William, John, & Francis Gibson sons of George Gibson ***9thly. It is further my will and desire that all the rest and residue of my negrows be divided among my above named nephews as also... Elizabeth, Ann & Polly Gibson the children of John Penny and the children of James Graham by Margaret Penny that is to say the children of George Gibson above named male & female as the representatives of thir mother shall all equally be entitled to one share collectively the children of John Penny and James Graham both those now in existence and those that may survive at the Death of Their respective mother to be entitled to one share... But as it may be uncertin what number of children John Penny & James Graham ***13thly. I also bequeath to John Gibson son of Francis and to the sons of Wm. Gibson all my Stock in the Atkin navigation Company and to Francis Locke Gibson I give my oldest gray colt at the narrows.... Loose Estate Papers, estate distribution (of slaves, but omitting all but names): ***Children of George Gibson... Subdivided John Brandon in right of Elizabeth his wife Joseph McKnight in right of Polly Thomas Smith in right of Ann John Gibson William Gibson Francis Gibson As far as I can tell, John and Elizabeth Locke Gibson just had the son, apparently John Jr. He seems to have been in Mercer Co, KY and then in Woodford Co (I haven't checked, it may have been the same place but a new county). ***DEEDS: From Klutz's deed abstracts. Deed book 28, page 94. #2219. 13 Nov. 1824. John Gibson of Woodford County, Kentucky to John Blackwell for $300, 246 A on Grants Crk. adj. Thomas Todd, Alfred McCay, and John Anderson. It was part of a 380A State grant to the executors of John Gibson, Dec'd. [09:060]. Wit: Tho. Todd, Wm. Gibson. Prvd by Todd at Nov. Ct. 1824. DEEDS: page 132. #2244. 14 Dec. 1824. John Gibson of Woodford County, Kentucky to William Penninger for $155, 155A on Second Crk. adj. to John Anderson, John Blackwell, and Kelly. Wit: John Andrews, Richard Locke. Prvd. by Andrews at Feb. Ct. 1825. I don't see children of William (Jr.) and Mary Locke Gibson, and the bequest to "sons of William Gibson" may mean great nephews (William son of George, since John was the son of his brother Francis). I hope some of this helps. Elaine Oakes >>1. William Gibson Sr. was born ca. 1720 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He immigrated around 1765.... William had sons William (m. Mary Locke, daughter probably of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); John (b. ca 1745; d 9 Aug 1777; m. 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); ...George Gibson (b. ca 1755; d ca 1821; m 1780 Margaret Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); ... >>William Jr. married Mary Locke ca. 1774 and died around 1778, taken prisoner in Charleston, SC. Their children were Francis Locke, Elizabeth, Ann and Mary "Polly." Widow Mary Locke Gibson married 2nd Alexander Penny in 1788. >>4. John Gibson was born ca 1745 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He married 13 Jan 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon. He died 9 August 1777 and his headstone is in Thyatira Presbyterian church cemetery. There is no record of him buying or being granted land in Rowan County but Elizabeth and her father, Francis, were able to get one or two grants of land in 1778 (#699 for 380 acres and/or State grant #33 for 380 acres). Elizabeth Gibson is listed in the taxes of 1778, 1781, 1784; as Elizabeth Armstrong in 1796 and 1798. Widow Elizabeth married 1792 to Richard Armstrong and they moved to Mercer Co., KY. John and Elizabeth had at least two children (as the grants were for widow and orphans). Supposedly they had two children, John (born ca 1776), and Phebe (born 20 Jan 1776; m 1792 Joseph Hasket) but I have no proof. Can anyone verify the children? What happened to the children? What happened to the land? Can anyone verify Elizabeth and Richard Armstrong? >>6. George Gibson died in 1821. He married Margaret Locke in 1780 and she apparently died before 1796, when her father's will was probated. Where were they buried?

Hello C. L. Gibson, I have an ancestor named James Gibson who married Rebecca Robinson in Rowan County in 1787. After they were married they moved to Tennessee where they lived for some time, eventually ending up in Morgan County Illinois in 1830. My Gibsons were probably Primitive Baptists. I don't think they were Presbyterian. I suppose there were several James Gibsons from Rowan who went to Tennessee. I'm curious how you came up with your William Gibson Sr. family. You don't say what your sources are. Dwayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "clgibson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:46 PM Subject: [RowanRoots] Gibsons in Rowan County > Hi! I'm new to the list. Here are my research questions: > 1. William Gibson Sr. was born ca. 1720 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He > immigrated around 1765. No wife has been mentioned but I'm wondering about > the headstone in Thyatira Presbyterian Church of Sissela Gibson, who died > 10 August 1777 at 57 years of age. From accounts of this family, William > had sons William (m. Mary Locke, daughter probably of Francis Locke and > Anna Brandon); John (b. ca 1745; d 9 Aug 1777; m. 1775 Elizabeth Locke, > daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); James Gibson, who moved to > Tennessee; George Gibson (b. ca 1755; d ca 1821; m 1780 Margaret Locke, > daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); Joseph Gibson (b. ca 1748, d. > 1846 Iredell Co; m. 1789 Hannah Mary McCree). Is any one else researching > this Gibson family of Rowan County? Can anyone prove/disprove any of the > above? > > 2. William Gibson (Sr. or Jr.?) was in Rowan County by 1761, as he > witnessed several deeds. In 1775 William bought 500 aces on Buffalo Creek > adjacent to Alexander Penny but it is unclear if this is William Sr. or > William Jr. Both are in the 1778 tax list but, as it lists pounds, it is > still unclear who bought the 500 acres. On the 1784 tax list, William > Gibson is listed with 249 acres. In 1791 William gave 233 acres on both > sides of Buffalo Creek to his son Joseph, adjacent George and James > Gibson. William Jr. married Mary Locke ca. 1774 and died around 1778, > taken prisoner in Charleston, SC. Their children were Francis Locke, > Elizabeth, Ann and Mary "Polly." Widow Mary Locke Gibson married 2nd > Alexander Penny in 1788. What happened to William Sr.? What happened to > William Jr.'s children? What happened to the rest of the 500 acress? > > 3. From where did the Gibsons come previous to Rowan County? They came > from Ireland to somewhere, then to Rowan County. Could they have come from > Laurens County, SC? > > 4. John Gibson was born ca 1745 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He married 13 > Jan 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon. He > died 9 August 1777 and his headstone is in Thyatira Presbyterian church > cemetery. There is no record of him buying or being granted land in Rowan > County but Elizabeth and her father, Francis, were able to get one or two > grants of land in 1778 (#699 for 380 acres and/or State grant #33 for 380 > acres). Elizabeth Gibson is listed in the taxes of 1778, 1781, 1784; as > Elizabeth Armstrong in 1796 and 1798. Widow Elizabeth married 1792 to > Richard Armstrong and they moved to Mercer Co., KY. John and Elizabeth had > at least two children (as the grants were for widow and orphans). > Supposedly they had two children, John (born ca 1776), and Phebe (born 20 > Jan 1776; m 1792 Joseph Hasket) but I have no proof. Can anyone verify the > children? What happened to the children? What happened to the land? Can > anyone verify Elizabeth and Richard Armstrong? > > 5. James and George Gibson owned land on Buffalo Creek. Where were the > nearest Presbyterian Churches? > > 6. George Gibson died in 1821. He married Margaret Locke in 1780 and she > apparently died before 1796, when her father's will was probated. Where > were they buried? > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on topic. >

You didn't say where this Buffalo Creek was. I'm away from home and my files right now, but I can tell you there were several creeks by that name in old Rowan, which was a large county encompassing all of NW North Carolina before the legislature started to create other counties out of it. You'll need to look at the dates of the grants or deeds, and compare those with the county divisions present at that time. IF this is the same Buffalo Creek that ended up being in Guilford County after it was created in 1771, then the nearest Presbyterian Church was Buffalo Presbyterian, organized 1756. South of there was Alamance Presbyterian Church, near Alamance Creek, in present-day Guilford, and north of there was Haw River Presbyterian Church, in present-day Rockingham. Katherine Dick Benbow, County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/

Hi! I'm new to the list. Here are my research questions: 1. William Gibson Sr. was born ca. 1720 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He immigrated around 1765. No wife has been mentioned but I'm wondering about the headstone in Thyatira Presbyterian Church of Sissela Gibson, who died 10 August 1777 at 57 years of age. From accounts of this family, William had sons William (m. Mary Locke, daughter probably of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); John (b. ca 1745; d 9 Aug 1777; m. 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); James Gibson, who moved to Tennessee; George Gibson (b. ca 1755; d ca 1821; m 1780 Margaret Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon); Joseph Gibson (b. ca 1748, d. 1846 Iredell Co; m. 1789 Hannah Mary McCree). Is any one else researching this Gibson family of Rowan County? Can anyone prove/disprove any of the above? 2. William Gibson (Sr. or Jr.?) was in Rowan County by 1761, as he witnessed several deeds. In 1775 William bought 500 aces on Buffalo Creek adjacent to Alexander Penny but it is unclear if this is William Sr. or William Jr. Both are in the 1778 tax list but, as it lists pounds, it is still unclear who bought the 500 acres. On the 1784 tax list, William Gibson is listed with 249 acres. In 1791 William gave 233 acres on both sides of Buffalo Creek to his son Joseph, adjacent George and James Gibson. William Jr. married Mary Locke ca. 1774 and died around 1778, taken prisoner in Charleston, SC. Their children were Francis Locke, Elizabeth, Ann and Mary "Polly." Widow Mary Locke Gibson married 2nd Alexander Penny in 1788. What happened to William Sr.? What happened to William Jr.'s children? What happened to the rest of the 500 acress? 3. From where did the Gibsons come previous to Rowan County? They came from Ireland to somewhere, then to Rowan County. Could they have come from Laurens County, SC? 4. John Gibson was born ca 1745 in County Armaugh, Ireland. He married 13 Jan 1775 Elizabeth Locke, daughter of Francis Locke and Anna Brandon. He died 9 August 1777 and his headstone is in Thyatira Presbyterian church cemetery. There is no record of him buying or being granted land in Rowan County but Elizabeth and her father, Francis, were able to get one or two grants of land in 1778 (#699 for 380 acres and/or State grant #33 for 380 acres). Elizabeth Gibson is listed in the taxes of 1778, 1781, 1784; as Elizabeth Armstrong in 1796 and 1798. Widow Elizabeth married 1792 to Richard Armstrong and they moved to Mercer Co., KY. John and Elizabeth had at least two children (as the grants were for widow and orphans). Supposedly they had two children, John (born ca 1776), and Phebe (born 20 Jan 1776; m 1792 Joseph Hasket) but I have no proof. Can anyone verify the children? What happened to the children? What happened to the land? Can anyone verify Elizabeth and Richard Armstrong? 5. James and George Gibson owned land on Buffalo Creek. Where were the nearest Presbyterian Churches? 6. George Gibson died in 1821. He married Margaret Locke in 1780 and she apparently died before 1796, when her father's will was probated. Where were they buried?

It is also available on-line at HeritageQuest if you have access to that service. Check your local library to see if they have a subscription (if so, you may be able to get a password from them). Elaine Oakes

I have the book on CD. So, if you see a name in the index, on the site that Betty provided, email me off list and I will send you what it says about your particular person of interest. Jan Robison Kendallville, Indiana

This is the Jethro Rumple History of Rowan Co. NC that some of you were asking about recently. On this web site is the surname index of the book. The book is for sale for $21.95 plus S/H. RowanCo NC http://www.dmkheritage.com/catalog/north_carolina_000004.html Betty Pace

Norma and Rick, thank you very much for your help. I am learning a lot from being a member of this list. You folks really know your genealogy and it is kind of you to share. Diane Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniels" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: [RowanRoots] Miller ? Bishop? > I would like to ask Diane Miller if she is the same Diane Miller that > sent > me some info on the Bishop Family. It was photo copies of a book. > Thanks, Annette Daniels > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on > topic. >

Annette, sorry but I am not the Diane Miller that sent you information on the Bishop family. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniels" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: [RowanRoots] Miller ? Bishop? > I would like to ask Diane Miller if she is the same Diane Miller that > sent > me some info on the Bishop Family. It was photo copies of a book. > Thanks, Annette Daniels > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on > topic. >

The official census date for the 1790 to 1820 census was the first Monday in August. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html

I would like to ask Diane Miller if she is the same Diane Miller that sent me some info on the Bishop Family. It was photo copies of a book. Thanks, Annette Daniels

I would like to ask Diane Miller if she is the same Diane Miller that sent me some info from a book on the Bishop Family? Annette Daniels

Can someone tell me the date range the 1790 Rowan Co. Census was taken. I am researching a family with a child born in May of 1790 in Rowan Co. and I need to know if he was counted in that census to get an accurate number of children. Thanks so much Diane Miller

GO TO Walmart when IN any state you are researching. They have great atlases. They usually only carry the state you are IN, maybe one neighboring one, BUT they are topograpgical and down to the lest detail. Then go to the library and get a gazeteer and cross reference the names of the creeks, etc. That will be the BIBLE of your research on where people lived. Catherine

According to the book "Daniel Boone" by Bakeless, if I remember correctly, Bakeless states that during the Indian attacks on the settlements near the Yadkin, Squire Boone took his family back to Maryland and Daniel Boone borrowed a buggy or wagon and he and Rebecka went to Culpeper Va. and it was inferred that they went about the time they were married. Apparently, old Squire returned to the Yadkin several years before Daniel Boone started the illfated journey to Kentucky in 1773. Daniel Boone was living on the Clinch River in VA. in 1774 and served under Capt. William Russell. In the spring of 1774 he and Michael Stoner were sent to Ky to warn the surveyors that and Indian war was imminent and they should remove from Ky. for their safety. Boone and Stoner were gone 58 days and helped Harrod build some cabins in Ky. Boone returned too late to join the battle at Point Pleasant and was assigned to help guard the Forts on the Clinch. G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

In a message dated 7/11/05 4:07:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time > I understand the Boone family (Daniels father and mother and others) > >removed > >from the Yadkin River and moved to Maryland during a period of > >Indian > >attacks on the NC settlements and during that time Daniel Boone > >married in Virginia, possibly in Culpeper co., Va. (This may be wrong) > > From Daniel Boone The Life and Legend Of An American Pioneer, John Mack > Faragher, 1992 - Owl Books (Henry Holt and Company) > > p. 46 - 47. > " Justice Squire Boone officiated at the marriage of Daniel Boone and > Rebecca Bryan on August 14, 1756 [Rowan Co., NC]. The groom was twenty-one, the > bride seventeen. They remembered it to their children as a triple wedding, an > occasion shared with two other couples from the extended Boone and Bryan clans. > > .....the newlyweds' first home, a cabin on Squire Boone's home lot where > Daniel and Rebecca lived during the first few months of their marriage. > > For Rebecca Bryan Boone there was no honeymoon. She immediately became > mistress of a household that included the two young sons of Daniel's brother > Israel, who had died two months earlier. Israel's wife had predeceased him, a > victim of consumption, or tuberculosis; soon after her death, the widower too > came down with the disease. With his four children, he had lived in the > household of his parents, and his two boys had grown close to their Uncle Daniel. In > August of 1755 Sarah Morgan [Boone] appeared with her consumptive son at the > Moravian colony, twenty-five miles northeast of the Forks of the Yadkin at > Salem, appealing for treatment from the resident doctor. There Israel remained, > hospitalized for several weeks, and when he left, the record noted that > there was "small hope of his recovery." (see Fries, ed: Records of the Moravians, > I: 136 - 137). sometime after his death, his two daughters also expired from > the disease........ Rebecca's own first child, James, was born nine months after the wedding, on May 3, 1757. A second son, Israel, followed twenty months later, on January 25, 1759. p. 52 - 53 (February 1760 - Cherokee attacks/Ft. Dobbs) ....as the Cherokees swept down on the Forks, at least a dozen Yadkin men and women met theri deaths. With the war now come to their own yards, the Boones, like many others, decided it was time to fall back to Virginia. In this exodus they were joined by Daniel's parents and the three younger of his siblings, who yet remained at home --- brothers Squire and Edward (always called Ned or Neddy by the family) and sister Hannah --- in addition to his older sister Elizabeth, with her husband and children, and possibly others of his grown siblings and their families. The group traveled more than two hundred miles northeast to accommodations among friends in Culpeper County, Virginia. Rebecca was pregnant, and for the next several months Boone remained with her in Virginia, working as a teamster, hauling tobacco to market, while awaiting the arrival of his first daughter, Susannah, who was born on November 2, 1760. Immediately thereafter that he returned alone to the Carolina backcountry for his winter hunt. > p. 58 Boone rejoined Rebecca and the children in Virginia sometime in 1762. The Cherokee had separated the young couple for nearly two years. Family traditions suggest that before returning, Boone went to their Sugartree farm, put in a crop, and got the house back into shape. In November of 1762 the Boones migrated back to the Forks by packhorse, accompanied by a number of Virginians emigrating to the new country......." Charmaine Ernst

Which of the Boone family is buried in the Rogersville, TN. Cemetery. I could probably come up with a photo. Dan Patterson Rowan County Information OnLine P.O. Box 241 Spencer, NC 28159 www.RowanCounty.Info www.GoRowan.com Tour our historic county www.GoRowan.com/rowanroots My family history www.High-Rock.com High Rock Lake Recreation www.DanTana.com Travel Services www.SalisburyPrison.com Civil War Prison www.RowanMuseum.com Local history www.Spencer-Inn.com Turn of the century B&B www.Centralina_Orthopaedic.com www.1490WSTP.com Local sports radio "It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag." -----Original Message----- From: Marsha McWilliams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [RowanRoots] Squire & Sarah Morgan Boone's gravesite Could this possibly be what you were thinking about? .... Ref: "Daniel Boone" by John Mason Brown, excerpts from pages 59, 60 & 61... Daniel and his group left the Yadkin on September 25, 1773 (for KY) and while camping in Powell's Valley he discovered that more flour and farming tools were needed. Daniel sent his son, James, and a few others back to Russell's farm to pick up the additions and on the return trip James and the others got lost, were attacked by Indians and James was killed. This is when the group (Daniel didn't want to) decided to return to NC. Some still had homes there, but Daniel didn't. He wanted to stay as close to KY as he could so he and his family spent the winter in a friend's abandoned cabin on the Clinch River in Tennessee. I couldn't find reference to exactly when or where Daniel & Rebecca were married, but on pg. 28, it's written that Rebecca was 17 years old with jet black hair and eyes and her father (Joseph Bryan) was a neighbor whose brother married one of Daniel's sisters... the Bryans were also from PA. Pg. 28 says that the migration route of the Boones was southwest across PA, down the Cumberland Valley to the Shenandoah in VA, to NC (Yadkin) and when they left PA they had no destination. This is a very interesting, easy to read book. Hope this helps. Marsha > I have a question: > I understand the Boone family (Daniels father and mother and others) > removed from the Yadkin River and moved to Maryland during a period of > Indian attacks on the NC settlements and during that time Daniel Boone > married in Virginia, possibly in Culpeper co., Va. (This may be wrong) > Question: When did Daniel Boone's father and mother return to the > Yadkin, or did he remain in Maryland and die there? > Thanks for clarification of this. > G. Lee Hearl > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > Abingdon, Va. ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from RowanRoots-L send a message from the address you subscribed from to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.

Could this possibly be what you were thinking about? .... Ref: "Daniel Boone" by John Mason Brown, excerpts from pages 59, 60 & 61... Daniel and his group left the Yadkin on September 25, 1773 (for KY) and while camping in Powell's Valley he discovered that more flour and farming tools were needed. Daniel sent his son, James, and a few others back to Russell's farm to pick up the additions and on the return trip James and the others got lost, were attacked by Indians and James was killed. This is when the group (Daniel didn't want to) decided to return to NC. Some still had homes there, but Daniel didn't. He wanted to stay as close to KY as he could so he and his family spent the winter in a friend's abandoned cabin on the Clinch River in Tennessee. I couldn't find reference to exactly when or where Daniel & Rebecca were married, but on pg. 28, it's written that Rebecca was 17 years old with jet black hair and eyes and her father (Joseph Bryan) was a neighbor whose brother married one of Daniel's sisters... the Bryans were also from PA. Pg. 28 says that the migration route of the Boones was southwest across PA, down the Cumberland Valley to the Shenandoah in VA, to NC (Yadkin) and when they left PA they had no destination. This is a very interesting, easy to read book. Hope this helps. Marsha > I have a question: > I understand the Boone family (Daniels father and mother and others) > removed > from the Yadkin River and moved to Maryland during a period of > Indian > attacks on the NC settlements and during that time Daniel Boone > married in Virginia, possibly in Culpeper co., Va. (This may be wrong) > Question: When did Daniel Boone's father and mother return to the > Yadkin, or did he remain in Maryland and die there? > Thanks for clarification of this. > G. Lee Hearl > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > Abingdon, Va.