No, the absence of being on the list, does not mean they were not there. As an example, I am looking at Jo White Linn's abstracts of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes for 1759. At just one day of court I see names John BREVARD (who was a court justice, while other justices were listed), Jacob LASH (another justice), James HAGAN (there are other HAGGANs on the list), Alexander LAWRENCE, James STUART (there are other STEWARTs on the list), Peter FLEMING, and Thomas BASHFORD that do not appear on the 1759 list. At a spot check of other names in the 1759 court records, I see many that do not appear on the list. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.9 - Release Date: 6/11/2005

I don `t think this tax list was a Land Tax list, if it were the amount of acres he owned would have been included. It was probably just your average Poll tax list. Teresa Stuart de Rios Elaine Oakes <[email protected]> wrote: Considering that the list was damaged, a name could easily have been lost, unreadable, or misread. What was found might also have been less than the entire original list. I'm not sure if a man who didn't own property yet would have been included, either. Elaine Oakes >>Do any of you know if the absence of a male's name on the 1759 Tax List (see below) indicates that an adult male living in 1759 was definitely NOT living in Rowan County? ==== 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. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour

Rowan Listers - Do any of you know if the absence of a male's name on the 1759 Tax List (see below) indicates that an adult male living in 1759 was definitely NOT living in Rowan County? Or can the list only indicate who was there? A description of the list I am referring to is: 1759 ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LIST This tax list was found between the walls of the old court house by Wm. D. Kizziah, Register of Deeds. When found, it was but scraps of paper, but was fitted together and transcribed by him. This list was made before Rowan Co, NC was divided into other counties and is the oldest tax list ever found in Rowan (to my knowledge). It contains no figures and is not typed here as copied. I have put the "a's" together, the "b's together, etc. When a slave or negro is listed with another's name, I left those names as they appeared on the typed list. Some names in the "b's" were torn off or could not be read. They are listed at the end of this page. There is a copy of this list, as transcribed by Mr. Kizziah, in the Rowan County Library, Salisbury, NC. The list itself can be viewed at: ftp://rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/taxlists/tax1759.txt Thanks. Steve Steve O'Neal [email protected] --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out!

TACKETT, WILLIAM (1820 U.S. Census) North Carolina , ROWAN, YADKIN, Series: M33 Roll: 81 Page: 213 Not sure which William tackett this is. Have not checked it out. Shelby

I don't know how many of you have seen advertisements for the series "Into the West", but I think it would be good to watch, since we are all interested in history. It is on TNT for several weeks. Into the West is a 6 week event from executive producer Steven Spielberg. It starts this weekend, first episode is tonight, Friday. Each weekend you will have 3 chances to view the episode. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 8/7C. June 10-12 is episode 1 "Wheel to the Stars" June 17-19 is episode 2 "Manifest Destiny" June 24-26 is episode 3 "Dreams & Schemes" July 8-10 is episode 4 "Hell on Wheels" July 15-17 is episode 5 "Casualties of War" July 22-24 is episode 6 "Ghost Dance" My guide says it is also on Fri and Sun night at 10/9C.

Perhaps helpful to some. There is a book (I think 2 vols) by a lady on the Loyalists/Tories in the American Revolution. I once had it on inter-library loan. our local librarian may be able to help you find it. . Clark, Murtie June. Loyalists in the southern campaign of the Revolutionary War / by Murtie June Clark. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981- 973.314 Cla Notes : Includes indexes. v.1. Official rolls of loyalists recruited from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. DBCN : AAN-3703

It is the Yadkin River which is part of old Rowan Co., NC. The Savannah flows through Georgia. I hope this will help you with your search. For more information on the two rivers: From its headwaters near Blowing Rock, the Yadkin River flows east and then south across North Carolina’s densely populated midsection. It travels 203 miles —passing farmland; draining the urban landscapes of Winston-Salem, Statesville, Lexington and Salisbury; and fanning through seven man-made reservoirs before its name changes to the Pee Dee River below Lake Tillery. The Pee Dee courses another 230 miles to the Atlantic, leaving North Carolina near the community of McFarlan and ending its journey at South Carolina’s Winyah Bay. The Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin bisects North Carolina, running north to south, neatly separating counties on its journey. Total miles of streams and rivers: 5,862 Municipalities within basin: 93 Counties within basin: 21 Size: 7,221 square miles Population: 1,463,535 (2000) (in North Carolina) The Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin is the cradle of civilization in the Carolinas. Here, evidence of 12,000 years of activity documents the history of Native Americans in the Southeast. The basin’s gently contoured Uwharrie Mountains, the oldest mountain range in North America, played as much a role in human settlement as the fertile rivers that slice through them. Major tributaries of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River include the Mitchell, Ararat, Uwharrie and Rocky rivers and Dutchmans, Long and Abbotts creeks. 149.168.72.84/ee/ecoadr/yadkin.pdf SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN By Gretchen Loeffler and Judy L. Meyer The Savannah River basin includes portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia and flows through the Blue Ridge Mountain, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain provinces. The Savannah River forms the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia and begins at Hartwell Reservoir by the confluence of the Seneca and Tugaloo Rivers. From this point, it flows southeast to the port city of Savannah, Georgia where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Above the junction of the Seneca and Tugaloo Rivers, the major headwater streams of the Seneca River are Keowee River and Twelve Mile Creek. The Tugaloo River is formed by the union of the Tallulah and Chattooga Rivers. These headwater streams originate on the southern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina and Georgia www.rivercenter.uga.edu/education/k12resources/basinsofga5.htm

Sorry, I meant to say,, in 1778 in what section of Rowan Co. was the Savannah River. Thanks, GerriAnn GerriAnn Lockman [email protected] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Can someone tell me where the Savannah River is in Rowan Co please? Thanks for all help, GerriAnn GerriAnn Lockman [email protected] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Hi! My husband is a Tackett Descendant from SE KY and his TACKETTS came from VA to NC to KY spent a few year in TN as well. I don't have information on your Alexander was married to J. Caroline Cornelius, b. abt 1818 NC. There is a Tackett Family Association and they have many many Tackett records. I would suggest visiting their website at ~~~> http://www.tackettfamilies.com/ Below is my husbands 4th Great Grandfather and his family Descendants of William Tackett,Sr. Generation No. 1 1. William4 Tackett,Sr. (Phillip3 Tackitt,Sr., John2, Lewis1 Tacquett) was born May 12, 1779 in Rowan Co NC / Savannah River, and died September 22, 1851 in Tackitt/Longfork Pike Co., KY. He married Amy Johnson in Nolichucky River, Tenn, daughter of William Johnson and Sarah Arnold?. She was born Abt. 1776 in NC, and died December 09, 1857 in Tackitt/Longfork Pike Co., KY. Children of William Tackett and Amy Johnson are: 2 i. Martha Patsy5 Tackett, born October 13, 1802 in Hawkins TN1; died October 26, 1886 in Breathitt Co KY1. She married Elisha Johnson; born December 10, 1802 in Hawkins Co. , TN2; died January 1886 in Herald/Guerrant Breathitt Co KY2. 3 ii. Martha PatsyTackitt, born October 13, 1802 in Hawkins, TN//HarlenCO. KY; died October 26, 1886 in Breathitt Co KY. She married Elisha Johnson February 02, 1822 in Floyd Co., KY; born December 10, 1802 in Hawkins Co. , TN2; died January 1886 in Herald/Guerrant Breathitt Co KY2. 4 iii. George Washigton Tackitt, born Abt. 1803 in Hawkins TN; died August 09, 1852 in Pike Co., KY. He married Hannah Osborne; born Abt. 1803 in VA/TN; died Aft. 1860 in Indian Creek , KY. 5 iv. Rebecca Hannah Tackitt, born September 20, 1805 in Hawkins TN; died March 05, 1845 in Tackitt/ Longfork Pike Co., KY. She married James Cook; born Aft. 1790 in Burke Co., NC; died Aft. 1840 in Pike Co., KY. 6 v. William Tackitt, Jr., born March 04, 1809 in Knox Co., KY.3; died May 27, 1894 in Pike Co., KY3. He married Sarah Caudill March 02, 1828 in Pike Co., KY4; born July 05, 18135; died February 11, 1898 in Virgie, Pike Co., KY. Good Luck with your search! Julia K. Hogston http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mytree/Tree2.html http://www.genealogyforum.org

Hello. Am researching Tackett/Tacket/Tackitt family from NC and am hoping someone will have some clues. My gr-grandfather was Alexander C. Tackett, b. abt 1814-1818 and my grandfather was Samuel Ephraim Tackett, b. 1862. Both supposedly born NC. Alexander was married to J. Caroline Cornelius, b. abt 1818 NC. Thanks in advance for any info. S. Tackett

Hello Everyone I hope there are some Hege researchers out there. I need to find out if I am a Swiss Hage/Haegi and descend from Hans George Hage (Zurich) or a German Hege and descend from Johan Balthazar Hege. Since both Heges married the Frey sisters and there was quite a bit of intermarrying going on ......this is rather complex. Margaret Hage b 4 Sept 1771 in Rowan Co, NC. married Jacob Clodfelter 28 June 1790. . Who were Margarets parents ??? Since Balthazar seemed to have a son Christian in 1771, I would rule out Balthazar......unless Margaret was an overlooked twin. Any help would be much appreciated. Stephanie

I was hoping that someone had access to Probate or deed records and could find something on a Peter Parson/Peirson/Person. I know that he was on the 1759 tax list for Rowan County, and 1771 tax list for Surry. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Leslie

I am seeking information on the TURNER family that lived for a time in the part of Rowan County that later became Davidson. I come across a lot of Turner information but the names are all so similar that I do not know which is which. It doesn't help that I live out of state and cannot do any research in the county records themselves. Is anyone researching the TURNER families of Rowan? If so, could you please help me sort these folks out? A single clue or lead would be greatly appreciated. John TURNER, b. abt 1788 in NC, d. aft 1860 probably in Davidson Co., NC Martha (Unknown), b. abt 1786 in NC, d. bef 1860 probably in Davidson Co., NC Known children: 1. Elizabeth, b. abt 1815 in NC 2. Eli, b. Nov 1819 in NC, died aft 1902 in Davidson Co., NC; m. Mary (Unknown). Both Elizabeth and Eli were probably born in Rowan, and I suspect the couple also had a son named James who settled in Montgomery Co., NC. Much thanks in advance, Lee Anders

Some of you seem to be interested in the Dunkards/Brethren. They are also known as German Baptists because they practice immersion. Over the years many of them joined mainstream Baptist or Methodist churches as they became anglicized. My father told me stories of the Baptist church he grew up in that was in Southeast MO. They practiced footwashing and other things that seemed to have come from the Brethren. His grandfather was from a family that were Dunkards back in NC but then they came to MO in the early 1800s as did a whole group of Dunkards from NC. In PA there were 2 German Baptist Churches and both of these sent out missionaries to the frontier in MD, VA, and NC. One were the Epratites which was a splinter group from the Dunkards and they were headquartered in Ephrata PA. Their original buildings are still there, wooden buildings called The Cloisters, and are a fascinating place to visit. They were called Seventh Day Baptists because they celebrated the Lords Day on Saturday. They believed also in some who took a vow of chasity and lived just like European monks and nuns, and wore habits. The Brethren were first day Baptists who celebrated on Sunday. The books say that when they got to the frontier the two groups often cooperated. Having been a Moravian when I lived in NYC I am familiar with their forms of worship and they are very different from the Brethren. Here in PA the Brethren men wear beards and while they drive modern cars they do wear very conservative dress. Back in 1750 there must have been a lot of friction between the Brethren and the Moravians because in that year the Brethren had some kind of a conference and several books list my Phillip Earhart and several others in York/Adams Co PA, who became missionaries to NC, as signing a petition which excommunicated a Joseph Mueller for his association with the Moravians and trying to proselyte the Brethren. I have never been able to get a copy of that petition. For those of you who may have a Brethren background here is a list of NC references: "Dunker Beginnings in North Carolina in the Eighteenth Century" by Roger Sappington in The NorthCarolina Historical Review Vol XLVI July 1969 Num 3 (Found in the Catawba Co Lib.) "Two Eighteen Century Dunker Congregations in North Carolina" by Roger Sappinton As above Vol XLVII Num 3 April 1970 (Found in the library of Bridewater College in VA) "The Brethren in North Carolina During the Revolution" by John Scott Davenport Brethren Life and Thought - A Quarterly Journal Published in the Interest of the Church of the Brethren Vol XXII Winter 1977 Number one ( This was sent to me by a historian in NC an R. Carpenter ) There are other books on the general history of the Brethren but I was not sure of any general interest, but I can give more resources if anyone is interested. Betty Silfies

I found a site online that gives a good summary of her books, and info on the Rowan Register, along with prices, address, etc. It is at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/rowan.htm Barbara Lucas

Is this still being published. Does or did Jo Linn publish it? Does anyone have an email address for Jo Linn? Would like to contact her in regard to some of her books. Thank You. Barbara Lucas

Betty, I have found lots of information on my Brethren ancestor at this URL. http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=BRETHREN http://www.cob-net.org/genhis.htm Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty A. Pace" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: [RowanRoots] Dunkers-Tunkerds > Sarah, > > I know the Church of the Bretheran (Dunkers) today have an active web > site. However, I don't know the URL. A Google search will probably turn > it up. I didn't keep it because it didn't offer any insights into the > Dunkers of NC (near the Moravian settlement). What did help was knowing > that they have a Journal that has some historical records in it, but I > don't know how to get copies. Perhaps thru Persi on Heritage Quest. My > ancestor was Dunker Elder Peter Schmidt Sr., from his son Peter Jr. > > These URLs were sent to me by someone named Nancy. Maybe they can help. > > Protestant Denominations Established in Colonial America: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Egentutor/protest.html > > > > Religious Groups in America, 1800 - 2000: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Egentutor/religion.html > > > > Index to Primitive Baptist Church and Family History Research: > > http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/Index.html > > > > > > Betty Pace > > In a message dated 5/27/05 8:27:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Betty, thanks for your info. Do I understand right that the Dunkards > were > yet another German religious group in the county? Anyone know about > Dunkard > records and their availability? > > > In my area (SW Virginia), this group is also know as German Baptist. > Although not being orginially from this area, I'm not sure if this is > because they > are the same religious/cultural group or because other people don't know > the > difference. This group wears the clothing similar to the Amish but > many do > use at least some modern conveniences and even the women take jobs in > the > local workforce. > > Sarah Goodman > > ______________________________ > > > ==== 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. > >

Sarah, I know the Church of the Bretheran (Dunkers) today have an active web site. However, I don't know the URL. A Google search will probably turn it up. I didn't keep it because it didn't offer any insights into the Dunkers of NC (near the Moravian settlement). What did help was knowing that they have a Journal that has some historical records in it, but I don't know how to get copies. Perhaps thru Persi on Heritage Quest. My ancestor was Dunker Elder Peter Schmidt Sr., from his son Peter Jr. These URLs were sent to me by someone named Nancy. Maybe they can help. > Protestant Denominations Established in Colonial America: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Egentutor/protest.html > > Religious Groups in America, 1800 - 2000: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Egentutor/religion.html > > Index to Primitive Baptist Church and Family History Research: > http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/Index.html > > Betty Pace In a message dated 5/27/05 8:27:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Betty, thanks for your info. Do I understand right that the Dunkards were yet another German religious group in the county? Anyone know about Dunkard records and their availability? In my area (SW Virginia), this group is also know as German Baptist. Although not being orginially from this area, I'm not sure if this is because they are the same religious/cultural group or because other people don't know the difference. This group wears the clothing similar to the Amish but many do use at least some modern conveniences and even the women take jobs in the local workforce. Sarah Goodman ______________________________

She published it from 1986 through 2001. In her last issue of 2001 she stated her husband had Alsheimers, and that she would not be continuing the publication. I am sending you her address by separate e-mail. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html