I am looking for the parents of Obadiah SMITH who was from Rowan County, NC and died in Rutherford County, TN. I would also like to know who his parents were if anyone knows this. Obadiah SMITH moved to Rutherford County, TN. I don't know when he went to TN. Children are from a WILL Obadiah SMITH left in Rutherford County, TN. Known Children of Obadiah SMITH married ? 1. Thomas SMITH born 7 Jul 1784 in died 1 Apr 1866 in Dallas County, Texas married on 15 Feb 1810 in Rutherford County, TN Mary "Polly" MEADEARIS. Known Child Martha J. SMITH maried Solomon Durrett. 2. William SMITH Any information or help would be appreciated. Thank you. Joy Durrett March 26, 2005

--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: 23 Mar 2005 13:43:22 -0700 Subject: Re: Earnhart's / Bedford,Shelby, Shelbyville,Manchester,Coffee TN This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Earnhart, Ehrenhart, Ehrenhardt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/SKU.2ACEB/42.2.1 Message Board Post: Daniel and Martha Ann Earnhart - Son: William B. Earnhart had son: James Hiram Earnhart had son: William Kay Harris Earnhart, had son: William Richard Earnhart, had daughter Melba (that's me) Daniel's father was: Johann Jurg Ehrenhart Jr. 25 Dec 1768 Northhampton Co, Penn Died:Mar 1845 Bedford, TN. Married 6 Aug 1793 Rowan Co. Norht Carolina,Hannah Culp Born: 1775 Died: 9 Aug 1844 in Bedford, TN Johann Jurg Ehrenhart Jr. father was: Johann Jurg Ehrenhardt 13 Sep 1737 Biedesheim, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. Died: May 1826 Rowan Co. NC. Married: 1756 PA Maria Margaretha Heilman Born: 6 Oct 1737 Germany Died:1768 Northampton Co, Penn Johann Jurg Ehrenhardt father was: Johannes Christopher Ehrenhardt 1689 Ilbesheim,Bavaria,Germany. Died: 1767 Ilbesheim, Germany. Married in Germany :22 Oct 1721 Anna Sybilla Taubin Northampton Co, Penn. Born: ABT 1700 Died: AFT 1767 Father was: Johann Counrath Ehrenhardt May 1660 Ilbesheim,Bavaria,Germany. Died 22 Feb 1748 Germany Married: Maria Elizabetha Gerturde Unknown Father was: Hamman Ehrenhardt 1630 Ilbesheim,Bavaria,Germany. Died 29 Dec 1722 Germany

The US Census Bureau has placed the 1790 U.S. Census online. The link is below, along with links to some other helpful census sites. In some cases, you may need the page number because parts are not indexed. 1790 U.S. Census from the US Census Bureau (CT, ME, MD, MA, NH, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA): http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/1790.htm USGenWeb Online Census Images Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_img.htm Census Links: http://www.censuslinks.com/index.php?sid=473106958&t=sub_pages&cat=6 Census Online: http://www.census-online.com/links/ United States Census Questionnaires for all Census Years: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/cenhisqu.htm Historical Census Browser: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/

Does anyone have access to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868? I am looking for the following information. I would appreciate a scan & e-mail or photo if it can be obtained. Thank you in advance for any help. Dianna Lafferty Bride: Esther Luckey Groom: John Knox Bond Date: 15 Apr 1780 County: Rowan Record #: 01 247 Bondsman: Robert Luckie Witness: B Booth Boote Bond #: 000126765

Looking for parents of Joseph K. Hodge born in Burke or Rowan County, North Carolina in 1809. Father might be John Hodge. He moves to Coles County, Illinois and is in the 1840 census with a John,George and R.D. Hodge. Could be brothers. Possibilty the K in his name could be Keller. Any help would be appreciated. Joan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/7611 Message Board Post: 11 Jan 1764 John McCONNELL Andrew McCONNELL Margaret McCONNELL Agnes McCONNELL Father: Andrew McConnell, deceased Guardian: John McConnell Security: John Oliphant, William Neal 4 May 1764 Margaret TOOD Thomas TOOD Ann TODD Father: Thomas Todd, deceased Guardian: Jean Todd Security: Thomas Allison, Adam Simonton 10 Apr 1765 Elizabeth ARCHIBALD "chose her mother as guardian" (i.e., over 14) Robert ARCHIBALD "chose his mother as guardian" (i.e., over 14) Father: William Archibald, deceased Guardian: Elizabeth Archibald Security: Robert Hardin, William Archibald 12 Jul 1765 Ellen ELLIS Father: John Ellis, deceased Guardian: Evan Ellis Security: Abraham Carson (?), John Johnston 15 Oct 1768 Moses MITCHELL Father: not mentioned Guardian: John Murdock Security: Hugh Hall 15 Oct 1768 John MITCHELL Father: not mentioned Guardian: Samuel Mitchell Security: Andrew Mitchell 8 Aug 1769 Rosanna CALOHAN Step-daughter of David Duncan and daughter of his wife Elizabeth Duncan, sole guardian; transfer guardianship to Henery Robeson of Rowan "to serve him," "now being seven years old" Bound until she is 18 years old, in 1780 11 Aug 1769 Jeremiah ELROD Adam ELROD Guardian: George McNight Security: Adam Last, Thomas Butner 18 May 1770 Molly Keeley (?) BRADLEY Leonard Shielding (?) BRADLEY John BRADLEY Edward BRADLEY Richard BRADLEY George BRADLEY Matthew BRADLEY Guardian: Terry Bradley (notation: "his own children") Security: Elias Brock, John Dameron, Thomas Evans 13 Feb 1771 William WILLCOCKS Daniel WILLCOCKS Martha WILLCOCKS Father: Isaac Willcocks, deceased Guradian: Isaac Willcocks Security: George Willcocks, John Brayne (?) 14 Jul 1771 Isaac ERWYN Father: James Erwyn, deceased Guradian: William Erwyn Security: William Erwyn 5 Aug 1772 Moses McCuiston Father: Robert McCuiston, deceased Guardian: James McCuiston Security: Thomas Blayor of Guilford County 7 Aug 1772 Henry BROONER Catherine BROONER George BROONER Father: Henry Brooner, deceased Guardians: John Christian Wiseman and George Brooner Security: John Dunn, Joseph Hughes NB: Guardian signs "Brunner" 4 Nov 1772 John MORGAN Father: William Morgan, deceased Guardian: George Williamson Security: John Dobbins, Daniel Lewis 6 Nov 1772 Henry HORAH Father: Henry Horah, deceased Guardian: James Brandon Security: James Brandon 3 Feb 1773 Windeford MORGAN Father: William Morgan, deceased Guardian: Joseph Hughes Security: John Barnes Staynor, Abram Anthony NC: Anthony signs "Abraham" 3 Aug 1774 Sarah McKINNY Clare McKINNY Elinor McKINNY Henry McKINNY Father: Henry McKinny, deceased Guardian: James McKinny Security: Charles McDowell, Thomas Whitson 12 Aug 1774 Hugh MORRISON, "a Lunatic" Guardian: Andrew Morrison Security: William Asbill, James Patterson 2 Nov 1774 George KERR Lettice Ann KERR Father: John Kerr, deceased Guardian: Samuel Young Security: Hugh Jenkins, William Cowan 2 Aug 1775 William RUTLEDGE James RUTLEDGE Father: Isaac Rutledge, deceased Guardian: David Caldwell Security: Samuel Luckey 16 Feb 1777 Anthony HINKEL Peter HINKEL Mary HINKEL Father: Peter Hinkel, deceased Guardian: Charles Hinkel Security: Christian Botonhymas (?) NB: filed with 1771 8 May 1777 Elizabeth PETERSON Sarah PETERSON "female children of Rosanna Peterson, deceased" Guardian: John Campbell Security: Thomas Frohock (?), James Cathey, James Gibson NB: filed with 1771 4 Feb 1778 William REYNOLDS Father: James Reynolds, deceased Guardian: Samuel Boyle Security: Abraham Erwin NB: filed with 1787 5 Feb 1778 John MONTGOMERY "son of Mary Newman, deceased" Guardian: Hugh Montgomery Security: John Dunn 5 Feb 1778 Mary WHITE Father: Reuben White, deceased Guardian: Milly White Security: Matthew Troy, William Sharp, Hugh Montgomery, Joseph Steele 5 Feb 1778 Samuel ROSEBROUGH Father: Samuel Rosebrough, deceased Guardian: James Hall Security: William Sharp, Jacob Nichols 6 Feb 1778 Charles MERRILL Elijah MERRILL Father: Benjamin Merrill, deceased Guardian: Samuel Merrill Security: Josiah Rounsavall, Henry Strange 6 Feb 1778 Jonathan MERRILL Father: Benjamin Merrill, deceased Guardian: Boyd McCrary Security: Henry Strange, Josiah Rounsevals 9 Aug 1778 Rebecca CHURCH Father: Philemon Church, deceased Guardian: Christian Church Security: John Reighely NB: filed with 1780 4 Nov 1778 David WAILE Father: William Waile, deceased Guardian: Moses Linster Security: William Copeland, James Gibson 5 Feb 1779 John TATE Father: Robert Tate, deceased Guardian: James Townley Security: John Dunn, Absolom Taylor 5 Feb 1779 Zarina HAMM Father: John Hamm, deceased Guardian: William Beard Security: David Beard 5 Aug 1779 Jean ARMSTRONG Father: James Armstrong, deceased Guardian: James Brandon Security: Abel Armstrong, Frances Lock 8 Feb 1780 Martin RENTLEMAN Father: Christopher Rentleman, deceased Guardian: Lewis Linford Security: John Rentleman, George Henry Berger 9 Feb 1780 Catherine BOWMAN ? (BOWDEN ?) Father: Michael Bowman / Bowden, deceased Guardian: Michael Brown Security: George Henry Berger, Matthew Troy 6 Feb 1782 Rebecca JENKINS Father: James Jenkins, deceased Guardian: William Brandon Security: John Cathey 8 Aug 1782 Elizabeth SMITH No parent named Guardian: Thomas Frohock (?) Security: Francis Lock 4 May 1764 Margaret TOOD Thomas TOOD Ann TODD Father: Thomas Todd, deceased Guardian: Jean Todd Security: Thomas Allison, Adam Simonton 14 Jul 1771 Isaac ERWYN Father: James Erwyn, deceased Guradian: William Erwyn Security: William Erwyn 12 Aug 1774 Hugh MORRISON, "a Lunatic" Guardian: Andrew Morrison Security: William Asbill, James Patterson 5 May 1789 Henry HENDRICKS William HENDRICKS Guardian: Maxwell Chambers Security: Lewis Bean 15 Oct 1768 Moses MITCHELL Father: not mentioned Guardian: John Murdock Security: Hugh Hall 15 Oct 1768 John MITCHELL Father: not mentioned Guardian: Samuel Mitchell Security: Andrew Mitchell

Alice, Idon't know if you will find anything here but there are a lot of NC links here on Linkpentium, including bastardy bonds. Maybe indenture bonds are there also. > site. First get to the county you are searching and find Bastardy > Bonds > on the menu. Sometimes the year dates aren't in order. For > instance, > Rowan Co. jumped from 1809 into the 1870s and I had to scroll down > to > find the 1811 entries. > > http://www.linkpendium.com/ Betty Pace

If the head of the household was out of town on census day, was his/her name included in the census at the home county location? In order words, how did a census taker handle a family member who was traveling or away from home temporarily? I have also wondered who in the household would be in a position to give census information to the census taker, assuming that the farmer was in the field at that time or the shopkeeper at his shop during business hours. Guesswork by a family member would certainly account for inaccurate information on ages, places of birth, etc. I know in the U.K. census reports, when a family member was away from home, he/she was not shown in the home location but would be picked up at the address of temporary residence and shown as a traveler/visitor. Betty Pace

The NY Public Library is putting on-line today (3/4/05) "hundreds of thousands of its images...allowing free personal downloads of materials including maps, Civil War photos, and illuminated medieval manuscripts." "The NYPL Digital Gallery will have 275,000 images available beginning today, and the collection will grow to 500,000 images over the next several months, library officials announced Wednesday." "The images can be downloaded free for personal use. Use of the images for publication or in film, television or the Internet can be arranged through the library's Permissions Department." Associated Press 3/3/05 The URL for the above collection is: _http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/_ (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/) Another link I discovered to other NYPL on-line content is: _http://www.nypl.org/digital/_ (http://www.nypl.org/digital/) Happy Hunting, Billy

Hi Betty, Looking for decendants of Rolen/Roland Miller and Sarah "Sally" Morgan. Am very interested in finding if Roland had any brothers and sisters. Roland is the son of John and Flora Eller Miller. I have the Morgan family genealogy. Thanks, Nancy

My William M.(Morgan?) WILSON died before May 1864, as that is when his estate was settled in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. There is a W. MORGAN WILSON shown in Co. C, 8th NC Regiment from Rowan Co. NC; he was said to have died in Salisbury while home on furlough, possibly of wounds/disease--no date given (Jethro Rumple Roll of Honor in his History of Rowan Co. NC). I do not know if this is the same person as my William M. WILSON as Rumples' ages don't match the 1850 census exactly. However, it seems like a great coincidence. Does anyone know anything about this man or this Civil War Confederate Unit? Betty Pace

Mathew Skene/Skeen born Va abt 1735 died abt 1814 Rowan Cty, NC. would like info on his ancestry. Thank you Sandy Campbell [email protected]

Just posting again, since it's been awhile. I'm looking for information on WELKERS and FLETCHERS in Rowan county. Adam WELKER lived there, married about 1802 to Sarah FLETCHER. Their children were as follows: James Robert, b. 1803 Sarah Ann, b. 1805 Adam, b. 1806 Sarah, b. 1808 William, b. 1811 or 1812 Previous to Sarah, Adam, sr. was married to Nancy Fletcher, married 1793 in Surry county. The IGI has some connections to Germany for Adam, but the connection seems rather patchwork to me, and James Hook's book on Ellers (Georg Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America) doesn't seem to support the theories in the IGI. As far as I can tell, Adam and Sarah just crawled out from under some rocks in NC one day, and there they were. Any info or suggestions are welcome. Rose Green

When someone who has a copy has time to do a lookup, I would be interested in any references on LEMLY/LEMLEY. Sometimes Limly and Limbly depending on how old the data is.... thanks, belinda

Thanks, Billy! Jan Robison Kendallville, Indiana (Mom's entire family is from Rowan!!) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:49 AM Subject: [RowanRoots] National Archives Image Resources > The National Archives is perhaps an overlooked on-line resource for > images > of pictures or documents for most researchers. However, I have found > some > nice stuff there relating to projects I have been working on which has > saved > postage and copying fees. This morning, I found that there are many, > many > photos of homes in Western NC, SE VA, and Eastern TN which were impacted > by floods > or the TVA. In addition, there are many photos of coal mining, textile, > furniture workers, CCC and TVA construction sites. > > For Afro-American researchers, they have the images of the Death & > Interment > Records for USC troops who died at Nelson General Hospital at Camp > Nelson, > KY during the Civil War. > > Here is a step-by-step guide to access this resource. > > 1) Go to NARA's Archival Research Catalog: > > _http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/_ > (http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/) > > 2) In the top left corner, you will see a yellow "Search" button, click > this. This will take you to the Basic Search page. > > 3) At the Basic search page, ENSURE that under "FILTER YOUR SEARCH," you > check the box beside "DESCRIPTIONS of ARCHIVAL MATERIALS LINKED TO > DIGITAL > COPIES." > > 4) Enter your search term. > > 5) Set the "Limit Results to" box to 2000. > > I have not had much success with the "Advanced Search" so I don't use it > often. You may have to play around with keywords to get in the > neighborhood of > what you are looking for. > > Notes: > > 1) If you find something relevant, or simply interesting, you can click > on > the first link beneath the image which will give a fuller description of > the > image as well as the record archive from which it comes. Clicking the > link, > "Larger Image" brings up a larger image but they do not have any > captions. > > 2) If you want to reference an image without saving it to your PC, > ALWAYS > note the ARC Identifier !!! That is important as search queries and > results > locations are not saved. The ARC ID is a permanent identifier for the > image. > > 3) The Search Results time-out fairly quickly if no activity is detected > (I > think about 10 minutes), so if that happens, you pretty well have to > start > over. > > Let me know if you have any further questions and I will attempt to > answer > them. Rather than clogging up the list, just send the question to me > privately and if I think it warrants a wider audience, I will compile the > questions > and answers. > > Feel free to forward this to any who you feel may benefit. It has been > so > long since I have looked at my genealogy addresses, I have sort of > forgotten > who is who with which list, which may explain why some of you get > multiple > copies :> > > And before anyone asks what I have been doing, I am working on the PFH, > aka, > the Project from Hades. That is the project in which I am endeavoring to > identify every US soldier, by name, who died on the western frontier > (defined > by me as west of the Mississippi and east of Alcatraz Island) from all > causes: > disease, accident, suicide, murder and combat between the years 1849 and > 1895. I hope to include some genealogical data in the finished form > which > seems (and is) light-years away. > > With hope that everyone finds something at NARA that they did not know > existed, > > Billy > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > The list administrator can be reached at [email protected] >

David, could you post your Rowan Co YOUNG tree? My line is from a Peter YOUNG who m Catherine DETTRO/TOTOROW 1802 in Mocksville area of Davie/Rowan Co,NC. Hal McCawley ----- Original Message ----- From: "D Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:54 AM Subject: [RowanRoots] History of Rowan county > I was so excited to read the names on that cd,it has every name in my family tree and I ordered it from e-bay,thank you for the info > > David E. Young > 757-548-3482 > [email protected] > > > ==== 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. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/05

I was so excited to read the names on that cd,it has every name in my family tree and I ordered it from e-bay,thank you for the info David E. Young 757-548-3482 [email protected]

The National Archives is perhaps an overlooked on-line resource for images of pictures or documents for most researchers. However, I have found some nice stuff there relating to projects I have been working on which has saved postage and copying fees. This morning, I found that there are many, many photos of homes in Western NC, SE VA, and Eastern TN which were impacted by floods or the TVA. In addition, there are many photos of coal mining, textile, furniture workers, CCC and TVA construction sites. For Afro-American researchers, they have the images of the Death & Interment Records for USC troops who died at Nelson General Hospital at Camp Nelson, KY during the Civil War. Here is a step-by-step guide to access this resource. 1) Go to NARA's Archival Research Catalog: _http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/_ (http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/) 2) In the top left corner, you will see a yellow "Search" button, click this. This will take you to the Basic Search page. 3) At the Basic search page, ENSURE that under "FILTER YOUR SEARCH," you check the box beside "DESCRIPTIONS of ARCHIVAL MATERIALS LINKED TO DIGITAL COPIES." 4) Enter your search term. 5) Set the "Limit Results to" box to 2000. I have not had much success with the "Advanced Search" so I don't use it often. You may have to play around with keywords to get in the neighborhood of what you are looking for. Notes: 1) If you find something relevant, or simply interesting, you can click on the first link beneath the image which will give a fuller description of the image as well as the record archive from which it comes. Clicking the link, "Larger Image" brings up a larger image but they do not have any captions. 2) If you want to reference an image without saving it to your PC, ALWAYS note the ARC Identifier !!! That is important as search queries and results locations are not saved. The ARC ID is a permanent identifier for the image. 3) The Search Results time-out fairly quickly if no activity is detected (I think about 10 minutes), so if that happens, you pretty well have to start over. Let me know if you have any further questions and I will attempt to answer them. Rather than clogging up the list, just send the question to me privately and if I think it warrants a wider audience, I will compile the questions and answers. Feel free to forward this to any who you feel may benefit. It has been so long since I have looked at my genealogy addresses, I have sort of forgotten who is who with which list, which may explain why some of you get multiple copies :> And before anyone asks what I have been doing, I am working on the PFH, aka, the Project from Hades. That is the project in which I am endeavoring to identify every US soldier, by name, who died on the western frontier (defined by me as west of the Mississippi and east of Alcatraz Island) from all causes: disease, accident, suicide, murder and combat between the years 1849 and 1895. I hope to include some genealogical data in the finished form which seems (and is) light-years away. With hope that everyone finds something at NARA that they did not know existed, Billy

> I have a copy of this that I purcahsed off of e-bay. It shows up there > quite frequently. > > Is it a good buy? Here's the link. There are several for sale now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20926&item=5541139166&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V Nicole in NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.2.0 - Release Date: 2/21/2005

In a message dated 2/22/2005 10:01:42 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have a copy of this that I purcahsed off of e-bay. It shows up there quite frequently. Is it a good buy? Ellie