Hello List: I'm hoping someone can help solve this puzzle for me. I'm looking for the woman that posted the following message about the Porters. I've tried emailing her and it just bounces back to me. I am interested in the same family. Her name is Carole Anderson. Thanks I have just begun researching the Porter family in Rowan Co, and have found what seem to be several "heads" of families, whom I would like to tie together or leave separate, in hopes of finding my own Porters. The family groups I've come up with seem to be: 1. Lawrence Porter ( who m. Betsy Park in 1817). There seems to be a Lawrence father/son here, not sure which is which. They lived on Dutch Second Creek. 2. James Porter who lived on Fourth Creek as early as 1786, may have sons, brothers named William, James, Thomas. 3. Thomas Porter who bought land on Walnut Creek in 1765. 4. James Porter who m. Jenny Thomas in 1809 and had a son James also, m. to Anna Luvinia Pool. 5. William Porter whose will was probated in 1761 and had only one son Robert. 6. Robert Porter who m. Elizabeth McBroom in 1767. 7. John Porter who m. Elizabeth Wasner, a widow, and John Porter who m. Elizabeth d/o John Beaver. I have more information on these men/families from court records, but would like to know if they are connected and anything on any of them, but mostly on 1)Lawrence and 4) James as these are definitely in my line. Thanks. Carole

NC had marriage bonds during that time period, and those have been transferred to the State Archives. If you live outside of NC, they charge a $20 search and handling fee. If you are interested in a less expensive copy, contact me for details. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004

I need to order a copy of a marriage license from 1754 to 1866 from the Rowan County Clerk. Can someone please tell me how much money I need to send with my request? I assume I can find the address on the internet. Diane Miller

Hello Group... This is a 'blanket-response' to all of you who have contacted me re: PCFR's upcoming Reunion and Annual Meeting UpDates. As you are aware, I am not involved with the planning thereof...... but I'm equally sure ALL of us want it to be a tremendous success. I do plan to attend and hope to see many of you there :) I received my Quarterly yesterday and they had a Registration Flyer with Map enclosed. The August Quarterly was late in mailing and some of you may not have received yours as yet........ For you..... and non-PCFR-members, I have uploaded the Flyer in our File Section. Link here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/files scroll down, print it out.... to see schedule and send in to pre-register: Remember..... to access GENPCNCFIR's files you MUST have your Yahoo ID. (Their rule, not ours) Those of you without a YID... and/or need directions to the Church, can CONTACT ME PRIVATELY and I will send both to you as Attachments. Brenda's post # 12131 has detail instructions re: hotels etc. Use our Search Engine located at our Archives for more information. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages Please keep our many members in the path of these disastrous hurricanes in your heart and prayers. Jewelle [email protected] [email protected] Researching: (Main Capitalized) BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway, COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison, Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson, Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills, Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes, Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington, Worthington, plus ++++ GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages eMail scan by NAV & certified Virus Free

I am trying to locate the parents of John Moses Fries, who was born about 1841 and died in 1899, and was buried in Salisbury, Rowan County. He married Sarah Rebecca Honeycutt on 26 November 1866 in Cabarrus County, NC. Census records and will abstracts have been less than conclusive in research. There is a Moses listed in the 1850 household of Caleb Freeze. That son was born in 1842 or 1843. Is this the same man? I have yet to investigate the parents of Sarah Rebecca Honeycutt, who may well have been living in Cabarrus County when she married in 1866. I live in Cabarrus and can hunt her down when time allows, but does anyone have any helpful information on her? I descend from their son William Arthur Fries of Rowan County. Katherine Dick Benbow

Several years ago I was in contact with Pat Frunzi concerning her Hagan research in Rowan County, N.C. I would like to contact her but her Prodigy.net address is no longer active. Pat, if you monitor this list please contact me off list about our Hagan ancestors. Fred Hagan [email protected]

Here you can search your surname for whatever records are on the internet. Some take you to Ancestry.com, which means you might get a census name, but no information other that state and county. Still useful. www.genealogybuff.com has over 300 places to lookup your surnames and a lot of other information This seems to be for Canada and the U.S. and is worth exploring. Betty Pace

I find Lawrence Porter family in Johnson Co IL in 1860. He was 64, b NC, she was 58, William M was 25, Barbara M was 17. All born in NC. Next door is James 23 b NC, Mary 22, b IL and Leonard A 11/12, born IL. In the same twp was Jesse Porter 35, b NC, Melvina 29 IL, Ione or Jane 11, William 9, Elizabeth 6, James 4, John S 2, Infant 3/12. All children born IL. At 02:41 PM 9/17/04 -0500, you wrote: >Hi List, >Looking for info on the following individuals: >Lawrence Porter (m) elizabeth Parks July 3, 1817. In 1846-1847 they moved >to Johnson Cty IL. Any help would be greatly appreciated >Thanks >Donna > > >==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== >RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on topic.

Hi List, Looking for info on the following individuals: Lawrence Porter (m) elizabeth Parks July 3, 1817. In 1846-1847 they moved to Johnson Cty IL. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Donna

George WILSON married Mary ADAMS in Surry County, NC 10 JAN 1787. Although these folks married in Surry County, I suspect that they were from an adjoining area. Do you find any evidence of these folks in your county? I'm trying to determine if they are the same family that moved to Indiana before 1808 from an unknown location and entered land in 1811. At that time this family consisted of George WILSON (1762-1844), spouse Mary (?-1856), sons John WILSON (b. 1788, VA) and William WILSON (b. 1792, NC), and daughter Rachel WILSON (b. 1809, IN). Other children, birthplace and date unknown, are Joseph, Margaret and Elizabeth. I would appreciate any information that might tend to prove (or disprove) the connection between these two families. Thank you for any info, Harold Clupper [email protected]

NY - Orange Vol F-G (1811-1824) (10 Sep) NY - Montgomery 25-28 (1908-1924) (10 Sep) NC - Rowan Co Vol. 1 (1868-1881) (10 Sep) These are not only ones. There are more counties. Just that these ones are newest additions. http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ W. David Samuelsen SAMPUBCO

http://www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm This site has a listing of the abbreviations and names for fraternal organizations and "secret Societies" that might help on other lookups. Hope it helps someone, Lisa Cotten

I am pretty certain that IOOF stands for Independant Order of Odd Fellows. I do not know muich about the organization, but I believe that it was one of many fraternal organizations. I found their website at www.ioof.org It contains the following information To Improve and Elevate the Character of Man In 17th century England, it was odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need and of pursuing projects for the benefit of all mankind. Those who belonged to such an organization were called "Odd Fellows". Odd Fellows are also known as "The Three Link Fraternity" which stands for Friendship, Love and Truth. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded on the North American Continent in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 1819 when Thomas Wildey and four members of the Order from England instituted Washington Lodge No. 1. This lodge received its charter from Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows in England. Odd Fellowship became the 1st national fraternity to include both men and women when it adopted the beautiful Rebekah Degree on September 20, 1851. This degree is based on the teachings found in the Holy Bible, and was written by the Honorable Schuyler Colfax who was Vice President of the United States during the period 1868-1873. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs were also the first fraternal organization to establish homes for our senior members and for orphaned children.

Yes, it's one of the best annotated articles I've ever seen. Lots of references to follow up on, if you're interested. I knew there was a "land difficulty" from other reading, but this web page gives details and explains why when Gov. Tryon's tax men got greedy, our ancestor's got mad. Great background. Also has names of the people who came to Jersey Settlement, NC. All in all a rare piece of work. Lolene

For those with ties to the Jersey Settlement, including Merrell, Mershon, Clark, etal, try googling Jersy Settlement NC. There is a web page with some really good history on the subject which comes up near the top. I won't attempt to list the URL since it's very long. If I missed something, it would be useless. If you use only Jersey Settlement, you will get a page in PA, which proved good fortune for me, but you might not be interested. Lolene

You can buy a copy here, unless they are sold out. http://genealogical.com Cathy To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. ~Chinese proverb

I would like to purchase a copy of ………. MARRIAGES OF ROWAN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 1753-1868 by Brent H. Holcomb Or ROWAN COUNTY NC MARRIAGES 1754-1866 by Frances Ingmire Or……a similar publication of early marriages in Rowan Co. that I do not know about. If you have a copy for sale at a reasonable price, please contact me. Thank you. Peggy Crane Caldwell County NC [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

This was forwarded to me and I thought it may be of interest to some who had ancestors from Eastern NC plus the speakers look very interesting. Unfortunately, being here in Kansas precludes my appearance but... Best of wishes, Billy The Pitt County Family Researcher's Fall Reunion will be October 15 and 16 at the Morman Church in Greenville, NC. More details will be posted very soon. Friday October 15: Registration will be from 8:00-9:00 am. Coffee and doughnuts will be served during this hour. At 10:00am Dr. Stephen Bradley will speak to our group. He has published many useful books for genealogists in Pitt Co., including eight volumes of Early Records of NC (wills, probate, administrations, inventories, and deeds). Dr. Bradley will have his books that are of interest to researchers in our area available for purchase that day. After Dr. Bradley's presentation, transportation will be provided to the Courthouse, Sheppard Memorial Library, and Joyner Library at ECU. The Morman Church Library and the PCFR Meeting room at the church will also be open all day for those who wish to research there and exchange information with others. The Pitt County Family Researchers' vertical files will be in our meeting room for your use also. These files consist of family data sent in over the years by our members.(trees, bibles, wills, etc.) A copier will be provided in our meeting room. On Friday you will be on your own for lunch and dinner. We will reserve a room at a local restaurant for those who would like to meet for dinner Friday night. This location will be announced later. Saturday Oct. 16: Registration, coffee and doughnuts will be from 8:00 til 9:00am. At 10:00 Dr. A.B. Pruitt will speak to our group on Land Grants. Dr. Pruitt has published a number of books of interest to family researchers in eastern NC, his latest being Craven County Land Entries (1778-1796). He will also have his books available for purchase on that day. There will be a short business meeting following Dr. Pruitt's presentation. Lunch will then be catered in the Meeting Room there at the Morman Church. This lunch is included in the registration fee. After lunch, you may again stay and exchange information with others, or go to the Pitt County Courthouse, Sheppard Memorial Library or Joyner Library. Transportation will be provided. The registration fee for the two days will be $28. The fee for attending one day will be $20. Roger indicated that the Reunion committee will be meeting in a few days and more details will be annouced at that time. We are very fortunate to be able to have Dr. Bradley and Dr. Pruitt as speakers this year. Some of you may have had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Pruitt speak on the Tennessee Land Fraud last year at the Dobbs County Reunion. If you wish send any of your family information for our Vertical Files, or update information that you have put in the files in the past, please mail it to : Pitt County Family Researchers PO Box 20339 Greenville, NC 27858 Checks for registration fees and reservations may also be sent to the address above. We did not have a Reunion last year so Iwe certainly look forward to seeing everyone this October. This is our tenth birthday, and this one should be extra special! Brenda Stocks NC-PCFR List Adm.

PA - Somerset Vol. 9-11 (1902-1916) (20 Aug 2004) - completed! NC - Rowan G-L (no vol J) 1897-1868 (19 Aug 2004) These are not only ones. There are more counties. Just that these ones are newest additions. http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ W. David Samuelsen SAMPUBCO

Is there anyone doing research on the CHADWICK families or the BUSH (BUSCH) families that were in Rowan Co. I would appreciate any info on these families. -- Have a great day! Cathy SWITZER CONN RE: SWITZER, MANES, FRENCH, DORRELL, CHADWICK, BUSH, SHIVERS, MILNER, TAYLOR, HENDERSON, DOUTHARD (or DOUTHITT), FRISBY, HAMILTON, ROBERTSON, BAKER. [email protected] Check out my family names: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=cathyconn > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:00:33 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: ROWANROOTS-D Digest V04 #71 > > > ROWANROOTS-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 71 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Jacob Link Deceased 1807 Rowan Co ["Peggy Crane" <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ROWANROOTS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > From: "Peggy Crane" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Jacob Link Deceased 1807 Rowan Co NC > > Does anyone know where this Jacob Link came from or know his first wife’s > name? He married second, Nancy Pinkston, in Jan. 1793 in Rowan Co. and > married third, Nancy Burge, in Jan. 1803 in Rowan Co. His will dated 1807 > names his children. > Peggy >