Dear Fellow Historians, My name is Doug Park. Like many of you, I am a direct descendant of Pioneers who lived in the Rowan County area during the mid-1700s, including my 5GGPs, Ebenezer Park, Sr. (1747-1839) and Tabitha Mills (1752-1826). Recently, I heard from a lady, Nancy Davis, who purchased my Park Family Book, that a friend of hers knew of a Park burial ground that could only be "accessed by boat in Rowan County". Nancy had no further details. I would like to know where this cemetery is and hear from anyone who has been there. My feeling is that it might be located near Bald Mountain where one of my Eb's older brothers, George Park (born in 1736) and his wife, Agnes Nichols lived. George married Agnes in 1762 and died in the Bald Mountain District in 1782. He was said to have lived near Bald Mountain, possibly close to the water there. I have never found, nor heard of anyone locating their burial place. If you have knowledge of any Park Family burial sites in the Rowan/Davidson County area, to include the one I mention above, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you! My e-mail address is: [email protected] Thank you so much! Sincerely, Doug Park Hurricane, WV (304) 562-4412 THE MYSTICAL GRAVEHUNTER "Journeyman of Genealogy's Uncharted, 4th and Gifted Dimension" Member: Parke Society, Inc. Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels (KY) Society of Boonesborough (KY) Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants (MD) Estill County Historical Society (KY) Madison County Historical Society (KY) My Park and Cobb Family Treemaker Page: Lots of pictures, line information and great links too! http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/r/William-D-Park/index.html "A Family Tree will wither if no one tends to its Roots!" Dr. Roger Parke, Sr. (1654-1731)& Anne Pattison (8th GGPs) John Parke I (1674-1757)& Sarah Smith (1675-1759)(7th GGPs) John Park II (1707-1758)& Mary Davis (1710-1771) (6th GGPs) Ebenezer Park (1747-1839)& Tabitha Mills(1752-1826)(5th GGPs) John Park (1772-1828)& Mary(Polly)Peeler(1774-1855)(4th GGPs) Jonah Park(1806-1884)& Melinda McMonegal(1810-1862)(3rd GGPs) John McMonegal Park(1827-1901)& Martha Cobb(1835-1911)(2GGPs) William H. Park I(1860-1932)& Eleanor Simpson(1865-1944)(GGP) William Holton Park(1900-1980)& Elveree Durham(1911-1989)(GP) William Henry Park II (1930- ) & Frances T. Bell (1932-) (P) William Douglas Park (1959-)& Pamela Rae Long (1959- ) (Me) On an Ancient Family Tombstone..... "Remember me as you pass by, for as you are so, once was I, Therefore prepare to follow me."

Billy, at this site, http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm HOW do you ever see a listing of chart numbers? It seems to me I need to see a list of maps available before I can enter a chart number. Just typing in Rowan for keyword, North Carolina for region, type as cartographic, year as 1790 (or whatever), without that chart number you get nothing. After trying over and over, I gave up, 'cause I never could find a list of chart numbers or a display of maps available. HELP!!! Phyllis Walton [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: [RowanRoots] Nautical Charts, Old Maps Links > I thought I would pass these links out to the mail lists for their > information. They are of on-line nautical charts and map resources I have found. If > anyone has more, feel free to contribute. > > Best of wishes, > > Billy Markland > > > Nautical Charts (very nice, prinicipally America waters) > > http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm > > That is the main page which has links to modern information that I thought > some might find useful. The Historical Maps & Charts link is on the left side > and the collection is extensive. > > http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html > > The University of Georgia's Hargrett Library. > > http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html > > The Library of Congress Map Collection home page > > http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm > > Not maps nor charts but a fantastic research site on maritime history! > > http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html > > David Rumsey Map Collection ... a bit clunky to get around but what a wide > variety of maps! > > http://hcl.harvard.edu/maps/cart/ > > >From Harvard University, a collection of links including the above. > Surprisingly, none of Harvard's maps are on-line. If they are, they are well hidden. > > http://www.unc.edu/awmc/ > > Ancient World Mapping Center by the University of North Carolina. Their > on-line maps are of the ancient world (and very interesting) but their collection > of other mapping resources is fantastic. > > http://www.masshist.org/exhibitions/mfi.cfm > > >From the Massachusetts Historical Society. Great maps from the French & > Indian War era! > > http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/map_hp.html#online > > The University of Virginia link to mapping web resources. I believe, without > cross-referencing, that all the above are named at this location. > Particularly visit the University of Texas collection at: > > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html > > http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/map/index.htm > > The Digital Library of Virginia has some very nice Virginia oriented maps. > Particularly of interest are the Board of Public Works Inventory collection > which features maps of many, if not all, of the VA counties. > > > > And of course, for the topographical freaks amongst us, these sites: > > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > > US Geological Service National Mapping Information query site > > http://www.topozone.com/findplace.asp > > Topozone > > I cannot find my link to the Microsoft sponsored aerial / satellite photo > database but it is very cool. > > > ==== 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. >

You are so right. I drove out west to OK/AR/CO to find out that several of my ancestors were born in Rowan County before they went West. Pat Ratcliff Conover, NC Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, COREY, BURCHETT, TUTTLE, WELTY/BURGETT http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Weiss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 21:28 Subject: [RowanRoots] The Joy of Looking > I just had to tell you-all how much I enjoy this list, and the good > people who subscribe and participate. > > I live in a small town in the mountains on the West Coast, far from > North Carolina, and I talk with my neighbors about my hobby/obsession. > I've told a couple of them for years that "I bet" their family xx > surname is connected back to Old Rowan. This summer I found out that my > neighbor down the street, a throwback frontiersman if I ever saw one, > (surely one of the luckiest men alive since his cousin did all the > genealogy work and sent him beautiful, documented scrapbooks) is > definitely connected. > > It was a hoot to find that all those years and miles and migrations ago, > his grandfather and my uncle took the Oath of Allegiance the same day in > 1778. How can one miss the name Ayzel Cross? There are other > connections, but my point in sharing this is that you never know where > your search will lead; it might be just down the street. > > Happy Hunting, > Kathryn > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on topic. > >

My new webpage http://home.earthlink.net/~waltv/ has a Thyatira Cemetery, of Rowan County project, my family history and a jump into the literary world. I hope you find something of interest.

Hi, all! Does anyone know who the parents of Sarah "Sally" Hartman were? She was born October 6, 1799, location unknown; died November, 1952 in Rowan County. Buried November 28, 1852 at Organ (Zion) Lutheran Church. She and Jacob A. Cruse, b. May 5, 1792, d. January 28, 1868 were married on April 2, 1816 in Cabarrus County, NC. I have their children, Jacob's ancestors, but absolutely nothing on Sally except these sparse notes: Sarah was listed as "Sally" Hartman on the Cabarrus County Marriage Records. The 1850 Cabarrus Census lists her name as "Charrity." Rev. Samuel Rothrock conducted her funeral at Organ Lutheran Church on 28 November 1852. Does this ring any bells with anyone??? Jan Robison Kendallville, Indiana "In search of all the dead people I can dig up!"

I thought I would pass these links out to the mail lists for their information. They are of on-line nautical charts and map resources I have found. If anyone has more, feel free to contribute. Best of wishes, Billy Markland Nautical Charts (very nice, prinicipally America waters) http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm That is the main page which has links to modern information that I thought some might find useful. The Historical Maps & Charts link is on the left side and the collection is extensive. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html The University of Georgia's Hargrett Library. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html The Library of Congress Map Collection home page http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm Not maps nor charts but a fantastic research site on maritime history! http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html David Rumsey Map Collection ... a bit clunky to get around but what a wide variety of maps! http://hcl.harvard.edu/maps/cart/ >From Harvard University, a collection of links including the above. Surprisingly, none of Harvard's maps are on-line. If they are, they are well hidden. http://www.unc.edu/awmc/ Ancient World Mapping Center by the University of North Carolina. Their on-line maps are of the ancient world (and very interesting) but their collection of other mapping resources is fantastic. http://www.masshist.org/exhibitions/mfi.cfm >From the Massachusetts Historical Society. Great maps from the French & Indian War era! http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/map_hp.html#online The University of Virginia link to mapping web resources. I believe, without cross-referencing, that all the above are named at this location. Particularly visit the University of Texas collection at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/map/index.htm The Digital Library of Virginia has some very nice Virginia oriented maps. Particularly of interest are the Board of Public Works Inventory collection which features maps of many, if not all, of the VA counties. And of course, for the topographical freaks amongst us, these sites: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form US Geological Service National Mapping Information query site http://www.topozone.com/findplace.asp Topozone I cannot find my link to the Microsoft sponsored aerial / satellite photo database but it is very cool.

Rowan County OB4:256 "Be it remembered that the British Army marched into Salisbury on Saturday preceding the February Term 1781 ~~ and continued in Town till the Monday night or Tuesday morning following, therefore the Court was not Called according to the last Adjournment."

I just had to tell you-all how much I enjoy this list, and the good people who subscribe and participate. I live in a small town in the mountains on the West Coast, far from North Carolina, and I talk with my neighbors about my hobby/obsession. I've told a couple of them for years that "I bet" their family xx surname is connected back to Old Rowan. This summer I found out that my neighbor down the street, a throwback frontiersman if I ever saw one, (surely one of the luckiest men alive since his cousin did all the genealogy work and sent him beautiful, documented scrapbooks) is definitely connected. It was a hoot to find that all those years and miles and migrations ago, his grandfather and my uncle took the Oath of Allegiance the same day in 1778. How can one miss the name Ayzel Cross? There are other connections, but my point in sharing this is that you never know where your search will lead; it might be just down the street. Happy Hunting, Kathryn

I just uploaded the final proof of the Indian Depredation lists. Here are the changes: PEAKS/PARKS with the aid of magnifying glass and yellow paper resolved itself into PARKS. CUSTIS / CURTIS with the same aid has been changed into CURTIS only Rueben Pendleton was listed as WOUNDED not Killed as I had. Corrected now. On line 4, I had seen Capt. Caffey's negro man. That now reads Capt. Caffrey's negro man. Edward Hickerson was not Edward but Edwin. I messed up and made a cardinal sin in transcription by assuming Edw'd was Edward instead of putting down what I saw. I have changed it to Edw'd as originally listed. I have also changed Archibald to Archi'd for the same reason. Line 34 shows 4 boys being killed at Brown's station the 8th of March. The correct date is 6th of March. Line 39 shows [Ruvance?]. The best I could do was [Ruviance?]. Lines 86 & 87 were I had doubts whether it was Mins or Mims is now only Mins. Mocasin Gap is now spelled as written Mocason Gap. The majority of the question marks have now been resolved. It was Conrad's Salt Boat, Craft's Mill, 18th July, 15th July, Mr. Faris, Mrs. Faris, Nancy Faris. The Gillaspie name has slightly changed to Gallaspie. Sorry for the long post but I figured rather than have everyone charge to the site to look for non-existant changes in their data, it would better to list them. Billy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyinformation/

1:367 John Davis 31 May 1841. Prb. May 1841. To my two youngest children MAGY & WADE all the tract of land whereon I now live, containing 128 acres and for my wife SARAH to have the use and benefit of same while she remains in my name. If she changes her name or moves off the land, it is to be no more hers, but is to go to MAGY & WADE in lieu of their part of my real estate. Other children RAINY, JENNY, POLLY, WILLIAM, PATSY, LUCY & WILSON COOOPER all the tract of land lying on the YADKIN RIVER known as the SHIPTON TRACT, containing 380 acres to be sold and the money equally divided among them, besides what they have heretofore had. Son HUBBARD $1.00 besides what he has heretofore had---that is to say a tract of land of 126 acres which I deeded to him and 1 good horse beast. My negro woman SELVY, my waggon (sic) and stock is to be sold to pay my debts and if any balance left, it is to be equally divided with MAGY & WADE. I except (sic) 5 choice hogs for my wife SARAH. I give my wife SARAH and the children she h! as with her 25 barrels of corn, 5 barrels of wheat, 25 pounds of coffee. I give my wife SARAH 1 bed and furniture. I give 1 bed and furniture to MAGY & WADE. I give to JEMIMA BROWN, daughter of my wife, 12 pounds of feathers and $12.00 in money when my crop is sold and the money collected. If any left of the crop it is to go to my wife and MAGY & WADE. To my wife 1 pair of gears, 1 plough, 1 axe, 1 pot, 1 oven, 1 frying pan, 1 water pail, 1 bucket, 1 wash tub, 3 stands of bees, and 1 wheel and cards. The balance of my farming tools, household and kitchen furniture, bee stands, stills and other plunder is to be sold and is to go to MAGY, WADE, RAINY, JENNY, POLLY, WILLIAM, PATSY & WILSON COOPER. Exec: MICHAEL REDWINE. Wit: KINCHEON STOKES AND ELI CORREL. Does anyone have some more info on this family? I am trying to sort out all of the men named John Davis in this area of North Carolina.... Pat Fleury --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search

At 02:40 PM 10/3/2003 -0500, Paula Strahan wrote: >Who is Sophia Morrow? She is mentioned as a grandaughter in Dennis Mahan's >will. I think she is daughter to John Mahan. Who did she marry? > >Any help will be appreciated. >Paula Paula, do you have any dates? Even the date of Dennis Mahan's will? Thanks! Myrna Madigan

These names are mentioned in an 1860 letter of Abram Mason in middle Tennessee in relation to his early remembrances. He came to TN in 1790 from Monongalia Co VA and died in Crockett County TN in 1862.. RE: ABRAM MASON B 1778 KENT DE, SON OF ISSAC MASON b1753 & PARTHENA HALL MASON b 1756 Transcript: Title: “Letter of an Old Settler” From: American Historical Magazine Representing the Chain of American History in the Peabody Normal College Vol. III. January, 1898. No. 1. Devoted Especially to the History of Tennessee and Adjoining States Published Quarterly by the Peabody Normal College at Nashville, Tenn. University Press, Nashville, Tenn. .............................................................................. ................................................................ page 88 The American Historical Magazine “Letter of an Old Settler” “The following letter from Mr. Abram Mason of Mason’s Grove, Madison C’y Tenn. to his nephew Dr. Jno Henry Currey of this city is full of interesting reminiscences of old Mr. Mason’s early life when this now bustling city was then a forest. MASON’S GROVE, TENNESSEE, March 27, 1860. Dear Nephew, After my compliments to you all, and my thanks to you for the book you sent me; I will proceed to give you such things as I can recollect about the early settlements in Middle Tennessee. I was born in the State of Delaware, Revet Cy, (sic) in the year 1778. Father moved to Virginia when I was young, and settled in Monongahela (sic) County, on Monongahela River. He stayed there until I was about 12 years of age; when he and eighteen of his neighbors, in the Spring of 1790 built a large keel bottomed boat. We did not start till (sic) May, we then started down the Monongahela River. It was very troublesome times on the Ohio River. There were no settlements, from Pittsburgh down to the mouth of the Ohio, on the North side of the river, except forts. General St. Clair had one where Cincinnati now stands, and one opposite Louisville. It was very dangerous traveling on the Ohio in those times; the indians (sic) were taking boats often on the river. St. Clair got badly defeated in 1791; he lost nine hundred brave men. We saw the indians crossing the river before us. We made ready for battle. The women and children were placed in the bottom of the boat, and beds placed around them. When we came near to where they were, a gun or two was fired, and they landed and took to the cane, and we saw them no more. We got to the Falls of Ohio in June, and the river had got so low we could not get the boat over the falls. We stayed in Kentucky the balance of the Summer, and then tried to get her over, and stuck fast. The river took another rise and she went off, and was lost. In September 1790, nine families out of the nineteen built perogerrogs (sic), one to each family, and started down the Ohio. There was not a settlement on either side of the river to the mouth of the Cumberland, and none on it, till we got to Clarksville, forty miles below Nashville. If the Indians had met with us, we would have been all killed or taken. We killed some buffaloes, elk, and other game. Our powder gave out before we got up the river, and we got on sufferance, (sic) being longer in the way than we expected. We landed about the first of October, three miles below Nashville. Father bought a small tract of land in Davidson County, on Richland Creek, about three miles west of Nashville in the neighbourhood of old General Robertson’s. We heard the guns when the Indians wounded the General and his son close by where he lived. We heard the guns which killed a boy up the same Creek, at Johnson’s Ford, where John Bosley now lives. The Indians were killing and stealing horses all around us. They killed a fine young man at Jonathan Robertson’s. They shot him in the evening. I went there that night and sat up with them; he died about midnight. The neighbours raised a party , followed them and overtook them at Tennessee where they had made their winters hunt. They killed and took nearly all of them, brought back Helen’s scalp and hat, burnt their skins, bears meat, and oil. I was going to school when they came by with the prisoners, with the scalps upon long canes, carrying them like colors. This was in the spring, I think, of 1793. About this time the Indians came in and killed Mr. James Thomson, wife and a daughter; & took another prisoner, and a marraid (sic) lady by the name of Espy; and carried them to the nation and kept them sometime. When they got back, this young Miss Thompson married a Mr. Edward Collinsworth, and became the mother of a family. Her oldest son, James Collinsworth, a noted lawyer in Nashville, went to Texas and died there. A younger son became my son in law, and is living close by me now. The Indians were still troublesome, and father was drafted to guard the outside fort. I went and served his tour. I hadn’t to go but a mile and a half, we were so near the outside. I had to go to Wm. Cash’s Fort and set at the back of the field and watch while the others worked. My orders were, if I saw any Indians, to fire at them and run for the fort; but none came while I was there. This Wm. Cash was a brother in law to General Robertson. In the Spring of 1794, the Indians were still troublesome. We forted up at Philip Sutes fort, only a half mile farther. We went to the fort as rest, (sic) and looked for father to come to the fort that night; but he went in with his meal, and fed, and bellied, and hobbled his horse, thinking to go back the next day, and laid down by himself, without any gun to defend himself. Mother was uneasy at his not coming to the fort, and we started early next morning, and when within two hundred yards of the cabin, heard father calling his horse. I was walking in front carrying a gun, mother and nine children behind. A little brother looked out one side in a thick bunch of priv...... [Here the letter ends abruptly. The remaining portion has probably been lost.]

This is really interesting. Anyway of finding out who Mrs. Ratcliff was married to? Pat Ratcliff Conover, NC Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, COREY, BURCHETT, TUTTLE, WELTY/BURGETT http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 09:17 Subject: [RowanRoots] TN Indian Depredations > OK, the next to final draft of the Indian Depredations in TN 1791 & 1792 is > now on-line. I say next to final as I want to print out a copy and give it one > more last stare and compare this coming week against the film to see if I can > decipher some of the entries which I could not read the first two times. > > My site URL is: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyinformation/ > > The document will be the first one under the "NEW" section of the main index > page. This has turned into more of a detective story than a simple transcript > than I imagined it would. Normally when transcribing names I will find a web > source to verify that my deciphering of the "old" writing is not in left > field. In this case, I got curious as to who some of the people were when first > names were not given and also the background information relative to the > attacks. Fortunately, the Web has some tremendous resources and I was able to > identify many and piece together some of the stories. What you see here is only > the first revision as I will be adding other data to the basic framework of the > extracted document which will be footnoted and sourced to fill in the gaps. I > also have some letters from Gov. Blount to transcribe as well as the reports > of Gen. Anthony Wayne on the Battles of Fort Recovery and Fallen Timbers. > > Have fun looking at the links I provided in the introduction as the > contributors at the New River Notes, Sumner County, TN GenWeb, and Eastern TN have put > an awful lot of good data out there and deserve kudos. > > Likely, when this work is finished, it will be contributed to another site. > Whether the site is affiliated with me remains to be seen. I have been in > intermittant conversations with a friend to start a history only site but work > demands on both our parts has kept that from getting off the ground. Hopefully > this winter we can get the ball rolling. Until then, we will have to tolerate > the pop-ups Ancestry has deemed its free sites deserve. > > If I sound grumpy on the last, it is largely because I got slapped in the > face this morning with the loss of a modern convenience I had taken for granted!! > The bloody Sunday newspaper is not here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A full pot of coffee > and all Sunday morning to play with and no paper!! > > Best of wishes, > > Billy > > P.S. Another BIG reason to be grumpy!!! I just (5 minutes ago) had to turn > down two FREE tickets to the NASCAR race in town today. Excuse me while I go > cry!! > > > ==== 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. > >

OK, the next to final draft of the Indian Depredations in TN 1791 & 1792 is now on-line. I say next to final as I want to print out a copy and give it one more last stare and compare this coming week against the film to see if I can decipher some of the entries which I could not read the first two times. My site URL is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyinformation/ The document will be the first one under the "NEW" section of the main index page. This has turned into more of a detective story than a simple transcript than I imagined it would. Normally when transcribing names I will find a web source to verify that my deciphering of the "old" writing is not in left field. In this case, I got curious as to who some of the people were when first names were not given and also the background information relative to the attacks. Fortunately, the Web has some tremendous resources and I was able to identify many and piece together some of the stories. What you see here is only the first revision as I will be adding other data to the basic framework of the extracted document which will be footnoted and sourced to fill in the gaps. I also have some letters from Gov. Blount to transcribe as well as the reports of Gen. Anthony Wayne on the Battles of Fort Recovery and Fallen Timbers. Have fun looking at the links I provided in the introduction as the contributors at the New River Notes, Sumner County, TN GenWeb, and Eastern TN have put an awful lot of good data out there and deserve kudos. Likely, when this work is finished, it will be contributed to another site. Whether the site is affiliated with me remains to be seen. I have been in intermittant conversations with a friend to start a history only site but work demands on both our parts has kept that from getting off the ground. Hopefully this winter we can get the ball rolling. Until then, we will have to tolerate the pop-ups Ancestry has deemed its free sites deserve. If I sound grumpy on the last, it is largely because I got slapped in the face this morning with the loss of a modern convenience I had taken for granted!! The bloody Sunday newspaper is not here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A full pot of coffee and all Sunday morning to play with and no paper!! Best of wishes, Billy P.S. Another BIG reason to be grumpy!!! I just (5 minutes ago) had to turn down two FREE tickets to the NASCAR race in town today. Excuse me while I go cry!!

Do any of you DAVIS researchers have any information on PRUDENCE DAVIS? I am seeking the parents of PRUDENCE DAVIS who married WILLIAM WELBOURN/WELBORN. My specific interest is trying to confirm that DAVIS WELBORN/WELBOURN b. abt. 1792 is their son. WILLIAM WELBORN mentioned only the children from his second marriage in his will. I am told that DAVIS WELBORN was named from his mother's maiden name, but would like confirmation. Thanks for any help/suggestions. - Fran in Florida

One of the men named James Davis was married to Elinor (last name unknown) who were the parents of Elinor who married John Douthit, Jr. One of their sons was Evan Douthit from whom I descend. James Davis signed the marriage bond for their daughter and John on 8 March 1765 and the record may be found on Rowan Co, NC, Marriage Reel 20 page 2697. Good luck, and I would appreciate learning about their family as well. Zetta Engel -----Original Message----- From: Rock Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RowanRoots] John MORROW, Rowan Co will of 1815 This probably won't help much, but I am tracing a Davis family that was in Rowan Co area in the mid 1700's. The name James Davis appeared frequently in this family, and I think it was the only Davis surname family in Rowan area at that time. One of the many James Davis could have been James Davis senior in your will. Could be a link, but this family has been very difficult to search. They name all of their children John, James, or Evan. Let me know if you want to pursue this lead any further. Rock Miller <-- Searching Enochs, Bryan, Davis, in Rowan Co prior to 1800. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Myrna Madigan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:51 PM Subject: [RowanRoots] John MORROW, Rowan Co will of 1815 > > John MORROW wrote a will dated 14 Sep 1815 > recorded Rowan County Book G, p. 398 > names: > wife Elizabeth > eldest sons William and John Morrow > daughter Margaret, wife of Hazel DICKEY > daughter Jane, wife of James DAVIS Sr. > son Allen Morrow > son Thomas Morrow > son Arthur Morrow > daughter Elizabeth, wife of James DAVIS Jr. > daughter Nancy (who may have been "not right") > son Joseph Morrow > daughter Rebecca Morrow > > mentions land on "the River extending along parallel > with James ORTON and William BUTLER". > > Exec. Allen and Arthur Morrow > Wit. Samuel LITTLE, Thomas Morrow > > Does anyone have further information about ANY of > the people named in this will? Particularly, spouses > and/or marriage records for the children. Will witnesses > and neighboring landowners, also. > > I'm interested in determining who was the "Elizabeth" > who was John Morrow's wife and who were the parents > of John Morrow. > > I believe the oldest son, William Morrow, was born about 1734 > and died in 1807, Orange County, North Carolina. > > Thanks! > Myrna Madigan > > > > ==== 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. ==== 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.

Who is Sophia Morrow? She is mentioned as a grandaughter in Dennis Mahan's will. I think she is daughter to John Mahan. Who did she marry? Any help will be appreciated. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: ROWANROOTS-D Digest V03 #167

Thank you for submitting this, Joyce. Then those DeJarnett family members migrated into Indiana, looks like, as we find them in Pike Co., Indiana, and possibly other counties around there. Joyce Nell Truitt Valrico FL > Sorry folks, my first message just seemed to disappear! You got the > second one. > > >From the Mamie McCubben records: > > "Book 31 page 804: On Oct 3 1817, Mumford Dejurnett-no wife signs- > lets William Tucker, both of Rowan Co., NC have 121 acres in the > Forks of the Yadkin River next Jacob &John Sheets, part of tract > granted THOMAS MONROE, Kerr Bailey on the north Bank of Carters > Creek, next John ? but reserves 1/4 an acre for the burying ground > for $650. Witnessed by A. H. Burris &THOMAS MARKLAND. Joseph > Hanes proves the hand-writing of THOMAS MARKLAND. > > Joyce DeJarnett Truitt Nell Valrico, Florida

Sorry folks, my first message just seemed to disappear! You got the second one. >From the Mamie McCubben records: "Book 31 page 804: On Oct 3 1817, Mumford Dejurnett-no wife signs- lets William Tucker, both of Rowan Co., NC have 121 acres in the Forks of the Yadkin River next Jacob & John Sheets, part of tract granted THOMAS MONROE, Kerr Bailey on the north Bank of Carters Creek, next John ? but reserves 1/4 an acre for the burying ground for $650. Witnessed by A. H. Burris & THOMAS MARKLAND. Joseph Hanes proves the hand-writing of THOMAS MARKLAND. Joyce DeJarnett Truitt

Billy, Most of the locations you mentioned are in the current Middle Tennessee counties of Davidson, Sumner, Smith, Trousdale, and Robertson. This area plus a few surrounding counties made up the old Mero District when this area was know as the Southwest Territory (1790--1796). The Mero District was named for Estevan Miro, Spanish governor of Louisiana, some think to pressure the newly forming government in Washington to provide more protection from the Indians. Washington District was, I believe, to the east of Mero District. My 4th great grandfather, Roderick Jenkins, migrated from Rowan County to the area around 1795. Alton Jenkins Cincinnati, OH