Dear Donna, My Abner Pace (1821-22--1880to1900) was bondsman to a REED marriage in Rowan on 28 Oct 1856. Abner Pace was married to JULIA ANN REED (1825-27--1911) in Guilford NC in 1843, and I suspect that Julia Ann Reed was in some way related to the groom, William Emory C. REED (1823--?); he married SUSANNA "SUE" BEVINS/BEVINGS (1829--1887Liberty, Davie Co., NC). WILLIAM EMORY C. REED was the son of NATHAN & MARY (COTTRELL) REID, who married in 1833 in Guilford Co. Susanna Bevins was the twin to MARTHA ANN 'MAT' BEVINS (1829-1864) who married James Addison Banks in 1858 in Davie Co.NC. The children of W. E.C. Reid/Reed were: Mary Josephine (1858?) m. David Granger Nathan W. (1860-1862) William - (no dates) m. Kate Moore (source of this is the "Heritage Book of Rowan Co., article 265, "John Marion Bivins," p. 224. The article was written by Marilyn L. Bivins, who I tried to contact by postal mail but got no reply.) Abner Pace had been orphaned and apprenticed (age 16) in Guilford in 1837 to saddlemakers Hiatt & Jean. After he married Julia Ann Reed in Guilford, they moved to Salisbury, Rowan Co., and had one child, JOHN FLETCHER PACE (1844-1901), who was Police Chief of Salisbury at the time of his death in 1901. I have never been able to find the names of the parents of Abner Pace or of JULIA ANN REED. Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:17:44 EDT Dbeetel@aol.com writes: >Hi, > >Would really appreciate it if you have any marriages for the name >William >REED or any REEVES. Any help would be really appreciated. > >Thanks > >Donna >dbeetel > > >==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== >Please do not post WARNINGs of any kind on this list. There are no >exceptions! > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I have a John Giles as a Witness to my ggggggrandparents, could he be yours? Isaac SIMPSON m 29 Aug 1816 Elizabeth BIERLY (Rowan Co)Jesse Simpson Bdsm John Giles Witness Shirley

A Great Big Thank You..... for everyone who responded to my Jno Giles question. This is a great list to be on and a very enthusiastic group. bonbon

Betty, what do you mean by "retrieving" messages in digest mode? Billy, could you look for Charles Orton in the marriage book, if there's still time? Thanks, Jean K.

I thought Jno was an abbreviation for Jonathan too, until I later found the name as John.. I ran across Jon. recently could that be Jonathan? G. Lee Hearl....

could you look up a marr record of george eaton b 1740, and a catharine tussa. this would be in rowan NC . the time frame would be between 1760 and 1785. ?? thanks hugh

Billy, If you have time after all the other requests, including mine, Please check for a Rachel King & Samuel Poston. Thanks for this great service. I have checked other on line services for these areas and time frames, and cannot find these folks when I have other proof that they were there, i.e. wills and tax records. The problem with these is they do not verify the wives maiden names. Debby (Wagner, Harmon, Kane, Miller)

Billy, I appreciate your generous offer. If you have time would you plase check for marriages in Rowan County for MOCK (also spelled MACK) and NEILL. Thank you, Madonna Mock Mullin

Dear Billy, Could you look up entries for families of Gibson and Sulivan (or Sullivan) in Rowan and Surry Counties? Thank you. Jim Austin IrishTales@aol.com

Following is the information about the bookstore in Alexandria Va WITH WEB SITE: Hearthstone Bookshop 5735-A Telegraph Rd Alexandria Va 22303 Tel 703/960-0086 WEB SITE: http://www.hearthstonebooks.com Mary Jane

Hi, Would really appreciate it if you have any marriages for the name William REED or any REEVES. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks Donna dbeetel

Is anyone tracing the families of Thomas Jones Sr./Margaret Foreman, Thomas Jones Jr./Lavina Loftin or their son Kirby Jones/Rachel Wiatt/Wyatt? I would like to hear from you and compare our findings. Maybe you can help me and I'd be happy to help you with whatever I have. They were in Rowan/Davidson Co. area. Kirby and Rachel went to Paducah about 1830. Marge Ratliff Schulke

I live in Gosport, In. Ephraim Goss and his wife, Anna Workman, were the fonders of Gosport. They came here around 1825 and at first lived in a hollow tree. It was a wilderness then, of course. Later they build a log cabin. A hugh old tree stands in the spot where the cabin once was. I have been there. Ephriam and another pioneer named Alexander, founded Gosport in 1829. I live on the property once owned by Joseph Goss, whom I believe was a son. The house is gone and another one (my house) is here. It was build in 1892. The second Joseph Goss house, just down the road from where I live, stood until last summer when it was finally torned down. The people who owned the house, lived next to it in a new house. The lady kept the house and tried to preserve it. Her husband hated it. He said it was in his way. He told her that if he outlived her, he would tear it down. She died in 1997 and he tore the lovely old place down in 1998. The Gosses became very wealthy in time and had some beautiful homes. All are gone now. Just outside of the present town is the site I mentioned before where Ephraim and Anna's cabin stood. Behind it, isolated now, on a hill is the old Goss cemetery where they are buried. It is on private land, but I have been there, just last summer. The owners gave me permission. It is covered in weeds. Every tombstone, except one, has fallen. About 20 graves are there, mostly children, and I believe some servants. Ephraim's tombstone is hugh and laying flat on the ground. These fallen stones are made of limestone and their inscriptions are fading away. The only stone standing is Anna's. It was made of pink marble and is still now as it was then. That was how I found the cemetery. Her beautiful pink marble stone appears to be standing all alone, peeking above the weeds, on the hilltop. When I got closer, I tripped on Ephrain's fallen stone. As I picked my way through the weeds, I found most of the other stones. It is an embarrassing shame that Gosport has allowed the cemetery of the town founders to be in such a terrible shape. Ask anyone in town, even those who have lived here for years, where the cemetery of Ephraim Goss and his family is, and most never even heard of it. The owners of the property where the cemetery now stands are involved in community affairs and are the descendents of other early settlers in Gosport. Yet, they have allowed this historical site to fall away. Anyway. That is all I know about Anna and her husband. My ancestors came from Rowan County as well. They were the Deadmans, not spelled Deadmond. Lois Arthur in Indiana parish@smithville.net -------------ORIGINAL MESSAGE----------- : searching for ANNE WORKMAN born about 1776 I believe in Rowan county NC she married Ephraim Goss 3-23-1795 in Rowan county NC and they migrated to IN shortly after 1810 and settled in Gosport,Owen county IN where she died 9-19-1854. : : : ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== : To contact the owner, send email to jdcoates@aa.net (John Coates) :

In a message dated 09/28/1999 6:22:22 AM Mountain Daylight Time, tara37@comsys.net writes: > searching for info on the following persons under the BOTT surname > Hermanus born about 1694 Palatine Germany and his wife Anna Catherina Hahn > they married 6-13-1749 Hermanus died 10-9-1764 > Reinhart born 1726 York county PA died 4-19-1790 married Mary Elizabeth > > Mary Catherine born 3-10-1752 daughter of Reinhart and Mary Elizabeth died > 1813 Rowan county NC married Francis Winkler 1768 > Is this the same Bott family that is buried in the Bott Cemetery near the Briarwood Golf course west of York, Pennsylvania???? It is also known as the Henry Wolf Cemetery in the Christ Lutheran Church records in York. Jacob Rhyne (of Gaston/Lincoln County, North Carolina) 's father Hans Martin Reinau and his brother Johannes Martin Rein were buried there. Jacob Rhyne married Lisabeth Glattfelder (Clodfelter) whose brothers (Felix and Rudolph) settled in Rowan and Davidson counties. Johannes Rein's widow, Maria Elizabeth Rudisill Rhyne, came to Lincoln County, North Carolina as well as her brothers, who were the progenitors of the Rudisill family in North Carolina. This cemetery was in bad shape the last time I was there a couple of years ago. It is in the middle of a cow pasture but I do remember many Bott stones still readable though I don't remember the names. Thanks! Don

For all those who complain about Look-ups, please do this: Put your hand on your mouse, right click, select delete and go on to other things. My thanks to Billy for his assistance with the lookup on my Amos Eller. I learned something about Amos that I did not know. No information is ever useless no matter how small or large is submitted to the List. For the List members, have a nice week (what is left of it). George

In a message dated 9/28/99 1:32:16 PM Central Daylight Time, Bonbon1206@aol.com writes: << << Jno. GILES >> I've seen this name in many Look-ups. Does anyone know if Jno is a name or is it an abbreviation for something else? >> It stands for JOHN.....someone else wrote Jonathan, but have come across it with some of my relatives that I know who's name was John that it was used for (great grandfather's WOW monument has JNO on it.) Lisa

I believe Jno stands for Johnathan ? Joyce

<< Jno. GILES >> I've seen this name in many Look-ups. Does anyone know if Jno is a name or is it an abbreviation for something else? thanks, bonbon

searching for any info on JACOB RICKARD born about 1719 in Rowan county NC married Rebecca Tator?? she was born about 1719 Jacob died 5-1-1801 in Davidson county NC children were Isabella born 1741 married Frederick Goss 1761 and died 1726 in Salisbury NC Jacob born 1749 John born 1751 married Phoebe Kinkler Mary born 1753 married a Smith Richard born 1757 married Mary Schultz 9-18-1785 Leonard born 1759

searching for ANNE WORKMAN born about 1776 I believe in Rowan county NC she married Ephraim Goss 3-23-1795 in Rowan county NC and they migrated to IN shortly after 1810 and settled in Gosport,Owen county IN where she died 9-19-1854.