The Guilford Courthouse Park & Visitors Center has some terrific history and geneology books in their gift shop and a great little movie on the battle you'd enjoy seeing. I am not positive they are open on Sunday - you could probably put it online and find out - I'll actually try to do that for you. Also the Guilford County library in Greensboro is a great source for material and I imagine they are also open on Sunday until about 5pm if they are like the one here in Forsyth County in Winston-Salem just down the road. If they aren't.... the Forsyth County library NC Room is open on Sundays and also has great resource material. The NC Archives are great but they are in Raleigh 2 1/2 hours away from here and I'm also not sure they are open on Sunday. I'll check online to see if I can find out if these things are all open Sundays for you. Susan Avery Winston-Salem, NC On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:22:45 -0500 marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> writes: > I am planning on being in NC for a couple of days to do research. My > > main interest is a man named Silas P. Wooten who appears several > places > in NC in the late 1700's. Silas was born between 1758-1759 > according > to information that he gave 16 Jan 1826 when his Revolutionary > Pension > is executed. He claims to be 67 years old. > > He says that he fought in the battle of Guilford County Courthouse: > > > Silas Wooten was supported in his application for pension by > Anthony > > Hall and Thomas Lovelady. Lovelady stated that "Wooten enlisted in > > > Halifax County Virginia under Captain Bowyers and Colonel Campbell > > > ,that ...Wooten served out his full term of enlistment and that he > > > served about two or three months longer and that the said Wooten > was > > in the Battle at Guilford in March,1781. Wooten stated that he > > enlisted in January, 1780. That he served honorably through the > Battle > > of Guilford Courthouse and was discharged by Colonel Campbell on > April > > 1, 1781 in Caswell County North Carolina. > > > I believe that it is likely that Silas married Phebe Worth who was > the > daughter of Francis Worth. This family were Quakers from Nantucket > who > settled in Guilford County before the Revolution with other Quaker > families from Nantucket. > > I would like to find more proof to further document the validity of > this > marriage. At this point I have a copy of Francis Worth's original > will > from the NC archives in which Francis names his daughter as Phebe > Wooten. > > I would like some ideas or help on the following: > > Is there a professional researcher in the area who might have time > to > meet with me Sunday or Monday (that is this weekend)? > Is there a guide who is good at showing people around the area? > Is there any kind or research facilities open on Sunday? > Where would I look for land records to see if there is any > possibility > that Silas owned land during the years he was in the area before he > > moved his family to KY? > Any other ideas of what I might look at while I am in the general > area? > I could also go to the NC archives instead of the actual area...I am > > driving from FLA and my travel plans are not "written in stone". > > Thanks for any help that anyone can give me. Marsha Moses > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >