Rose, please provide more details on your Welkers. I have found a Daniel Welker b. before 1784 m. Mary Edenger. From the McCubbin collection in the Rowan library: Book 21 page 671: Feb. 8, 1804, Daniel Welker & wife Mary let Peter Myers--all of Rowan Co., Nc--have 100 acres on east side Abbots Creek next the decreased Christopher Edenger's old lot (which was given on July 2, 188 to said Mary, a daughter of said Edenger) next Salisbury road, for $280.00, witnessed by Jacob Myers & (?)ritain Jo. Haymoore & proved by the latter in Feb. 1810. Book 23 page 398: Sept. 2, 1814, John Grimes--no wife signs--lets Hugh Yokely (both of Rowan Co., NC) have two adjoining tracts of 70 acres each, (being the dividends laid off for Christopher & Phillip, the heirs of decreased Christopher Edenger, who let said Grimes have them) or 140 acres on Abbots Creek next Frederick Edenger, Phillip Edenger, ---Grimes, Solmey Edenger & Joseph Edenger, Peter Shuler, Peter Fine, ---Bodenhammer & Adam Grimes, for $600.00, witnessed by Joseph Waggoner, (?)ritain Js. Heymoore & proved by the latter in May 1815. I have seen more with the Welker name, but did not find them in my database. Sheila -----Original Message----- From: Rose Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 7:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [RowanRoots] Wachovia settlement Can anyone enlighten me about the Wachovia settlement? I have some ancestors (WELKER) who sometimes were in Surry, other times in Rowan county (mid to late 1700s). I understand that the border between the counties switched around a couple of times due to wanting to include or exclude the Wachovian settlement. Since I haven't been able to get my Welkers out of NC, I'm curious if they were part of this group, and if so, what info is out there on them. Thanks! Rose Green ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on topic.
Sheila, I can certainly give you more info. I dont recognize the names you mentioned, but Im sure that all the Welkers in that are have to connect somehow. Here are mine: Adam WELKER shows up in Surry Co. on Nov 29 1793 when he marries Nancy FLETCHER. I dont know about any children. Around 1802 he married Sarah FLETCHER in Rowan co. (dont know what relation to Nancy she might be) and had some children: a. James Robert, b. 19 Aug 1803 Rowan Co., md. Elizabeth Sto(c)ker of Ashe Co in 1828 b. Sarah Ann, b. 20 Apr 1805 Rowan Co., md. Joshua Hadley Brown, maybe in IN c. Adam, b., 12 May 1806 Rowan Co., md. Anna Keaton in Jackson, OH d. Sarah, b. abt 1808, Rowan Co (maybe the same as Sarah Ann above?) e. William, b. abt 1811 in Wilkes Co., md. Mary Jane Lockridge in Jackson, OH This family eventually moved to Henry Co., Indiana, where Adam, sr. died, sometime between 1840-1850. The IGI has Adam linked as a son to Christian Welker of possibly Hesselbroun, Germany, but as far as I can tell, that is someone taking possible conjectures made by James Hook (George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America) as gospel truth. I personally have never seen any proof of Adams origin. So, do you know these people? (Im crossing my fingers and knocking on wood.) Rose >From: Harold R Collins Jr <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [RowanRoots] Wachovia settlement >Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 05:22:45 -0500 > >Rose, please provide more details on your Welkers. I have found a Daniel >Welker b. before 1784 m. Mary Edenger. From the McCubbin collection in the >Rowan library: Book 21 page 671: Feb. 8, 1804, Daniel Welker & wife Mary >let >Peter Myers--all of Rowan Co., Nc--have 100 acres on east side Abbots Creek >next the decreased Christopher Edenger's old lot (which was given on July >2, >188 to said Mary, a daughter of said Edenger) next Salisbury road, for >$280.00, witnessed by Jacob Myers & (?)ritain Jo. Haymoore & proved by the >latter in Feb. 1810. > >Book 23 page 398: Sept. 2, 1814, John Grimes--no wife signs--lets Hugh >Yokely (both of Rowan Co., NC) have two adjoining tracts of 70 acres each, >(being the dividends laid off for Christopher & Phillip, the heirs of >decreased Christopher Edenger, who let said Grimes have them) or 140 acres >on Abbots Creek next Frederick Edenger, Phillip Edenger, ---Grimes, Solmey >Edenger & Joseph Edenger, Peter Shuler, Peter Fine, ---Bodenhammer & Adam >Grimes, for $600.00, witnessed by Joseph Waggoner, (?)ritain Js. Heymoore & >proved by the latter in May 1815. > >I have seen more with the Welker name, but did not find them in my >database. > >Sheila >