The Christen Welker name seems familiar, but I haven't been able to find any Welkers other than Daniel. I may have not added it to my computer database or may have not have copied the info from the source. If a name may have evolved into a Walker spelling, then I probably copied it, but if it seemed to stay true to the origin spelling I probably would have ignored it. -----Original Message----- From: Rose Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [RowanRoots] Wachovia settlement Sheila, I can certainly give you more info. I don't recognize the names you mentioned, but I'm 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 don't know about any children. Around 1802 he married Sarah FLETCHER in Rowan co. (don't 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 Adam's origin. So, do you know these people? (I'm 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 > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== The list administrator can be reached at [email protected]
Okay, now that I have had the chance to read about the history of the Wachovia settlement, I have another question. What kind of records did these people keep of their members? Has anyone traced their people with church records? Am I correct in thinking them a kind of Anabaptist (not baptizing infants)? Would they have membership records that are now available to researchers? Thanks! Rose Green researching WELKER, FLETCHER