Cary Bailey is sending me sumpin' on a FREDERICK FAIRFAX...{:). David Strickland came from a whole bunch of STRICKLANDS!....{:). SYOTN Cousin Dan ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: Allen Fairfax [mailto:fairfaxa@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 1:28 PM To: DFairfax@nespower.com Subject: Re: FW: Dobbs county musings Dan, The William Fairfax comes from the land warrant book for Revolutionary War veterans ... there were 4 listed as receiving land: Frederick Fairfax, heirs of William Fairfax, heirs of Dormand Fairfax, and heirs of Herrenton Fairfax ... Frederick and the William heirs sold their land warrants to William Faircloth (who I think is listed in the Dobbs/Johnston listings as well, and I think there are Faircloths in Columbus county listings as well) in 1786 (sold them on the exact same day, which makes me think that Frederick and William were related) ... did you make the connection between Frederick and Walter (for some reason, I thought you did ...I don't know why I think that) ... the heirs of Dormand and Herrenton sold their warrants to James Tiner (the lawyer on their legal document) in 1797 ... Did you ever see Fairfax, NC on www.mapquest.com?? I saw it in my North Carolina gazeteer book as well ...it seems to be on a Lake Cheowa (or something like that) .... its in the Smokies I believe ... sort of indicates a Fairfax wanderer early on I would think ... If you look at the Dobbs 1780 list, you will see that a Carter is a large landowner living right next to Peter ... We need to see if he had a will on-line ... maybe something got mentioned that would give us a lead ... See ya Dan'l (Boone!! as in the old TV series ... don't know why I remember people calling him Dan'l!!!) One more thing ... the David Strickland listed next to Micajah and Needham is probably his father-in-law, but did we ever figure out where he came from? who his parents were? its been awhile since I looked at the Strickland stuff.... Allen >From: "Fairfax, Dan" <DFairfax@nespower.com> >To: "'fairfaxa@hotmail.com'" <fairfaxa@hotmail.com> >CC: "'dfair777@home.com'" <dfair777@home.com>, "'pefairfax@aol.com'" > <pefairfax@aol.com> >Subject: FW: Dobbs county musings >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:13:11 -0600 > >Peter's son WILLIAM is an unknown to me...ergo new information...who is >this >WILLIAM?...sounds like a serious lead...your "musings" sound very >credible!!! > >I will focus on the Kinston, NC area ...sure hope you are the one to find >our Micajah's parents...this is AWESOME work! (musings). > >I will always "wait" for your convenience...so need further need to >apologize for delays....{:). > >EXCEPT fer dem dad burn family pictures of you and your >brother!!!!....{:)....just kiddin'....{:). > > >James DAVIS is definitely a ringer for a possible link...what the "HOOT" of >the matter is that my son's name is James and my twin brother's son's name >is DAVIS, I am the older twin, and my son is the first-born "GRANDSON" of >our FAIRFAX Family and my twin Brother's son DAVIS is the second born >GRANDSON of our Fairfax family....{:)!!!!!! > > >Have a great weekend...gone to the Cabin at "Fairfax Landing, Van Buren >County, Tennessee"....{:). > >Cousin Dan > >------------ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Allen Fairfax [mailto:fairfaxa@hotmail.com] >Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 11:06 AM >To: DFairfax@nespower.com >Subject: Dobbs county musings > > >Dan, > Sorry I haven't sent the stuff yet ... I am waiting to go to the >national >archives in Boston/Waltham, so I can make a copy (at least) of the Hugh Fox >(Fairfax) listing in Horry county 1870 census ....that will not be until >next Thursday, at the earliest .... also, I wanted to copy off the chapter >of the Revolutionary war bibliography ... I figure if you get to the >Nashville public library, there genealogical section might have some of the >books ... I have been to the Memphis public library, and their genealogical >section is tremendous ... > I have been eyeballing the Dobbs county stuff pretty closely ... I >have >been particularly interested in the 1780 tax list, which shows all the >folks > >living in Loftin's district (which includes Peter Fairfax) ... I have >cross-referenced those folks with the 1769 tax list and the 1779 voters' >list (there are five people in all three) ... there is a Parker on the >Loftin list, who may be a brother(?) to the Micajah Parker (Packer on one >list) who is in another district ... there is also a Constantine Whitley, >who may be a brother(?) to a Needham Whitley in another list ... what is >most interesting is the presence of a James Davis Sr and Jr in the Loftin >district ... James Davis was the testor to the legal document for the >Dormand and Herrenton case ... > The Loftin district is probably now called Loftin's crossroads, >located >in/near Kinston, NC, which is in Leoir county ...(their courthouse burned a >while back) .... > I am hypothesizing that Peter Fairfax may have been the father of 3 >sons >(William, Dormand, Herrenton, all of whom died in the war) ... and that >Micajah may have been the son of William ... my reasoning for this is that >John and Daniel were probably the sons of Dormand and Herrenton (perhaps >younger brothers of Micajah) ... from the census, it seems clear that >Micajah was born around 1775 ... for him to have had a son by 1793 (cf. >Whitmel's will), one would think he would be at least 16-18 years old ... >If > >the Nedom in the 1793 will is the same Needham from the later census >records, he would have to have been a baby in 1793 (since the census >records > >all indicate he was born in 1795... allowing for some discrepancy in age >awareness) ... this seems to indicate that (trying to imagine the scene), >that Needham's mother (a cousin or sister of Whitmel) was present at >Whtimel's will in 1793, and that perhaps they decided to list all the male >relatives who were there (including the cute little baby Nedom!!!) ... the >other option is that Needham was a father of the Micajah, and that Micajah >named a son after his father in 1795 ... > With all the Jernigans and Flowers in Dobbs/Johnston county, I think >we >have a pretty good lead on the possible connections ... > Anyway, if you get a chance to do any searching for "wills" of any >of the >folks in the Loftin district that might be on the web, if we get lucky we >might find a lead that way ... however, this may have to wait until I can >get back to the Raleigh archives to look through the will catalogue .... > The weather is perfect here today ...have a great weekend .. >Allen > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com