August 6th, 1796 Christian Arney (Lincoln County) to John Fulenwider (Lincoln County); for 30 British pounds sold 200 acres on south side of south fork of Catawba River. August 4th, 1804 Robert McCombs (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney (Lincoln County); for $290.00 sold a Negro girl, Fan, about 12 years old. October 12th, 1805 Robert McCombs (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney (Lincoln County); for $312.50 sold a Negro Amey. August 1st, 1811 Matthew Wilson (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney (Lincoln County); for $50.00 sold 32 acres. August 1st, 1811 James Wilson (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney (Lincoln County); for $500.00 sold 703 acres. March 1st, 1813 Christian Arney (Lincoln County) to John Arney ( Lincoln County); for $90.00 sold 630 acres. March 1st, 1813 Christian Arney (Lincoln County) to Matthew Wilson, Jr. blacksmith (Lincoln County); for $200.00 sold 105 acres. November 18th, 1815 John Keener (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney (Lincoln County); for a bond Arney gave Keener dated today "to pay his debts & comfortable maintenance during life" sold 317 acres on waters of Bynums Mill Creek. November 18th, 1815 John Keener (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney (Lincoln County); for a bond dated today for $1,000.00 conditioned on Arney paying my debts "affords me a comfortable maintenance during my life & decent burial at my death" sold all my personal property of every kind & description and "debts owing". November 18th, 1815 Christian Arney (Lincoln County) to John Keener (Lincoln County); a bond of $1,000.00; bond void if Arney pays all of Keener's debts, finds Keener "in" clothing, lodging, & diet in as confortable a manner as Arney's family usually lives during Keener's life and have a decent burial for Keener at his death; Keener has today sold all his personal & real property to Arney. February 10th, 1818 Christian Arney, Sr. (Lincoln County) to his son Jacob Arney (Lincoln County); for good will & affection and $100.00 sold 375 acres on waters of Sniders Creek. March 3rd, 1823 David Zimmerman (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney, Sr. (Lincoln County); for $850.00 sold lot #4 in SE square of Lincolnton. January 16th, 1827 Robert H Burton & Henry Fulenwider, executors of estate of John Fulenwider, deceased (Lincoln County) to Christian Arney, Sr. (Lincoln County); for $104.00 sold 2 adjoining lots in SE square of Lincolnton; (a) lot #41; (b) "another lot" in said square [no number]. [Note: Christian's father, Jacob, moved the family in 1767 to North Carolina, Christian would have been 17 years old, since he was born in 1750. So, by 1827 Christian would have been 77 years old.] I'm hoping that Christian can lead us back to his father, Jacob Arney. Jacob Arney died in 1784, in Lincoln County, NC. Also, please note that the land sale in 1796 was to the same John Fulenwider who was given Christian's brother, Peter (to learn the trade of a miller, when Peter was 15 years old, in 1787). Somehow, by tracing the path's of Jacob's oldest son, Christian, maybe we can find out where Jacob came from, who were his siblings, who were his parents, where did they come from? Were they born here in the United States or did they migrate from some other country? It is "believed" that Jacob was born in Switzerland, but spoke German. That his family settled in with the Germans who had already migrated into the United States because they spoke a common language. I welcome your input, and welcome any documentation anyone can show that proves where Jacob Arney came from, who his siblings were, who his parents were, etc. It has been said that he was the son of a Frederick Ernigh, who arrived from Switzerland aboard the Pennsylvania Merchant Sept. 11th, 1732. This theory has since been shown to be untrue. Since, that Frederick's son, Jacob, was shown on tax lists as being "single" at a time he should have been married and Christian born. Other records show he died and never could have made it to North Carolina. Believe me, it would have been alot easier, if Jacob would have been Frederick's son. Then again, we wouldn't have this wonderful "mystery" to solve would we? I deeply appreciate your time, consideration, and cooperation in this matter, I thank you. Sincerely, Stan Arney Wichita, KS Stanley Arney Wichita, KS Researching my Arney heritage, looking for definitive tangible proof of each of their existence, so we KNOW the truth and can share it with others. Building a website that will make it easier for those who come after me to find their Arney lineage at www.arneygenealogy.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.