The Advertizing and Publicity persons are Doug & Gloria Bateman. I am the great grand daughter of pattie privett Joyner. Fort Dobbs; J.P. Caldwell; William Sharpe. North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program website. File #571. The flow of settlers, however, continued, and although they did not have title to their land, they did have ownership of their improvements, e. g., cleared and fenced fields, barns, and houses, and these improvements were often sold or passed on through inheritance. Rowan has produced supporters of education from the beginning of its existence. Just such a situation is found prior to 1790 in what is now McDowell County, N.C. The Rowan Resolves declaring the citizens support of the town of Boston in its bid against the injustices of the British Crown was the beginning of the Revolution for North Carolina. Dr. Britt has specified the following usage limitations: Not to be reprinted for publication without written consent of the author. I stated to him it was unnecessary for him to make that part of the statement. BRANDON received his pension, but three years later (1835), one Moses CHAMBERS wrote the Pension Office and complained that the pension allowance was being paid a Tory and should be refunded by the recipient. Richard Sanderson is my 8X grandfather. A basic precept of a competent genealogical researcher is to "Go back one step at a time." Thus it will be seen that this stone church was begun in 1792, completed in 1795, and consecrated on Easter Sunday 1796. File #1671. On about the sixth day after the battle, Josiah became "afflicted in his ankles" and could march no further. Dobbs selected Colonel Hugh Waddell and his fifty soldiers to be garrisoned at Fort Dobbs (named after the royal governor). Click on thumbnail to view the larger image. Iredell County (1788 Membership is open to all who are interested in genealogical or historical research. Also Edward or Thomas Stockstill, Stogsdell, Stogdell. Chapter II; The first European settlers. Managing editor:Alfred W. Stuart. Rowan County File #68. Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter (Salisbury, N.C.) Daughters 2016 John Locke Foundation | 200 West Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601, Voice: (919) 828-3876, //$i = get_field('photogallery2',get_the_ID()); They had a son, Joseph Norcumb Windley. Care upon us.. killed and Took every Soul and So My Dear They traveled together to the lower part of Illinois. A year after purchase of the Wachovia Tract, a group of 15 men came south to begin the first settlement. Robert Tripp b.1722 d. 1800 moved from Providence RI to Core Point, Durhams Creek, Beaufort, NC. He had a grist mill and sold lumber. Is one of them yours? But the migration caused growing alarm among the Indian populations resulting in a conflict that raged on and off for four years concluding in 1715 with the decimation of the Indians and the opening up of additional land to white settlement. The widow BRANDONs first name is another matter, a solution which may never be found. Location. I believe my family lived in Rutherford county and farms cotton, tobacco and rised cows there. The five oldest Lutheran churches in this state are: Friedens and Lows in Guilford County; Zion or Organ Church, The sale is at the N.C. Names were Best and Sawyer and others. My 8x grandfather was named Jasper Hardison. but his name was only given as Captain BRANDON! WebThe first Europeans to enter what is now Rowan County were members of the Spanish expedition of Juan Pardo in 1567. Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863), Moseleys is said to be the first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports, according to the ECU Special Collections website. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? List of Early North Carolina Settlers . These BRANDONs were extremely active in county affairs: two were Justices of the Peace, one was a coroner another a sheriff, two men were militia captains, and one was a Colonel. From the small but vital academies like Crowfield and the Female Academy to the Freedmans School funded by the Friends Philadelphia Freedmans Aid Society, the Crescent and later Livingstone and Catawba Colleges, education remained vital. The engagement only lasted one hour, and. Later, his son testified, he has often heard him say that when the battle of Kings Mountain was fought he (his father George) was then in command of a company and was on his march to King's Mountain but did not reach there in time to be and that engagement. In fact, Josiah Brandon's pension reinforces that Brandon under Walker was commanding the fort in fall 1781, not 1780. and all the other participants were Americans. facebook.com/swingingSwallows. In our family, we dont descend from any Paramores (that I know of), but I have come across them in my research in Pitt County, NC. Date. Columbia S> (actually in Richland county near St ANdrews road. Ordered bayonet charges by the British failed to find the Americans awaiting them, and as soon as the British withdrew to regroup and make another charge, the Americans returned to their vacated positions and once more directed accurate fire He first settled on Crooked Creek above his former home, and later settled above the fort on Newberry Fork. WebEarly Lumbee settlers in Robeson (Bladen)*. Some of these gifts are still treasured in Organ Church. My family lines in Pitt County are Atkinson (Bensboro Plantation), Rives, Bryan, Hill, Whitmel. The remainder of the tour was split between ranging duty and the fort. There is always cold water available, and tea and coffee cost a quarter per cup! Actually, Brandon served under Walker at the fort in the fall of 1781 - a year after Kings Mountain. Where? I am surprised that Russell isnt on the list. His name appears on the marriage licenses of many, and their Wills, along with land grants. The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Title. BRANDON, was the son of George BRANDON (d. 1772) and was the eldes son, John. Paleo-Indian-period American Indians are nomadic and hunt large animals for food. People migrate to North America from Asia at irregular intervals by way of the Bering Land Bridge. Unfortunately, many of the county's court records and most of the land records were burned in April 1865 by Federal troops under the command of General George H. STONEHAN. Ancestors - Order of First Families of North Carolina When Congress passed the Pension Act of 1832 for Revolutionary War veterans. The list below is a wonderful condensed index that I had saved in my archived files on my computer, although, unfortunately, Im unsure of its attribution, so if you know who originally published the list below, please leave a comment in the boxat the bottom of this article. The Granville Land Office closed in March 1763 with the death of John CARTERET, Lord Granville. The survey made in 1783, referred to his river boundary as following the line of the widow BRANDON. A search of all BRANDON grants showed that none were on the Catawba River, so I began to look for some documentary evidence to this BRANDON tract across from Benjamin COCHRANs William CUNNINGHAM, who commanded a company of British soldiers and Tories in South Carolina. The records did indicate that Josiah had gone to school with one James DAVIDSON, son of William, so I have been unable to find any place that this tract (#33) was recorded either at the Land Grant Office of the Secretary of North Carolina or in the Burke County Entry Book for that period. Required fields are marked *. All pre-Revolutionary militia officers fought at Kings Mountain on the patriot side. The question that I then raised was whether I would have to plot all the deeds and land grants of these families all the way from Salisbury down through Tryon County to the vicinity of Greenville, South Carolina, or not. Josiah was taken prisoner and marched to Quaker Meadows in Burke County. Prisoners from the American Brig, Triumph, 1783. My Fathers side is Reason shown thru northern and eastern North Carolina Dating back to the 1700s . Many early North Carolina families are named on the Moseley Map (1733). You may do research in immigration records in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. 1989. We dance for fun not for perfection! The Hall is an excellent facility that provides two floors for dancing, if needed, and the use of a kitchen for our party nights. Rowan County By 1710, the new sparsely settled province had a capital at Edenton. DAVIDSON's company moved up the Catawba River and built another temporary fort, called "Upper Fort," now called Old Fort. There is a publication called Square Time that dancers can subscribe to. [Arey] Davidson, Harriet Arey. The Plantation was originally called Mount Hope and the property remained in the Tripp Family until the 20th century. Heres an important tip: Do NOT use Ctrl-F to try to find your ancestral surnames in this list. WebThe Genealogical Society of Rowan County was organized in February of 1987, and we received our charter in 1988. On 6 October, after a tiring march, FERGUSON with a force of about 1,000 men camped near the North Carolina line on Little Kings Mountain in South Carolina, a spur of the Blue Ridge which rose some 60 feet above the Label vector designed by Ibrandify - Freepik.com, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. German pioneer settlers, lower Rowan County by D.A. WebThe earliest families identified in Jersey Settlement c1745 were those of Jonathan Hunt, Thomas and Rebecca (Anderson) Smith, Robert Heaton, and John Titus. But what does one do when these records were either destroyed or never existed? May be used Thank you! In the middle of the nineteenth century the railroad initiated major economic growth in Iredell County. Perhaps we are distantly related. Adolph Nussman, who was a young man, married Barbara Layerly, daughter of one of the men who brought him from Germany, and settled down in the Organ community. WebGerman pioneer settlers, lower Rowan County by D.A. Im not familiar with the history about this and Ive tried to look it up, but everything Im seeing about Russellborough says it was founded by Capt. James Brown was born in Pennsylvania in 1681 to Quakers James Brown and Honor Clayton Fragments of early church and county records tell the story of how the new leaders set about their purpose of establishing an order of public worship and a foundation of precise doctrine and discipline by which they bound themselves and their successors to the teachings of the Lutheran Confessions and set up the catechisms which they desired the children to use as their guide. This page has been viewed 36,125 times (0 via redirect). WebThe following ancestors have been documented to have been resident, prior to 12 July 1729, in the portion of the Province of Carolina which became North Carolina. Entered 2 Sep 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1779 - "joining his own survey that Saml DAVIDSON lives on above ye mill.." Grant #306 in Book 28, p. 305. "2 Josiah BRANDON's father was fatally wounded. We like to visit retirement and long-term care homes and other community events to dance for their entertainment and our well-being, as a Club and as a person! Does anyone know if descendants of Edward Moseley ended up in South Carolina? A large granite marker now stands at the site of the original structure. However, the stimulus subsided after the mid-twentieth century. My Great great grandmother was Caroline perry Privett . Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF (right-click PDF and Save link as to download) at the Internet Archive. Judge Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company, along with Daniel Boone, began their explorations of the western lands that would become Tennessee and Kentucky right here in Rowan. THOMAS HEMPH1LL. Ive got close to 3,000 family members but accurate to early 1800s. Hi, I am Maggie Stewart, the coordinator for the Rowan County NCGenWeb page.This page is part of a nationwide effort to get genealogical information online. Rendleman. One industry, the Wallace Herbarium, became the largest facility of its kind in the world during the economic railroad boom. He owned 560 acres and died prior to October 21, 1761 when his farm was sold at auction. http://www.co.iredell.nc.us/about.asp, (accessed November 25, 2011). Rowan and its neighboring county Mecklenburg, with their strong Scotch-Irish Presbyterian bend towards independence and liberty, became the hornets nest of the rebellious southern colonies in the War for Independence. Here lie ancestors of many of the present citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties: Barger, Barnhardt, Basinger, Beaver, Bost, Bostian, Boger, Castor, Cline, Cruse, Deal, Drehers, Eddleman, Eller, Fesperman, Fischer, Foil, Foutz, Graeber, Goodman, Heilig, Hipps, House, Holshouser, Isenhour, Josey, Ketner, Ketchey, Klutz, Krimminger, Lentz, Lippard, Linn, Ludwig, Misenheimer, Miller, Overcash, Peeler, Pless, Propst, Rhyne, Roseman, Safrit, Seifert, Shive, Sides, Shue, Shuping, Storch, Stirewalt, Troutman, Winsil, Wilhelm, Whitener, and Yost. Entered 9 Feb 1778 & surveyed 9 Feb 1792 - "Joining and on the northwest of the land he purchased from John NEASBIT the place where James GRAHAM settled" Grant #1891 in Book 85, p. 130. CUNNINGHAM's forces formed scouting parties and left Upper Fort in pursuit of the Indians, crossing over the Blue Ridge Mountains, down the Swannanoa to the French Broad River, up that river to Cane Creek, up that creek to its head, recrossing the Blue Ridge and back to the fort with no general engagement with the Indians. Together with two sister Lutheran churches, St. John's of Salisbury, and St. John's on Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, the Organ Evangelical Lutheran Church mothered Lutheranism in North Carolina. [H] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT between Pasquotank and North Rivers: Spence, Burkham [G] (at Joys Fork), Jones [G], Janson, Mann, Jones, Hawkins. var year = y2k(today.getYear()); If youre already a dancer and new to the area, or just returning to square dancing, email or call to ensure there will be someone to greet you, and come out on Thursday evening. Dance nights are comprised of lessons and dancing what has been taught, and then its practice, practice, practice! County These dance performances are done strictly on a volunteer basis. and preserve the cultural heritage of the eastern North Carolina community through digital initiatives, Major McDOWELL saw, recognized and pardoned the unfortunate youth who had been active in the patriot cause for 3 years, and then had been coerced to fighting for the Loyalists by his father. He was a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress in 1776. Rudbeckia readily self-seed and naturalized in the garden, providing beauty for years. last residence, final destination in the U.S.. whether they had been to the U.S. before (and if so, when, where and how long). Davidson, North Carolina: H.A. Rowan County continues to play an important role in the unfolding history of both North Carolina and the nation. Expression Web Tutorials & Templates. [E] PERQUIMANS PRECINCT between Yaupin and Pequimans Rivers: Sturgeons, Durant, Norcomb, Harvey [T], Denman [C], Skinner [R], Sander, Pettiver, Phelps, Speight. As land grew scarce in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia after 1730, migrants trekked down the Great Wagon road which began near Philadelphia and extended southwestward to the Shenandoah Valley before veering east into the North and South Carolina Piedmont. Instead, just read the list, as many spellings of surnames are different than the conventionally used spellings. Shows settlements, inhabitants, soil conditions, rivers, and principal products, with insets showing Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour, Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet, Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet, Explanation, and Directions for Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet. Possibly Tyrell, Currituck, Hyde or surrounding counties. North Carolina Slave Narratives; Craven County Record of Wills Thank you! Annexed from Rowan County in 1788, Iredell County was named in honor of James Iredell, North Carolina attorney general and one of the first Supreme Court appointees. The Club has an annual membership drive every September (usually the second and third Thursdays after Labour Day). Genealogy Web Creations - All Rights Reserved, Template Design: JAMES EDMISTON. The Consistory of Hanover commissioned Reverend Adolph Nussman as pastor and Professor John Gottfried Arndt of Helmstaedt University as teacher, and the two men accompanied the frontier representatives back to North Carolina, arriving in 1773. Hopefully, it will help to find his grave. Were planning and looking forward to the next Boys and Girls Club dinner/dance. //-->, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Entered 10 Sep 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1779 - including a meadow it being the same land entered and surveyed Andrew WADS (WOODS) and John NISBIT.. Grant #242 in Book 28, p. 241. Powell, William Stevens, and Jay Mazzocchi. History of Rowan Edith Clark History Room Conrad Bullen emigrated early 1700s from Palatine area of Germany and became naturalized citizen in Sept, 1763, Salisbury. J. P. Caldwell (1853-1911) was born in Statesville, and he eventually started the Charlotte Observer. '); The Americans apparently surprised the British and opened an irregular but withering fire on FERGUSON's position. The Scot-Irish of Rowan County North Carolina Submitted by: but such settlers formed a small part of the total number of inhabitants. My dads side of the family owns land over at Core Point, and in fact, the Tripp Cemetery is at the end of Down Shore Road (where they own property). WebFort Boonesborough and the Early Settlers of Madison County, Kentucky Benjamin Cutbirth - was a Rowan Co., NC friend of Daniel Boone who accompanied him on previous trips to Kentucky. File #305. . Citation format: Creator. By themed-eighteenth century residents of Piedmont North Carolina had more contacts with Pennsylvania than they did with the coastal district of their own colony. Col. OSBURN lived on the east side of the Catawba below Oliphants Mill. BRANDON engaged a lawyer, Col Archibald YELL (later Governor of Arkansas, who died at Buena Vista, Mexico, leading a regiment of Arkansas cavalry during the Mexican War), to prepare the papers. Most require similar information, but the formats vary. The fragmented extant records of early Burke county, N. C., have led many researchers to believe in a story written in a letter from W. L. TWITTY to Lyman DRAPR which allegedly approves that the father of Josiah, Capt. YELL said later: He told me all in relation to his service with his father at Kings Mountain. Unlawful Negro Marriages, Hyde County, NC 1843. His daughter, Frances Fisher Tiernan, better known as writer Christian Reid, later penned the epitaph of North Carolina, the Land of Sky. I went about 10 years ago and have pictures of Gum Neck and Frying Pan. From: Britt, Morris F. Appendices to Implosion: A history of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, North Carolina. Entered 21 Apr 1790 & surveyed 9 Apr 1791. This situation confronts many researchers today as something of a "no-man's land." To name just a few, John BRANDON, Esq., had large tracts surveyed near the Johns River in 1763 and also claimed a large bottom area (Brandons Bottom) along the Catawba River about seven miles west of present day Morganton. Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2005; Revised October, 2022. Can anyone figure out why that would be? URL. FERGUSON'S little silver whistle by which he directed the British efforts soon went silent, when FERGUSON was killed with one foot still caught in a stirrup. The frontiersmen arrived at the base of Kings Mountain about noon of 7 October under Cols. I do have some Swiss ancestry as well as you. Query: Is Pheriba Henby the daughter of Elisha Henby (son of Thomas Henby & Clarkey Parker)? He could not have been at Davidsons (also called) Upper Fort) in the fall of 1780 since he went to Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) and later Blackstocks (November 20, 1780). BOYKIN left Brown's Station [probably Thomas BROWN's, located across the Catawba River from the south of Glades Creek near Cane Creek] in Burke County and joined with Captain ROEBUCK'S company and Capt. As the ground on which the church stood was never deeded to the congregation, a new site was obtained and a second house, also of logs, was erected. Chapter I; The Aborigines. In May of 1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Confederacy sought a site in Rowan for a military prison. The first building, constructed by the frontiersmen back in 1745, was of hickory logs, the best material then at hand, and named Zion, but was commonly called Hickory Church. and made homes for themselves in western North Carolina. In the early part of the war, prisoners were well cared for and even indulged in baseball as is recorded by Otto Boetticher. This Category The provide much information about Josiah BRANDONs family, his war service and some information on his descendants. The largest plantation, owned by Richmond Person, had 101 slaves and there were 31 families with ten or more slaves. Elizabeth Maxwell Steel restored hope to General Nathanael Greene by supplying money to the Patriot Cause. File #241. A deed dated Jan. 27, 1763 by Henry McCulloch, Esq. Entrepreneurs founded successful companies such as Stanback, Cheerwine, Food Lion and Power Curbers. WebEditor's note: This page arose from an attempt to document the life of James Brown (Brown-2471), in particular his time in North Carolina as recorded in the minutes of several Quaker meetings.Others studying the early North Carolina Quakers may find it of use. Looking for a Campbell that Campbells Creek off Goose Creek ITW across in Beaufort County is named for deed Dated 1735 referenced old Campbell house & Camels folley. they are my mothers people and many Willis still live here today. I am looking for any Litchfields in the mid to late 1700s. File #33. All Rights Reserved. WebMacon County was formed in 1828 from Haywood, and communities within the region include Franklin, Highlands, Norton, Rainbow Springs, Nantahala, Ellijay, Cowee, and Scaly Mountain. The descendants of these early Germans have had a solid influence in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. He was in several skirmishes among which was that at Blackstock's mill, it reads. If you are doing an assignment, ask your professor which style to use. These could be from the German region as you stated. SUMPTER enlisted the help of able-bodied men to assemble at the Upper Fort. Widows and children were allowed to receive payments due the pensioner that had not been paid before his death. The Catawba and Cherokee lived in present-Iredell before war and disease, carried by Europeans, drove them away from the land. The weight of evidence portrayed above and an analysis of the tract map offer documentary proof that Thomas BRANDON was the Loyalist Militia Captain, the father of Josiah. (accessed November 25, 2011). The change generated a land bonanza in the colony as the Crown eased land purchase requirements and sent out the equivalent of real estate agents to drum up business. Rowan County North Carolina Farming as well as tobacco and cotton factories were predominant in the 1880s. Not being satisfied with this, I have tried to establish Capt. Did you know all of these new records were at FamilySearch? Unpublished book-length manuscript. Your email address will not be published. Description Date 1953 Extent Local Identifier G3903.R8E27 1953 .R46 Creator(s) Rendleman, D. A. In March 1763, the Granville Land Office closed, and it was impossible to obtain a valid title to any of the vacant land. i believe some of the tripps family moved down to anderson sc. In 1730, the colonys population included 30,000 whites and 6,000 blacks, almost all of whom lived along the Coastal Plain; by 1775, the population had grown to 265,000 inhabitants, including 10,000 blacks, and settlement was scattered from the coast to the mountains. Baron Christopher DeGraffenreid is my direct ancestor. (Hunt and Titus were married to Smith's nieces.) Sturdy headstones commemorate the individuals, some with data lettered in German with dates prior to the Revolutionary War.
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