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Thomas Eaton Swann Papers, Bethel Baptist-Brandon
For Bethel A public reception for Rev. and R. . ot. new pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in the East Monbo com- munity, will be held Sunday in the church Fellowship Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Mr. Almond assumed duties 4} ‘8 pastor on June 9. A native of Red Springs, he was graduated with a Bachelor REV. BILL R. ALMOND, JR. ~/F-[f Minisier degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis- ville, Ky. Mr. Almond, 25, served* as pastor of Godwin Baptist Church at Godwin from 1960 to 1963 and as pastor of Memorial Bap- tist Church of Pembroke from 1963 to 1965. His student pastorate was at New Clover Creek Baptist Church in Clover- port, Ky. In 1964, Mr. Almond was married to the former Katherine Allison Ratley, who is also from Red Springs. They have’ two nt Elizabeth, age 2 and Church of Red Springs on September 4, 1960, ‘and was ordained at that church “00 March 10, 1968. | REV. BILL R. ALMOND, JR. Bethel Baptist Church in the East Mombo Community will hold its aghual homecoming on Sunday. Rev. Bill R. Almond, Jr., who assumed his duties as pastor :| there on June 9, will bring the ' | message for the 11 o'clock morn- :| A picnic style dinner will be >| spread, about 12:30 p.m. All for- mer church members and friends are invited to come and bring + | a pienic lunch. PAGE 12 DEDICATION SET—Dedication ceremonies will be held Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church P E eg wi ; a... Ae | | on the Old Mountain Road for the new sanctuary ‘which has just been completed and the reno- vated educational building. Dedication Set At Beulah Baptist | Beulah Baptist Church on the Old Mountain Road will hold services in the new sanctuary and renovated education&l build- ing Sunday as Dedication Day is observed. Rev. B. E. Morris of Char- lotte, a former_pastor, will de- liver the dedication sermon at the 11 a.m. service. Now a re- tired Baptist minister, Mr. Mor- ris was instrumental in the ear- ly development and growth of Beulah church while he served as pastor of Western Avenue + Beulah Baptist Church was or. @anized in the old Fulbright in Iredell County on August 1, 1995, under the leader- - . ie P. Bridges. m| é fir Idin : of thee i Was erect early days the church has been served by: Mr. Morris, Revs. | Joe N. Binkley,’ Lee Davis, A. | C. McCall, Zeb Baker, A. C. |. Cheshire, Wayne Levan, G. |, | Royster, and the present pas- | tor, Rev. Cecil K. Herrin, who | Caving in his 12th year. ee ne church was relocated at | | 15, 1956, celebrated the first services in the new, three-story | educational unit. On May i7, | 1964, formal groundbreaking services were conducted, for the | new sanctuary to be dedicated one mile west of the Es} tomorrow. Present location. Since those || Designed by Tom H. Hut- chins and built by Bumgarner ' Construction Company of Con- over, the new building is of Georgian architecture with a semi-modern interior. The cost | of construction and new equip- rnent was approximately $140,- 000, bringing the total value of ‘the facilities to $185,000. J. C. mS present site and on April-i@ Wooten was chairman of the a8 ae Be wef PP ss ja thle € : And by. Az2 allan Phea Bee eat CeX eri fi pelo “ , () yt 204. . o c ~n = m — | — u m oo es ~< = ; > =| AC’ che 7 ( Pe ; Bc pre r a [371 ‘ IN5°5 fir i, THO - }1€2et. Wh itle is Bord, fteb-e Ab 6 O% Fo Coee A TFS VIM SPF ineittho [heel Le IVOF. rscl Merk J Fs. 3: beter - bel |. pe ple 22 gila =e - ee ; The ic Beale te as : ott | re eae di aeeg ee “oy Cir ege fe c Lak & borsinch WE «Te db Or bn LOK jp re flo | pCorth Vo : Rape a “gh Lek yaa Hee As yet aca a /'2 iY C 2 7 “SAV eae mee» on you so tuch f answering. John ri to isee «you <.): r 26 -YOU., made seemed be the time get? cone tine- ourthalise get a] +16 kis. ove that rains..ma We did get to once; so I did ty +t? ¥ ot y ic ae get.any interest you wil} Sharpe's tr: told ime tha Bowles prope! Jolin Monte 50M but did not Mary Moore, ow a oualr same. a Cab © You askec about Cubbihs collection an "Febd,| 13, 1771. a public grist Hilliam c owplying wi This is all tnat I several Sharpes who just across the river 7 aw ~ 4 oa + f ; naoek Gk WA bed the yr William Wallis ana that t wife is @xpe ce the statement that you ‘I can,; The Blacks may census does not. 11: family anc is ‘an As I was looking- n| Montgomery from Do you think Nu CG. or move on enn. ait: Do you think this j Do you have any infopme out of} my mind that he wal his father as Silas can be) correct, were married. ypung the wife of Silas‘! of Calvin azd Alfres Older brother of of Blizabeth Sharp either died or-ma Over thf Joh , ts stay, in lames tect an ‘in Dey V - War, ci ve five ces Cy ac Silas would of land, w formerly John Rebetca an have r} ot eb » + so 4a 4 survived ann according + > . far } rey LU oe= plan- v ~- & > t nor > _ ANA ‘smort ones heavy plannéa, Salisbury 1 ang to y Al: At rd HO use aU, Wy x ny rpe stad when OV. nnother r mn hn a AU have tei: . Sa ~ ER in Williams riay. ery? Dit-he g with ee eo x to a officer in the ‘ Lue LUSe ; use records Ww. this also, they census gives at the father have’ been an isus record SAH! ? COuL th ) “f 4.06 don't es £3 « SE - is him ra) Abe Vaated 4. UL wr gird no of courge a + F - Glue v T found some deeds of Silas. ” T had alréady Y 3 [Keue (formerly 7 tees s eo Jn 192.9 Llprud Latch da wmursl 2 c : , be | Tr fos Mra ireac dev tA ~~ Ors ; Lait | A igh tEatedt A eas, fa: 4 | Adana é ; p: | Aad tote - fg @ sade ii i : . Mt oe oe te ce ee ees? dab ‘ca Sialdie Bntce ee ea RERDEBE- COUNCE -DERBB + vier deta: a in consideration of $100 paid by James McCoy Sharpe. | : In county of Iredell on branches of Rocky Creek beginning at a pine Yin. Harden's northwest corner thence 150 poles to a pine thence south 150 poles to a.stake on Widow-Hardens etc. containing 150 acres originally granted to Wm. Sharpe--18 Dec. 1797. ) Dp Dec. 2, 1800 between Wm, Sharpé and James McCoy Sharpe of{county of Tredell JW He a He HH He Ee This agreement. concluded.on between Silas Sharpe and Silas D&vidson Sharpe . ‘ts both of the County of Iredell and State of N. C. witnesseth that the said” Silas Sharpe has sold unto said Silas D. Sharpe in consideration of the sum of $165.90--Beginning at a stone on the old line Ezra A. Sharpe ‘corner thence with said E. A. Sharpe's corner thence South 188 poles toa Beech on the, bank of the creek Wm. Wahsons corner thence up the various courses of the creek with Wassons line to a white oak thence North 85 west 54 poles toa =% white oak north 3 West 34 poles to a black oak Wagsons and Lawrences commer”. thence north 29 degrees east 60 poles to the beginning containing 150 acres,” ™ mi 7 — I Jan. , 1830 ae Silas Sharpe << e Bilas D,. Sharpe — He HH HH EH I HE Ee He be 15 May 1856 =a * . - a Rebecca Sharpe to mens F. Sharpe. In consideration of $234.: , Beginning at a stake on oe] Wilson's line, thence north 150 poles to. a a Atéké stone, Popes line, thence north 884 west 118 poles to a stake om the said E. F. Sharpes line. Thence south 161 poles to a pine the said Ee Fae Sharpes line Thence souti 161 poles to a pine the said E. F, Sharpes corner. Thence north 58% east 124 poles to the beginning containing 117 acres and. ters of Tittle Rocky Creek. 4 40 poles on the wa are My t oo Seek trie Silas M. Sharpe jurat. — eK EER ERE EERE RHEE EE to Samuel Sharpe ¢9 Dec. TiRP - tbies tau deration of 60 pounds paid to Fortner by gn@ip.. ee oe 8 eee ksuden ef the South Yadkin inclucing the pie ees ear nee ait 100 acres of land being the contents of the original grant $9, ". zi Aaron Fortner x, Fortner oF. AaPONy Sr Nee gp ae ae ae He a ae ae tae aE ae ae ae aE William Black, Sr. to Richard King. 1795+ eR EE HE HEH es cs bees Berek, grav axl tal we ¢/ Nofa er kg de ce ee whe dah oe Lex nn Cl LOG, Ast Shree ak Cre babe ss eee ( “ee clout Ol 6 AHL Gsm 3NL NOW Nns * 0261 ANNE | {- {ao - /$o5. it Yelle. 2 Af. é yee P gee e” re . ~ WSO 2 Ou Arrow Caeh Rich big tre S . Th Nf b* Lh Tee. le 4) bach 1 -~ boo Cppe.ca +.& Cah é - he ci ht, Ca*~ Ks 10¢ EC: Grete { a. ae ber. OA oh. L7f¢e . = Fine ine aby Wks II piss a ote a Le eb-hds 4FH 1095 Beth. dts no dale f a , wt dh flnwey Cr yp ened / EY K i he af sot H2) wit dy be eA) te oS ACY ere ec os ee cp hake ~~ J Ct echo Poe rT i. suc " . fe Now ha - ff i ae a, ” wa > een pli | Se Sa se at 2 ao ‘~ oe ince lB rye - “ute YO é ’ Pa Re crer< See “ ae Ck te Xd tac Dre thee 7 79 | Dhl mg 1287 his 4.170. hee je > ~ ? - pane uowhod 043 TdW1S 20 wal ‘arp “104 }0¥ Op esDe;4 4 . 2 \ Na S18 « y be < hes ——— bs > ~— ™ Ste —— — l9d sate ‘done y a Tyan Vota Cr é LG O ye ee TT Ad fren oe eeu ; ne a + Sankey L. Blanton Dare: June 27, 1948, 8:30 a.m. Sreakez: Dr. Sankey L., Blanton, Pastor, First Church, Wilmington. Supsecr: Christian Patriotism. Station: WPTF of Raleigh, WsJS of Winston-Salem. Dr. Sankey L, BLANTON The Time is Short The time is short and the cottages and hotel space at Ridgecrest are filling up for the State Training Union week, June 28- July 4. If you expect to go to Ridgecrest and have not yet made your reservation, it would be well to do so soon. We have planned a great program for the. week and are expecting 1,500 Training Union people there to enjoy and profit by it. Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, ‘Wilmington, will be the, principal speaker each evening, Wednesday through Tuesday. Bretica, Reoorper State Sunday School Convention Will Le Held in High Point, North Carol . Dr. F. 0. Mixon, pastor of the Ff 7 Tabernacle Church, Raleigh, and Dr. | Sankey Blanton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Wilmington, will be with us to speak on the general pro- gram at our State Sunday School ‘Convention in High Point, February 1,2 and 8, 1944. “Purposeful Teaching for Pur- poseful Living’ will be the Conven- tion theme. We urge all pastors, superintend- ents, department superintendents, teachers, department and class offi- cers, Young People and Adult class members to plan now to attend. "WAKE FOREST COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS, December, 1949 E FORESTERS tribute there will be those of the Cleveland County and Thermal Belt Medical Societies which he has served as president, the hos- pital staff which he has also headed . and the Kiwanis Club. = “For all the arrangements it’s still. safe to say that he’ll make some calls. He does every day and his practice still covers sev- eral counties. After all, when a reporter went to see him it was- after office hours and he had to wait until Dr. through with at least a half-dozen patients. . “T'm closed, you see,’ he said.” _ DEBTORS TO W. F. C. (Continued from page six) support. And where can one’s con- tribution yield a greater return? To what extent should an alumnus help? Our best is sufficient—tfiat is the test. Recognizing our relationship as debtors to the home influence, let us be men of character, men of will, men of action, ministering to the crying needs of humanity and thus vindicate the faith of our friends in us. — : As debtors to Wake Forest Col- lege let us be cognizant of her needs, liberal in our donations for her continued expansion, loyal by sending her our boys, and, by pre- cept and example, help, to the best of our ability, to make her fulfill in the broadest sense, the expecta- tions of her founders. Lattimore was. Dr. Sankey L. Blanton Blanton Resigns To Become President of Crozier Seminary President Kitchin has announced the resignation of Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, Dean of the School of Religion, effective January 30, 1950, Dr. Blanton came from the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, Wilmington, to his present position in 1945 and will become on February 1, 1950, president of Crozer Theological Seminary at Chester, Pennsylvania, Upon his acceptance of the Wake Forest post the Department of Religion (Continued on page twenty-three) Hed. Wad ra be & ~ ot PLA. er, ed Ore bertty 4 (tapes < dese Aa rtnce } pm ? l. av ean F“E le @ Js 7 ; oe r mr a a liga x ee de. We load Va 4 . haa a ¢ Ca i +/,. A ene cr fc. 7 = —— oes i He ed Valea 7 17% Ue be Wir he ee fr: Lt g ketones ty olden? ee pete ve “Ee ad 2 oo al Pr by, maried 3: ¥. Yoo Pe Oberlin ¥. diel. Wa reed + he Lich, ay) Alek mae Thank your fer your many favors. I have not found any Osborne-Lin ney connection tut there may. be, Ray,pebcbisettling on Cumberland R.,Smith Ford settlement,1800: Jeres NcAdoo,Geo.L.Smith,Wmn0akle Chas .Rich,Reason 5 rne,ABNER BO} Edw.Pickett,John Adams, ‘e land.You should read Ray's books, The Moses T.was probably. one of two nephews named for Moses,son f John, (d.1760;Samuel Young,exr Hsve you read H'ckerson's"Happy Valley"?(2 vols)He has some about the Pettys.Shall I copy it for y aad > vT¢ hz - fa $ you?7If‘there is one for cireula- tion -I’ could borrow £€ for yon. Much about the Hunts,etc. Mrside x, =e P "rr ' } oF. ~ A.Newsofle, 706 W.ulst St.,Houston + Texs7702h is looking for info on James Thompson,Stephens, Enock Steen, Vance, Lusk.she says Brown's dau.Susanna m.eJames pson.lI have not found time to search for ;yher yet.If you can he help her(and husband)write them. They are older than you two,I'd say;but they were here one terri 5 day in, the library tryin to info. 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Ye fj ZA ” e 3 > a . 4 he beat Veet | Dulles Alone 6 JA ned, 7 _ : : si + aeci aip ct ee Hey “af open % tek: a prt @ theo he Create : Ur - BOE Loc. pt An kan tai 0 Cth thew pty epbes Momwele. Prt e. Con = -£ 32 ae 3 : S00 Ota be t , deli J ; £198 9 MI“S ~ Tes 3 Ger 2 pot 20 LL tn é op aka e¢) f ee 4 a ae ecte The. A vrerugh | BY alicia ae xe e afar AN 6514 ak Q ala. A. Pera rergn | =o tek tS cy rl bar )- IS Pale : ye sphsed. Bhs pe : A. itt! 4 i er. aT bette’ PD Baa b51, ow : ya | Tow tah hi op Lone GT hae du at - Chee Meade tied: ‘s nce ey. AT” bl vn« Bevady : 2 { bears the name on it's sides’“BOONE’ PARM, W. J: 8. Walker, Prop,” lt was only a short D -THE BARN on dhe W'S. Walker farm that distance from this barn that John Boone built bin when tiled here around 1763. ee BOONE ae : MERICA’S Southern Appalachian Plateau is ¢ os 2% the alee : oa sources of folk Folkiorists j down its SS Spolions” tee ti and ridges and through the batt of North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky ( me seeking out the colorful people who are a people in pooket but rich in th living; & pore of humor and gentleness, and 86 on back to old Dan’l Boone ils isdes’ Kee tim tor the ena , iron articles he sets out for sale—everything from to andirons. At the anvil in Boone’s place, a strong, wiry man i his early forties swings a ashing hammer wit h he § if refined through six generations of blacksmithing.‘ piece of work on the anvil might be a fine can: ot a horseshoe, or a fireplace screen idle tricate and as delicate as made lace, Dan Boone the Sixth welcomes all with smiling. -_ hospitality, taking pride in showing them the sho in talking about Daniel Boone the First, whom calls “the Old Man.” og I reckon he was my great-great. father, and a mighty restless man,” Dan Six “His daddy undertook to make a scholar out of “me but finally gave it up and said, ‘Let the girls do the spell ing and Dan'l do the shooting.’ Well, I'm not pe : standing still myself.” In spite of his restlessness, Boone is one of the hard- est-working men in Burnsville. But he does have a little spare time for puttering. Take the locomotive he made, Every part is completely hand-forged, and runs in a great circle around the reém above his When. someone wants to see the train, Dan usually ¢ ye * the house to his wife, Martha, to Bring the ehil- : oe Daniel is a handsome, frecklesfaced naan ots ebecca is six and hamed for her e a ~grand the iy, 3 will soon be three. The ride the train, but not Gary. His fa r hoists him py flicks an electric switch, and ovetveatll and the train go charging around the Martha explains the train. “Took him seven of his spare time to make that thin eo arted couldn't stop. Said he had to see if it run or Dan’l Boone the Sixth just smiles. “I'm like the Old Man, there, I reckon,” he says. “Got 16 go puttering around, got to find things out.” And that’s Dan Boone of North Carolina—not a man looking out for fame or fortune, just a little bit oF Like famous pioneer ancestor for whom he is named, Daniel Boone VI i is a blacksmith. |§ America's living legend. And satisfied to be so. Bringing his art up to date, he uses electric welder whenever possible, to save time Jean RITCHIE 56 Collier’s for May 10, 1952 oo So ra, On his anvil at Burnsville, N.C., the present Daniel Boone fashions Daniel finishes up the hand-forged, hand-assembled screen that is everything from weather vanes to fine wrought-iron table decorations going in front of his own fireplace. He sold one like it for $500 PHOTOGRAPHS FOR COLLIER'S BY GEORGE PICKOW a 6 While blacksmith Boone still shoes an occasional horse brought in As mother and sisters watch, Gary Daniel gets an engineering lesson by old friends, almost all of today’s work is for homes, not barns _ on the big, scale locomotive father Daniel Boone forged in his shop Collier's for May 10, 1952 57 ie SP Fes Bt Daniel Boone is one ef ihe | most colorful figures of Amer- i jean history. His carter as an Indian fighter, explorer and frontiersiaan, carved for himself the recognition 4s America's foremost pioncer. Much has been written about this life, Much will continue to be written. =: The name “Boone” has a very special significance te the people of this section of Nerth Cardlinn ... -spetially Davie County. It was here in Davie that the father and mother of Daniel Boone settled after migrating from Pennsylvania “Seoatd 1753: Te was here that they spent the last days ef their lives and are buried at Joppa Graveyard sear Mocksville. 5 Had Daniéti Boone tet {+ ¢aryed himself so vividly in- |. to the pages of American his- |. tery, the settlement of the Boones in what is now Davie County would be of ne more interest than that of the many other early settlers of this seetion. However, the fame est honor the Sarah Upp h a age of 80; ; never have a & decayed also had &® son TWe Boone. This Georg, 1666 at Strong ome 88 Dorn in j of Daniel ed over ants, making the name of Boone one of legend, A degend is defined as 4 narrative or story based. chief- ly on tradition or myth. A fegend does not always remain tru te historical facts, but is often accepted as such upon being told and retold down throuch the years. tm Darie County, and for - that matter elsewhere, there are many legends concerning the Boone family. Many of these icgends,. historically speaken, cannot be proven and as ¢uch are omitted by his- toerlans secking to depict onty * that which can be substantiat- ed, What is the story, of the Boones in what fs now Davie County? Whe were. they? What were they? Why did they come te this seotien? Where did ¢hey live? And Whtat did they do? For the past year, (its. Louise Ulicy of Cana has been interested in the Boone fam- ‘“AMILY Keg ge a pdb Siac ily. She has devoted much ing the history of this family, — attempting to tle some of the . legends to fact. Commeneing this week, Mrs. Utiey and Gordon Tomlinson are collaborating on the stery of the Boone family as it per- tains to. Davie County. This story will appear in several {7 installments in. The Mocks- ville Enterprise, There are probably many people. who possess informa- tien én the Boone family. We would like to have this in- fermation so as to make our~ story as complete and accur- ate as possible. fe anyone having informa- ties @n the Boone family, it is requtsied that you contact ville, Rowte § (Cana), or Tomlinson, at The Hille Enterprise, just a See page four for the first installment oa the Boone fam- ily, the sum. County, Pa, at the wae family | tom Of the © With the In Eng. | stones Boone weet | Une mark wa Rich, tn y his wif George . the tatl oe pyre Pel Anderton cus- Society, or his wife, he ‘graves of hime “| ers The And Name In England Was Initially Spelled ‘Bohun’ ._By GORDON TOMLINSON The Norman family of Boone (spelled originally as Bohun) had its beginning probably more than a thousand years ago. The family rose to the highest honor in Eng- land when the Boone blood, through its female line, reached the person of Henry Plantagenet (gon of Mary Bohun or Boone) who ruled as Henry V. Mary Boone or Bohun, 4 cousin of her husband, Henry IV, was the great grand-daughter of Princess Eliza- abeth, the youngest daughter of King Edward I. However, the thread of history through which the Boones are traced probably begins with the first genation George Boone, born in England, Akmost nothing is known of this man with the ex- ception that he lived near the city of Exeter in Devonshire, England, and had a son, George Boone. The second George Boone was a blacksmith, who died at the age of, 6Q-Be was married. to & Sarah , who died at the age of 30. She was reported to never have had “an aching bone or a décayed tooth.” This couple also had a son, whom they named George Boone. This George Boone was born in 1666 at Stroak, England, a village near the City of Exeter in Devon- shire. He was & weaver by trade. He married Mary Maugridge in Bradinch, Bngland, cight miles from Exeter im Devonshire. ‘They were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Devonshire, er Meeting they took a er of recommendation to the Society of Friends in America, On August 17, 1717, with six children, George Boone and his wife teft the village of Bradinch - jn Devonshire and went to Bris- tol, where they. set sail for Amer- joa. Apparently three children of George Boonie preceded the family to America. These being George, Jy. Squire and Sarah.,’There ls 8 record of the marriage of George Boone, Jr. in 1713. Records indicate that George and his wife arrived at Phil- adelphia 1h the fall of T717. ‘They went: first to Abington 4 village near Philadelphia, where the! eldest Soni, George, had marriet and lived. Then they went to North Wales in Philadelphia County, where they lived for two years. In 1720 they moved ‘to Oley Towne! ship in Philadelphia County (ne f Exeter Township in Berks Coun: ty) where George Boone took permanent home. When jhe divis jons were made in the township of Oley and the County of Phil adelphia, the new township wa called “Exeter” in honor of the old home in England. There m y _ have been other families in. that locality who came from old Exe- ter, but George Boone and ; sons appear to have been the most prominent members of the community. Soon after their arrival in this country they became members © the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting ¢ became a separate meeting calle Oley Meeting, which name Jater changed to Exeter Meeting Several items concerning Geo! “Boone are found in the Friend records, ineluding one with gards to being called to ree Migration to America for allowing the courtship be- tween his daughter and John Webb. George Boone died in the’ sum- mer of 1744 in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pa., at the age of 78. In accordance with the cus- tom of the Friends Society, no stones mark the graves of himself or his wife. All of the children of George and Mary Boone. were born in England. They were as follows: * George Boone IV, born in 1690. ®Barah Boone, born ip 1691 and died probably before 1744. She miarried a Jacob Stover. She was one of the three eldest children that came to America in advance of her parents. . Squire Boone, born November | 25, 1696. / Mary Boone, born September 1699. John Boone, born January, 1701; Died Oct. 1785. He never marr- ied. Was a school teacher: Tt was} he who prestrved the record of the family births and deaths and passed them on & his nephew, James. (son of James.and, ) who compiled them into a feneal- | ogy. 2 . Joseph Boone, born April 5,4 1704, and died Jan. 30, 1776. Benjamin Boone, born July 16, 1706. James Boone, born July 7, 1709. Samuel Boone, born about 1711. Of the above children of George Boone the two in which Davie County people become the mast 23, . lintetested are Squire Boofie and Benjamin Boone. Squire Boones migrated to North Carolina and apparently” brought with him, John Boone, the oldest son of his brother, Benjamin. It is from these two men that the North Carolina families descended. Next week we will take up the migration of Squire Boone and his faraily to What was then Rowan County (now Davie) in the forks of the Yadkin, North Carolina. (The information in the above article was taken from material gathered by Mrs. Louise Utley of Cana; the book, “The Boone Fam- ily” by Hazel. Atterbury Spraker; and an “article by J. Hampton Rich, in possession of “Mra, 2. Nu yy? Se PAGE FOUR” " f eho The Boones In England And Migration to America| for allowing the courtship be- Name In England Was tween his daughter and John | Initially Spelled ‘Bohun’ | weve. | p George Boone died in the sum- | mer of 1744 in Exeter Township, | Berks County, Pa.,.at the age of | 78. In accordance with the cus a thousand years ago. The family tom of the Friends Society, no | rose to the highest honor in Eng- stones mark the graves of himself | jand when the Boone plood, |" bis wife. through its female line, reached All of the children of George the person of Henry Plantagenet and Mary Boone were born in (gon of Mary Bohun or Boone) England. They were as follows: who ruled as Henry V. Mary George Boorie IV, born in 1690. Boone or Bohun, a cousin of her Garah Boone, born in 1691 and husband; Henry IV, was the great died probably before 1744. She grand-daughter of Princess Eliza- married a Jacob Stover. She was , dest children abeth, the ngest daughter of one of the three eb King et that came to America in advance However, the thread of history of her parents. through which the Boones are Squire Boone, born November traced probably begins with the 25, 1696. first genation George. Boone, born | Mary Boone, born September 23, in England. Almost nothing is 1699. known of this man with the ex- John Boone, born January, 1701: ception that he lived near the city Died Oct. 1785. He never marr- of Exeter in Devonshire, England, ied. Was a school teacher. Tt was and had a son, George Boone. he who preserved the record of The secoaifieorre Boone was |‘e family births and deaths and a blacksmith, who: died at the passed them on to his nephew, age of Q-He was married to & James (son of James. and Mary) Sarah Uppey, who died et the|*" compiled them into a #eneal- age of 80, She was reported to|°S*: , never have had “an aching bone Joseph Boone, born April 5, or. a décayed todth.”. This couple 1704, and died Jan. 30, 1776. also had a son, whom they named Benjamin Boone, born July 16,} 1706. George Boone. , Jamies Boone, born July 7, 1709. This George Boone was born in| Samuel Boone, born about 1711. 1666 at Stroak, England, a yillage| Of the above children of George near the<ity of Exeter in Devon-| Boone the two in which Davie shire. He was & weaver by trade.|County people become the most He married Mary Maugridge in| interested ‘are Squire Boone and Bradinch, Bngland, eight miles) Benjamin Boone. Squire Boone from Exeter in Devonshire. They | migrated to North Carolina and were members of the Society Of/apparently brought with him, Friends (Quakers) in Devonshire, ' John Boone, the oldest san of his from Which Meeting they took a! brother, Benjamin. It is from letter of recommendation to thei these two men that the- North Society of Friends in America.) Carolina families descended. On August 17, 1717, -with six} Next week we will take up the chiliren, Geotge Boone and his) migration of Squire Boone and his wife left the village of Bradinch | family to what was then Rowan - in Devonshire and went to Bris-| County (now Davie) in the forks tol, where they set sail for Amer- | of the Yadkin, North Carolina, ica. | (The information ‘in the above Apparently three children of | article was taken from material George Boone preceded the family | gathered by Mrs. Louise Utley of to America. These being George, | Cana; the book, “The Boone Fam- | Jy. Squive and Sarah. There is 4 ily” by Hagel Atterbury Spreker; | record of the marriage of George |and an article by J.. Hampton Boone, Jr., in 1713. Rich, in possession of Mrs. Z. Nu Records indicate that George| Anderson of Mockevis one and his wife arrived at Phil-| | adelphia in thé fall of 1717. ‘They went first to Abington ,a village near Philadelphia, where their. eldest’ sori, George, had married) and lived. Then they went to North Wales in Whiladelphia County, where they lived for two years. In “4720 they moved te Oley Town ship in Philadelphia County: (now Exeter Township in Berks Coun ty) where George Boone took . grant of land and founded permanept home, When she ¢ jons were made in the township of Oley and the County of Phil adelphia, the new township was called “Exeter” in honor of the old home in England, There m have been other families in that locality who came from old Exe- ter, but George Boone and his sons appear to haye been the most prominent members of the community. Soon after their arrival in this country they became members. 0 the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Priends, This latter section soon became a separate meeting called Oley Meeting, which name we later changed to Exeter Meeting Several items cgncerning Georg Boone are found in the Friend records, including one with gards to being called to By GORDON TOMLINSON The Norman family of Boone (gpetied originally as Bohun) had its beginning probably more than TT " ‘Ft pages The Boones In And Migration to America| Name In England Was Initially Spelled ‘Bohun’ By GORDON TOMLINSON The Norman family of Boone (gpelied originally as Bohun) had its beginning probably more than a‘ thousand years ago. The family rose to the highest honor in Eng- land when the Boone biood, through its femmle line, reached the person of Henry Plantagenet (son of Mary Bohun or Boone) who ruled as Henry V. Mary Boone or Bohun, a cousin of her husband, Henry IV, was the great grand-daughter of Princess Eliza- abeth, the youngest daughter of King Edward I. traced probably begins with the first genation George Boone, born in England. 7 nothing is known of this man with the ex-/ ception that he lived near the city This George Boone was born in 1666 at Stroak; England, a village near the City of Exeter in Devon- shire. He was # weaver by trade: He married Mary Maugridge in Bradinch,: England, eight miles from Exeter in Devonshire. ‘They were menbersof the Sosiety of (Quakers) in Devonshire, -. Meeting they took a etter of recommendation to the Society of Friends in America, On. August 17, 1717, with mx children, Geotgé Boone and his wife left the village of Bradinch ' in Devonshjre and went to Bris- tol, where they. set sail for Amer- ica. Apparently three children of George Boone preeeded the family to America. These being George, Jy, Squire and Sarah. There is a record of the marriage of George Boone, Jr., in 4713. _ » Records indicate that George Boone and his wife arrived at Phil- .. adelphia Th thé fa waneint. fo ies Vane Wales “ins where they 1720 they ae 2 Exeter Township | Tiny Berks Coun. ty) where Boone took @ gfant of land founded his ions were made in the townel of Oley and the County of Phih adelphia, the new township was called “Exeter” in honor of the old home in England. There mai have been other families in tha’ locality who came from old Exe- ter, but George Boone and his} sons appear to have been ‘the most prominent members of the: community. Soon after their arrival in this country they became members of} eee eet See re , later changed to Exeter Meeting Several items concerning George! Boome are found in the ends! records, including one with 1 gards to being called to account of 1717: They: England] for allowing the courtship: be- tween. his daughter and John Webb. George Boone died in the sum- mer of 1744 in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pa., at the age of | 78. In accordance with the cus- tom of the. Friends Society, no) stones mark the graves of himself |) or his wife. All of the children of George? and Mary. Boone were born in England. They were as follows: " George Boone IV; born in 1690, Sarah Boone, born in 1691 and died probably ‘before 1744. She married a Jacob Stover. She was] one of the three eldest children that came to America in advance of her parents. Squire Boone, born November | 25, 1696. ; born | Mary Boone, born September . sa 1699. John Boone, born January, 170104 Died Oct. 1785. He ‘never marr- . fed. Was a school teacher, It he. who. preserved the record . the family births and deaths and passed. them on to his —t James (son.of James and | who compiled them into a . | Joseph. Boone, born sau 5, 1704, and died Jan. 30, 1776. Benjamin Boone, born July 16; | 1706. James Boone, born July 7, 1709. Samuel Boone, born about 1711. Of the above ehildren of George Boone the two. in which Davie County people ‘become the most in | interested are Squire Boone and} Benjamin Boone. Squire Boone migrated to North Carolina and apparently byought- with him, Jotm Boone, tlie oldest son of his brother, Benjamin. It is fram these two men that the North Carolina famflies descended. . Next week we will take up the migration of Squire Boone and his family to what was then Rowan County (now Davie) in the forks of the Yadkin, North Carolina. ~ (The information. in the au article was taken from material gathered by Mrs. Louise Utley of Cana; the book, “The Boone Fam. ily” by Hagel Atterbury Spreker; and an article by J.: Hampton 4 / oe B. Pee a3 THURSDAY, JUNT 27/1957 eet ee ® "Edward Boone, Nov, 10,1740. The Boones in Pennsylvania Satara T bl he th The F a " | Very little is known of pt And Trouble Wi THORS | an sesh pone psd We . ily | Sarah Morgan were married in a| Friends Saciety was good as he Squire Boone and Family bree meeting --house and in ac+ was in 1736, a trustee of the Oley Plan Southern Migration cordance with the simple Quaker meeting, amd on Nov. 21, 1739, | ceremony. made an Overseer, From the fact a | This marriage is recorded in the; that so Jittle amention of him is Squire Boone was born in De-|»ecords of the Society of Priends}found in ¢he history of his com- vonshire, EXgland, on Nov. 25 (oid) as follows: munity, a@ the fact that he emi- style) or Dec. 6 Gew style), 1696, | “Marriage of Squire Boone and! grated ta Méerth Carolina as a He was the third ehild of George} garah Morgan. man of apparently little means, it Boone If and Mary Maugridge! (Records of Gwynedd Monthly /is judged that he was the least Boone, and was one of nine chil- | Meeting) prosperous of aii the Boone broth. dren. | “Whereas, Squire Boone, son of ers. ' Sometimes bafore 1713, Squire/George Boone of the county of | Around 1742, Squire Boone and Boone, alomg with his older bro- | Philadelphia, yeoman, and Sarah his family. were beginfilng to find ther, George, and older sister, Sa- Morgan, daughter of Edward Mor- Berks County, Pa., an unpleasant tah’ tock a ship ‘fram England to gan of the said coufity. and pro-'plage in which to live. There was America. Squire shipped as a Vinee, having declared ‘their in- friction with the Friends of Ex cabin boy. tenitions of marriage ‘with each eter Meeting who had been hor Being only +7 years ef age when | Otlter ‘before two monthly meet- rified. by the tharMaves of the janded in Pe nia, Squire 1hgs of ye people Suakers,. Boone ohilren, Baiosdins sna tihinnant eekbininns cesossaaiivat id edith] : . ile t¥ according to ye good onder used: Med742, Sarah, the eldest daugh- you.h. He roamed for awhile , tetof Squire-Boone, was “treated j through the country about Philia. #@0ng them, whose proceedingy Ath ? . thes te delphia, eventually choosing for therein, after deliberate oonsid- ioe 4 re a : She his home the frontier hamlet of eration, and having consent of par- “Out _ Up with Prigae. ‘ ; maitied John Wilcax,. Who ws North Wales, and setiling down{@fts and relations concerned . there to the hard tife of a Pennsyl-/therein, their said proceedings are "Ot ® member of the Brienils S0- idithia: tubs bdaaaali: allowed of by said meeting, Now Clety, and was’ considered 9) Ht was in North Wales that he/these are to certify whom it may j“WoMlding. met Sarah Morgan, the daughter |Concerh thaty for the fullaccom- It was not only bad enough. to : Of Edward Morgan, .an early. settler Pliskmert' of their said intentions have married a “worlding,” but ef the Welsh Colony of Gynedd in {this 23d day of ye 7th month in| the Meeting heafd still datker Bérks County, Pennsylvania On | the year of our Lord 1720, the said rumors, Two Quakeresses were ap- I 28, 1720, Squire Boone ang Squire Boone and Sarsh Mongan | pointed to investigate arid found _ td ~~~ | appeared ata solemn assembly to! it was true. Barah Boonie had been = the said people for that purpose ! with child before the wedding appointed at their public meeting |.and ‘the little community. basset” place in. Gwynedd aforesaid, anit! Squire, the disetFSsed: father, the ‘said Squire Bodne’ tok’ the! Was reprittighied hy the Meeting said Sarah Morgan by tHe hang and his explanation appéars re- (and), @i7'in a solerin manne H#e- [corded it the Minutes of Exeter wet@lare that he togkwherto be hig} Meeting, Book A, Page 33, as foll wife, pre to be-unto her @| ows: j laasdhltl end sovine husband, un-| “6-26-17482., . , Squire Boone de ; j tenth should ‘separate them, /clareth he did hot countenance o , #nd then and there in the said as. | consent to the marriage bui con sembly the said Sarah Morgan }fesseth himself in fault in keep did likewise declare, (etc), Signed: them ih his house after their Squire Boone, Sarah Boone. keeping scorhpany but He was tn 3 “Witnesses: George, Edward and} great gtreight in riot itnawit Elizabeth Morgan; George and@}what to 0, anid Honed te be me James Boone; William, John and ‘careful in the future.” Daniel Morgan and 31 others.” But more trouble was in store Squire Boone is pictured by Dr./On Oct. 31, 1747, Squire's . son, Reuben Gold Dwaites, a biograph | Israel, was also “testified against” et Of Daniel Boone as “a man of fin Meeting for “marrying gut,” rather small stature, fair complex.|Again Squire was called upon jom, red hair and gray eyes.” She|account for a “disorderly marr- was pictured as: “a woman some-|iage” though there was no breath thing over the common ‘size, strong |0f scahdal beyond the fact tha })4nd etive, with black hair ‘and Israel's bride was not @ Quaker+ eyes.” ' €ss, This time Squire Boone appear After their marriage the couple Geali #to have’ been ee dealing wemt to live at Gwynedd. pouete,' the sell € insisted ¢: Boone had learned his father’s hig-sott¥ right. to marry whom.he _j trade and settled GOWN 0 BOT eased. The Society of PHend $a Weaver: did not countenatiee such goings |. 00 Decgmper ys, 1728,-ne bought SRM of land of 147 ns on and within a few months New - Britian Township, Bucks! County, Pa. Two years later, in 1730, he bought another tract ad- joining his father’s fara dn Oley} Township, now Berks County, Pa. and settled down there with his family. This was only a few miles Outgdings” ras ee ne eee OR mde ty tama but it Township, Squire and @arah were was not much use, Squire remain. : the parents of three children, born ed stubborn. / in. New Brittian Townsbip: salt ell . Sarah Boone in Jume, 1724. hs he found in| israel Boone in May, 1726... “|” "y ‘aeomfortable position. Se. Samuel Boone in May, 1728, ore ‘he Rad been rather promin- ent in the Meeting. He had been In Berks County, Pa., the fol- a : An "Oovergeer” and also a trustee yoWing children were born: ; of: the Mptle burial ground. His dobnathan Boone, Dec. 6, 1790. Gaughter’s: foresd |. Nilgabeth Boone, Feb. 5, 1739. ding nese “Marriage. wag) *walel Boone, Det. 22, 1734. |? mee enough, put now he, 'y Boone, Nov. 3, 1736. cana hitheelt’ cast ouboot the palve-Boone, Jan. 2, 1739, | Meeting mereyrtetiitise-tat son's FS . entirely - respectable g test ao Were still in r = Fi * i BS | - Also about this time conditions | iin general<were not so good in| #{ Pennsylvania. This state was then * fh the hands of the Penns. Most o¢4 the land Was owsied by the deg. cCendants “of the old governor. Their hdél@ings in lands, whiéh ay were Valued even in that day at. q 40 million dollars, were riot ‘taxed. This left the taxes to be paid by y the other people. The population | .); Was restless’ and spent a lot of. tine appointing committees and > passing resolutions. Franklin fer- Tet back ahd forth between Phil.. sadelphia ahd London attempting’ B10 do something about it. The crude agriculture of that. 4 Period exhausted the land : Ay. There wasne'retition of craps: nd little. fertiligation of the ? fieltts. At first it had been easy | p.tO move on t& bebter land. How. ever, now the good land in Penn.’ sylvania Wad filled ‘up, People began to want to move out. ‘West af them were the moun. tains, and beyond them hordes of | Indians wnder the power of the, Around the first of May, ? unfriendly Frenoh. They coultin’t ‘Squire Boothe and his family, | move West. The North was equal-'compamied by his, sephew, de mn Aly inhospitable, and so they look- (son of brother, Benjamin), ° set ¢@-to the South. lout to find a new home invéhel Qn April 11, 1750, Squire Boone South. q and wife, Sarah, conveyed their Next week we will cover this farm of 158 acres of lant in Ex- migration south and settlement eter Township to. William Maug-' What is now Davie County, Bridge, “19 days before they set Carolina. yout for Néwh Cardlina, May 1, (Information for tiie above 3 | 1750. Although Sarsh Boone had taken from: “The Boone Family” obtained a certificate from Exeter by Hagel Atterbury Spraker; “Dat | Meeting “to Friends of Virginia, il Boone,” by John oe; |] F-Carolina and elsewhere,” there is “Daniel Boone and the-- Wilder. no evidence that they were ever fess Road,” by “H. Adéingien united with any other Quaker Bruce; and other data collected Meeting. Many of their children by Mrs. Louise Utley of Cana, later became Baptists. myself). THURSDAY, JULY“4, 1957 , ™ Large Land Grants In What Is Now Davie ‘By GORDON TOMLINSON what is now Davie County. most 16 years old. Their route’ probably carried and then on down the Shennan- doah. They stopped for a year or more in Linville Creek, six miles north of Harrisonburg, Va. Here’ lived John Lineoln, a friend of Squire Boone. Jt was also: here that Henry Miller, Daniel Boone’s boyhood friend, left the Boone’s to settle permanently. When Dan- “fel and Henry Miller next met; nearly thirty years later, one was a prosperous business man and the other a celebrated frontiers- man, (41g Tt.was not until the late autumn of 1751, or sometime ‘in 1752, did Squire Boome and party reach the Yadkin Valley in North Car- olina. For his home, Squire Boone chose a hill overlooking the Yad-} kin River=in~ what. was. tnen, Rowan, and is today Davidson County. This was on the east bank of the Yadkin, in Boone Township of Davidson County, about four miles from Church- land. This was near the cave, which runs back into a cliff by the Yadkin, The cave, which is known today as “Boone's Cave,” is within 300 to 400 yards of the a where Squire built his first cabin. It is believed that the family may have lived in this cave while the cabin was being built. Qld records in the Rowan Courthouse reveal that on April 30, 1753, Squire Boone purctiased a tract of land directly ffom the agents of the Larl of Granville, to whom the King had granted an enormous. tract. This was 640 acres of land “dn the South Side of Grant’s other- wise Licking Creek.” This record shows that it was purchased “For i in consideration of the sum ' money.” There is also preserved a’ " segond gramt to Squire Boone on - Bear Creek for 640 acres for the sum of three shiliings proclama- tian money. However, land was not that cheap and the term of the sale would worry a modern lawyer. The three shillings merely amount. td to the first payment. In ad- dition, Squire Boone bound him- self and his heirs to pay 25 shili- ings and seven pence yearly on each 100 acres. Furthermore, King George II retained the right to half of any gold or silver that e Boone And Family Settle On Banks of Yadkin‘ Squire And Nephew Get, It was around the first of May, 1750, that Squire and-Sarah Boone and their family started on the trek that was to bring them into At that time Daniel Boone was al- them down Cumberland Valley }margin of the deed is the nota- then Rowan County in the party with his unele, Squire. acres in Davie County. previously Ajmentioned, in the. vieinity of |} Centér Church. Boone family in Davie County. obtained from: clock gives the boss reason té watch for. someone else to take of Granville, himself retained the right to half .the rest. Squire could have the remaining one- quarter. However, no ore was ever | § found. . Also there was another irksome stipulation in this transaction. Squire Boone was: required to ‘lear three out of every 100 acres every three years. In those days the clearing of forest land Was a tremendous task. An acre & year meant back breaking work. At the time Squire and. his family settled here, there were less than 25,000 people in the en- tire colony of North Carolina The Yadkin River at that time was it's extreme western frontier; Wild game was everywhere and the trading post. at the nearby town of Salisbury provided’a mar- ket for deerskin and furs, and to supply the few items that a fron- tier farmer could not prone for himself. \ Soon after settling here? Squire Boone was named as one of the justices of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. © At the first court held in Salisbury in June, 1753, the name of. Squire Boone is listéd among those of 14 justices. His residence was giv- .en as Boone's Ford, . Later in the year 1753, Squire} Boone acquired jand across on. the western side of the Yadkin River in what is now Davie Coun- ty. There is a grant to Squire Boone of 640 acres on Bear Creek from the agent of “the Earl of Granville. Also, on December 21, 1763] (proved Oct. 19, 1756) is‘a grant from Granville by Francis Cor- bin to John Boone of 630 acres on Hunting Creek. On the deed ho meéntoin. is made of any own- ers of adjoining tracts. On the tion? “Delivered to Squire Boone.” John Boone was a nephew of Squire Boone ,a cousin of Daniel Boone. He was the oldest son. of Benjamin Boone, Squire's broth- er, and was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1727. In 1750. He came into what was In 1753 he settled on the 630 Next week we will take up the! (Information in the above was “The’ Boene Fam-~ ily,” by Hazel Atterbury Spraker; “Daniel Boone,” by John Bake- less; “On The Trail of Danie] Boone in North Carolina,”: by Georgé H. Maurice; land -grants, and other data compiled by Mrs. Louise Utley and myself). : The worker who. watches the _ , Sauire Boone might find. The Earl his place. ee 1 pati: So 2 j JOHN BOONE — Early setiler. of the Center community and cousin of the fairous Danie), ; ‘to be buried in a field-alongside Highway , in. front of the home of Brice Garett. above picture. Mr, Garrett, looks at the oad 4 se. % i ae | * ee . Se 2 Ss 3 ay i ms Be . 3 \ a % , t 5 spoi being pointed to by Marsh Dwiggins of Mocksville as that which legend says is where Jonmn Boone is bu Mr. Dwiggins js+* present owner of the land. mca. ar ay Pree Tee oi | >AGE rom on Benjamin bi Church Leaves This Vicinity (tr tae In 1809 For Kentucky By GORDON TOMLINSON | John Boone, a cousin of the | famous Daniel, lived from 1753 to || around 1803 in the vicinity of || What is nowthe Center Church community. The exact date of his |} death is not known, but is believed |) to be around 1803. © Legends have it that John Boone ; Was buried in.'a family burying || ground that once was located in a field that is now just in front of the home of Brice P. Garrett, |) near Center. The land is now own- || -" by Marsh Dwiggins of Mocks- || However, this land has been | cultivated and farmed for years and today no signs remain of any grave. beeca Boone was Benjamin. This Benjamin Boone name appears on old records as having been a mem- ber of Eaion’s Baptist Church. |). He also served in the Revolution- | > have be © ca) doctors in that section of Ar- ‘He was born in 1765. In 1783 he | ary War. John Wi'son. In 1786, he got a farm of 220) acres from this father, whieh he |e afterwards become a evened He preached in this vicinity from 1863 to 1809.- After proving the settlement ot fe his father's estate in Rev. Benjamin Boone. departed for ky, 40 me : TIeTSOD }. died around in Boone Joins Eto’ | And Preaches | the Rev. Rev. Benjamin Boone leek to greach in Lin- coln County, middle Tennessee. at the Forks” Mulberry Church. the oldest Baptist Church in that county. és Three sisters of Benjamin and | his brother, John, Jr., a5 "Sates in Lincoln County. His mother, Rebecca Boone, 20, according to the probate of will at Salisbury. The place and exact date of her death is not known. Benjamin's. Wife, Mary . Wi'son Boone, died “around 1823, Ben- jamin then married a Rebecca Davis but had no children. .. The children of Benjamin and Mary Wilson Boone, as given the Boone family Bible, were as follows: — Sarah, 1783-1867, married Joh ' Donaldson, Iredell Cofn.y. The oldest son of John and Re- |» | known), Jolt, 1786- ‘date of death no married Cena, Woo 3S St. Charles Count Misaae James, 1788-1836 married So- | phia Smith, Washington County, Arkansas. James is believed to en one of the first medi- kansas. 1790- 1854, married | Wi jam, Sally Howard, ‘then Margaret | | Moore, Bedford County, Tenn. | Reuben — 1792-1857, mar- ried Pinctta Rees. Went to Miss- issippi where he became a lawyer. | Polly, 1797 - 1835, married Lem- | u2l Broadway, Bedford County, | Tenn. 4 Samucl, 1801 - Cynthia Carriger, Tenn. , Rhoda, 1803 . 1846, married A.| W. Reagor, Bedford County, Tenn. | ‘s Noah Webster, 1807-1860, mar- | ried Minerva Trammell, MceDon- | -Counlty, Missouri, 1860, married | ‘Lincoln County | 4? OS16 ite vail i tiie aia ni agai , 2 ‘ (° quarters. 2 ae : Nee G&S y I have recently had a marker placed at the grave of Revolutionary ancestor isnae. Rich at Eaton's church in Davie. | S . 3 aching byte’ $28) °GrlT¥itneGha’ Eke BP BLih, Kiceyame™ ee, So Ots esa RabRineton DBs I think you will find many colleteral lines in ‘thie page which may interedt you. You are closely related to Senator John 5B. Holman whd was my father's(Samuel Rich) ideole Ae tothe mother of Elizabeth Wilson the wife of Pbenezer Frost. The name was Boon or Boone but a8 you say belonged to an older generation , most likely a first cousing = or possibly an Aunt of Daniel Boone. George Boone the Grandfather of Daneé] Boone came from Deyonshire England and “landed in Philadalphia in 1716. Moved. soon to Exeter Tom ship in B fe He-hed a lerge family. Hie eon Squire father of Danefl boone had ‘geven sons and four daughters. Cne of these daughters was nemoc Ehbaabeld- It may have been that Elisabeth Wilson was named for her mother who may have been Elizebetialso. This wae a sister of Danbbl Boome. I have no certain dates at hand as to Marriage dates. Please return the leaf ae it is my cnly record. I thenk you very much for your letter and all the pleasent remimer thereine I I get up that way you can be sure I will find those pleastit scenes again. I was there ones when the Texas cousins were visiting and remember the occasion very well. — ly best wishes go to you and yours. [f you desire to be come a member of the Soeiaty, I will be glad to make out your pepers, sen: ing you a cerified sopys The is only three dollars per year after you become « member. Initiention, magazine and certificate will cost $7.00. But that oply has to be done one Cordially a a ue tS . Pe a ae a. acne a a » a the . f Sahn wilt A OMp ally Greensboro, N. C. January 25, 1955 Mr, T, = Swann Route 1 Statesville, N. C. Dear Mr, Swanns Perhaps you can remember reading in school that whoever could make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before "would deserve more ‘of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." : Jonathan Swift -- ‘no relation to the makers of PASTURGRO -- wrote that line over a hundred yoars ago. He couldn’t have been thinking of Swift & Company's specialized plant food. Actually, however, Jonathan Swift's prophecy is today being realized ... and surpassed ... by farmers who-use Swift & Company's PASTURGRO. ~ Reports from farmers tell of three: times ag much grass from the same acreage .... returns of up to $150 an acre from grass alone ... more gilk at lower cost many extra pounds of low-cost beef per acre ... returns of $7 from each $1 invested in plant food. These re- ports are coming in from every. section of the country where PASTURGRO is being used. PASTURGRO is made in your area to meet the needs of your pasture grasses and legumes under your soil conditions. It contains extra growth elements to supplement the natural nutrients in your soil. Asa result, your grass gets a balanced féeding, and you get more and better quality grass and legumes. High-quality forage helps you cut livestock feeding costs and increase your income per acre. i. [Boone And Bryan Families | Make = Keaiek Settlements j Old Warrant Shows / Fayette County. The Bryans also} / |went to Kentucky and settled at Daniel ‘Being Sought | Bryan's Station, which was found- ed. by William Bryan and his For Debt To Ebenezer | prothers and located on Elkhorn Frost In The Year 1771 | creek: Fayette County. By GORDON TOMLINSON a ve “Bryan (Mary Boone) did. not. go to Kentucky to iP eb ve until the fall of 1779. There Boone family isan old warrant | is evidence that. she remained in wing that Daniel Boone was he | what is now Davie County until ing sought by. officers in 1771- 72 | this time and that her . mother, for non-payment of a debt of ne rah Boone, Jived with her until | sands. her death in 1777. | On November 9, 1772, Daniel | But there was one other Boone Boone was hailed into court with | that accompanied ‘Sai ure and Sa- e following warfant: rah Boone. and family from Penn- “North Carolina, Rowan - sylvania and settled in. what is ty, William Temple Coles, Bsa | now Davie County. This was John seal of George III, by the grace of Boone, a cousin of Daniel Boone. | God, of Great Britian, France, | Jonn Boone settled between | Treland and king defender of the Bear Creek and Hunting Creek in faith, to the Coroner of Rowan the vicinity of what is now the County, greeting: | Center community. There he ac: | quired considerable land. Whereas, Ebenezer Frost has Next week we will take up John | cnpained oath Wilpon ands Ta r justices assigned to keep the peace - information fo omy eat was | for said county, that Daniel Boone, oak ais ee toaces | ae Oe ee uae aoe re Mauri¢e: “The Boone Family.” by’ hbs,, § shillings, provisional mon- ek Spraker; and) ey and oath having been made |} also that the said Daniel Boone) has privately removed out of = ioe by Mrs. a ‘ounty or so absconds and con- reals himself that the ordinary group of law cannot be served him and has given bond and “se- curity to the directions of an act} of the assembly im such case made and provided ... We therefore command you that you attach the estate of said Daniel Boone vf found to be in your baliwick, for as much thereof as available... . to satisfy the said debt and cost that the same may be liable to fourteen poundsfi thereupon to eld at our next Superior Court for the District of Salis- bury .. . on the 15th of March next: so as to compel the said Daniel Boone to appear. and ané-| wer the above complaint of said Ebenezer Frost when ~ and where you shall make known unto our said court how you shall have Hexecuted this writ. “Witness: William Temple Coles, Esq. our said justice of Salisbury, the 17th day of February, the heleventh year of our reign Annon } Domini, 1771.” “The judgements in the case, “Bbenezer Frost vs Daniel Boone, jury impaneled and sworn, and fined the: plaintiff the sum of 14 pounds, 3 shillings, 2 pence.” The above was during the time} that Daniel was exploring the wilderness of Kentucky. By 1773 he had decided to establish him- self in Kentucky. On September, 25, 1773, Daniell} Boone and his family set out from his cabin on the Yadkin at the mouth of Beaver Creek with five. other families. -A party made up| of Bryans and other families were also to meet them at a rendevous point in Powell's Valley. Trouble with the Indians was encountered and Boone's eldest son, James, was killed. These explorations and early attempts at settlements in Ken- tucky have been well covered by mahy authors. We will take leave of Daniel Boone with the state- ment that he and his family 3ettled at Boonesboro, Kentucky, on April 6, 1775, named in his | honor by Judge Richard Hender- son of Salisbury who was backing the expedition. What happened to the cthes Boones that came into the Forks of the Yadkin? | All of Daniel Boones children accompanied the family to Ken- tucky. Evidence also ‘indicates that the brothers and sisters of Daniel Boone also soon followed and settled in Kentucky . Among the earliest settlers of the “Forks” were the Bryans, the Pearsons, the Gaithers, the Horns, the Howells; and: the Halls, Of course there were many others that cannot be mentioned today. There is but one other, and his son, that I will mention. Thesé are Squire Boone and his .son, Daniel, the noted pioneer. Squire Boone's Family : History tells us. that, Daniel Boone was born in Bucks county, Pa., Feb. 11, 1735, and came to North Carolina witi his, father when about 14 yearsold. Wheth- er Squire Boone's ‘fir settlement was in the “Forks,” I (o not know. But we do know tha he asttled on what is known as te Mullican}. . or Helpler farm, threemiles west seer of Mocksville, near the broad bot- & 3| toms of Bear Creek, very short] =| after he left Pennsylvania, . The | bottoms of Bear Creek contained |= || & heavy growth of beech, produc- |e ing large masts of its rich nuts, | memos Which made it a fine hunting |] ; round for bear. And there is a|@ Ed tradition, which | have heard from |= ed old Persons, long since dead, that | Daniel and his father killed 99 || begr in these hunting grounds in: one year, and the creek took its name from that Hr. Squire Boone died on this Bear Creek farm and was buried at old | Joppa. But Daniel could not Stand the Pressure of the tide of emigration, and he went West in search of larger fields and fresher hunting Srounds and died in Mis- souri in 1820, * About 1890 there was a heavy ation from Currituck coun- ty, consisting of the Brickhouses, the Ferebees, - the Brocks, the Taylors, the Fulfords, the Cuth- rells, the Balances and others, This colony settled in the Farm- ington country, and when | was a little boy it Was still called “Little Currituck.” This was: a splendid emigration, Settled in best portions of the county, out of which &rew a splen- did citizenship, Many of their de- jecendants still Ive in that sec. af the county. . j | THE MOCKSVILLE (N. C.) TNTERPRISE_ “ate Move | Squire Boone Marries Daniel, Rebecca Bryan By GORDON TOMLINSON | Gometime Gometime in 1753, Squire Boone | en his family moved into what' iis mow Davie County. Just where | ihe built his cabin this time has definitely been established. His grant of land here called for 640 acres on Bear Creek. tion for this settlement-in a later | article): | Near the farm of Squire ‘Boone | lived the family of Joseph Bry-| an. The Bryan family had preceed- | ed the Boone family into this area by about six years. Mary Boone, daughter of Squire and Sarah, married William Bry- an, a brother of Joseph Bryan— both soms of Morgan Bryan. It at the wedding of his sister and William Bryan that Daniel Bone first saw his fu- ture wife. She was Joseph Bryan’s daughter, Rebecca. This was in 1764 and Rebecca at that time was only fifteen. Two years later, August 14, 1756, Daniel Boone and Rebecca Bryan were married. Squire Boone, in his capacity as justice of peace, read the service that made them man and wife. This wedding took j Place at Squire Boone’s place in iwhat is now Dawe County. } The zecord of the other children ot Satire and Sarah Boone is as follows: 3 Samuel Boone, born in May, 1728, in New Britian Township, Bucks County, Pa. Married Sarah Day, a young eress of edu- cation, who is said taught her young. brother-in-law, Daniel Boone, to read and write. Samuel Boone died in Fayette County, Kentucky, date unknown. Sarah Day died around 1819 at the home of her son<in-law, Leonard i. | Bradley, in Missouri. 1 Johnathan Boone, born Dec. 6, 1730. Died around 1808. Little elso is known about him. Elizabeth Boone, born Feb., 1732, in Berks County, Pa. Marr- jed William Grant around 1751 or 1752, soon after arrival on Yad- kin . River. Wiliam -Grant was porn in 1726, and died in January, 1804 in Fayette County, Ky. Eliz- wdied Feb. 26, 1 Ken- laaky> They gd i i eltren. laity Boone, born in Novem- er 1736. Married William Bry- an in Rowan County in 1854. er several years of residence in North Carolina where all their children were born they moved to cky and settled at Bryan's which William and his LA! ou many setbacks due to it n raids, so Mrs. Bryan (Mary Bone) did not go to Kentucky to Live until the fall of 1779. George Boone, orn January, ETS®: Died November, 1820. Was merried sbout -1164 to Ann or Nancy Linville who died Mareh 1814. __ Bawart Boone, “November, 1740, Into What Is Now Davie (We vais will attempt to establish a loca- |’ founded. This settlement | - ne ieieeitedl em Squire Boone and his son, Da Across River: taok their families to safety in the I. B ight East. hi aet fron ther for 5@] Squire and Sarah Boone went tpounds to. Maryland until the Indian waré | Next we : take up the were over. ‘Pheir son, Squi Jt and the j€ | Married Martha Bryan, daughter--who had been learning the black- Boone | | of Joseph and Alee Bryan, and a smith and gunsmith trade from 1) sisted of Rebecca. Bryan, who Samuel Boone in: Pennsylvania | married Danie} Boone. ‘Died ‘in had moved with the Samuel Boone obs | | 1780 in Kentucky. ’ family to Maryland ‘near George;. Usd n Kam | Squire Boone, Jr. born Oct.;town now in the District of Co- iy we A yraker: | 15, 1744. Married August 8, 1765, lumbia). There they a fo Bake- 'to Jane Van Cleve, who was born three years, until 1762 Daniel | | Oct. 16: 1749, and died March 10, Daniel and Rebecca Boone and)” | oe vii 1829. Squire Boone died in Aug... family. took a two-horse wagon és * : deeds, | | and went to Culpepper County, [ “2 : MIS. | | Hannah Boone, born August, Virginia, near Fredricksburg. Here |! ; le 1746, and died in 1828. Was mar~\ Daniel worked as a wagoner. haul- iried the first time to John Stew- |i ing tobacco to market. hunting a art or Stuart, who disappeared on Jittle an expedition ‘With Daniel around nian. 1770. She was’ married the see- Daniel during this per- iogd may have been making trip ond time to Richard Penning- os pe _ tol She ‘was vety scnatl child baek into this area. On Octobe : ° y 12,\1759, while the Indian waz when her parents came to the Yadkin District of North Caro- at eer § oe ee ee ink where ab vee ae ak 640 acres of land from h , where she grew up ¢ , : married ie is ' father. in Rowan Coutny. ‘A ni ; oe _. added: to the original deed After their marriage,’ Daniel ~ and Rebecca first lived in a cabin in Squire Boone's. yard. Soon, however, they built a cabin of their own on Sugar Tree ‘Creek (known today ag Sugar Creek),, located between Highway 158 (Winston °. Salem highway): and | the Farmington Road. Sugar Creek empties into Cedar Creek. The site of Daniel Boone’s cab- | in is believed to have been on the farm owned by Bryant Smith in: the Farmington community. There is a marker on the rock wal! in front. of the Farmington school} building that says: “Daniel Boone | used to live two and one-half miles |.( east of Farmington.” Here a son, James, was born to them. Two years afterwards, another son, whom they. named | Israel. Daniel’s time was occupied ‘by ‘) Ey OOOO QOOOEE >) OK y farming, weaving, _ and black- smithing, with ulideal trips: with @ther wagoners to. coastal cities. In the spring of 1759, the Cherokee Indians raided the Yad- | kin and Catawba valleys. Insti- gated by the French and also in- fluenced by a- well-grounded fear that the English intended. some | day to possess themselves of the} tribal lands, the Cherokees raided the valleys, destroyed crops, burn-| ed cabins; murdered settlers, and | dragged wives and children into crual captivity. White settlers fled. to escape, the carnage. Many of the Boones “forted up” in Fort Dobbs, whieh was besieged by the red warriof®, |g Tom DO OOOOOOGBAREADDD OG © — oe a. be odie we. ¢.) ENTERPRISE Seu And Sarzh Boone tet To Davie County On Horseback tévs ad qlia*rcli;d and in the IV : | Squire Gi ves Up band - exoitement shé had escaped. To Daniel, Squire, Jr. Guitied by” the girl the vengeful »-By the end of 1760, the white tigue bahd pushed on to the-kid- men had the upper, hand in this naypdrs camp. Ohe man. had es- s ction of North Carolina. Strong cgyed. The othcr lay uriconscicus militia forecs had laid waste ‘the where his partner had knocked | whole Cherokee country, . ‘burned | him eut and icit him. He was - the villages, destroyed the crops.) ssjizoq and turned over to the ! nd driven thousands of Indians} y1y-norities: i nto the hills to starve or Submit. Around a year later, aia By November of that year the | yoods were found in the stack of & neroktes had had enotigh and a fodder at.one of the Yadkin farms. | jeate treaty was made. Fore:t! to atunit he had been * Danie) Boone: apparently lost ittle time in returning and plung- working fith the criminals, the’ iguilty farmer saved his own skin|' g imto the mountains and for- [by guiding a party to the robbers’ | ists with his—rifle, though his| amily and his father and mother may have stayed in the safety of e, East for sometime. In fact me wonders if Squire and Sarah, specially during the height of the indians wars in 1759, ever plann- d to. return to the: Yadkin Vall- y again. For dn October 4, 1759, we find Squire Boone selling his 640 acres Bear Creek to Daniel Boone or 50 pounds and: at the same ime giving his other tract on Rrant Créek to his youngest son, bquire Bodne, Jr. Apparently this vas all his land, for we ean find ho record of his owning any land ter that. es "Re Cherokee twats ‘hd ted to! much disorder among the settlers hemselves. Effective policing was Hearly impossible. Horse thieves » attive” There was plunder- g of first one kind and another. One of the legends involves a band of desperadoes that settled fown to careers: of professional prime in the Yadkin Valley, carry- hg on their faitis from a secret air in the mountains. Two of the gang kidnapped a rl from the Yadkin settlements ind rushed her into the wilder- ss. Several bands of settlers t out in pursuit. Daniel Boone was with the band nd found the girl: He and others, lollowing the trail as fast as they ould, were amazed to meet the lair. Some miles in advance of |§ the frontier the robber band had § built a little stockade against a 4 cliff, masking their fortification among the trecs ‘and using a nat- | 4 ural chimney in the reeks to aid | their ‘concealment. Danie? Boone was in the party that pushed into the woods to. the fort, rushed it, and captured sev-} eral of the robbers ,and recovered a good déal.of stclen praptry. { Sometime in the spring of 1762, Squire Boone and his wife, Sarah, returned to What is now Davie. County, riding <horscback all the way from Maryland. At this time Squire was 66 years of age and Sarah was 62. Just where they lived on ther return, we sare not sure, Many believe that they lived with or near their children. There is a| plegend that they lived in a cabin on Bear Creek on what is now the George Evans homeplace. This would tis-in with -some of the] varicus land transactions around | this time and also to the fact! that John Boone, a nephew of: Squire, was. rather a -suecessful farmer and landownér just. across Bear Creek in the Center com- munity. Next week -we will take up the final days of Squire and Sarah: Boone in Davie County and at- tempt to pinpoint some of the lo- cations in which they lived. (Information in the above ob- ‘ irl herself emerging ‘from the un- | tained from: “The Boone Family,” Herbrush. At their epproach she’ by Hazgel* Atterbury Spraker; nd hidden until she could be|‘Daniél Boone,” by John Bake- e who they were. Her abduc-|less; land deeds, and other data: Be re Pioneers Elect Gilmer President Ben S. Gilmer, president of Southern Bell, recently was elected president of the Tele- phone Pioneers of America. He will serve during the or- ganization’s 1963-64 year be- ginning July 1. The 52-year-old, nationwide Pioneer group is made up of telephone employees and re- tired employees with 21 of more years of telephone serv- ice. The organization is wide- ly known for its charity work and other community activities. Members yisit the sick, help the underprivileged and needy, sponsor blood banks, support youth organizations and work with the handicapped. S Especially noteworthy is the group's, work with the blind. Pioneer volunteers collect frames for eyeglasses, sunglasses and cases for people who heed them, but cannot afford them. “Fhe group also aids educators in,developing teaching aids for blind children and repairs machines which play “talking records” for blind adults. Ben S. Gilmer a ol TU eA the walking... Shop the Ke) ics ‘and his men came ashore at * tesert Synchronized Watches Many believe s} achronized watches were used for the first time in the history of warfare during the Siege of Vickst ippt. Union Ma - ALSUF: jor General Llvsses $. Grant and three of his corps commanders had’ their waccnes s} nchronized for. the second assault of Vicksburg dn May, 22, 1863 [/sually attacks were launched by ja signa Boone's Care According (0 a legend of many eenerations, the famous pioneer Daniel Boone use } acave now knows as Boone's Cave, oF Devil's Det | Boone’s Cave, near Lexington, North Carolina, the Yadkin Rivet and is obscured by: t forest. De Soto Trail © In May 15% Hernando de Soto | Indian village in what is now known as the state of Florida. A national memorial to De Soto was est iblished pear Bradenton, Florida: to commemorat conquistadors landing in Plorica ward to the Mississipp! Rivet Pioneers Elect Gilmer President | Wea. 7 HISTORIC \' Ben S. Gilmer, president of Southern Bell, recently was elected president of the Tele- hone Pioneers of America. He will serve during the or- ganization’s 1963-64 year be- ginning July 1. The 52-year-old, nationwide Pioneer group is made up of telephone employees and? re- tired employees with 21. or - bt rhe “hy ; , Many believe synchronized watcne more yeafs of telephone serv- —& Fee ; ‘bse Se ny . were used for the first ) ice. The organization is wide- ; 2 : : ; ; Ben S. Gilmer ue; history of warfare duriny the, siege ly known for its charity work ace ae po i" of Vicksburg, Mississippt Union Ma and other community activities. Members visit the sick, help : rH b ee ot ’ yor Greneral VSSCS rant and three the underprivileged and needy, sponser blaod banks, support 6 Es i. ms Ti ae st : : ym rps commanders had their) watches synenronized youth organizations and work with the handicapped. Tee ne age Te, , , : for the second assault of Vicksburg,on May 22, 1865 Especially noteworthy is the. group's work with the blind 4 . : a Usually attacks were launched by a signal spain Pioneer volunteers collect frames for eyeglasses, susiglasses and cases for people who need them, but cannot afford them! The group also aids educators in developing teaching aids for blind. * Boone's Care children and repairs machines which play “talking records” for blind adults. Synchronizg¥ Watches According tor a legend OF many) pe . (One famous .pion¢er Danicl Boone uscd a cave now known as Boone’s Cave. or Devil's Den. to hide from-the Indians Let your Boone's Cave, near Lexington, North Carolina, overlooks ° the Yadkin River and 1s obscured by the surrounding Teles do bs ; forest. : e | ur mE} ing... j De Soto Trail TN th In-May 1539 Hernando de Sat op te and his mén came ashore at a deserted VELLOW PAGES , Indian village-in what is now known as the state of Florida. 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Ato ihe m in U t Afr) ad dries oe ow Aha: nied Ve | \ Gia H4 ee L« / hoe hb, OAL C 0914 =a - oo bel i Sy rece Wwe a | oe Y 1 ht fre uk | 7 oY | Arak k At4+ ALL t' 4 Nj eartks: Bite ie hick a Are ov Wit vee meas Barertien| & ae pik | toe t ot ie a} Ue US pepe Y Ahes a { d 2 Cf age au SUL yo : History. of the , Dahpend ede of na MARY MAUGRINGE BOONE Who Came to America. in 1717 Compiled by Met ties ae SPRAKER mre arene R, Spraker) Buffalo, - - - =New York ldont toned by THETUTTLE COMPANY (Tuttle) : Vermont ® _» Our Genealogy, or Pedigree; traced as far back as had come to the tmow- te of John Boone(the son of Georce & Mary Zoone); Wrote by James Boone Grandson of the said George 4 Mary Boone), . , George Boone, I, (that is the first that we have heard of) was horn in = » Boone, Il. (son of George ties the ‘firet) was born in or near the | a BExeler in Devonshire; being a blacksmith; his wife’s maiden name a oe wanes He died aged 60; and she died aged 60 yezrs, and neyer aghing bone, or degay d tooth, Boone, a iene of. George & Sarah Boone) was born at stoak, (a village: eae in A. D. 1666, being a weaver; his wife's maiden | who was born in Bradnineh(eight miles from the city | year 1669 being a daughter of John Maucridge & Mary hie Res desis ton. They (the said George & Mary Boone) had © fos Meads t@ be mon and women, namely, George, Sarsh,Squire, oseph, » dames and Saméel, having each of Sent Jotm ho was never married. The said George and Mary 4 4 family, wt from the town of Bradninch in Devonshigeg,0ld lich is a town at 8 miles distance from the city of Exeler, and Nasles westward from London); they left Bradninch the 17 " mug. a weat to Bristol where t took sifpping and arrived at Philadelphia, ‘JT1T Septe 29, old stile or October 10th new stile; thewe their ~— ren, & wit, George, Sarah & Squire they sent in a few years before. nw wont te ‘to Bdington, and staid a few months there, thence and lived are there; thence to Oley in the same a, where are Saramheine married) had moved to some tine place of their residence, (since the division made in the ounty of Philadelphia) is called the township of or he ¢ of Berks} It was oe Exeler, be@ause they came ~ @ Place near city of Exeler., And , Phe said George Boone the third, a the sixth wait of the week near & o’clook in the morning, on 27th of ; Res i7hbes el 42" ate Seed oe the PLN, “later ae Burying - ein the eaid township of Exeler, When he died, ' children, and 10 great grand children, Living House of Jacob which cane into, Genealogy 25 reproduce in “Ihe Boone Family thei grend Boone, in L766, This sar: Rscht st, PRewn 28 - ee Jaces 3o0ee. Oe oy, sisi. in @ good state of pre Te tion, and in f the Gt<%e Historicsl Seciety of WisqoLein. te four pagos g ch are repootwoed in "The Bohe funily", sive rn authentie , | of four esr rye gol of the fauily. “Upon this foundation, sup:) y thw .eetiy vrients’ peourda of : Pennsylvania, 16 tail’ a gereeiogie: i oLory of the ca tly dom to-preeeng 4 ; ag the dona Of Daniel Boone and Sis mil ntives through 4 Lo Rentucty | and the ricéis vcat, Cror five , ‘tnd F oe, o@F rng twelve ve ner time, | recemed ‘Boone Panty,” as well es marly other, s2enes whose Line af Geseent, from tere pioneer ancestors has not deon fu \f coteblished, — 7 Su - mgn Aang pac festiy, the oonce were quickly ashiatis.ed ty the sepldly growing Amr! oer evianies woen the frenticre degen to cAvanee : ihe Dooes == some unier the Leet ere ip of Uaniel Boone, othere indevsi dently-- were ° hee of Daniel Aone the fanous sLoneer, Moraes is atte Their coning is recorded in the old manugeript ish the” foully was in blood and inheritance, tut mergcen if + @ dé besa in deed on’ spirit, siving generation : te the besbB ane) ae of Americ«n coms) orization end citizenship, "ever foltering, 4¥@ fer aan “4¢ pressed onward with the woetorn freaticre of caveli« } swept in successive waver scrosa the oontinent,”"** | sade aevedop on4 Lilinitedlé plaine furnished the hoo «nd pleyground ae splentid physical strength ent sorel courage 4 family ean live ané prosper, In ploneer settlenenta Ses washed Doom 4 32 4 of the industrious, home-building element ae se aren termined the eventual character of our grsat CERN” vesieescsees Page 17, “The Boone Panily" pe cee onitares wie came to America "with their parents Ceerge and B Saree: Geacenfants of 11x are now members of the Soone a and Antormatiosal society which numbere over six hundred + are prominent, ln arvy, mevy and professionel eirelet, - ie degedntanhe ef Georee ted Mary foene, but is cpen te betives of al) branches of the house of “oone, ¢ generation would be @f interest to cur ova desoonto to mes an aaeeres tne ané (heey tae rogard 7. Se eee of @ gem fan eksround, one early history of cur country. Let us encourage know their conteas enrui but to keep accurate reodiaae a the Mistery on in @n endl eee ower lectiak © facts and recoris eee te ail Reene Descendants a fuller knew- thers, ant perhaps also a better apprecietion — : ideas ‘which are theirs to uphold and to pass on i Pa Maite ee ae . * THURSDA #, gabe its i a ¥ AUGUST. 1, 1957 Daniel Boone Explores Into! ~ Kentucky and Returns Here Judge Richard Henderson Backs Exploring Party By GORDON TOMLINSON Daniel ‘Boone, John Finley and: John Stuart set out. They had with three other men as “Camp- j Keepers” — Joseph Holden, James By 1765, Daniel Boone had anp- parently given up any attempt at farming and devoted almost full | time to hunting and long trips of | y exploration. ~ In 1765, Daniel Boone made a} ' trip to Florida in company with). + five men from Culpepper, Vir- , ginia. They found little game and nearly starved. However, Daniel Boone, liking a new environment, bought a house and lot in Pensa- cola. However, on his return Re- becca refused to move there. - The country was now filling up. Wild game in this section was be- coming scarce. The agents of Earl of Granville began to de- mand new deeds for land already sol, claiming flaws in the origin- als, General discontent seemed to prevail. Daniel Boone left his Sug- |Mooney, and William Cool or Cool- ey. As.the purpose of these articles is to deal with the Boones in this section, no’effort will bé made to follow Daniel's exploration and adventures into Kentucky. The party was gone about two years on this trip. It was attacked by Indians - several times and robbed of all supplies and pelts. John Stuart disappeared on a bunt and was never heard of again. Hannah later married Richard Pennington. Four members of the-party re- turned in 1770. Squire Boone, Jr., carried -necessary reinforcement supplies to his brother this same year. In the spring of 1771 Dan- iel and Squire, Jr, returned to the Yadkin. Immediately on his return Dan- ar Creek home in this county and|iel reported to Judge Henderson § moved to Holman’s Ford on the|and was employed .to act on be- upper Yadkin, seven and a half) half of Henderson and Company | miles dbove Wilkesboro. After a\to negotiate with the Cherokees | short, while he and his family|as to their willingness to sell or) moved five miles further up the/lease their hunting grounds be-' river ‘and one-half mile up Beav-| yond the Alleghanys. Because of er. Creek. However, this did not/ official duties, Judge Henderson | satisfy him and he soon moved t0| was not ableto follow up this plan | A * his final home in North Carolina, ; across the Yadkin, opposite the * mouth of Beaver Creek. : ; In the fall of 1767, Daniel ? Boone, accompanied by Williem * Hall and probably his. brother, * Squire, Jr., set out to find a way Fto Kentucky. After crossing the * Blue Ridge and Alleghanys and * the Holston and Clinch Rivers near until the expiration of court in 1773. a Next week we will take up Dan- ial Boone and family leaving the Yadkin and settling in Kentucky. (Information for the above was taken from “Daniey Boone Jn North Carolina,” by George Mau- rice; “Daniel Boone,” by John Bakeless; “The Boone Family,” by Elizabeth Spraker; and other in- formation compiled bg Mrs. Lou- ise Utley and myself), ed é their sources, they strudk the West Fork of the Big Sandy. They pen- © etrated the wilderness one hun- > dred miles further, were snowed in for the winter, were discouraged from further progress by impen- etrable growths of thurel and} - ‘rhododendron, and returned home @ disappointed in their attempt. | In the early winter of 1768-60, John Finley appeared in Salisbury. Finley and Daniel Boone became ¢ good friends while serving in ., Braddock’s campaign against the Indians. In Salisbury, Finley heard of Danie] on the apper Yadkin, sought him out. He had been a license Indian trader, and had descended the Ohio River as far as “The Falls” and had penetrated inland as far as “Cumberland Gap.” Finley remained as guest of Dan- =~ jel throughout the winter and} aK ‘dpun glowing accounts of the ~~ Kentucky country. \ Judge Richard Henderson’ of -) .§d¥isbury was a good friend ‘of ‘the Boone family. Squire Boone | { had been one of the justices of the County Court of Pleas and Quar- | ¢ ter Sessions befere which Hender- son practiced. There was Hender- _ soh’s law partner, John Williams, and Henderson's friend, Thomas Hart, sheriff of Orange County. Both of the Harts became lifelong friends and business associates af | the Boones. : At this time Daniel Boone was a man of litle means, depending almost solely on his hunting as a means of livelihood. He was in! { debt. Sometimes he was sued in| ¢ the local court at Salisbury. The ¢ lawsuits meant new debts to Rich- ard Henderson’s law firm. Also, social lines were drawing tighter. Grafting officials oppres- |< sed the land-owners with false and | ¢ fantastic fees. These were the) @ years. when the wild disorders ol a woods as a protest; when a mob) & of them beat one unpopular at- | '% torney in the very courtroom and} { dragged another out of it by his) ( heels; when Judge Richard Hen- | ( derson had to flee from the bench; ZA when the mob seized and ran the| % court to suit itself, until at length the militia came to turn its arms) against its own fellow-citizens. ( Although the “Regulators” were completely ‘crushed at- the pattie of Alamance, their bitterness and | 2 discontent remained. vernor | & Tryon was brutal and domineer- | \ ing. Taxes were excessive. Fami- lies began to move as far west as. possible to get beyond the reach of such government, Daniel Boone had been served | 7 with a summons requiring him.to appear in court at Salisbury in March, 1769. Henderson was there to defend hin. John Stuart, Boone’s brother-in-law, who had married Hannah Boone, and John: Finley went along to court. While there they discussed with Judge Henderson the possibility of open-: ing new land in Kentucky. ) There is every indication that | @ Richard Henderson supplied. the 7@ capital for the eexploration into A Kentucky. Daniel Boone was al- 7 ready indebted to Henderson, but) = with deerskins fetching 4 good | & price and London clamoring for) ¢ beaverskins, there was & possi-| bility of money in the venture; | 7 not to mention the speculation on On the first day of May, 1769, | ¢ s VI “®) ¥ fy / AO toOnvGe OC)KOKOK NS OOOO ) a (on AS) Lake OLD HEADSTONES that mark the graves of 5 of this issue for the “Squire” ‘Sarah Boone in tHe Joppa Cemetery days in this section just. outgide pf Mocksville. See story on Page ae - a - ain empeneinnietin thair } ¢ thei ASU INHUUSDAY, SLY 25, 1957 a “(ME MOCRSVTELA (N. C.) ENTERPRISE Arountgrille J Shelow Fat Boone Settlements | IN: DAVIE F162 —/7b6§ * ee Ree Bre ee ow 4488 GHAVES OF SQUIRE AND SARAH BOONE—!ocated in Joppa Cemetery just cutside of Mocksville. The old heads.ones are eneased today in a permanent concrete marker. ‘Squire And Sarah Boone Spend Last Days Here } Couple Are Buried On others were buried there prior to - | Squire's death, with their graves ‘ + . 5 | ’ Burying Ridge, Now | apparently being marked only by r Joppa Cemetery | plain stones. It was the eusvcm of By GORDON TOMLINSON oy Friends not to mark graves, By 1760, the warring Indians in | 2nd it is entirely possible that the Yadkin Valley and western | Sautre - Boone's grave was not! part of North Carolina had been | marked with an inscribed stone . subdued. : | until later years. But this is only : . iconjecture .. . thetrue answer “I With the danger from the In-| ” dians lessened, the caravans from | will never Know. Pennsyivania to this area resum- | Con:idering the lements ed. Settlers, Scotch, Irish, English, | back in those days and also the, German and Dutch drifted south- | PO! of the land, this ridge (to- ward and settled along the Yad. | 489 known as Joppa) made a kin River and soon farther in- | Plausible site for the burying cf iene. It was around this date, | ceed. E Aft e death of Squire, Sa- 1966, that a ecmpany of Germans, : » lrah Boone) lived with her daugh- and Dutchmen settled on the east, | side of Dutchman's Creek in what)": Mayf Bryan, on Bryan -Creek, Pita k as the Heidel settle | D8? the “Pudding Ridge” section Sens | men. A log church was built which | yn Younes See BOONE § TLEMENTS in what is now Davie County dur.nz the pergg ice ‘Mate called the Heidelberg |" Pages 795-108, is ine cio ————— aeiegiael Lilieess Church, but |"0ne¢ visits miade by Soelle’ A became better known as the 1772: “Dutch Meeting House.” “Between Dutchman's Creek and In’ one of these bands that the South Yadkin lived Daniel settled in what is tow Davie Lewis. He and his wife were of * Gounty was a Dutchman by the Quaker stock. Lewis’ meeting/ name of Aaron Van Cleave (This | ouse was nearby and they begg- " gppears to be the correct spelling ed Soelle to come and live With although in some of the records aes ee ae from aad wrjing ing ver Trautz, a German, ~~ ie aetaht ye. interyrsted With a son Sixteeh years old and In 1764, Daniel Boone sold the |>ers younetr. | | 640 acres in property “on Bear “pits? Wartmann is mention- Creek he had bought from his ed as living in the Dutchman's “father, Squire, to this Aaron Van Creek neighborhood, having been ‘Cleave. On Aug. 8, 1765, Squire born in- Hanover, and being edu- Boone, Jr., married Jane Van cated, ordained minister, Van Cleft Cleave, believed to be a daughter | (Van.Cleave) a Dutchman, sixty of this Dutchman. | years old, was a leader in the group that gathered at the Tn 1762, Squire and Sarah Boo ne | Dutchman's Creek Meeting House. | peturned to this area riding horse- Sock all the way from Maryland. Rape ag (Vol. II) of Morav- At that time Squire was 66 years : of age and Sarah was 62. Appar-} “In June, 1772, Soelle turned ently they owned no land and/from John Boone towards Dutch- they brougit <with them only|man’s Creek, having first visited Abeir personal belongings. It is| Hughes, a store-kgeper. who had that they joined one of|only. one arm. \J@was ten miles caravans and came/|from Boone's, across *Dutchman’s to the Forks of the Yad-|Creek to Morgan Bryant's where spend their last days with|met ‘old Col. Hunt.’ James ds children, several of whom |ant is entioned as a son 0 <t) still in this area. at Bryant. (The name e. le that Squire and|and Bryant are the: same. Some- Boone, upon their return, | times the “t” was used on the end, a log cabin on Bear Creek,|and at other times it was not. was later know nas the); The same was true of the.“e” on} me, or Helper farm, and |she end of Boone. Sometimes it George Evans farm. It|was dropped and the name ap- that Squire, Jr..}peared as Boon). . bride, Jane Van Cleave,| ‘At James Wilsons’ house the this same vicinity. service was held in the woods on time Daniel and Re-| account of the number present. beets Boone lived in his Sugar| Then Soelle went to Abraham Wil- Tree Creek home, about two miles|son’s and, on to Robert Elrods, east of what is now known as|where he held service, baptised - Warmington, now known as the!the child of Henry and Rachel ifarm.of Bryent Smith. And just/Speer, and spoke with Henn and a short distafice from Daniel's, his wife, the young people of the ome was the Bryant settlement| Bryant Settlement: in the area now known as “Pudd-) “At William Bryant's he saw ing Ridge.” Here lived William/|‘old Mother Boone’ who was & ‘Bryant and wife, the former Mary, Quaker; also visited in the home ‘Boone, a sister of Daniel. of Thomag Bryant. Thomas Bry- * At this time the so-called pub- | an‘'s wit@"was the eldest daugh- Me road led from Salisbury to Shal- ter of old Colgnel Hunt. ‘The peo- Yow Ford, near Huntsville. This ple here speak of building a meet- road crossed Dutchman Creek ing house and ask if I will come just. sbove the mouth of Bryan |to them regularly.’ i | Greek thence over the lower end| “From William Bryant's soelid| of “Pudding Ridge” where it apparently went on to the Shal- crossed Bryan Creek. Cornwallis low’ Ford stopping to § \ was later to travel this route on | Maapy ate wife ahd then back : march to Shallow Ford in 1781/to Salem. ~ ~ fn pursuit of General Green of the! Sarah Boone lived # 12 years American Army . {after her husband’s*death, In In 1766, Squite Boone died at|1777, at the age of 77, she died I the age of 69, probably on the|and was laid to rest beside her | Bear Creek farm, but definitely husband on “Burying Ridge.” The within this area in which his | inscription on her headstone read: children were living. He was bur- | “Sarah Boone desowned this life jed at a place then known as|1777 aged 77 years.” © Only theg “Burying Ridge,” and later, fol-| first two letters of the word Se $ | lowing the establishment of 2 rah are legible. & | Presbyterian Church: there, as| Next week we will take up other | . Joppa. members of the Boone family in- } > A headstone, crudely carved,| cluding those who stayed in this | bears the following inscription: | area and those that went to Ken- “Squire Boone departed’ this tucky. life they sixty ninth year of his| (Information in the above ob- age in thay year of our Lord, |tained from: “The Boone Famly,” Ha “Hi : 8 tr | a i Geneary Tha 2.” | by Hazel Atterbury Spraker; Mo- ' @quire Boone was not the first) ravian Records, land deeds; infor- to Be buried in this cemetery then | mation compiled by James B. known as “Burying Ridge.” There | Childs of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. ig every indication that many |Louise Utley and myself), Uadecdor 4 Uk —- ; Beaty letene THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957 Of Hunting Greek Near Genter i : believed to have died at the place Acquires 630 Acres Of lon Hunting Creek in 1803 or sat Land Front Granville | siviy earlier. There is that indl- ‘fy GORDON TOMLINSON cation in the latter part of 1803! John Boore ‘was born in Berks | ina power of attorney on behalf County, Pefinsylvania, in 1727. He | of o son-in-law living in Kentucky wis the oldest son of Benjamin! fo; the son Benjamin to act in Boone, the broiher of Squire Boone, |¢he settlement of the father's es- Br: | tate. John Boone joined ‘ia -Uncle| At that time communica tion Squite and family inthe we in- lwith Kentucky was not 100. fre- * to’ Une orks of the Yadkin around quent. The family of his unele, 1790. : Squire, Sr, including his cousin & deed, dated December ai, the famcus Daniel, had by the L788; ‘stiows Johr Bdone acquiring | rine of his death all departed from | 680 acres of land on Hunting this vicinity. .- Minis qras trom the Bar! of Next week we will take up Granville by ogy Cortaist. No} soins of the descendants of this | mention is<ma any OWNES: john Boone. of adjoining tapots. On the margin (Information for the above was appears the notation : “Deliver to taken from data compiled by Bauire Boot. | dames B. Childs of . Washington, a sem a a W883i. ¢.; Mrs. Louise Utley and my- ossibly Rebecca Bryan who was eat. | gorn in Rennsytyania in 1738. | _, esspspssssnsanseerensnnesianesrestes (Note: His cdusim, the famous; goal Daniel, also. mafried 2 Rebecra Bryan, but this has been covered ih previous articles). + John Boone and his wife settled and built: a cabin on what) ‘now the W. J. S. Walker tand/4 s the vicinity of Center Church. house is reported to have 400d about 200 feet north of where | 3% fe barn now stands, near an old) z This John Boone became a very” * : succe farmer and landowner. to deeds in Rowan’ Gounty, Jahn Boone acquired con- Boone and wife, Rehesea, to Rob- ¢g¢ Bell for 350 acres of land on the ; Hl a part of the grant of 630 acres. "The grant of Oct. 10,1788, trom the State of Noyth Caroling of John Slavin afd the’ origé ‘line of John Boone. It is wit- by Isaac Jones and James gach in open court August sess- fi 4908, and registered in Deed} ; kK 13,.page 208. ° . were as follows: oa Benjamin “Boone, 1754+1836,/ ‘Wartied Mary ‘Wilson in 1783. ) SCathberine married Mark Whit- ker in.1780. — / Hanah, -. 17791853, tmarntews “James Penry of Davie County. Mary married John Mendenhall, Rebecca married John Frost tn 1908. — Ae s¢Fek an Barah (1782) married John Wile son, Nancy (1758) married Jacob | Clifford. Plizabeth married Samuel Little) 1601. q John married Elizabeth Little. Many of the children settled in * a : { BOONE FAMILY iy, W. FROST married John Frost of Line of Boone Fanily to Rebecca 3oone who Rowan County, N, C, on Auge 21, 17936 : George Boone I who Lived in Devonshire, England near city of Exeter, Wife's name not known, His son - George Boone Ii, & blacksmith, married garah Uppey, according to recoried stories of the Boone fanily. "ie died aged 60,. and she @ied aged 80 yoars, and never had an aching bone, or tooth" wrote their great grandson, J4.@s joone, on 2 ,-1788, Their son *. porn at Stoak, 4 village neer the city of ver and married Mary: uc! idge, who ght miles from Exeter. she ‘was if. gridge, Georce and Mary parents of 9 children when they decided to Leave their village of Callumpton, Devonshire, near Exeter, ani cone to . America, They were Quakers and took with them a letter of recom= menfation from their Societ to the Society of “riends in Am rica, and a their 3 oldest children on to America ahead of then to | at first hand about the new country. It was before 1715 IV, Sarah Boone and Squire Bodne, then aged ap- 20 and 16, respectively, took ship with Squire on the trip over, Squire and Sarah never re- ; but it is thought that George made the trip back parents, The younger George was back in*Pennsyl- 27, 1713 when he married an American girl, Deboreh of William Howell, It was not until Aucust 17, ‘and 6 other children left the town of and went to Bristol, where they sailed for arriving in Philadelphia on Sept .2p. fhe Boone fanily gettlefd first at Abingion, le miles north of Philadelphia, where Georce (the son) had married 2nd lived since 1713, But aia not remain there long. There wes always 4 branch of the Boone family dn each generation which moved on. move was to North Wales, Gwynedd Towns ‘ip, southwest ‘In 1718 the younger George Boone took out a-war- of land in Oley Township, near Xeadi se George, fanily had taken up residence in this vicinity was influential in having the new Township naned cxeter old home in England, i a, duly 25, 1720,two of George Boone III's children were married , Boone married John Webb (Not a Quaker) and Boone married Sarah Morgan, dauchter of John Morssan, & ne This couple were the parents of Daniel Boone, Fa ous Front- “*. gon Benjamin Boone that: our line descends ‘wife of John Frost, we will drop the discussion - of Squire and Sarah Boone at this point - except for the fact that, 4% was because of a decision within this family that John Boone, — father of Rebeces and nephew of Squire, settled in North Carolina... George Boone had’ built a log house 4n tae township of Exeter, Thirteen years later, in 1735, he built a stone house which still stands but in which he never lived, since he preferred to allow his ehildren to move into the new home while he ané Mery ped in the old log ; arby, When George Boone Lil 4% 4s gaia that his remains we ad » Lhe istone se & from there to the Friend's buryi accoralfs Line of Boone Family to Rebecca 30one who married John Frost 9f Las ven County, N.C, on Aug. 21, 1793. George Boone~ ‘t who lived in Devonshire; England near city of Exeter, Wife’s name not. known, His son Boone II, a blacksmith, married Sarah Uppey, according te recormied stories of the Boone fanily. "He died aged 60, and she died aged | 80°years, and never had an aching bone, or ire wrote their great grandson, Janes Zoone, on » 1788, Their son | Boone III was born at Stoak, a village near the city of 1660, He was @ weaver and married. Mary Mougridge, who - in 1669 in Bradninch, eizht miles from ixeter, She was daughter of John and Mary Milton Maugridge, Geore re and M ary re the parents of 9 ¢hildren when they decided to leave lage Of Callumpton, Devonshire, near Exeter, and cone to were Quakers and took with them a letter of recom= their Soelety to the Society of Friends in America, 3 oldest children on to America ahead of them to % hand about the new country. It was before 1713. Boone IV, Sarah Boone and Squire Boone, then aged ap- : 22, 20 and 16, respectively, took ship with Squire | vin cabin on the trip over, Squire and Sarah never’ re- | $ but it is thought that George made’ the trip back te his nts. The younger George was back in Pennsyl- y May 27, 1713 when he married an American girl, Deborah , daughter of William Howell. It was not until Au, gust 17, TT their parents and 6 other children left the town of Rela i i and went to Bristol, where they sailed for America, in Philadelphia on Sept... The Boone family settles t at Abingion, 12 miles north of Pee, where George (the son) had married and lived since ~ 1713. 414 not remain there long, There was always a , wrench of ee ne family in each generation which moved on, was to North Wales, Gwynedd Township, southwest In 1718 the younger George Boone took out’ 4 war- of land in Oley Township, near Heading, George, family had taken up residence in this vicinity tial in having the new Township named Exeter in England, George Boone III's children were married, Webb (Not a Quaker) and Boone married Sarah Morgan, daughter of John Morgan, a Quaker, This couple were the parents of Daniel Boone, Facous Front- dersman, | It is through another son Benjaxin Boone that our line descends | Rebecea Boone of John Frost, we will drop the discussion one at this point - except for the fact that sibien within this family that John Boone, nephew Of Squire, settled in North Carolina, had built a 10g house in the township of ears later, in 1733, he built a stone house. % in whigh he never lived, since he preferred to move into the new hone while he and Mery log house nearby, When George Boone Lil dicd, iat rena wer _ carried into the stone house and 4 | aie ns Prtqnt 6 ne precy » Where, according to the Fs aa a scene mer his grave or that of his wire meld family Sad recoris the fact that "when Grandfather cig a Hi a3 H i i i a sf oe pF were P many : Ww, W, Frost i Qted Re Left 8 ehildren, 52 grandchildren and 10 great grand-children L living, in all 70, being as many persons as the house Jneob which cane to 3 ee - Lise ehildren of Geérge and Mary Boone, from Mrs, i n61 Atterbury Spraker’s The Boone Family published in 1922, 1 George Boone IV, born July 15, 1690, died Nov, 20, 1753 married Deborah Howell May 27,1713. | 2 Sarah Boone, born Feb, 15, 1691 or 2, married Jacob Stover 3 Squire Boone, Born Nov, 25, 1696, died Jan. 2, 1765 - garried Sarah Morgan, July 25, 1720 | 335, 1699 | | 23, 1720 = 3, 1701 or 2, died Oct, 1785-never married, ‘was a sehecl teacher and a man of some learning, It was he who- peseryed the records of the family Dirths and deaths and passed on to his nephew James (son of James and Mary) who con- to the quaint genealo:y which has come down to us is the basis of most of the early genealogy of the Boene “‘e April 5, 1704, dgied Jan, 3, 1776, had a wife ! who died Jan. 13, 1778 July 16, 1706, died Sextx oe 14, 1762 in County, Penn. a Yr in 1726 by whom he had one son John, father married John Frost 1793, John was probably born duly RE in rr z a 8 i. 8 Le Gg y 7,.1709, died Sept, 1, 1785 Griffin fire! wife Mary he had a mumber of children, including who wrote the old Boone genealogy from wiich early ne Boone family are obtained. born 1711 died August 6, ht sabeth Cassel Oct, 29, 1734 (dau..of Arnold and ssel ) | @alendar by dropping 11 days from the month of: hi ged a confusion of dates for the children.of most of them were born under the Julion Calender - Gregorian Calender went into effect, In most cases, | @bove conform to the calender in effect at the time exceptions may be found, : to pinpoint the exact date of the marriase of Behjami Farmer from church records, It mst have been some tine when record was made of their having declared Mage at two monthly meetings and Sept. 25, 1726, tha amin Boone's marriage was orderly per- | Parmer Boone lived after their marriage is not » first ehild of Benjamin Boone, is thous it to have on about 1727. It is thought that Benjain Joone , . fold the 2nd marria e to Susannah (surpaze 3 -marriase probably took place about 1755, since on Benjamin Boone was in disfsvor with the society of marriage were born the following half brothers — one} : aks 739 : i August 13, ie Sept. 25, 82h o ie a ; > sf Hh EEE: : : I ii o i i i Res EE B 4 ne! rey E ff o Boone Nov. married Eve Lofter Oct. 1, 1 a 24, 1743, died 1 ! ao A Rear Sette get fa 276, Aled dugy-3, 1811 mied prior to 1775 Eleanor Hughes, daughter of John iughes s ee See eee + oe ae ee . | . a shies WoW. Frost ~ 5 Dinah Boone, born May 35 or 10, 1749, died July 25, 1824" married Benjamin Tallman Nov. 9, 1764 a These five children of Benjamin Boone and his second wife, Susannah, were all ef August 6, 17535, ‘gt St. Gabriel's Episcopal Ciurch, Marlettan, Berks County, Penn, 5y that time John Boone, Benjamin's son Am Parmer, was probably in N. C, with his uncle Squire Boone, it is styange, however, that Benjanin Boone made his will Jan. 5, 1762, not even mention his son John, four yoers before his death in Benjamin Boone is reported to have been amagg the representatives the. sembly from Berks County. — S | il, Squire Boontand Sarah Morgan Boone sold their land in and left about the first of May. Apparently they were not going for Sarah carried with her letters to Friends | in , Maryland and North Carolina, The Scones shopped for Linville Creek, 6 miles north of Harrisonburg, Va, It fall of 1752 or sometime in 1752, that Squire 5yone adkin Valley in North Capolina, For his first home 411 overlooking the Yadkin River in what soon decane , in Davidsen County, At the first Rowan Court, held Boone is listed as one of the 14 Justices, Boone's Fora, Later in that year Squire Boone the Earl of Granville for 640 acres on Bear Breek, ; in what is. row Davie County, -'. ©. John Boone, r Boone and nephew of Squire eit r cane with {ned them soon a@terwards, for on Lecs 21, 1753 : for acres, It was in the vicinity of what in Davie Cdunty within a few miles of his uncle Squire 3 The cabin which te built stood until » few years ago. of adjoining land in the grant, it is assumed that _ -y earliest settlers on Hunting Creek,(John end his Hunting Greek Boones) On the deed is th notation, ne" (who could have purchased the lani for‘him | ohn cane to Rowan County ) f 26 years of age it is probable tht he was already the grant on Hunting Creek, but there is no cer- ty records. and records of Land Grants in the gs Office in Raleigh, N. G. list first grand to John on morth side of Hunting Creek (Bk 3 p.420 Dec.21,1753) second grant Oct. 10, 17&3,exactly 9 yo 1a later, @ of Hunting Creek next to his corner of another Leach and John Slaven, (some records say that B-uncle Squire to N. C, in 1750 and married .ebecca , » GO. One gress is almost 28 go0d as anoth r be- be no record as to his arrival inl). ©. or as to date marriage or surname of his wife Rebecca, ) | James B, Childs of the Library of Congress, who has | research into the recoris of John Boone and his des- mention of John Boone's wife Rebecca on record, was when John Boone and wife Rebecca, released 550 acres Ball, but this sale seems not to have deen carried r records to prove that her first nane was’ © has been found to indicate anything further about her tions, The mame Rebecoa, a5 well 2s the a proximate ‘gs death, is revealed ina deed which John Boone's heirs John for his land on Nov, 6, 1806 (Rowan County Deed bk 1 this deed we learn the nanes of John Boone's two sons, and the nanes of his seven daughters, Through other tion, including Rebecta Boone's will (Rowan Will 5k H the names of the nine children of John «ni ‘ebecca Boone, | who beeame a preacher, married Mary #1ls0n,deus of Bre The ieft N,.c, in i209, as evidenced by deed settling his father's estate and by Church recoris, Tey were in at ese * oe & ‘ d 2 t § f § ¢ : ge ur tr tee é 5 hey §. ~ 2 BS : 3 +5 & 8 & d i ; ef F ; : ge ag} a ie i - af HE vc E e e4 a8 the AG rE aBS ti 8 ge RF : 5 3 uf <$ es =EE o 5 if $ s* Lincoln Gounty Teng, dy 1815 or 1816, after having been in Jefferson County Ky. in 1810, Mary Wilson Boone died Nov, 6, 1823, after which the Kev. —— Boone married Rebecca Davis of Miss. fhe time and place of his dea 4s not known, but itis thought that he died in Lincoln County, Lenn. - ‘It was in or near le that the Rev. Benjamin Boone 4s thoucht settled, . He preached at the Yorks Mulberry Baptist Church, now the — ist Cmrch, and said to be the first Baptist Church in Lin- (Katie) Boone married Mark Whitaker, They seem to have An 1783, and located in whet was leter Woodford County, » and were said to have been members of the Clesr Creek, and it is thought that they moved to Lincoln County, Ténn. tn his brother John Whitaker and with his friend Hardy Holman, from Rowan Gounty, N. 0, who founded the Forks Mulberry Crurch. | ehildren of Mark and Katie Boone Whitaker was Marcus Boone Whitaker son, Col. Wm,Boone Whitaker, was the father of Willie Kate W itaker, Wm, Alex, Frost, and became the maternel grandmather of Wm. F. Hawkins who has been helpful in assembling 4nformation on the Boone and % families, Descended from Mark and Katie Boone Whitaker also, is Mark Whitaker, manager of the Knoxville, Tenn, Utilities Board in 1950. de Boone married John MeDonnel 7? Mendenhall (or might »¢ ieDeniel There is an old MeDaniel farm near the old John Sarah Boone married John Wilson, Jr., brother of Mary 4ilson, whos #-, i Benjamin Boone, | (@he is the only daughter mentioned by n3.e in ous a Boone's will, and she is ealled a widow in the document.) They finally settled in Lincoln County (7) Andrew Wilson, son of Jarah, 4s named as executor of Rebecca Boone's will dated 1515; but not probated until later, . 2 6, Maney Boone married Jacob Clifford, who is said to nave died in the 7. Ehiszabeth Boone married Samel Little on: finaly settled in Lincoln. Gounty, Tenn, — : y ee oes 8. fiannah Boone married James Penry, She was born May 25, 1779. Sone of her Gescendants still live in Davie County, N. °. 9. John Boone, Jr, settled in Lincoln County after leaving avout 1515 the ol4 home place which he bought from*the other heirs, in 1806, | ‘Benjamin Boone who married Mary Wilson § 11 children Sarah Boone (Sallie) the first child of Benjamin, was born in \owan County G, Dee. 13, 1783, She married John Denaldson of Iredell County, H. Cs had no children, Judging from Land Grants, they seem to have been | the first, if not the first, Boones or relatives to settle in sori: fenn, or Lineoln County, Tenn, First grant entered what later became the < District of 3edford County. Gensus they were living on a grant in Lincoln County, John Donald- seems to — died, before O when censis lists “Sally Doneldson, of AUBe 76 a Living near her nephew Benjamin Soone, age 59, In the County, Her home is thought to have «en on or the site ef the Shofner place where Ada and Alice Shofner lived in aldzon died on Jan. 4, 1867, without leaving 4 will, w and close neignber Benjamin Boone, had boen killed the Civil jowa.rd mone older brother of gy re was appointed Adm, of her estate, April 26, 1570 and vec, 14, 1876 (Sedford County Adms. SETTLEMENTS, Bk A pp 244-245 and Bk 1 pp 551, 552 and 705) show that was faye among over 40 nieces and nephewe nd their heffs,. the oldest child in.the family but she outlived them all) Before oompletely settled,’ Howard Boone moved to lexas anc granted w to Elder Jonn E, Frost, Sarah Boone Frost's 2nd cousin, . . » 6th child of Benjamin and Mary, was born Jan, lL, 1797 4ed Lemel Broadaway, who is frequently mentioned in Frost ‘ether families, She must heve died before 1850, shows Lemel living’ with a 41 year old wife named Margaret. tele” enild of Benjamin 2nd Mary, was born Oct. 6, 1°01 - He married Cynthia Carriger, daughter of ticholas and Her family came to Lincoln County from Carter County , enee lived in Berks County, Penn, One of the 9 clildren of yn Boone -was Fanriie Adelaide Soone, wo marriad Bennett was the mother of Trall B. Childs, fathor of Javes 8, -pesearch has contributed mich to the Boone informetion herein Childs was 6 leian and served. in the Confederacy, After iis family te Yenemela, where he died in Oot. 1867, and his to Linesin County, Tenn. . | a? th Ghild of Benjamin and Mary, born Nov, 17, lovs, died | She married: Dece 10 1920 Anthony Reagor, “rey are vuried erty yr eenetery on the farm owned in 1959 by Marcus Rin. 3 Billy) Boone, 4th child, was born dn Rowan: County, Dec, 12, 1790 - at Flat Greek, Tenn. June §, 1854, Married Sally Howard, d2ughter Mary Stephens Howard March 25, 1524. inte ip* ree te j : iu : i Z tantly wes & 11 children rested in further information adout this branch of the : may contact Mr, Wright W. Frost, 750 Cherokee Blvd., Knoxville } preparing genealogical information for publication. , gs a te cf ¢ ML colored | €0 State tournagient at Mount John Chambers was Cap- tain of the company. Rev. J. B. Boone, who had or- the first Baptist church in i Statesville died «at his home at Hendersonville. He had been a pio- neer in graded school work in North Carolina, principal of the Charlotte graded schools, president of Jud- son College at Hendersonville and manager of the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville. Statesville, with Sharpe doing the pitching, overwhelmed Davidson, 17-7, while the scrub team lost to Mooresville at Mooresville by a score of 12-0. The barn of Will McLelland, who lived in Rickertsville, Negro su- burb south of town, was burned, entailing a loss of about $40; and another Negro was arrested, ac- cused of setting fire to it. Three new members of the Mit- chell ‘College faculty were an- nounced. Miss Anna Eichelberger of West Virginia and Miss Lucy Williams of Virginia in the inter mediate department and Miss L B. Chariton of New York as the English instructor. The Standard Oil Company had | secured a new location for its tanks east of the depot and outside the town limits. The time given to hem to move was extended to Sep- L La f rh DR. A, J, BARTON Wilmington, Southern Regional Convention Speaker rt i BOONE General Managiy 1895-1 DOS * Daniel ky EDWARD NORVELL r . fhe y of North Carolina "and Kemmncky ia dotted with towns and . > other place names derived from the family names of Henderson and Boone. > It is no accident. Richard Hen- nce ond and Daniel Boone, two part- _ time fesidents of Rowan, were as in-. fluential in the historic opening of the | West as any of the American pioneers. _ Henderson, a resident of Henderson, was a frequent visitor to Salisbury in ~ ‘weaving his grand designs of immense ¢dlenizations west of the Appalachians. aoe was the doer, the man who ~ walked the trails, fought the Indians, _ killed the “‘b’ar’”’ and brought back the __ information that Henderson needed for Syerge Boone, Daniel's , came from Devonshire, to Pennsylvania in.the early ‘drawn to America by the great Quaker leader William Penn. With him «me many from Germany, Treiond, and nd. After a while -¢ land prices in Pennsylvania began to i, gaining from 10 pounds 100 acres in 1719 to 15'2 100 in 1732. In. western the agents of Lord Granville, proprietor of a large part of page ee _ of 15 shillings per 630 acres, which was - considerably cheaper than the Pen- lands. When word of this ~ sylvanian : a mass migration began from Ecoetvenia to North Carolina. A . part of these people settled in In 1765 a man from Salisbury writ- wagons ‘Salisbury with families from the a uel arc to eetie Ip Gils providence ye Se 1759 Squire Boone moved his family, including his sixteen “year old son, Daniel, through Virginia . They settled in the iver in Rowan County, about 12 miles from the little Settlement of Salisbury. They soon ac- commodated themselves to conditions -eruder than those in Pennsylvania and began to take an active part in local af- Young Daniel won his spurs by : by Cherokee and Catawba In- _— Here he learned how to survey, and survive in Indian lands, skills would bring him to fame later in = 7 Orange and Granville counties * and was named the Transylvania Com- Boone knew about the rich lands in if eclien, ‘sacs salling land at the rate > the frontier which was then” — Boone | DANIEL BOONE Kentucky fron a brief hunting trip he had made there in 1764 arfd from re- ports from hunters and trappers he had met in the wilderness. Boone’s reports no doubt stifred the enthusiasm of Richard Henderson and his partners because in 1769 they sent him on a two- year mission to explore.and survey the’ Kentucky region and report on its con- ductiveness to settlement. The historic. meeting where Hendersn picked Boone to explore Kentucky happened. in Salisbury in the old courthouse where . it stood at the present intefsection of Main and Innes. He was not the only man to explore this region. He was not even the first. But his: exploration was* the most thorough and by far the most important. 4 always escaped. Once he was captured by the Shawnees, and. they adopted him as one of their own. He lived with them quite comfortably until he discovered that they intended to attack Boonesborough, a wilderness town named after him. defense. * Boone returned from his celhaids. journey to give glowing reports of the beauty, richness, and fertility of Ken- tucky. He then met with the Cherokee Indians, the holders of the legal title of Kentucky, and arranged for a sale of the region. The Transylvania Company bought the greater part of Kentucky from the . Cherokees for 10,000 pounds and then - sent Boone and thirty axemen to cut a trail through the wilderness across. the Blue Ridge Mountains to Kentucky. After the trail was cut, Henderson and a band of about 300 settlers crossed Boone’s Wilderness Road -and built a stockade and settlement later known as Boonesboro. ‘At least three times he was captured” by the Indians. But they never harmed him —~probably because they recognized in him a man worthy. of their respect and admiration, “He He got away, went fiastily. to warn the town and participated in its ~ Famous Indian Fighter blazed Trails Into The Wilderness Called Kentucky Had it. not been for this bold de fiance of the royal proclaimation of . 1763, ghe area would not have been set tled before the Revolution and most likely would have remained in the hands of the British. Just one day after the first shot was fired at Lexington, Massachusetts; which signaled the béginning of the. American-Revolution, Richard Henderson,, president of the Transylvania Company, Daniel Boone, and their little band of settlers reached the future site of Boonesboro April '20, ie if ~ Later Henderson went 6n to found Nashville, Tennessee, but died shortly thereafter in 1785. Boone, restless and unable to stay in one place too long, moved further -west, hunting, trapping, and fighting /Indians - He opened western Kentucky and much of Mis- sour! before He died in 1820 at the age of | $4 Two of Richard Henderson’s children C - mowed to Salisbury. One, a daughter Fanny, maried Judge Spruce Macay who taught law to Andrew Jackson in his office in Salisbury. The other a son, Archibald, became .a_ distinquished lawyer and represented his district in Congress for two terms. His law office still stands at the corner of Church and Fisher streets in front of the Rowan County Library Daniel was a roaming man and he seldom stayed in one place long enough to pay atiention to business affairs. Such oversights once caused him to run afoul of the law In 1772, he was cited in-a Salisbury court for non-payment of a debt Daniel, Rebecca and their eight r children, moved west in the fall of 1773. 4 He spent the rest of his Ife as a hunter, explorer, Indian fighter and fur trader. He was active (o a very old age, still hunting alone at the age o! 82 ¢ On Sept 21, 1820, he died and was buried in Missouri, Later, his body, along with his wife’s, was moved to Frankfort, Ky ROWAN'S Complete Real Estate Service! REALTORS - DEVELOPERS BUILDERS © IR Ge REALTOR® “See Us Before KETNER CENTER © 633-6602 SALISBURY, N.C. You Buy or Sell” EDDIE F. HINSON:- JACK HINSON JOE HINSON CHaeral Csrtrator, HUGH D. PINKSTON COMPANY 633-2371 — 507W.INNES + SALISBURY, N.C: We Are Proud To Be A Builder Of Progress in Rowan County and To Have Established A Reputation for Skill, Integerity and Responsibility i Pe ‘ > allie 2 fe s By EDWARD NORVELL The y of North Carolina and Kentucky is dotted with towns and | ther place names derived from the | family names of Henderson and Boone. - It ts no accident. Rictiard Hen- _ time residents of Rowan, were as in- fiwential in the historic opening of the bi as any of the American pioneers. _ Henderson, a resident of Henderson, visitor to Salisbury in ~ walked the trails, fought the Indians, - killed the “‘b'ar” and brought back the information that Henderson needed-for George Boone, Daniel's ‘an ft, came from Devonshire, to Pennsylvania in the early sai’ Bo. tate oo eae many. people from Germany, Ireland, and nd. After a while land prices in Pennsylvania began to skyrocket, gaining from .10 pounds acres in 1719 to 15'2 in 1732. In western the agents of Lord , proprietor of a large part of were selling land at the rate 630 acres, which was y cheaper than the Pen- lands. When word of this Spread, a mass migration from Pennsylvania to North Coma A part of these people settled in F ial In 1765 a man from Salisbury writ- ing Governor Tryon said, ‘‘Upwards of , Ome thousand wagons passed through with families from the a; to settle in this providence In 1759 Squire Book move family, including his\sixteen year old son, Daniel, through Virginia to North Carolina. The i forks of the Yadkin’ River in Rowan County, about 12 miles from the little ‘Settlement of Salisbury. They soon ac- commodated thémselves to conditions -eruder than those in Pennsylvania and a to take an active part in local af- Young Daniel won his spurs by the frontier which was then bited by Cherokee and Catawba In- dians. Here‘ he learned how to survey, =e and survive in Indian lands, skills E would bring him to fame later in _ life. Squire Boone was chosen a lagice he County court. He served a? the ;- session of the court in 1753. By he was presiding in the new in the town of Salisbury, hamlet of seven or eight log courthouse was a small ¥ 100 100 ni iN 3 i August 4, 1756, Daniel married ta Bryan, a neighbor on the it is said that shortly after the ved in Rowan, Rebecca pes et his many adventures and Prior to 1769 he had traveled south as Florida and west to i. | Drange and Granville counties and was named the Transylvania Com- doe lar about the rich lands in nak 4 ; - — es Le a DanielBoone — Famous Indian Fighter blazed Trails Into The Wilderness Called Kentucky CS iobee ae es A ‘ DANIEL BOONE Kentucky from a brief hunting trip he had made there in 1764 and from re- ports from hunters and trappers he had met in the wilderness. Boone's reports no doubt stirred the enthusiasm of Richard Henderson and his partners because in 1769 they sent him on a two- year mission to explore and survey the Kentucky region and report on its con- ductiveness to settlement. The historic meeting where Hendersn picked Beone to explore Kentucky happened in .. Salisbury in the old courthouse where it stood at the present intersection of Main and Innes. He was not the only man-to explore this region. He was not even the first. But his exploration was the most thorough and by far the most important. At least three times he was captured by the Indians. But they never harmed | him — probably because they recognized“in him a man worthy of their respect and admiration. He always escaped. Once he was captured: by the Shawnees, and they adopted him as one of their own. He lived with them quite comfortably until he discovered that they intended to attack Boonesborough, a wilderness town named after him. He got away, went, hastily to warn the town and participated in its - defense. ae Boone returned from his arduous _ journey to give glowing reports of the beauty, richness, and fertility of -Ken- tucky. He then met with the Cherokee Indians, the holders of the legal title of Kentucky, and arranged for a sale of the region. . The Transylvania Company bought the greater part of Kentucky from the ~ Cherokees for 10,000 pounds and. then sent Boone and thirty axemen to cut ‘a trail through the wilderness across the Blue Ridge Mountains to Kentucky. After the trail was cut, Henderson and a bald of about 300 séttlers crossed Boone's Wilderness Road and built a ‘stockade and settlement later known as Boonésboro. : a General (Cantrietlr HUGH D. PINKSTON COMPANY _ 633.2371 — 507 W.INNES — SALISBURY,N.C. Had it not been for this told de- fiance of the royal proclaimation of 1763, the area. would not have been set tléd before the Revolution and most likely would have remained in the hands of the British. Just one day after the first shot was fired at Lexington, Massachusetts; which -signaled the beginning of the American Revolution, Richard Henderson, president of the Transylvania Company, Daniel Boone, and their little band of settlers reached the futdre site of Boonesboro April 20, 1775. : Later Henderson~“went on to found Nashville, Tennessee, but died shortly thereafter in 1785. Boone, restless and unable to stay in one’ place too long, moved further west, hunting; trapping, , [Q REALTOR® ROWAN'S Complete Real kstate Service! REALTORS - BUILDERS Salisbury. Realty — Company and fighting Indians’ He opened western Kentucky and mgch of Mis- 4 sour! before he died in 1820 at the age of Oot : Two .of Richard Henderson’s Children moved to Salisbury. One, a daughter Fanny, maried Judge Spruce Macay who taught law to Andrew Jackson in his office in Salisbury. The other a son, Archibald, became. a; distinquished _lawyer and represented his district in * Congress for two terms. His law office still stands at the corner of Church and Fisher streets in front of the Rowan County Library. Danie: was a roaming man and he seldom stayed in dne place long enough | to pay atiention to business affairs Such oversights once caused him to run aloul of the law In 1772, he was cited in ‘a Salisbury court for non-payment of a debt Daniel; Rebecca and their eight children, moved west in the fall of 1773. He spent the rest of his Ife as a hunter, explorer, Indian fighter and fur trader He was active id a very old age, still hunting alone at the age of 82 On Sept. 21, 1820, he died and was* buried in. Missouri Later, his body, along with his wife's, was moved to Frankfort, Ky x DEVELOPERS KETNER CENTER 633-6602 SALISBURY, N.C. “See Us Before You Buy or Sell’. JOE H EDDIE F. HINSON - JACK HINSON INSON We Are Proud To Be A Builder Of _ Progress in Rowan County and To Have Established A Reputation for Skill, Integerity -and Responsibility aa ad pe Ts tert i 0 bsg Ae , e Sex iapiee ) v. Cow - Dat! “dered Seda el dh tp tte.) ZaF- | d a> an Bi 7k < i ( Lg + tee / ft A EB Re 4, : UR €) ev > At { yas ee an ae t » te kK ~ He ACTH cit, ber are™ > Me Cee: Lietf re “KS tvtce ff tee yn Cf), ui ty bos e d --, #a ake aa he. / ae < “a ; | Succurt ne. . ‘Bagenia Gail Booth will be held ch at 4 pm. at the Catawba United Methodist Catawba. stcathoath, 73, iediudiay at 3:30 am. at a She was born slau Catawba, da ee Raleigh Hickory: and Meredith College in She taught in uae. over schools for 18 years before retiring, and was a , -veberapretal y ake a Survivors include one ©, Dr. H. E. Booth, /of Ste. two ts Paul Kopenhaver. of Conover, and Mrs. E. V. none land Neck. Hancock be Rev. R. J. Sorling ar her. C. E. Bruce. Burial will be at ’ Catawba Cemetery. gn pallbearers will be Charlie - Little, Talmadge Korn, David unsucker, Bob Allen, Joe Spencer, Grady Abernathy, Fred Pope and Jake Abernathy. neive friends at Johnson Home Chapel from 7 to 2. | : ) Niccieicgilinen } 4 y nx | dy 1H Aertl, ¢¢ Cx eh oy jer } Wt Alc teck ip Ne pw (TE Exe Mts tee ee ee 4 fx ts | -- v A € pa otie ee HS . , e SOUTH RIVER fi Jioute ee Aaa Syaday School TO ; , & eS Prelude : Doxolozy Invocation Hymn = Holy, Holy, ‘Holy, Announcements Morning Frayer Hymn - A Charge to Keep, I Hac Thg Offcrin; ( Sermon Hymn - Take My Life.and Let: it Benediction . Choral: response i A — meee eee eee ee An iV iN L Li Wi iV I hy Praining Union 6:30). I: Lie ih - Come Thou Almight King 1 = Christ for the World Wi Greniig Prayer Training Union Report Announcements Hymn - Hail to the brightness oermon : Hymn - Take the Name of Jesus », Benediction pO” ad dol pe /5e. OS . Eee fe uf ae. . Pa Lee Ee eh. a a hea u < / ny, 1595 die ia OO The Inspired, Moments Professor Bliss Perry, lately. of Harvard University thipdail a student at Williams Colleve, he once cor fessor there, about the waste of time that thre “Father's reply,” he says, “was yery-fine: ‘If you a1 every moment is precious; but if you are doing. moments are precious.’ ” : Of course, we do not rise to the mountain ship. But at times we do Isatah saidg “In the year that. kine Uzzial sitting upon a: throne, high and lifted up, and his u 1! Perhaps he had gone up ‘to'the temple often when may have been the sermon, or the music, or the ow ithe been the deadness of his ewn soul; But-this one time 4 Worship ts the opening of the deepest rm praise, petition, prayer, pondering, and. practicin If nothing else, we are joining with other like- to pay an unpayable debt. : A church service sometimes fails to inspire because to it. We must not expect a shower to-water a desert Bur wi we oursouls with ‘the water of life between servic blessings. “God's tree, That holds the woods in soverctenty, For length of ages lasts hisshappy reign, And lives of mortal-men contend tn_vain, Full in the midst of his-streneth he stands, His shade protects the plains, His head the hills command.” Baptist Bulletin Servsee Printed in U.S. A . th en, ( Ory j Vv YUU AFFAIRS AT 252 press a humorous comment on providing cushions for the contribution boxes. No man of his time ever had a more enduring hold on the love and lives of the submerged tenth. Although English born, his per- sonal power and influence extended to all t} parts of the world, and on the streets of LATE GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH? FOUNDER OF TILE SAL\ every city where the songs of the Salva tion Army are heard: will remain the undying echoes of his life and work. With his small bands of Salvation lads and WASHINGTON wretched helpful, words and lassies he marched through the crowds in ° early years, amid the sneers of the throngs, and in the slums and marts of vice-ridden cities his clarion call to righteousness was heard. None were ever too ‘low, too with Army leade Salvation ef > bugle dawn’ of truments He universal peace, chan of war to messeny lived troeseen the hive VATION 1 rousahds? of is converts lest and fear- receive him wnd with a warm Awelcome. “M less, he carried on.the militant campaign for redemption -that - reflected the spirit of the Master He was: indeed, the “Good Shepherd oft sick Sheep,” and thre | world: history of his times the stirring and uplifting influence 1 +. @ r a . . the life of General William Booth. lust reckon of t 4 AFFAIRS AT are usually admitted to be the most taste- fully attired women of any nation, and old- fashioned plates have.no terror for them. * * * INANCIALLY speaking, the cosntry is safe,” said an old Washington jour nalist the other day as he looked ‘up from perusing the government crop report. “It is almost impossible that business should suffer with,an estimated crop of nearly thfée billions of bushels of corn, the second largest on record, a record crop of oats, and estimates of from 680, 000,000 to 800,000,000 bushels of wheat are balanced by nearly a possible return in all staple crops. “That means ‘good business’ as far as it is not dependent on the results of ele tion and legislation, for large as the crops are they are not large enough for a demand swollen not only by our own gain in population, but by an ever increasing demand all over the world. We,do not sufficiently consider that there are millions of people who formerly never-ate wheat bread who are exchanging rice, lentils, and other foods for wheat flour. : , “It is hardly probable that prices of wheat and rye flour will materially declin i he went on, running his finger along: the tabulated columns of the report, ‘‘and too many families have wholly given -up the tootlisome and healthful corn-mealcooker) that deserved a better fate. Perhaps du big corn crop may help 6ut on the cheaper meat proposition. “But,” he declared, taking off his glasses, “if people would eat more Johnny cake, corn pones, Indian bread, baked - Indian pudding and old-fashioned rye and Indian brown bread, they would. save money and have better health. Alas,” he murmured reminiscently, “the pleheian art of simple living has gone out of date ir? these days of soda fountains, capes, blue points and insidious cocktails.” ~ * * * HAT Kingeor potentate ever receive more royal honors from the people of all nations than General William Booth, in his passing? The founder of the Salvation Army closed his illustrious career full’ of years and ripe honors. Hii was a life - His passing recalled WASHINGTON | of orivinal,. compassionate warfare. against evil, not for. hims “for all. sorts’ and. con ) +) him at the Hague in Holl 1 14 4} ] t { ot ‘ the pulpet A { With } WwW { man that his he forcesot. Gener il [sev lingracel anterpretatios His keen. sense of div i " ' him, even when the were loudly clanking 41 as they were passed, f¢ 1: qi and tione LAOTTS « 5 By L. F. AMBURN, JR. - An . elderly woman, out of breath from climbing the steps leading fo a second floor real estate office, rushed in and greeted the realtor. “You don’t remember me, I'l! bet,” she said. “Why sure I do, Annie, I was just thinking about you the other day,” he shot back. “ “Is that farm out near Stony Point still up. for sale or have you pushed it off on some- body?” the woman asked. “It’s still out- there and just as good as it ever was” was: the reply. “Well, my daughter here thinks she is interested in real esfate and | told her you usually had some good land on your fist,”’ she added. “Yes; I do. But the man who shows that property out there for me is not in the office right PAGE 3 STATESVILLE RECORD AND LANDMARK SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1959 wre: “gg bests Xe & Sd i — ‘ DISCUSS PLAT — W. P. Bost, right, whe new sestets W. J. Matheson In his real estate business, Is shown here pointing to a let en a plat @hich the men are currently selling. Since “Uncle Jake” is not physically able'te take jaunts into the field and woods, Bost has become his leg-man. h School 4H Band .”* will leave pfor +H Club Week at North Carolina State College in igh, where they will partici-| the 50th anniversary cele- | of the 4H Club. band, a winner in the coun- district talent _ contests, from several winn- provide entertain- J: the direction . P. Litchos, is made up of '} Lois Gibson, James Mitchem, Win- nie Faye Dishman, Buddy McColl, White, David Sherrill, Cel- , Karol White, Shirley Red- mond, Bill Morrison, Linda Wi)son, , Penny Plyler, Joan y Hostettler, Janet Liquor Charge Thomas Robert Albea, 32, route , Harmony, was released under bend yesterday after mem- of Sheriff's Department the him on a warrant charg- with possessing untaxed warrant, signed by Highway Patrolman W. E. Bost,charged Al- bea with possessing three pints of whisky In other overnight action, Char- lie Black, 40-year-old Negro, 515 South Tradd Street, was arrested on a warrant signed by Mary Ella Black of Rabbittown charging non- support of his 13-year-old daughter. Troutman Church Plans Anniversary Rev. Robert M. Hardee, pastor of the First Methodist Church at Troutman, announced this morning that plans are being made for that church to celebrate its 100th anni- This is the Danner home located in Gien Echo Park on 8 huge well shaded and maermoes corner lot. Every feature of this home emphasizes the high quality of construction and livability. ‘The 1% baths have ceramic tiled finishes. The spacious den is paneled, and there is a colonial brick fireplace and . The model kitchen has built-in oven and cooking plate with an exhuast fan, and connections for the range and washer. Heat is from an-oil fired warm air heating system, the openings are weatherstripped: ceilings are insulated; an disappearing steps lead to a storage attic. We invite you to ‘compare this with any suburban home and see us for price ‘and other details. COLORFUL AND MODERN HOME This home is well-located at 328 Hartness Road and {s /sltuated on a lot that has approximately 100 feet frontage. Kt is particularly well planned having direct entrance from the carport into the kitchen. The front entrance is attractive and the third bedroom is paneled, which makes it practical for use as a combination den and guest room. The. hath is tiled, and there are seven spacious closets; forced warm air heat to each room, disappearing steps to storage attic, automatic water heater, connections for range and washer, and a big storage room in the rear of the carport. Construction is of brick and the price is $12,800.00. ‘ SHINING LIKE A. NEW SILVER DOLLAR. I$ 305 HARTNESS ROAD This pretty bungalow-is situated on a big corner lot and he owner: is inthe process of redecorating both inside and outside so that it will have the general appearance and utility of a brand new home. It is modernly equipped and has weath- ertight openings and insulation. Also, there is a garage. Let's take a look today! . _ CONVENIENT HOME—LARGE BASEMENT This nice brick home is located at 156 Park Terrace. The exterior paint sets off the general architecture and the in- terior is particularly well adapted for a family with children. Of course, it has all modern appointments and the location i] within walking distance of most everything important. The purchaser can assume a GI Loan and pay the difference in cash. Price $14,000.00. ae $6,000.00 BUYS A HOME LOCATED ON A 37 ACRE TRACT This property is located about 7 miles West of the elty limits and. just off. the Hickory highway. It is in a com- munity that is rapidly building up and can be made inte a good country home. There is plenty of open land and some old outbuildings. Circumstances enable us to offer this home for lees than-many othere ask for similar . IF YOUR PREFERENCE I$ FOR A HOME WITH A BASEMENT then take a look at two 3 bedroom brick homes that are just being completed on Davis Street. In addition to the regular appointments, one of these homes has # full basément and the other a half basement. The price of one of these homes is $9,700.00 and the other $9,800.00. Where else can you find so much home for less than $10,000.00? SOME REAL COUNTRY RIGHT IN TOWN with frontages on both the Winston and Old Winston Roads W have “For Sale” 2 5 room house with bath located on 8 acy of land. This property has a frontage of 400 feet on Hwy and 200 feet on the old road. Jn addition to the home, / an electric water heater and other conveniences. They barn, garage and storage room. Keep the buildings / frontage on the Old Road and let us sell the 400 . ry, 64 that is near. the new Miller Manor Motel and Wie. Restaurant, This-is a valuable tract of tana ‘ar eal piesa ati eae 5 é 4 ae : cases a: adi 8S Hell gal ia al Hib | au ie stun. : : egeexe gees abit ile iteiul He also dealt in real estate cei his retire- and M-Sgt. Bost of Gran ate fons Bost of Saceiae Comies P. Seat of: eo we > died on October 28, 1948. He is a ak oe We ek, et 3 Ei: Ee Si; BAe Sssil Mr. Bost was born im Iredell ‘Candace Hefner Bost. He a member of New Sterl- ARP Cu Church and was a re- County on March 26, 1885, a Sng ponte of route 6, States- He wat marid to te former | Lizzie Estelle Weston in 1908. itt son of the late Francis Riley tired farmer. Crestview, Fia., Tt i ‘3 sa : : 2 6 y "STATESVILLE RECORD “Israel Claims i .. Mine Planted OF; JERUSALEM, Israel (UPI) | |— Israel complained to the | th mixed armistice commission | *\ today that a mime had been eX: | planted in Israeli territory less. "Si than 48 hours after its first a | official meeting with Syria in ere | eight years. 4) An Israeli communique said a ec | routine army patrol today found ere | the mine in a patrol road in the nt | Shaar-Hasuv area. It said the *| soldiers found footprints leading one | from across the Israeli-Syrian FCX Refunds Given To Farm Producers RALEIGH (UPI)—The Farm- ers Cooperative Exchange has made patronage refunds of $675,000 to more than 23,000 ag- »| Ticuliural producers. in North Carolina and South Carolina- fol- 4| lowing a fiscal year that broke records for volume ‘and earn- ings. General Manager 0. D. Arndt said the co-op showed a net margin of $1,351,968 on a vol (7 »| ume of $70,597,000 during the fis- cal year that ended June 30, 1966. : ed in the Heart of the Dairying and Industrial Region of Piedmont North C SVILLE REcoRD & LAND! STATESVILLE, N. C. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1969 HONORED — M. Sgt. Rayford W. Bost, left, of Statesville is pictured re- ceiving his first Oak Leaf Cluster to the Joint Service Commendation Medal for outstanding achievement while on duty at Headquarters, Military Assis- tance Command, Vietnam. He has been in Vietnam since J uly. He was an Air Force aide to President Johnson and President Kennedy and was stationed at the White House for five years. He is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Bost and is a graduate of Scotts High School. Making the presenta- tion is Col. Robert Cook, inspector general. ‘ ieenntenieemnaiictie unt oa im. ee e " # OF Dest b- “tiedars Respond WASHINGTON (UPI) — For two days ina row before the Vietnam moratorium, the na- tion’s two highest elected _ officials—Vice President Spiro ~ T. Agnew and President Nixon i from Jeresalem to Tel Aviv. A wreath hangs on door ehicle, left in memory of the soldiers who died fighting is placed there annually by relatives of the war dead. Haynsworth Battle ay Become Bitter By STEVE GERSTEL but indications are opposition WASHINGTON (UPI)—In his to the nomination in the, Senate gent search for a chief is stronger than in committee tice, President Nixon consi- and only a withdrawal of the ed it vitally important to appointment can: save Hayns- d a jurist who could win worth from defeat or confirma- pate approval without violent tion by a handful of votes when roversy and with a strong, the issue is decided in a few if pot unanimous, vote. weeks. larren E. Burger, now immediately after the com- himself—sought to defuse the impact of the -nationwide antiwar demonstration. Late Tuesday, Agnew called on leaders of the moratorium to repudiate Hanoi’s Support for the demonstration. The leaders promptly accused the adminis- tration of impugning their patriotism. : On Monday, the White House released Nixon's letter to a college student in which the President. implied most Ameri- cans were not in support of the moratorium. ‘‘There is nothing new. we can learn from the demonstrations,” Nixon said. - Agnew responded tg a letter from North Vietnamese Pre- mier’ Pham Van Dong ad- dressed to ‘‘American friends”’ and saying ‘‘the struggle of the Vietnamese people and the U.S. progressive people against U.S. aggression will certainly be crowned with total victory. May your fall offensive -succeed splendidly.”’ Agnew said the letter was “incredible.” It was ‘‘a shock- ing intrusion into the affairs of the American people by an enemy power.” Agnew said that for the leaders not to repudiate the letter would cast suspicion on their objectives in the morator- CAPT. A. R. BOST Capt. Bost Gets Award cited for coordinating @ counterattack of Vietnamese Forces in late 1969, which resulted in a large amount of arms and ammuni- tion being captured. The citation was signed by the DON ALDEN ALLIE MARY JEAN BEATTY ad «3 . wo i-f<Fe PAUL HENRY BILLINGS ALLEN RAY BOST WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1967. MOST OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN—Roger Bost, \§ a 1966 graduate at Statesville Senior High School, holds the most outstanding freshman award for an East Carolina College player, given by radio station WNCT in Greenville. Bost, a defensive right erid for Coach Henry Vansant’s club, is the son of Mr. and | Mrs. Francis R. Bost, 628 East Front Street. The ECC | freshman ciub broke two records last fall, posting the first unbeaten season (5-0) and scoring 169 points ‘in | the five games, snapping the old mark of 121. Bost | will join the varsity for spring drills, starting March 4. And so Mr. Jim is dead, The big barn on the hill is empty. The wood shed where he kept his axe and saw he has locked for the We used to hang around out there at the Bostian place a lot in those days when that barn sheltered Mr. Jim’s fine cows. We used to tag at his heels when he turned the cows in at the little gate from the pasture, follew + after as he rinsed out the milking bucket, pulled up the milk stool, but we didn’t get to watch him milk. These cows are not going to settle down. good with you standing around there — nothing particular against you, no need getting huffy, its. just that these cows are.used to being quiet like, nobody round but me and I don’t) ' say much and you—well you know} you have a good many remarks to make” and chuckling he'd go in| the little stable to milk and we'd|~ go outside and look at Miss Lilly’s strawberries, hollyhocks, butter- cups, whatever she had blooming then, or walk up close as we dar- ed to the high fence and watch old Zachary shake his head at us and paw at the ground. Mr. Jim was mighty proud of Zachary but, we thought he was about the meanest, orneriest critter we ever saw, bel- lowing every time we parked , our Leapin Lena outside the gate, and snorting like he owned creation. We used to sit on the sawhorse _in_ the wood lot, smell the good clean pine smell! from the fresh cut kindling and swap ideas on the universe generally with Mr.| » Jim. He told us some right good tales of out doors things, told us about the Bostian bridge wreck as he recalled it, told us how folks drop kittens or puppies tied up in sacks down by the road—“We sure don’t need them, but shucks, let them die like that”, 'd toss a pigce of park at three cats of varied size .- VOLUME 1. lentiful all over the t Bostian field. Miss Lillie and Mr. wide acquaintance house, the one bui beyond the springhobse, A smaller one, a _ Spot. ; ee eee puiudatadiccdiecads tas. cea ie wnoraee Prot the Ai; Waves a Buttercups bloom earliest of the s home. The sun falls warmest there an ville friends have dropped by “when Miss L bloom,” to catch the first This year, as in years pas in Statesville and in Iredell C home place being one : ‘ 0 was destroyed by fire a few years ago, ttractive and conven ci ce ti oe MISS LILLIE GREETS ANOTHER SPRING | retain that © office ting, | which was held at the First Bap- tist Church in Greensboro open- Fed Tuesday, March 9 with a pag- eant presented by the Young Peo + | ple. “Worldwide Fellow ship’ was 4 its subject. The pageant was pre-| ' sented in an auditorium filled to I canacity and: overflow! bg, since! stian | there were 3,220 people registet- lope alongside the Bo d for many. a. year St illie’s butte: bit’ of spring’s bright color. 6wn, the buttercups are Jim Bostian, brother and sister, Sounty, f the oldest. about here. The ori rick that was made by the st ient, stands on the atte t, when the flowers were not: So yellow in the have a Scream atin: 2 : LL A . STATEVILLG Baptist Women's Missionary Union Wednesday 1) s the une tn Jol evening services were M hn CT. Alexander, Mrs. C. 'B Win i berry, Mrs. H. O.Hudl Mrs. Gordon> C. Madd of Ahoskie, | been President lof the N. C. Baptist W. M. U. dur pa t five ing the Janet Wil- ates- ‘cups meeting j : ted at the , } tals ison of Raleigh, Young People sy senta-| | Rev. Claude B. Bowen welcom-| led the group.. He is pastor of the: beautiful new Greensboro church | which made a perfect setting the well-attended mectyy | leader, directed this pr: } tion } theif. ginal ream same a ad lately been-an enpine and t Pil f cars and-the whole wa August 27, 1950, will mark the scratches o 59th anniversary of the Bostiai Bridge wreck. For the benefit ot ie those who are not familiar with the location we would remind them that Bostian Bridge is located about three miles southwest oi injuries ver n head, leg y slight, hurt Samuel Carter, Asheville, front eth knocked out, cut on head and face, body bruised. ‘Marshall Nix, Asheville, ear cut, Statesville on the old No. 10 o Buffalo Shoals Road. With this - explanation we will giye extracts all the details of the tragedy. From the issue of The Landmark of September 3, 1891, we take this summary: A week ago this morn- ing that. frightful accident occur- red. If the news of it sent a:thrill of horror all over this state and over neighboring states, what has its very presence been to us who have spent a week ationg dead bodies and in the sight of band- aged men and women! People abroad received the shock under the light of the sun when they were on the. streets or at their places of business, nerved for the work of the day. Statesville was aroused from sleep by the ‘“Halloa” from the streets, the vigorous knock on the door or the sharp ring of the doorbell, to recéive the news that a passenger train had | gone down from Bostian’s Bridge and that probably almost all of those on board had ‘been killed. Then the early morning incidents when hastily dressed men hastened to the wreck and by the dim light of the overcast moon or the early dawn, felt their way through the charnel house in Third Creek and on its banks among the dead and dying! But let us not dwell. too long on this scene nor on the other — that of the vehicles com- ing slowly into town, in some the dead, in others the living, the two classes distinguishable as they passed by the fact that the heads of the dead were enveloped while the faces of the living were ex- posed to view. These recollections are as a nightmare and our peo- ple have not yet been wholly arous- ed from it. The Casualties—List of the Dead This is a final and accurate rec- ord of the dead: J. B. Austin, car- penter, Hickory. — ¢ Charles Barnettef plasterer, of Asheville. Perry Barnette? plasterer, Hen- dersonville. J. C. Brodie, traveling salesman, Chicago. A. Davis, laborer, Statesville. W. J. Fisher, -merchant, Campo- |. bello, 8. C. Mrs. Julia M. Foust, Cleveland, Rowan County. fhe Warren E. Frye, firemen Hick- ory. a ee EP ‘Samuel Gorman, plumber, Ashe- ville. W. M. Houston, merchant, Golds- boro. H. K. Leinster, baggage master, Statesville. Mrs. George McCormack, Cleve- land, Rowan county. ee Miss Ophelia Moore, Helena, Ark. Henry Patterson, colored, Yad- kin county. Mrs. Sue E. Poole, Williamston. Charles G. Weber,’ Pittsburgh, Pa. ‘ W. A. West, engineer, Salisbury. W. E. Winslow, tank repairer, Asheville. —. J. P. Wardlow, Kendrick, Miss. Mrs. Frank H. White, Memphis, Tenn: Rey. Tenn. Dock Welles,..colored, sleeping | car porter, Asheville. Total killed, 22. Wounded Miss Lou Allie, Poole, Williams- ton, muscular strain and bruises about bedy. Wil) Bradford, Asheville, scalp wounds, back strain, ribs on right side torn from backbone, right shoulder disiccated. J. F. Hollar, merchant, Crossing, Catawba county, large scalp wound, serious wound on hip, and many bruises. GF W. Bowly; traveling salesman, Atlanta, Ga., large scalp wound, bruises. John Gaze, plasterer, Asheville bruises. J. P. Spaugh, conductor, Salis- bury, two sealp wounds, cut uride: chin, right leg bruises. H. C. Clepper, sleeping car con ductor, two stalp wounds, cuts o1 face, arm and ankle strained. Andrew Gwyn, colored, sleeping car porter, contusion of side of. head. A. L. Sink, salesman, Lexington, right thigh breken, bad cut in groin, cut in left hip, face badl) bruised, and some cuts on it. Mrs. Sue Sink, Lexington, righ’ side of face cut open from jus’ under the eye into the mouth, righ ear cut to pieces, puncture behinc right ear, cut in baek from shoul der to shoulder, scalp split open six inches in one direction and four in another. : R. E. Johnson, news agent, su perficial wounds of hand, face and head, made by glass. Berijamin Smith, boy, Reidsville ,cut on face. - O. W. Lawson, Louisville, Ky. traveling salesman, cut all over head and face, shoulder and baci hurt, concussion of spine. . J. J. Street, Roxboro, face, head and body covered with cuts and bruises, badly shocked, was in stu- por for two days and nights. Is not yet out of danger. > Soe ce oe 9 ee J. M. Sikes, Clarksville, from The Landmark which carried down, down. Auditor Sanderlin, who wrdér KiS Wea ana Wondered why ‘ful, Consciousness forsook him be ep tan to the Gus Pa., concussion of spine, two ribs fractured, cuts on head, left elbow and right foot. Left shoulder bruis- ed, 30. bruises and six cuts. Patrick M. Ransom, Northanip- ton county, 3 cuts on head, cut on tusion of right eye, bruised oye: shoulders. fee C. A. Bailey, Danville, Va., slight euts and bruises, Jim Dobbins, colored, train haid, Salisbusy, slight injuries. J.°M.: Brown, railroad black smith, Salisbury, slight wounds. Charles E. Shoaf, flag man, Lex- ington, slight cuts and bruises. | his right side, right foot hurt, cuts on left leg. ; Mrs. W. E. Moore, Helena, Ark., muscuiar strain and bruises. B. M. Estes, Jr., Memphis, slight injury, nervous shock. - Col. Bennehan Cameron, Orange county, bruises, limps’ from com pression of one foot. W. A: Elliott, Hickory, very. slight bruises -— less hurt than anyone on train. Doff Hubbard, colored, porter on Superintendent Bridge’s car, cuts and bruises on head and body. William Henry Martin, colored, | Yadkin county, cut in thigh. Total 36. Killed 22. Wounded 30. } Total accounted for, . Two og three of those classified as wounded: suffered little more than scratches but not one escaped without a mark of some kind.. The Fall From The Bridge The train was 34 minutes late - this morning. It was due at States ville at 1:52 A. M.° and reached here at 2:26, It stopped for but a minute. Some eight or ten passen gers climbed on and it was away Not more than five minutes late: those who were awake felt. the ominous jerking and bumping .and in an instant: were conscious that they were in the air and going j 1 t f t { | j | 62 was aroused from sleep by the jerking, felt jhis heart; sink and nope died in him. Col. H. C. Dem- ming was wide awake and felt the wheels strike eight or ten ties, then was conscious of the flight through space — tucked the pillow ‘of his berth in the Saluda more securely they should be in the air so long. He reviewed his life, tegretted that he had accomplished so. little in the world and commended him- self to the Saviour of niankind Them came the awful Through the opening made in the top and side of the sleeper he clambered out, Patrick E. Lansing ‘elt the train running on the bridge, then felt the jerking and bumping He had just stepped into the sec: ynd.cclass car and threw down his cigar. which he was~in the act of lighting, threw. himself into 4 stooping posture on _ his seat and waited for what was-to ‘ome. He was aware of the down- ward progress of the car, knew that t was falling into a dreadful abyss and. described the sensation as uw crash t fore the crash, of which he remem- gers nothing, and when he came to aimself; climbed, wounded and dleeding, up the ‘embankment and sat down, dazed, on: its. ton, As Sol... Demming. looked around after getting from. the wreck he saw & man emerging from the other end of the sleeper. The two dropped into the creek and waded to the east side then madé their way to the house of Mr. Gilbert ‘Caldwell, an eighth of a mile east of the bridge, ‘roused the family and Col, Dem ming went to bed, Dr. Otte Ram- , to. town, and wreck. John: Nix, one of the Asheville ‘iremen who were returning from he firemen’s tournament at Dur- vam, escaped with slight injuries and made his way to the house of Mr. Jacob. Bostian, on the top of che hill to the west and endeavored ‘o arouse the family but failed. He retraced his steps, walked: the bridge, which was clear of ties and ‘ails, but on which were the‘string- ers lying crosswise and in confu- sian, and ran back to, town to get |’ help and to have all trains stopped. He reported: the wreck to Mr. Wil- liam Rickert who was.in charge of he depot®and who sent a colored nessenger to arouse Dr. Adams ti vhom he told’ what had happened “his gentleman woke Dr. Ande ww and the two physicians, provid ing themselves with the materials seeded, hurried to the wreck, arriv ing: there about dawn with Messrs J. P. Goodjace, Gus Matheson and Guischard. Meantime -Col. Cameron, who had gone down in the sleeper, had done heroic service saving Auditor Sanderlin, Ben- jamin Smith, of Reidsville, and others, and being able to find no other living passengers had gone to Mr. Catdwell’s and, gotten a mule and buggy in which he came. to town for’clothing and for help. In West Front street the physicians and others met this gentleman vrapped in a quilt and in all other espects ill-provided for his morn- ing ride. ° Ramsey, Dr, Otto, Norfolk, Va., > Col. H. C. Demming, Harrisburg, middle ‘finger of left hand, con-| , ed | ‘ . .> | WILL be i li George W.-Sanderlin, state audi-| °°’ "* tor, Raleigh, bruised the length of [ address of | addres and and parallel with the bridy: engine and tender on their sick and down the embankment west o the stiieam; the first class ear or top of the combination. bayyuy. and second class cai, the front en ol the sleeper in the water and th rear end covering, ift Part, the tos Watd end of Supt. Hridpe pl vate car, the Daisy tH I la also partly in the { Lie bodies Were ail hd th | groans of the Wounded saluted th: ears of the workei Wilhug hand j end not a few were moat worl }and one after another of the ph sengers Was taken vut ‘uiitil ' oclock A. M: all had bes Ww ed. The dead were faid reverent} }on the yround iv the depie ul south’ of the ! ( } Were initiate i 14 until possible ed away (Furthe: details di dit ast}. Jack L. Stickley Has High Praise . | For Local Lions The nationh! eadership Inte ‘ah throughout * to t} it service hi praise the Club its ognized prograiis Unity ahd Peace Dist pis ul fol tnt ath L. Stickley ot hil the Club’ at night as the new trict Of Kions Iiternat ident “Giles W. meeting During large mony togethe the Vim uh nis Govert L the busif delegation Lions Ciub With Visitors who instal officers « Statesville District the speelal the new Gove! ed Lionism in 28 insp mi on ii nat plaised Lilie their outstand: the frit tion in Chicag a@ resolution Convention mended | Club: for its outstanding record «ff +h, 1) , +? ul Lions } hy the meeting relations off and: St installed slickiey iv international The new mony Ce? iB Flee | Dist } ifs b at were ernor if his addre Certificate were presented Gordon i‘ W tary Garnet! Treasurer Dan | Distript Gover. G. Lewis A diamond fent Lion La 30 presented to bioh G \ \A Uli HA S a j (able H be SOn the in the St Club nH al i | Sti ‘Kley also conterre ernor Among the Green guest cf Lion ht Mrs.. B. | M Lion B. M R. Massey Masse Liss of Lion Russ James T. Hub James Hubba mons guest mons; Mrs. of Lion R Mullis Mullis’ Mr guest of Lion: Ru S...Y. lion \. West guest Mrs, J. G. J. G. Lewis; and I Bride, L. B. J and Mr. “and \ if Harmony Warwick Attends Winston Meeting Mr. kK. D. Wa the Statesville merce, attende a Tegulation o held in Win The confe discussion the fr Lie ineeting were Mrs s sATYison Gaatrisoh Piest i] Pat Mere ih ard 4 Mrs volt > Nit Liv Ki er; ieSt of n Ditk | diel baat tice Hiri Hines: 14 I e\ { mi of Kikn puest ] K Mi J Clarence yuest {i ! t Wi! Willi Kuesl Har Prumley Wi We 1 La L.¢ Wi ul mm Vaile gue ons Vance KR. ATK Fied Albe Nii iliDa NICS a ( hamber- } & nfenet nitels t # Telive a fF lems and a stud) Chest and United Fu Warwick Was inter standpoint of looking tow ard a sti C-hie itt { {lit munity anil method Executis Chamber chants Ass Winston-Salem meetin) i i t { ' v t ( ommer ociution pal speake: of New York directol Wa til if i} utive Chest and | KING ACTS TO HEAD Off CIVIL WAR IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Leopold has asked the Belgian liament to transfer his pow Lug l K Pa sf % ' THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1950 Reminiscing — From The Air Waves emai 5 2 i August 27, 1950, will mark the scratches on head, leg hurt 59th anniversary of the Bostiai Bridge wreck. For the benefit ot those who are not familiar with the location we would remind them that Bostian Bridge is located about three miles southwest. of Statesville on the old No. 10 o Buffalo Shoals Road. With this explanation we will giye extracts from The Landmark which carried all the details of the tragedy. From the issue of The Landmark of September 3, 1891, we take this summary! A week agu this morn- ing that frightful accident occur- red. If the news of it sent a thrill of horror all over this state and over neighboring states, what has its very presence been to us who have spent a week among dead bodies and in the sight of band-. aged men and women! People abroad received the shock under the light of the sun when they were on the streets or<at their places of business, nerved for the work of the day. Statesville was aroused ivom sleep by the “Halloa” from the - streets, the vigorous knock on the door or the sharp ring of thé doorbell, to receive the | news that a passenger train had gone down, from Bostian’s Bridge and that probably almost. all of those on board had been killed. Then the early morning incidents when hastily dressed men hastened to the wreck and by the dim light of the overcast moon or the early dawn; felt their way through the charnel house in Third Creek and on its banks among che dead and dying! But let us not dwell too long on this scene nor on the other — that- of the vehicles com- ing slowly into town, in some the dead, in others the living, the two classes distinguishable as they passed by the fact that the heads of the dead were enveloped while the faces of the living were ex- posed to view. These recollections are as a nightmare and our peo- ple have not yet been wholly arous- ed from it. The Casualties—List of the Dead. This is a final and accurate rec- ord of the dead: J. B. Austin, car- penter, Hickory. t Charles Barnette, plasterer, of ominous jerking and bumpiny and Asheville. i Perry Barnette, plasterer, Hen- they were in the air and going dersonviile. , down, down. Augitor Sanderlin, who was aroused from sleep by : Chicago. j hope died in him. Col. H. C. Dem- ming was wide awake and felt. the wheels strike eight or ten ties, then was conscious of the flight through space — tucked the pillow of his berth in the Saluda more securely yundér Wis Wear atid Samuel Gorman, plumber, Ashe- they should be in the air so long. He reviewed his life, that he had accomplished so little J. C.. Brodie, traveling ealijinaa, A. Davis, laborer, Statesville. W. J. Fisher, merchant, Campo- bello, 8. C. Mrs. Julia M. Foust, Cleveland, Rowan mee ae Warren E. Frye, Hiek- ay. Fey: Samoan, i ville. W. M. Houston, merchant, Golds- boro. i H. K. Leinster, baggage master, Statesville. Mrs. George McCormack, Cleve- Miss Ophelia Moore, , Helena, Ark. i Henry Patterson, colored, Yad-/ then felt the jerking and bumping. He had just stepped into the sec- ynd.class car and threw down his cigar which he was in the act of Pa. : lighting, threw himself stooping posture seat and waited for what was to ‘ome. He was aware of the down- ward progress of the car, knew that kin county. — Mrs. Sue E, Poole, Williamston. Charles G, Weber, Pittsburgh, W. A. West, engineer, Salisbury. W.. E. Winslow, tank repairer, Asheville. J. P. Wardlow, Kendrick,. Miss. Mrs. Frank H. White, Memphis, Tenn: , Rev. J. M. Sikes, Tenn. - Dock» Welles, colored, sleeping car porter, Asheville’ slight bruises anyone on train. Superintendent Bridge’s car, cuts and bruises.on head and body. as wounded suffered little than scratches but not one escaped without & mark of some kind. this morning. It was due’at States- ville at 1:62 A.-M..‘and reached here at..2:26, It stopped for but a minute. Some eight or ten passen- gers climbed on and it was away. Not more than five minutes later self to the ‘Saviour of mankind Then Through the opening made in the’ land, Rowan county. top and side of the sleeper he clambered out. Patrick E. Lansing and described the sensation as aw Clarksville, | ¢ fore the crash, of which he remem sers nothing, and when he came to aimself, Samuef Carter; Asheville, tront veeth knocked out, cut on head and face, body. bruised, Marshall Nix, Asheville, ear cut, injuries very slight. Col. H. €. Demming, Harrisburg, Pa., concussion of spine, two rips fractured, cuts, on head, left elbow and right foot: “Left shoulder bruis- ed, 30 bruises and six cuts. Patrick M. Ransom, Northamp- ton county, 3’cuts on head, cut yn | middle finger of left, hand, tusion of right eye, bruised over shoulders. C. A, Bailey, Danville, Va. slight cuts and bruises, Jim Dobbins, colored, train hand, Salisbury, slight injuries. _J. M. Brown, railroad’ black- smith, Salisbury, slight wounds. Charles E. Shoaf, flag man, Lex- ington, slight cuts and bruises. George W. Sanderlin, state audi- | tor, Raleigh, bruised thé length of his right side,-right foot hurt, outa | on left leg: Mrs. .W. E. Moore, Helena, Ark.; muscular strain and bruises. B. M. Estes, Jr., Memphis, slight ‘injury, neryous shock. Col. Bennehan Cameron, Orange county, bruises, limps from. com- pression of one foot. W. A. Elliott, | Hickory, less hurt very | than Doff Hubbard, colored, perter on William Henry Martin, colored, | Total 30. 4 Killed 22, ° Wounded 30. Total accounted for, -52 Two or three of those classified ‘more - The Fall From The Bridge The train. was 34 minutes late hose who ‘were awake felt the n an.instant were conscious that the erking, felt his heart sink and Wondered wliy regretted n-the world and commended him- the crash came awful ‘elt the train running\on-the bridge, into 4 on his t was falling into a dreadful'abyss ul; Consciousness forsook him be- climbed, wounded and con- Yadkin county, cut in thigh. } Unity: and Total killed, 22... Wounded Miss Lou Allie. Poole, Williams- ton, muscular strain and bruises. about bedy. Will Bradford, Asheville, scalp wounds, back strain, ribs on right side torn from backbone, rleeding, up the embankment and sat_ down, dazed, on its top, As Sol. Demming looked around after getting from the wreck he saw 8 man emerging from the: other end of the sleeper. The two dropped into the creek and waded to the east side then made their way to the house of Mr. Gilbert Caldwell, an right Atlanta, Ga., -chin, right leg bruises. shoulder dislocated. . J. F. Hollar, merchant, Crossing, Catawba county, large scalp wound, serious. wound on hip, and many bruises. G. W. Bowly; traveling salesman, large scalp wound, bruises. John Gaze, plasterer, Asheville bruises. J. F. Spaugh, conductor, Salis- bury, two sealp wornds, cut unde H. C. Clepper, sleeping car con ductor, two scalp wounds, cuts o1 face, arm and ankle strained. Andrew Gwyn, colored, sleeping car porter, contusion of side of head. A. L. Sink, salesman; Lexington, right thigh broken, bad cut in, groin, cut- in left hip, face badly bruised, and some cuts on: it. Mrs. Sue Sink, Lexington, righ’ side of face cut open from jus: under the eye into the mouth, righ ear cut to pieces, puncture behinc right ear, cut in back from: shoul der to shoulder, sealp split open six inches in one direction and four in another. R. E. Johnson, news agent, su- perficial wounds of hand, face and head, made by glass. Benjamin Smith, boy, Reidsville cut on face. « 0. W. Lawson, Louisville, Ky. traveling salesman, cut all over head and face, shoulder and’ bac hurt, concussion of spine.” . J. J. Street, Roxboro, face, head and body covered with cuts and bruises, badly shocked, was in stu- por for two days and nights. Is not yet out of danger. Ramsey, Dr, Otto, Norfolk, Va., eighth of a mile east of the bridge, ming went to bed, Dr. Otto Ram- oe We sompane ompanion, to town, and Mr..Caldwell to the wreck and made his way to the house of Mr. Jacob Bostian, on the top of ers lyimg crosswise and in confu- ng themselves with the materials TJ. P.’Goodlace, Gus: Matheson and roused the family and Col. Dem. John Nix, one of the ‘Asheville: ‘jremen who were returning from he firemen’s tournament at Dur- vam, escaped with slight injuries che hill to the. west and endeavored 0 arouse the family but failed. He retraced his steps, walked the bridge, which was clear of ties and ‘ails, but on which were the string- sian, and ran back to town to get help and to have all trains stopped. He reported the wreck to Mr. Wil liam Rickert who was in charge of he depot and who sent a colored nessenger to arouse Dr. Adanis to vhom he told what had happened. “his gentleman woke Dr. Ande: son and the two physicians, provid seeded, hurried tothe wreck, arriv ing: there about dawn with Messrs Gus Guischard. Meantime - Col. Cameron, who had gone down in the sleeper; had done heroic service saving Auditor Sanderlin, Ben- jamin Smit, of: Reidsville, and others, and being able to find no. other living passengers had gone to Mr. Caldwell’s and gotten a-mule and buggy in- which he came to town for clothing and for help. In West Front street the physicians and others .met this “gentleman vrapped in a quilt and in all other ‘espects ill-provided for his morn- ing ride. Distressing Sights A’ harrowing spectacle ed the ears. of the early In the wreck ‘and valley lay wha had lately been an enpine and trai ‘of cars and the whole was av liu and parallel with the bridpe engine and tender on their side and down the embankment west « the stream); the first top of the combinativi and second class of the sleéper In the Water aid the toi cai;,.the Trout en rear end covering, iii part ward end of Supt. Bridges: pi vate car, the Daisy, which itself fu also partly in the bodies Were all about atid groans of thé wounded saluted t Willing diane Syvuotk at Woult Watel ite ears of the workers ;}and not a few were land one after anothei Of the pas sengers was taken out o’cleck’ A. M. all had’ been remy ed. The dead were on the ground in aad of the brids ulilil by the aiich tlie Yuulbd ;ed were made as cunifurtable. a possible until thev codld be ino ed away (Further details rig j will t ye PIVEll ili TEX Pet sf cast). ao L. Stickley ‘Has High Praise For Local Lions. The eadefship of taar nte; t Li fi I} i National in Lhe et t field throughout the world/ its. great Service to (humanity! and thet praise of the Statesyili l Club’ for its ognized progratis oii Liitet ia lial biferhatiphally address of Dist ict Govern: Ja Club at the Vance as the trict of Lions lnteinati¢nah Pres ident Giles West meeting. ‘ During large mony togethe1 visitors special instellation the new officers of the and Statesville |! District ed . Inspired Lionism in more than in 28 nations uf the ‘world. Hé the Statesville Lions f! iesided at the the butil @ SesSiuh @a the Hai Lions Club was introduced otheld delegation from With a number ot who, were attending fibeting ul Harinou Club Sf Lichie { dolis Gove! nor } i ) a7°« leade thay the x UUU el praised their out the Lions Int: tion in Chicago by the adoption a-resolution by the Copvention waich | highly mended the Statesville | Club for its out tandiiy Standing retopuition 4 ‘fiativiial ( international relations The new offi mony and State>ville Lions Cl were. installed by District Gos ernor Stickley at the sivlusion of his cers vf add: rs were presente | tu rast’ Presiden Gordon L, Wi'son: tary Garner Bagtial, | and Treasurer Dat. 11 Purifoy by District Goveracr an Lion Jor G. Lewis on velial! fi the A diamond studded ist: Pre dent Lion Lapel i i 80 presented tu ion trordon W yon: by Giles! West om | belialt the: Club, Hon in the St also conferred © pi ernor Stickley Among the meeting were Via bot Green guest cf Livn ba ire Mrs. B M. , marrison | guest of Lion -B. M R. Massey Massey; Miss Sue of Lion Russel] Mester; M James T.. Hibbard guest of Lion James Hubbard, Mrs.) Dick: Kim mons guest of Lion Diek Kiy mons; Mrs, Clarence Hines pu of Lion Clarence Hines; Mrs. J R. Mullis guest of Lion JR Mullis, Mrs. I ey RIEW t guest of Lion Harvey (Williams Mrs. S. v. of itn. 8, V... Bemis \ u West guest of Lion Giles Wes! Mrs. J.°G. Lewis guest of Lion J. G. Lewi aad Licrg Vance -Me Bride, L..B. Joutes, Ky AL hi and My. Fied }Alt of Harn Warwick Attends Winston Meeting “Mr . D. Warwiel the tse i] merce, attende 4 regulation of public soleitation held in Winston > The conferetice was discussion of futid-raising—proh lems and a study Gf the. Cominani Chest and United bousdat Warwick was standpoint of the ! looking toward 4 stud munity Chest. an methods Executives of (omn Chamber of Commes Paid fe chants Association itternded Winston-Salem meetiis a | pal speaker was Lyman I of New York Citv, a inte ¢ lirecton vl ary feristee atesV:ite Liotis) (laut m hist the guests.) stfendins Garrison Markley Prumley . guest iba aud ASS Cai Bs ion mnie { i milterel seq Tu tudy and itive Chest .and Coutieil of Afiet 4 KING ACTS TO HEAD OF} CIVIL WAR IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Aug.. | K Leopold has asked the Belgian Pat liament to-transfer his poyweis t & i : met -the eyes and harrowing sounds yreet arrivals M1ass Car ol bus Bl KE the laid reverently depression § p } 4 i Curce Li blak tu hit | L. Stickley of District $1-B while] |} addressing: the tatesville - Lians j hight on.’ his first official visit] new AzOvernmur: of- his Uis-) e | It ternat ional! i reCord | i of meetings | tre tie * hettar i Certificates if appreciation iit t ul I ion | ile initere-te ! or ) F-2b-N9L6 STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK PAGE 2 Cause Of Bostian Bridge Wreck Is Still Controversial a By HOMER KEEVER | was ‘not satisfied with so simple ing the bolts were close ai road stressed the clear » ‘returned It with : oe ;@n explanation. It had been. hand in an urlocked tool shed dition of the spikes intact. _ Bostian Bridge train only a month or so since a al the section mas ers house, been. tarn. fron S Te Ma “ere % ge ago special work crew had been put In the inquest that followed they. } f owners : ee Ps o ay at he to work on that section, with the Richmond & Danville parad- 8 Cro" anc! hours o a ae MS © | special attention to the bridge oq witness: after witnose te set. nesses exhibite bal! i Gece OO cat me . eit ; _ across Thifd Creek. To them yy e thatsthe wreck was Muts ‘ the. hole. t press with almost the wreck had to be Sqpotage. the-work of human hands, party been removed f sa e whole story. : ee ee a if sh ' th y | Alliance Criticism or parties unknown. Editor rather than jerke atl fa some- t was Thursday morning, on | The truth was that the rail. Caldwell expressed the general. the threads. No! out the Landmark’s regular press a , ee al ae - y d Id not stand more criti. fecHng that the thought was Seeing any sur n at States- ‘ roads could not stand more criti day, that the wreck occurred. | —. ad Seon horvible th entertain’: Tf scene of the wre I Ext blis. . | cism—or so” «thought. They .§9 Aortinie to -entertain If an xtras were pu if rane ok pt”. more afd “Caldwell e fisted an Stranger in Town 1W- day, Saturday an ly from the either ~si ak alli. — Muchini the Richmond? a adding details and Seventy-five years ago: Hy frem_ the - a : vu e! ee . inch i to ance, fe 4 Neen. lst--. Vile s ise j hy BumECenCes of the Landmark, August Ms i a the -ed on the ‘side of the rajlroads , Strange. mar een in ail d To the fundament rie — coger on things they and yet one can. hardly read das hefore the ed to is was added by thewhelming defeat of:the school for the low ‘his: paper. without coming to Irvin, tobacco: ois identified bodies wetax in the election (statewide ) gs they sold the: edr chuston that he thought the chief witness en Some other points Jagt week otherwise than AN organized into he had told the whole stury the © dressed white n eons pagel of distrust of the ance, and:the ‘1’ one day. ed-Irvin and point ted by Was taken up Wi party in power This proposi serge Ondition of Ties him if eo ee lace the blame fo a eee- . tion the = He Several’ of the witnesses told the bridge Stigat- 41967 ° does not at first blush appear to list political § everal ol tne Witnesses told the brings e ine ~tf Editor J. P. Cale i it : “of seeing rottén cross ties. One him twice ence. th : first story, had no be logical, since once occurs he vdlintalts prominent. Statesville man who bore Irvin out that they " a that the cause. The track to anyone that in many counties of much of (ld Such a:story was asked if seen the man talking ak he —because the spike — Inedell, for instance — the Jes. and they % ad anything’ against the «He had not asked nega: rails to the cross t school interests are in perfectly iat the so Richmond & Danville. an. indi-' erossing the brides eens en out of a rotten ¢ and trusted hands. ,.... of. them cation that the railroad lawyers Miss Lue ? 5 ee ea! of all the inquiry § But le wok ao ng ‘to show. prejudice the Pullmar . . ; : Many peop: argued to ) comn : } ul uima o witnesses, there we .. oe. & fo vay, : existed T against the <raiiroad. er drowning. t : thought that was themselves that the last legisla- rem so that is he had nothing. hav story ture, having done so much that *ssmen and Das B nig Pea he ille + : e gyeh ore. ae e lef The management was bad, could hardly do any- : . ci og. . Qlite a bit of the evidence one trying :0 get = mond & Danville R thing that was good, and s0 d 2 sa taken. dealt’ with the quick re- she had called atte runner of the South voted the school tax on se blame for moval of the torn-up cross ties, other person in the we aes eee ’ . ' fhiy ' nino th t Late tha Heb 4. wns , general princ "ae e wreck -and | nod in reek*by the somebody was ‘ “pe +s crew oO VICTS sent over from then "he ' WANT “3. A. Gand ond Birdew up around heen ime . : VNOWLOD Bariv. nex morning iO Was [ K eX ; $ ‘Shepherd, the two eT ie bwos Put the track back in running ness. Other witnesses t ‘ : r { % 1 {er Customers To convicts who have been indicted " rails togeth order. There was the implica- séeing temporarily some e Gallons of Gasoiin Iredell Superior Court for), thelr: “nithe’ hen that their hurried work the scene f the P ‘ ) ‘ : 1 had dest ed -evidence nila nhl pnitfi 1E p Week causing the disasterous wreck ji t))9 jy: . oe . \ : on. at at Bostian’s Bridge in 1891, ‘ The bolts AI Ee Videnc™e > WAS LiOR, W . i sith DAVIS O were sent to the penitentiary but laying brought owt thatthe . section might have been wre ~~ ©. master, whose job was to. robbers =I from Alexander and Iredell had been re oe aes é ad thai 1518 Shelton A ; ll hands. More keep that. section: of the road Out pf such stories ( la counties respectively. Shepherd poe ere in shape, ha¢ complained about papers wrate that e | was from Cool Spring township. Pack acca! , the bad shape of'his section. heemabundant, sto the | other Hand was sent from Alexander That camplaining came-to the mark labelled as for Manslaughter in 1892. Two . Jury at-least third-handed.. The libe (me Negro k THE MUSI white men from Lenoir county, section master was. on the stand caught picking up some | first Satutwho had been in the peniten- and expressed the opinion that “man blankets and atrested a tiary, say that Hand and the ties on Bostian, Bridge were the Landmark went f| irs be JP : 1 y t e ‘ some of the best. on. the reade way! to compliment . Shepherd confessed to them B28 : way plin hat i the Bostian but. he: did. admit: that he kept ‘‘citizens their met ‘ , , — the tools in his shed unlocked. conduct during the excit “JIMMY KILE bridge wreck. He was one.of the witnesses:. Diamond Returned SHARON “COOK.OUT . ae SPD kk t oO) Ot HOD/ “License © was , for the Richmond & Danville. Mrs. R. C. Moore Lediieticka: *. ae i Their witnesses were so desig- chamois bag from Home * BE NOVI Baied and their statements: wit- neck, a hag coniaining a $ their Free Records nessed and attested to bv AW diamend and quite f it uch | - Watts, then a young lawyer just currency. It was returned te éation ly come to town, later the brains bpr a little later, and alt es i of the. state-wide Democratic she suspected it cc ‘et Set. Sept. tn Bill Hefner's TV Talent Hunt “machine.” just torn loose bu : ii: th’ at ibe [tedelt Other witnesses -for the rail- she left a paper \ J-26-/96L PAGE 2 STATESVILLE RECORD-A LANDARE Fe ee pavement eens netaasstar Cause Of Bostian Bridge Wreck Is Still Controversial By HOMER KEEVER | was not satisfied with so simple ‘ing: thé bolts were* close at road stressed the cl n turned tt with The Bostian Bridge train 6 at gage ie aoe 2 Sees top one oe of the spikes that intact. wreck occurred 75 years @£0 gnecial work crew baek ke sy a at the. section: : master’s! house been torn: ft oe Saturday, in the early morning +) work on that ee eoh if wed owners hours of August 27, 1891. Be- special aitenkidn <a a aoe Richmond & Danville parad- 4) CFOWDar, 4 fore noon the Statesville Land-' soroce Third Creek ty: ty Be ed wil her Witness. to set DPsses ¢ f yegeance mark went to press with almost the om bea ; a. ae un’la case ‘that. the ack wee’ mits thal ; - the whole story. ad to pe sasolage. the work of human hands, party Pen : Alliance Criticism or parties unknown. Ed - rather than jer f ' It was Thursday morning, on paren en as fa earlier by some- the Landmark's regular press| Tee ‘ruth was that the rall- AERY Se eaEEE SE FEET ET ne ae rout att day, that the wreck occurred. roads could not stand more criti: (PCUNE © at the thought +was Speing) any sun! ra al States- -th Extras were published on Fri- °'S™—°F 80 they thought. They) eee vp ee 5 pee eee ws Mt Later aff, Sem "Tay, Saturday and Monday, were coming under more and — ere 10 De “usted n Stranger in Towr ; » Cataw- adding details and personal re. ™°Fe Gre, especially from: the ee eee ae we. ‘uch of the R “& on the be miniscences of the wreck. oo who were inclined to sd ¢ & NOUNG DAVE OtEn Hist: Sie S| Case Cen ed b ‘ . th > on RW <ide of the-r ly fn m1 a - i ;: To the fundamental story little aa Bho a eh - S Da ae ee on ae . ein jail’ ted was added by the extras. Un- es Se ee Nee Ee a ce Tas re ae te : vet ne ught—and even for the [ow ‘S. Paper without, goming -to iivin, tobacco n a identified hodies were identified. prices of the things -they’ sold-| [he ' “clusion: that Be ~thoucht the chief with Some other points were clari-| rhe farmers had organized into he had told the ote ee a fied, but much of the space | Oe en beska oC ee e 'the Farmers Alliance, and the Vey [rst day: ei Irvin and -poin was taken up with attempts to | alliance was on the verge of Condition ‘of Ties him if he were ! headed by place the blame for the wreck. | pecoming the Populist slitieal Several of the: witnesses told the bridge t g Editor J. P. Caldwell, in his | . ee Pe Tile csed elms ie fan Me oo , “one ins first story, had-ne doubts as to pay. : nie gp ee ross ties. One him twice’ ‘Ty ~ the cause. Thetrack spread apart| 7° the alliance the railroads told. sie oe os bist ogg —because the spikes holding the | Were the source of much _ of ssl Meek fi a a rails to the cross tie had pulled the: farmers’ troubles, “and they. | 2: bund 4k Dandie ualtaal oe Lt eck Was <n qut of a rotten tie. In spite | Vere Cemanding iat the! gov: ib thatthe railéoad. | oe ee ee ee ai a of all the inquiry and calling of *™ment iid cate tem ee te | ks pn, — nis m “who hadre witnesses, there were many who % at least set up a commis : 2 : Dace ee ES 4 ee thought that was the whole to regulate them so that 2 ys ceored tha Se en Oe story. certain big businessmen and ota HOG | OaG. seen Bn 8 ei ostie The management of the Rich- towns could not be given pre : ds e _ ees a car window 8 ba il mond & Danville Railroad, fore- ferential rates. It isagainst |i aco with the a. ee ee e corner’s runner of the Southern Railway, | Such 8 background that the ow cine torn un ee ee re nf ‘| attempt to affix the blame for |. = P cross Wes, other person in tt s , a Cette Bilin Oreck and ee Spmeuody: was trying se WANTED the stories that grew-up aroun nt : cw oe ; ee ujem. That ‘ it must be viewed, ee ae : xt morning to was backe ie tilewkns! merning two. OO ON TORRE RU | Ose knee wiiness Customers To Win 50 bolts that bold ‘the rails togeth- order, There was’ the implica- seeing tempora: SOT ‘ e ver Gallons of Gasoline each fi o- were found: with their nuts (lon that. their, htirried work the scene of the % : F Shep Week | laying near where the train had had destroyed evidence could not identif The ; LAMY (. Lamp - | jumped whe thatk. The. bolts::, (7% | Some. evidence” was tien was strong th I B le DAVIS OIL #2 - I were rat stripped, but laying brought out:-that the section might have been wr: . f ‘ th there as if they had been re A‘°" whose. jop it Was to -rabber . 1518 Shelton Avenue | moved by human hands; More keep that” section of the’ road Out of such stor od that | than that, the tools-for remov- in shape, had complained about papers wrote that note ss 4 eee > the bad shape ‘of his. section. been abundant, stories the ae 7 That complaining came to the mark la! | ae ou { 1e jury at least third:-handed. The- libel.’ One Negro , THE MUSIC HALL @@e Lake Norman ton ela 2 is geal a a = In f t Saturday, August 27, 8:20 P.M. sid waicehned thie. Seino tral | rnb Blankell and ariested r fhe fi ) an doe were ‘ "GER SSE es “KILGO’S KANTEEN” ee Le ee : ee -but he «did. admit ‘that -he kept oltizens’ for t r Featuring— the tools: in his shed unlocked. conduct during the « “JIMMY KILGO”...WSOC TV.. Plus Four Bands He was one of the witnesses| Diamond Returned , for the Richmond & Danville. Mrs. R. C. Moore missed a SHARON COOK-OUT na«,. i Their witnesses were so desig- chamois bag from arol \" 1 Hom Free 10) I yonenuUys peotspal? — TIVES pried and their statements wit- neck. a hag aining ia $2 ee —— * eud “sUTTIID poureydxe « HB Me peared and attested ? hv A.W. diamond and qiiite a f ‘yay sty uo uenbs & ae Ce } gece piven peng’ just eutrenes It was returned to 4 s i 2 , ‘ to town, ial ne Drains er ttle later and alfh , Set. Sept. pee assagennsity of . the. state-wide Democrati¢” she a ark sould acl have oo — yo ay “BJOUIe : “machine.’ just torn loose sa¢ taken , 7 Es incall : : ® jredell yenbs @ jo adet B JO JU0I} ul et j Other witnesses for the rail- she left a paper exonerat ee dn ppd om ft LL oa, ——_— “_ - Eis au -sasqndult jeot ps . : \ * 2 -Jej@ jo Sales 8 uy Yoel Poa 1 ay} uo aBeu ayy aoe UF e yoru ‘seposqeje Suppuodse au) % woyed pexe a} P fam ‘wayy yo wor Ul O] UOISIAs es @ Wd} panow ay se esau! page aus ‘AeW U! $42404 euljose eye u! Ges out 0} SULeyUNO THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1966 (etree a Editor J. P. By HOMER KE-VER Seventy-five years ago Satur- day, on August 27, 1891, broke what. many consider the biggest local news story ever to hit the Statesville Bostian Bridge train wreck The wreck occurred about#2 ark closed its newspapers the a.m. The Landm third. page, which in thai day and time was the hot-news page, at 11:30-a.m. ana went to press. The next day an extra edition was o out, but “véry little was to be added to Editor J. P. Caldwell's story. Later extras did little but clarify and add minor - details. Such a good job of reporting had he done that the _ stors stands without a peer in th history of local news coverage. ‘ Indeed, few stories can mateo it for excellence in ‘spot report- ing Tradition has it that Editor Caldwell wrote it in bits and pieces at the scené of the gras and hurried it: in: by messet gers and that R. R. Clark set the type and goi the paper ready for press. A Frighttul " Accident “The most horrible disaster in the history of railroading o curred at 2 o'clock this morn- ing at Bostian’s bridge Third Creek, two miles west of Statesville. At that hour the west-bound passenger train No 9 which had passed Statesville time at 1:52 a.m.,. was hurled rom the top of the bridge, a dis- @® LEGAL NOTICE e CREDITOR'S NOTICE __ All persons having claims , against Jynior Carl Shoemaker, * Yate of Iredell County, N. C are a notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of February; 1967. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. This 18th day of August, 1966 Mrs. Mamie H. Shoemaker route 5, Box 54, Statesville, N. C Administratriz 0/8/66 Repossessions 1965 FIAT 600B 2 door 1959 PLYMOUTH 4 door over = 1962 FORD Galaxie 500 4 door, V-8, straight drive, radio and heater- 1959 PLYMOUTH 4 door station wagon 1959 DODGE 2 door hardtop Stevenson Finance 125 East Front Telephone. 873-6389 in not Ciivvosqpeme New Calc tance of: from 60. to 75 feet the éngine, the tender, baggage and second class car; the first class coach, ing coach: “Saluda” and . the private car-of Supermtendent R. R: -Bridgers “going. over beard. The “bridge: was. swepl clear of: iron from end to end. “George Bowley, traveling for the. Atlanta Rabies Company, and oné or two other’ passen nade their way from live came on foot to gers = the car own and. gave.the accident. In a town was aroused, citizens vehicles began hastening ‘t scene and the work of rescue began.. Some of the. passengers had crawled from the car and I j al n were perched, dazed, on theit tops. Axés- were’ put to. work 4 and the cars. cut open, and \so many of the passengers as could ‘be found were - drtgged out—some dead,’ Some — alive. “By dawn great crowds of people were or the ground and nothing was left undone The dead and wounded - were brought to’ town the wounde: disposed of at’ the dead - laid private houses, the side by side on ‘the floor ~ of- &, : ~The Farmer Toh acegQ Ware Jiouse and .the trae! ies _ tagger How many were killed or drowned it is yet oak to learn. Nineteen @ead: bodies. had been taken up. to. ten- o'clock, but it appr irs. probable _ that others are vet. in the water “un der the cars. Twenty-five ~ is probably not an’ over estimate of the number dead: List of the Dead “Below is as complete’ a list as.can be had up to this hour, 10:30, of the number who were killed or. lost their in water: .Engineer Wm. West, Salisbury. Fireman Warren Fry, Salisbury. Baggage Master Hugh K, Linster, ¥ M lives Statesville, W \1 Houston,: merchant, Greensboro. Perry: Barnett» Asheville Sam: uel Gorman, Asheville. Charles Bennett, Hendersonville. -Jule Thiefer, traveling Salesman. W and Trade-Ins Co. the. Pullman sleep- ews of the, little while the’ hotels” and: : J. Fisher, Campypie- E: Winslow, Ashes Statesville, ‘one-l¢ B. Austin, Hick Pee Ly UNKNOY i sf pocket. 1¢ g MI AT 4 : 400d to Ale old lady. Unk finger inside « grave I 1"? iy Nous COVeTE | R Clarkesville, Le colored porte The injured “ ) Georee B t e ington, both seriuus he now advil t i of J. Bostic “un "tag i i,t ; Gaze, Asne serious!) State Auditor -G¢ der! painfully ' gerously—now at of John. S. McRorit “Ran: 180M 1a 2 re ce piu Soe gence oF.W. | Leica Johnson, Newsbo malig wells Story Of Bostian Briage the residence of Je sa Rorie - Escaped Unhurt “Col. Bennehan ¢ Raleigh, a mem governor's staff. Ott Norfolk, Va. Worth Ei ory... The Wreck end ine Cause “The train fell f side of the t: lies partly up the en on the: west side of the The first-class coach ties on. of the second-class and Supe | tendent Bridger’s ‘car “yp | covers the sleep: “It. Ig supposed that, as enginé, which was) maki ;to 30..miles and hour < grade, struck the bridge track ‘spread. Why it ‘have done $0 Is ac by the fact that the/ends of # ities at the approach to th S@CONG I Wine o ws... — - S| @ D & LANDMARK te ner m’s reach of him were the ies ‘ot from the first-class ‘Miss Lueii dies.of the two unknown -fe- coach to-the engine will never head oi het water until her stength as ¢ GCs Usibis i oid > ie pe, ple passengers—how their bod- ; be known. e 1 ograph of Bostian Bridge was made soon after the: 1891 train wreck by W. J. Stimson, States ust moved in from Lenoir, He made three photographs by the wet plate method, hauling each going back to take another. This picture was not used in the first edition of the Landmark < Qs wth J not appear until the issue of September 3. (Courtesy of Ben Stimson, son of W. J. Stimson). hat ! = \ asm cee nee tee a aieamieiioatitinatad RUARY 8, 1997 Recalls Statesville As He Knew In That Day,’ August 27, 1891 To The Editor: A folder of a Statesville hotel, from a folder in a Charleston, W. Va., hotel, @fakened in me a train the recital of which of considerable interest to E i nna ne ett ae es sic% Eifait 48 SEG pe evita git & Bs Fg d¢ if >. fgets We ci of Bowly very un- cerémoniously, but through habit of for 4 immediately said s nor was Bowly, thouzh both seriously injured, I prob- @ dit the worse for wear. happenings in the ineumetances. Bowly, with all abcut ms dark as pitch, could >t recall My namie, nor I his, so this is what rT tin the dark: “That you Leuis- Wille?” —“Yeos, is or — " are you hurt?” — ven’t ES bund bu yet.” All -the time I was Seeing about my arms and ribs to } any hurt. Then Bowly again: a .wiridow above you, get " By that time the groans cf the hed, begun to ewell into a discord;.and after three or Gur attempts I was able to get ; windew. In a mument ed me, Both were sd ae that blodd was flowing several cuts, one of mi ~ rtery at left side ot Any ace, which gave me much ‘con- cern. ¢ until a he came back, he and the fireman were dead, hd we decided we weie no! strong undertake relief work, but some one who was help in numbers with Fe ; are however very-/ m a looked at the engine. When said both the en- s i + e scrambled by main | rdness over the ich we had been. under the arched |. F the depot. wily asked if I could wai). ‘and he preceded us as we crossed the bridge going back afoot toward Statesville. Spaugh and Bowly made better time than I and about half way across the bridge | found some. cross ties pretty well jumbled up, and I would take no chance of. another } | drop,.so I got down on my hands and knees. and: crawled over the mass. -| Then came the job of getting to my } | feet again. It took quite a while. Not only was I very sore but | was very weak from that artery leak, and felt, that I might faint at! any time. How- éver, about 300 yards from the bridge I found the two waiting for me be- fore a.section foreman’s house south of the track. We consulted, and {agreed that they were able to get to town and I would only hamper them. Therefore I was to go into the house while they went to town to give ‘the alarm. Inside the house I found that two injured people had arrived ahead of me, so I took a room that was to the right of the front entrance and lay on the bed: unti]) about eight o’clock in-the morning when a young doctor, just graduated from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, came in. He rad been a passenger on the train. Soon after another doctor ‘joined him when I first met Dr. M. R. Adams, of Statesville. At that time Dr. Adams pot been practicing long. I recall I refused morphine when they seventeen stitches in me. later a lady very badly in- was brought in and a plea the room I ‘was using, and the only room ieft, a small room. There I fell asleep. When ened later, I saw a young man my ‘bed with a peach free ng the flies from my SEE i e E i s§ : 3 #2 ® H i ~ g him and he smiled. | ied to grin but the stitches remind- ed me by protesting. I said: “Son why do you not go down to the wreck and work?” He replied: “I’ve been down there and the workers are so thick that they are in each other’s way, so I looked around the house to find it the same way, even out on the lawn, where there. were patients, oe & derful crop 6f flies. Then I took a Nand because I could see you really needed the sleep.” And that’s where I - first met Gus Fry of: Statesville. And. his ministrations that day will alwavs be held. in grateful remem- brance. oe All that day the railroad people were runn a gtub train to. and fro between Statesville and the wreck and- about six p. m. Dr. Adams show- ed. up to take me to Statesville. At several. were waiting for to take them “up town.” UG me; | dont ‘naw whether ‘it » or rye but ‘it worked. ap Tei d blood stained clothing. | go I teok a chance up. the attic way, . and found you plastered with a won+. : raitiy f 1 very faint, THE LAN ¥ —— feel thoroughly at home. period of convalescence that i¢ has taken years to bring to a copejusion. ed and a tall gentleman of states: manlike proportions stepped in and introduced himself as General Matt Ransom, United States Senator for North Carolina, and we had a cheer- ing cofiversation for a half hour and enpoyed his visit to the utmost. At the same time there was in the city another distinguished gentleman. and destined to become very distinguish | ed indeed before his span was to be discontinued. Fortunately he is still carrying on to his glory and that of North Carolina aad the United States. It’ is the Hon. Josephus Daniels, the last and present Ambassador to Mexico. A co-incident that it toox 4l years to completé&.is herewith re- corded, possibly for the first time. General Ransom was the finst Am- ment by President Grover Cleveland, when the office was raised from a Consulate to an Embassy. Hon. Josephus Daniels being the last, Statesville can claim that in’ August 1891, That she was cuest to both the first and the last Ambassador to Mexico, though it took 41 years to complete. the co-incident. I might also say that when the Confederate Veterans met in Louis- ville in 1900, 1 had the satisfaction and vety great pleasure to help enter- tain Mr. Leinster, of Statesville, the lost. in the great wreck which has in- spired this letter. I have not heard from Dr. Adams or Gus Fry in several vears ‘but’ I hope they are carrying on in, their years. i —ORVILIE W LAW YON. t Great Kanawha Bldg. i. Charleston,» W. Va. Miss Ruth Current New State Agent Succeeds Dr. Jane S. McKimmon Who Resigned After Serving 25 Years. : Raleigh, Feb. 2.2—Dr. Jane S. Me- Kimmon, in charge of home demon- stration work in North Carolina for the State College Agricultural Ex- tension Service forithe past 25 years, yesterday annoupeed her retirement as_active head of this work: te as- sume: less exacting duties of an ade visory nature. . Announcement of her decision was made yesterday by Deh 1.-0. Schaub at.a meeting of the home demonstra- tion staff. Dean Schaub read Mrs. McKimmon’s letter asking for. a_re- lease from the arduous duties of State Agent in charge of home dem- onstration work and also read) his re- ply in which he regretfully acceded to the request. He also announced that Miss Ruth Current, at present district agent in .charge of home | J di iS OU . ar be promoted to. pent wnt taal vi. cKTmnon would ‘continue as Assistant Director of Extension. Mrs. McKimmon thus Something occurred during that Figure it out. One day my door open-. bassador to Mexico, through appoint- the position, ag} father of the baggage-man who was , | I r Pp b dit wh flod | Sen 3 now customary cheerfu] manner and that | all's they may continue to d) so for many was t eng hat ize lof fe tions | his he | chang i & dista) eral back ng | samy com pr No ly officis duct, , agents of the Southwestern District, he ts ee ll The e = . * . . vided y contemplated doing it all |will be available for consultation on | diffe nm when I got to the Cooper | the various problems affecting ex- | tions tension work. She also plans to write | being ut F let it slide. At. the hotel, my battered condition and blobdy features nearly shut me out of a room. They. did not know me. Someone raminded Mr. Cooper that 1 “It’s Mr. Lawson,” and he took an- dther look and said “Slo it is, and Mr. Bowly has a bed in ‘his room and has refused al] comers, saying you’d be here,” So, Bowly and I were together again, z A skort time later Old Jerry came un with two hot suppers, and reliev- ed his earnest and sincere anxiety about me. As he talked to me tears poured from his eyes. And during my two weeks in that room Jerry was ' always prompt and efficient in his every attention without once becom- jing “officious.” Wherever Jerry has gone over the Great Divide, I hope he is up to his knees in pastures ‘of ; sreen and gold. ack, that room became the scene of several notable incidents which did nov get into print, but which deserve some ‘kind of preservation for fu- ture generations. It was. there that the late Jose,h Caldwell came and sat by my bed and made himself so companionable and in- ing, He then was publisher of The Landmark, and afterward owned the Gharlotte Observer. The wreck ‘red = Thursday , and on th@#following Sun- into our room and approaching my bed said, “Lawson, I want you to do me a, very particu'ar favor.” I re- plied: “Colonel, what do you want- a mitacle wrought? I am not part ularly well situated at this time to accomplish any great: stunt af you are hinting in that direction.” “No,” he said, “You are splendidly situated | fo rthe ‘purpose: L want. you to eat | my dinner for me. My eyes began to ; question him, and he explained that return it and that his ph¥6ician had forbidden his eating it! since he was on a strict’ diet. oS “We did our best for the Colonel, and.I’m sure to this day, I have never decided which of us was the most ap- preciative. But, still there wes a finale—we had no more than comfortably wrap- ped up the-Colonel’s luncheon when Jerry appeared, with anether tray equally well equipped, and with com- pliments of my good fricnd “Miss Bm Bell.” We had to postpone the discussion of that edition: until later. These things make me feel that if_L , ever decide to get hurt again, | any going to arratige that it may be at Statesville Sometimes when I think of that ' room. it seems to have been a coun- | terpart of the room that entered into -, those wonderful tales of F. Hopkin- ngled| son Smith and captioned “The Wood Fire In Number Three.” mip’ ~How could any one keep from lik- ing Statesville? Mr. Bennett, son-in- | law of Mr. Gray, proprietor of the , Se), and several of Mr. Gray's / were ever’ ready with some little courtesy to make us While in the process of building’ morning day; Colonel Beneham Cameron came | ls fine luncheon. of mapy delicacies | {had been sent him and Ne woul not, the record of “the home demonstration activities during the 25 years in which she has directed the work, pare itéms of interest about country women of North Carolina. In the meantime, however, Mrs. MecKimmon will leave for Winter aven, Florida, for a two months rest. .At the arinual conference of Extension workers held at State Col- lege in late December she was pre- sented with a purse of $250 as a tok- en of the love and respect of her fel- low-workers. This in part will be used in vacation expenses. Barium Wrestlers Defeat Durham 16-14 Barium Spr.ngs, Feb. . 6.—Both Durham and Barium high schools won four bouts @piece here last night in a wrestling tussle, but the Or- phanage obtained one more fall than did Durham and thus won, 16 to 14. one fiall; Barium was credited with This was a return engagement, the Durham boys previously winning. Winning for Barium were Capt. Be- shears, E. Bosworth, Donaldson and Bolton; for Durham, Copley, Silver, Changaris and Capt. Lucas. Prayer Credited With Rescue Of Clarkgbuie, W. Va., Feb. 6.—Rob- ert Johnson, 36-year-old rural mail carrier; lived today to. tell of the ‘terror of his eight-day entombment in an abandoned coal mine in the mountains of nearby Flemington. Weak from exposure, Johnson de- scribed from'a -hospital cot his strug- gle to free himself from-the dark re- and his rescue by searchers: side him, he said: “T decided to pray. I prayed. I was lost—-just. lost—that’s all I know. I one to hunt me. couldr’t move. It. was then | decided until they reached me. Thattk Gad nly prayers have been. answered.” Seasonings For Soup Celery leaves, sprigs of parsley and slices of onion may be used ef- fectively and economically to season soups. Add the seasoning to the soup while it is cooking and strain it. be- fore it is served. When a man is a failure, he seldom wante advice. That’s what he’s al- ways had. She will continue to pre-\ Durham had three time decisions and‘. - incom two time advantages,and two throws. | ¢esses of the mine. his hopelessness | and finally his reliance on prayer,| ators! T, development ofjcal 5 ate a cert of ned dent from becaus withoy youre ithe nt tax ra the ap ‘an au Preside t Out the sex tor Bai amend local ance j claim temp to pa OWA & Loreal r Tenness neces trom ‘exha ‘N tem out b going 1 witl Caroli mitte admin “Nol af 1 York “Ne Man from Mine|« 4 capita, States, Illinois itund; «a show ‘ “New southern take in otnators# York is | York js As his pretty dark-haired wife, | wealtH i Mrs. Delvera Johnson, former Flem- | ington high school teacher, stood be- 19 contr Carolina lthe une lost. all count of time. It must have | Preside been about five days that I wandered | months about in there, praying that God | States would keep me alive and send some- | of doll jand fift “I went to sleep. When I woke | | appropi and 10 L was done for. It wasn’t long then | /!ed we uhd rece dollars. : { the Fa a turthe a period w provided f priate $764 more mol greater th entire gove| ‘always hi white dog. imecumst: ABRAHAY BRANDON Son of George Brendon, whose will 2:39 names his son John, to whom he wills the : 1a A son Georg € is to have 100: Feres onpos1 47 A son Abraham is to have ‘land in tne Renshaw’ Ford. See below. Son Christopher. ‘Will at Salisbury children Sarah and Georvee Daughter Eleanor Mary McGuire Sidney Witherspoon Wife Marion. Abraham Brandone Son David. Married ks Crutn Fitace in Lewis Graveyard witn her “srent: Fitzgeralde See below. Daughter Hannah, who married |.é£\ _ Poa David Br ndon Son Johne To Illinois. dy Lafayette: married __ “Holland. and Delia. | Married second Ja" “4 Summers. William married Florence Lazenby. Ethel, Yilliam, Leona. Rites Conducted lA 60 For Charles: Brandon; Retired Lumberman Funeral services for Charles T. Brandon, 92, of 331 Oak st., retired lumber dealer and. bank director, le; were conducted last Thursday af- s,|ternoon at First Methodist church. The Rev. J. E. Wolfe and the] Rev. Grady Wall officiated. Burial |was in Elmwood cemetery. _| Mr. Brandon died Nov. 9 at his home after an-illness of several days. ; He was a‘ member of the Metho- dist church and the cliurch’s official board. He was a director of First National. bank. _| For many years he was active in the building industry here and es- Charles T. Brandon Bank Director pecially Springfield Lumber Co. Born in Idrell county, North Car- olina, Mr. Brandon came to Tenne- ssee in 1889. He married Sarah Love Hall in 1903. She. died several years ago. He was a son of David Lafay- ett and Mary Caroline Holland Brandon. | Survivors include a son, Charles E. Brandon, Springfield; two daugh- ters, Mrs. Rayburn W. Qualls Sr., Springfield, and Mrs. A. W. Spivey, | Carlsbad, Calif.; and seven grand- children. Pallbearers included Edwin: Bry- ant, W. P. Bryant, Culver Burnett, Charles P. Beasley, Bob Mason Cal- loway, T. R. Dean, Ray Graves, and Raymond Fox. 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16. D Dear Mre Swann: . 7 I thin” tiie: pecoun' B with the Brandon f#lee Yes, tue was Ure Lum Summers™ sister. I go my mother’s. If had fors@tten ner and find it .was Jine - Vid ‘t-sen Ne wes father: of Frenklin, ; ~~, 2 cluding Jane, Preston, etc. Mrs. .Cualls’. days. "We* went to. the ™ ednesday mornings ‘i went.to the mill every church on Sunday. ‘tf heve been." Ct . 4 It has. been 0 ¢old ‘Nete “put today is ‘better. “I have wade 6 At mac cards, but™must first ret next week. Then have: been bus going over, = the ‘aid ofa afternoon a wee! X 4 Leonw ilholisnd bemo*ns. tie where near you I think, sho hed had ©7180, . through her, done some I do not know’ how good tie ‘city is Last week I ms ¢nlled us “by Gatton, as he was passins ria ee father's body, who had: died 1 Hioridn garet had an “incurable Riaenuei4 I could not thin. of inny jincure ble bi cans suggested "“miltiple. sclerosis, wnmien j has I think I never heard of it, - say that Marg-ret. might have it anc As I am not sure cbout it maybe ‘bet from. Margaret, to whon I have atten, big rubber company, and-moves nbont, bunt ‘And«rson, Ind, We expects to be moved 4 As ever, 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16. D.C. m TA 9 { t he r.from..eqns. ler's daurhter, 3 ~~ + @ 254 ant. iHospite! “prandon's eres? nephew if a Of Gis Be Lived A message of cnarlie'’s passin : a -A few days before he passed he fell said it was too i hn for him, thut re T be notified. - j not ynow. mis. brotne this boy, David Brandon, called me about. oh passed, in 1957. 1 wrote David and asked of nis family. JT thought there was & the line I recall Charlie telling me the This dson of wiliism Brandon, -" mn * 2 A 5 i 4 Onariie una Wiis AT Cherlie had 2° children. A message from Ghar lie Brandon's great nenhew in . _ nt )> { ts 6f¢ Charlie's nessing at the #e OF =)» “4 «few days before-he passed he fell he passed €uSl1 iy said it was too much for him, thut TI be notified. I did fot know his brother's) 80: this boy, David. Brandon, called me,abcout Sharliie. passed in 1957. I wrote David and asked hiv. to writ of his family. I thought tere was 4& daughter but soar the line I recall Charlie telling me the tdaugnter’ wee child, This is the grandson of william Brandon, vnher.} ‘My uncle John Brandon had two'sons, Charlie anc i llian Charlie had no children. ° ' “ i { Ins. Narqares fs ’ ; ’ Ps / - / QA MY p> / Chimnere ¢ { | i 4 | Ad vl xl te EL a) ud be +e fra er 0. A /Jo3 ad. 42s s/#- I7T73 (Om Arnstein : Aree elle FE) Wn Nw sar . Llu le ge te AEE 3. A ree [dey pose Please make check payable’ to Wake Forest University Do you or your spouse work for a Matching Gift Company? It so, be sure to notify your company’s personnel department so that your contribution will be doubled. Mrs. Margaret. H. Hartssiced 2 a 7 Old He €Csbu tc ei a eG ae Franrein, Tenh. 39/06 ” é ‘ ¢ tak DW Mekaccs fi tf 2 es i < rt : + J. oe Mh os € fe Lot Mrs. Margaret H. Hartsgield | — y 42 tine ct} ay Fase p- a3 t's = kL 4 LZ arian dae OF To gt A Ly Fre joc * 4 (/ Lat /, haltanien pee A A, Ar1pY 7 oy th. 7 ( = ee, . 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My old cousin, frank ireland said his. mother-ami father were buried at Methodist Church, Advance \. © ; Also, that Grandmother (Mary Ann Brandon Sharpe) lived at Cross Roads. that the map you séné mehas Reeds Cross Road8. ould this be the same? available to us census records of North Carolina. Dr, . W.-F. Sharre lived across the road from my grandmother with his mother as he was 4 widowerer. Your copy of 1850 census notes that: Sarah Brandon lived-with Mary A Sharre. he was aped 98. I wonder if this was her crandmother or mother. Also, Sarah aved -13- we don't know any thn about her, Did she marry or die in N. ©, sincle. T note. We have I have | ‘a copy of will of. Ceorre ‘Brandon (0) Boolt A nace 7 Kowan County Salisbury N. C.). naming wife Marian, son John, Seoree, Abraham, Christonher, Jane Silver, Mary McGuire, Elinor Brandon, and Sidney Aitherow. I have been told that I am descended frém Abraham -but I notdce Barah Brandon is Jivine with Mary Ann Sharpe unless Abraham also married a Sarah as Christopher did Oct tS 178", This could be wrong. I also have information that Abraham Brandon: had surveyors to plot land for David-Sharfe; Sept. 24, 18°5. This leads me to believe that Abraham is father-in-law of David Sharre. Do you hanren to know anyone who is living ‘bhere who are descended from Abraham. I can't find anything about Abraham in our rer * Me date. q, think some one told me he married 2 valter or Waters. 3 i : it tT > s 7 > Many, many Siang lavatih. Would like so much to heln you if’: could. 3 —* . , Pe = : 2b G . i Yours truly, : that Morr Ane th pe Alain a Abecvm f Cat [ae 1 TEC 44 ube nd, (Albie a Ad. Ai Af fe wey aly a 7 hee fo flint cael a tN ChA dppb c og. : : ELepal Tt, = oan hd a ala Li. j @ a Sas ig att N77 x I q A bar e A vialha re P| . debeiee hen d eh a 8 of £ Cons AE | Pompe. tl Fe 72 Y 4 | podte. 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