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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThomas Eaton Swann Papers, Ebenezer Academy-Elsberry ea i, seas vy j rm ere ie x oy: ee , 3 | STATE On t NORTH CAROLINA DEPAR TMER t OF hc AL RESOURCES be +a ; oS iY a ‘a ee eae : ee | Bs Fea Bie e ee ae oP aRe ; ey $i is a ea | oy © Microfilmed by - DIVISION} 0 ARCHIVES AND HISTORY Arclitpes and Records Secjton RG eigh, North Carolina soni 3 EDELL COUNTY PUPLIC LIBRARY 7. SWETESVILLE, N.C. OMAS EATON SWANN PAPFRS i ALPHABEBICAL GROUP: . & TB YEARS. Various i : i“ 6 Ad | Published in the Heart of the Dairying and Industrial Region of P os SECTION | wo STATESVILLE REcoRD & STATESVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1968 Historie Ebenezer pbeademy-(822 2" A Photographic Essay by Ht Warren RELIC OF OUR EDUCATIONAL HERITAGE—Weather-worn Ebenezer Academy, chartered in 1822 and recently renovated, evokes 2 deep sense of American history. This photographic interpretation captures the varied textures and structural details of the solid old one-room schoolhouse: (top, ‘lett to right) the rhytlfmic lines of daubing between» aged oak logs forming the back of the academy; the rain-battered front door set on strong iron hinges; the jutaxposition of precision-notched logs at one corner: and a view of the old stone-hearthe@ fireplace. Other views show: (bottom, left to right) laboriously carved initials in. the oak planks of a door; gracefully chalked ABC’s ar a map of North Carolina, inscribed there in 1895; and one of the rigid old chimneys standing watch over the log academy. The acaderhyafill be open to the public Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. | Artist Guild * STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1968 A Word Abu Drew Pearson on the Your Washington Merry-Go-Round .¥. G. BRANDSTADT, M.D. r. X sommplained of pain on ment. and tenderness on over his left hip. were no other »com- s and all X-ray and lab- s were normal. es. Me T. W iS Cincinnati he-—didn’t up his: puried, but for hidden mer dismiss Mr. X as hopeless neurotic. By care- and detailed questioning we learned that the trouble red up in about a week y bg fh X abstained from ri his car. In fact, the ‘fime he spent behind the the greater was the BP it was no Ei telling Mr. iving and there still the question why he § free of the pain when he bas a passenger. Dr. phby sa back over all the g circumstances, like Perry Mason trying to fer- t out the real culprit. What b hac einer was ces it prator of a ern ttomobile,. Somewheré there ad to be one more vital clue. i it be found in the fat ‘bulging with credit and lodge membership eres an et? Could i e that cee: Dr. X drove his , Slouching a bit to the pit, the uous pressure 4 wallet on muscles and was causing the rouble? The doctor advised fr, X to shift his wallet to ot pocket and in less an a week he was his old @refree self again. Other tors (more than you might bose) reading about se and having patients with aby’s syndrome are mut- ow to themselves, ‘‘Now y didn’t I think of that?” am 40 and have never mad a pox vaccination. fould advise “it at my ie? there be any side s? ho q would advise vaccina- because from time to even in this well-vacci- a oemtry, an outbreak of lise se gets started. Ae Cede i WASHINGTON — The more you look into Richard “Nixon's law practice the more it’s clear the public has a right to know the facts regarding the legal connections of the man who stands a good chance of being our next President. Not in 50 years has the United States elected a President who belonged to a Wall Street law firm. Woodrow Wilson was a Prince- ton professor and Governor of New Jersey. Warren Harding was a Senator; Calvin Coolidge, Governor of. Massachusetts; Herbert Hoover an engineer; Franklin Roosevelt, Governor of New York, though FDR had a small law practice with Basil O'Connor, later head of the March of Dimes. Dwight D. Eisenhower spent his entire life in the army, ex- cept for a brief stint as head of Columbia University, while John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson spent most of their adult lives in the House of Represen and the Senate. Nixon, however, after leaving the vice presidency has spent eight years with an important Los Angeles firm, Adams, Duke and Hazeldine, then as senior partner in the Wall Street firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander and Mitchell, Mem- bers of that firm are now taking active roles in his campaign. This column has already re- ported how this firm was paid $838,380 in three years by two railroads, the Delaware and Hudson, and Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and how Nixon de- g parted from his campaign prac- tice of not making specific com- ment by opposing a trucking bill before Congress last month which the railroads opposed. Here are further operations of the Nixon law firm in connection, with Nixon's statements as can-/ didate for “President. $700,000 Law Fee Last month Nixon wrote a letter to 2,000 Wall Streeters critical of “bureaucratic” federal regulation. of the securi- ties business. When the letter / xon issued a press hat the letter on the ground that the merger would mean monopoly gas prices for the people of California. He won on appeal to the U. § Supreme Court. “I remember that Howard Boyd, president of El Paso, was in my office and went out of his way to brag about the fact that Richard Nixon was now representing him,” recalls Benriett. Nixon And The Arabs “Boyd also told how he had been in Nixon's office to discuss El Paso's plan to bring oil from the Arab countries and how im- pressed he was with Nixon's knowledge of the Near East. He thought Nixon would be of con- siderable help to them with the Arabs. “Looking back, I don't know how the present Jewish con- tributors to Nixon’s campaign will feel about having a former lawyer with oil-Arab connections in the White House,” said Ben- nett, “‘but I know all the Ameri- can people should be concerned about the type of men Nixon would appoint on the regulatory commissions. © ‘ “Nixon: says he frowns on federal regulation. Would this mean that he would appoint men to the regulatory commissions who believe as he does? William William Shires ‘“T understand one of Nixon’s partners is an adviser to Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph,”’ continued Bennett. 1aeet January the Federal Com- munications Commission ruled that AT&T must reduce rates by $100,000,000. I suppose this is the kind of federal inter- vention Nixon. is against “One member of Nixon’s oid law firm in California, Robert Bolk, has now been appointed by Gov. Reagan as Com- missioner of Corporations in California and he his helped to seriously weaken the Cor- poration Securities Act ‘which Goy. Brown had supported.” Around Capitol Square GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN — Gov. Dan K. Moore picked up a pjece of weathered rock, coat ge granite, and brush ntly. - Perhaps, if the geologist’s time clock theory is correct, the rock is one billion years old _ » possibly one of the oldest rock formations on earth. In any case; 5,989 - foot Grandfather Mountain is an ancient and age- less sentinel of the Blue Ridge range in western North Carolina. It contains, locked in its granite heart, a story of time. BERRY'D WORLD For the Governor of North Carolina, an event atop Grand- father Mountain this week marked one ef the high points of his administration as chief executive of the state He delivered a deed to the U. S. Park Service, along with a piece of rock, signifying a go-ahead to complete the final 11-mile link of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virgimia and North Carolina. Moore’s Feeling “Tl do not know of amy event (during his administration) which gives more persona] pleasure or which will be any longer remembered by me than this ceremony today,’’ Moore said. It ‘‘marks the end — the end of turmoil, the end of waiting and the beginning of the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway as we knew it — incomplete and unfinished,” he said. The period to which Moore referred covered a span of 35 years A few years ago it appeared there was a hopeless deadlock between the owner of Grand- father Mountain, Hugh Morton, the state of North Carolina and the U. S. Park Service on the matter of right-of-way for a route across the scenic moun- tain. PAGE 15-A ECHOES FROM THE PAST—Bright days of learning, then dark days of decay linger in the atmos- phere of Ebenezer Academy’s interior. The chalked mottos were inscribed originally in 1895. smy To Have Open House Sunday Afternoon duated from the university | the time. In. addition to being | of the trustees, he became he first teacher, holding classes h the session house of Bethany | aurch while the academy was | erected. . advertisement appeared in Western Carolinian in| December, 1823 announcing that | me academy was open to all | wished to enroll. It ed that all areas of fucation required for admission b college would be taught. Another advertisement re-| taled the atmosphere of the | demy, stating that the) “is in a rural situation, | ix .miles from Statesville, so | mat students wil] be measurably be from temptation and vice.” ! After two William A. Hal) 1 ad, the teacher, | nd - Hall was) ppointed. His tenure also lasted | D years, and in. 1827 James | took charge and taught for | x months. The long era of Hugh R. Hall | jan in 1828 and lasted until | death in 1856. He was one | the most renouned teachers the history of the acndeny, i students traveled from sur- | unding counties and even from | An ues) eo NN TAT iO ltnes anenenuie eoaseeer@ | a fund drive was initiated for | as far away as Texas and the country, from descendants\ Louisiana to learn from him. | of teachers there, or from They. boarded with families ‘in | persons Whose grandparents the neighborhood, paying $1 a studied there, or from those who week. | were simply interested in pre- After 1856 Ebenezer Academy | serving another landmark of was discontinued as a private | American history ; school, and shortly afterward the | Throughout the drive, McAuley Civil War-disrupted any thoughts | was a sustaining: force. Now, of reviving t. When the smoke when questioned about his role of the war cleared, the academy | in the restoration, he is reluctant reopened as a subscription | to take the credit. He would | school, supporting the teacher rather point out the campaign | on the tuition fees of the Record and Landmark | In 1895 the county assumed or the efforts of another the operation of the school. The | interested person, saying ‘That chalked mottos were inscribed |-was just something I wanted | by an idealistic young teacher | to do.’ His modesty becomes | named John T. Paris and the | him. In addition to initiating the school continued to function until | financial drive, culminating with its final classes in 1903. During | $2,500, he supervised much of | its last years, several teachers | the actual work of restoration. came and went in rapid sue-| Three Houpe brothers, Ted, | cession. | Virgil and Don, donated the logs | Except for two Partial! used to replace the rotten ones | attempts over the many’ inter, | in the Structure. The axe-hewn | vening years to repair the his- logs, of aged white oak, came | toric old academy, very little | ‘attention had been paid to it until recently. Last fall, at the instigation of J. 0. McAule and | to transport the other interested local cit ,| academy. ™ The faded chalk mottos on the the restoration of the c ling | interior walls of the academy log structure. | Were retraced with great care | Donations came from all over | and finesse by Mrs. Bill Blevin, | VALUES SAT, logs to the | Your Choice Of Beautiful Prints, Blending Solids, And Tweeds "ue ce >€ eo " FEREEZE 4 ie . a iw a) and Bell Telephone Company re ed the ancient, rotting hickory tree in the front yard with the cooperation of A. A Williams. The logs on the exterior were treated to prevent decay, and a roof of split heart cedar shingles was laboriously put in place. By taking down the ceil- ing, workers were able to pre. serve the walls of original lumber and all of the old mottos except two. Cement was used for daubing between the logs instead of mud to help the old building withstand the ravages of time As a local lady wrote a few years ago, ‘The little log school- house stands beside the road as a gentle reminder of what the past offered in the way of educa- tional opportunities, points us to the need of deepening our appreciation of what \we have today, and should cause us to Now, this Sunday’ afternoon, we can do just that, standing in the weather-beaten doorway, scanning the mottos. smelling the history-encrusted wood, absorbing the . atmosphere of busy days long past f HISTORIC OLD ACADEMY—Ebenezer Academy, restored after 146 years of standing against nature's onslaught, rests solidly on a small, grassy knoll in the Bethany commmunity. : - Old One-Room Schoolhouse Scene Of Quality Edutation | Recently Remodeled Historic Ebenezer Acac By HAROLD WARREN You;” and “Be Faithful And, rageous pranks played by stu-; munity, wanted their children The musty smell of old logs Trust In God.” There are other | dents at the academy are legion. | properly educated. The sense | scriptions, and of course, there | One such story is recounted by | academy's code called for “full the visitor leans | 9 the lavishly chalked Mrs. J. H. Adams, wife of the | respect for teachers, the institu. closer to’the weathered, siiver- ABC’s. only direct descendant of the | tion, the state, and divine law.” gray grain. the| This is Ebenezer Acaz-| first academy teachers living in| Ebenezer Academy was furrowed from | demy. An historical marker | this area. chartered by the North Carolina the wear of decades of beating | standing in front of the old log| Some of the students of Hugh rain and driving winds. schoolhouse beside US highway |R. Hall, one of the early | Pose of teaching literature, Eng. J.A.C. O.P.H. The door bears | 21. about six miles north of | teachers at the academy who j these neat, laboriously carved | Statesville reads: “Chartered | housed 20 of them in his home, | Deeded to prepare for university initials, and the bright sun /| 1822, an academy to 1856, publie | were planning a prank on catches in their serifs, accenting | School to 1903, This is the | Professor.” Snickering, they out-; It was the third of their precision. The carvers | Original building.” lined how they would pull the} schools in that area, must have been ambitious,| Now Ebenezer Academy will | family carriage down a long hill | being Clio’s Nursery and because the old plank door is | °pen its doors again, this time | ‘from the house and hide it. second being the solid oak, hard and resistant to | to the general public instead of | The teacher overheard them. | Sciences, both of which change. students. A renovation project| He climbed into the carriage | founded There are other initials; more | begun last fall has been com=Tand hid in the floor, When the faint, some crowding over| Pleted, and visitors can see this | jaughing students galloped down | noted minister, teacher and others, fading echoes of a fading | elic of Iredell County's heritage | the hill with the carriage, they | Revolutionary War soldier past. Some .of the weather. | Sumday from $ until | arrived at their designated spot beaten letters are difficult to | 5 o'clock. with quite a shock. was on the grounds apd as the visitor | Standing in the doorway now,| “The Professor” stepped out) the original Bethany Church losely, he muses | 146 years after the founding of | of the origin and the busy | the academy, a visitor can |.an edge of humor in worked-furtively to | almost hear the ring of the | ‘Now, boys, you can just pull | building. in history. . | teacher’s voice, the squeaking| me back up the hill.” It took; The is of chalk on slate, the crackling | much time and sweat and groan- | Ebenezer Academy listed of burning logs in the fireplace. | ing to carry out his order. trustees High He can almost hear the mis-| The pranks, one muses, were | Daniel Gould, Rev. John chievous whispers of gleeful| a respite from the rigorously | Ervin, James H. Hall, pranksters hatching some plot | strict discipline of the academy.| F. Caldwell, Thomas out under the gigantic hickory | The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians | Alexander Nesbit, tree in the front yard. who originally migrated to this | Hall, and William D, The tales handed down of out-| section, now the Bethany com-' William A. 4 z zz z ° & iti ? .7 ' mieg 4 = & Hi ne me 3 ee é B fF F i FE 2] «if 34 H E EEF i> fT if iF ze -<$ x. NATE NEELY'S @Oe¢ SDits¢ | < Upholstered Sofas, Chairs, and Rockers Drastically © Reduced for This Sale!! __ woe f th if | Hf i i tee ail it SF fé ‘ < = “People who remember Rev. J.C. Rowe — the popular pastor of the Statesville Methodist Church — 48 wearing a beard, and he has worn one for years, would not know him now. The beard has disappeared and his ost intimate friends have to look the second time to recog- _nize him. «Mr. Fred H. Conger, son of | De A 4-4 PROJECT—Ebenezer 4-H Club has undertaken keeping the Academy | cledn asa project. Pictured from the left. front: row with leader Mrs. Kenneth | Gooden, are Tricia Edison, Kenny Gooden. Rebekah McAuley. Kelly Gooden and Su¢an Blackwelder. On the back row are Georgetté McAuley, Lanny Combs, David McAuley, Susan Black and Joan MeAulev ‘ FAMILY BIBLE—Mics Mattie Hall, Mrs. George Malcolm, regent, James Adams, and Mrs.’ Edna F. Brown, who was regent of Fourth Creek when negotiations were underway to use Ebenezer Academy as the chapter house, examine with interest the old Hall familt Bible which has been apparently used a great deal. Two old copies of the Blueback Speller lying on the table a re the property of Mrs. Sam Brown of the chapter. GOVERNING BOARD—Taki left are James Adams and Ted Hoy Son, and Mrs. George Malcolm, - \. D. Linney; Miss Rachel] k t : McAuley, who rep the public interest. Mrs. W. M. Fr de. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1969 STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK PAGE 3 4 : . : Pe Hecenage ng NEW SIGN—Proud members of Fourth Creek Chapter get a first look at the new sign linking Fourth Creek with Ebenezer Academy. The sign was given by Statesville Coca-Cola Company. J. 0. McAuley painted it, had it lettered in Salis- , bury, and installed it on the grounds. Shown from left to right are Mrs. C. D. Linney, Mrs. Fred Crawford, Rachel Morrison, Mrs. George Malcolm, Mrs. C. B. Brown, Miss Mary Beth Tharpe, Mrs. Fred Parker, Miss Willard Sharpe, and Mrs. Edna F. Brown, immediate past regent. History, Education Museum Envisioned At Old School © By RACHEL MORRISON The title of Ebenezer Academy is vested in Bethany Presbyterian Church; the custody of it has been undertaken by F ourth Creek Chapter. of the DAR, but it really belongs to all.of you who have been concerned with its preservation as a historic treasure of the past. We want you to use it and enjoy it. Fourth Creek Chapter will probably not use it very much as a chapter house, certainly not until we can equip it with some necessary utilities. It is our hope in the course of time to add to the back a small utility room and another small room to serve as a kitchen. The Houpe Brothers have the logs for this construction, the same as they fur- nished for the restoration of the academy. Mr. J. 0. McAuley is in contact with the State Department of Conservation and Development and the State Highway Commission in an effort to have a pienic area made under the old oak tree beside the building. Through his efforts, access now can be made to the’ grounds from the rodd leading up to Bethany Church, so one does not now have to back on to US 21. We have the Arts and Science Museum now, which is a great cultural accomplishment by the people. Why not make Ebenezer into a Museum of History and Education? We envision it furnished like the big old school room it was, with a few old desks of the period — we now have the desk chair used by Hugh Hall when he was thé schoolmaster from 1828 to 1856 and given by his great great grandson, James Adams. We would like to have shelves and fill them with old books of the period. In 1823 the Rev. Daniel Gould, member of the board of trustees, realized the need for a library and raised funds from the students and other interested persons for ‘‘a select library consisting of biography.” Some of the books purchased were: Life of Drs. Scott and Buchanan, of Mrs. Graham, of Rev. Messrs. Martyn, Spencer, Pierce, and Brainerd, of Captain Wilson, Osage Captive, Saint’s Rest, Touchstone by F lavel, Sketch Book, Early Piety, Farmer’s Daughter and Obookiah. We wonder if any of these old books are still in existence. We want to make sure that this priceless piece of our American heritage will never again fall into ruin and desolation and to this end we want to set up an Ebenezer Maintenance and Improvement Fung. Mrs. James Adams turned over to the treasurer of Fourth Creek Chapter the small balance remaining of the money you contributed for the restoration and this is the beginning of our fund, Before many years pass the building will have to have a new floor. We will welcome any contribution you may want to make to this fund. Over the back door of the Academy, chalked in the beautiful flourishing script of School master John T. Parris, who was then teaching the 3-Rs to six-year-olds, are the words: “God Bless Our School.” God has blessed the school in that there are still so many who care about it, Ebenezer Aca- demy has given Iredell County a rich heritage and the people have demonstrated their appre- ciation by preserving that heritage. Fourth Creek Chapter, DAR, will have open house at the Academy Sunday afternoon, Oc- tober 19. We hope you will come. WhyPwas the Academy called Ebenezer? Why not Hall Academy or Bethany Academy or some other name? Research has failed to establish. why the name of Ebenezer was given to the school bat it is reasonable to assume it was used because of its Biblical significance Ebenezer means ‘‘the stone of help.’’ A stone was set up by Samuel after a signal defeat of the Philistines, as a memorial of the help received on the occasion from Jehovah. (1 Samuel, vs. 12) . ByRACHEL MORRISON “Still sits the schoolhouse by the road,”’ but it is no longer ‘‘a ragged beggar sunning.’’ |, Ebenezer Academy has been restored, by com- | munity effort and interest, to its original rugged sim- plicity. community of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, called ‘The Fourth Creek Congregation,” who thought i Ty important and they were interested in seeing Affat their children were properly educated. The | was an outgrowth of a fiery Presbyterian of the Revolution, Rev. Capt. James Hall, *D.D., who carried a Bible and a sword and on occasion led his congregation into battle. He had a great interest in practical science education, and under -his leader- ship, his nephews received a charter to open Ebenezer . It was in the year 1775 that James Hall assisted in organizing Bethany Church, and his son, James, be- came its first pastor. James, the pastor, established a School of scienee in his yard and organized classes to meet each Saturday for the study of English grammar. In the of 1822 young Hall, great grandson of James and Prudence Hall, @raduated ffom the State University and became the first teachér at Ebenezer Academy. “** On December 9, 1823, the following ad appeared in the Western Carolinian: . “This: institution was incorporated during the |, Session of the General Assembly in 1822. It is now open to all who wish either to pursue a course of liberal edu- cation pr study English Grammar and Geography. All #8 of education required fot admission into college will-be taught. We are happy in stating to the public’ that a new and commodious Academy will be completeli in a few days. This Academy is in a rural situation} six mile$ from Statesville, so.that students will be ngeasurably free from temptations to vice. It is con t to church, where there is preaching stated}, (S—Wm. A. Bell).” Thus, from 1822 until the academy was closed for the last time if 1903, Ebenezer Academy flourishedand Served not only the community but students from sur- rounding counties and as far away as Texas, Louisiarfa, South Caroljh) and Virginia. | _ ‘For 42years the ol ding stood idle and unused, In'1945, through the effirts of Mrs: T. L. Adams, author -Of the Hall book of Beneology, Ebenezer was restored for the first time. ‘The eatherboard was taken off, the old logs and the roof replaced; a new floor was put into the building, new shutters made for the windows, ‘and -the chimneys were rebuilt. The money for this restoration was given by former students and friends, Subsequently; Bethpny Presbyterian Church used the building for severak years; the young people had their meetings there and was used as a classroom for the young adult Sunday) School Class. Its use was | abandoned altogether, h ver, after Bethany Church added their present educational building. ‘ ra 1962 the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina brated their sesquicentennial by compiling a his-. tory of early Presbyterian Churches and Schools and was included in this history. TV cameras Moved into the old Academy and a school scene was reproduced with local talent as the actors. Eight hundred square feet of crumbling history falling into poison ivy and weeds was all that remained of what was described in’1822 as “‘a new and com- modious academy”. when J. O. McAuley, who has many ties that bind him to the old school, went before ‘the session of Bethany Presbyterian Church and asked that they sanction a campaign to raise ~~ restore ~ oe r To: Original Rugged Simplicity | ‘Ebenezer Academ than two years later, as a the old Academy has been beauty. This community interest’ was not only local: contributions came from as far away as Arizona and Texas. Donatiorls ranging from $1 to $900 were re- ceived. Materials such as axe-hewn logs from old buildings that were torn down, stone, and labor given gladly, kept the costs of the reconstruction to the minimum. No state or federal aid was enlisted im this labor of love,.and none was needed. As it was in the beginning and in the second restora- tion, it was a public undertaking. The campaign for funds got off the ground quickly because the Statesville Record & Landmark, which always gives generously of time and space to every worthy civic and charitable project undertaken in the city and county, kept the pro- ject constantly before the public with stories; pictures, and a listing of contributions, until the successful conclusion of the campaign. A new chapter in the history of Ebenezer Academy is now in process of being written. Fourth Creek Chap- ter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will use the result of community effort, restored to its simple rustic iam Alexander “building as a chapter house and act as custodians. A committee of two from Bethany Church, Ted Houpe and James Adafns; J.0. McAuley, who represents the public’s interest in Ebenezer; and Miss Rachel Morri- son, chairman, Mrs. .C, D: Linney, Mrs. William M. Freeman, with the current regent, Mrs. George Mal- colm of Fourth Creek Ch pter, form the governing board. e ‘ It is peculiarly fitting that Fourth Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution undertake the care and use of this historic old school building for two reasons. First, because the objects of the DAR are parallel with those ofthe founders and builders of Ebenezer Academy. These objects are three-fold: HALL GRANDDAUGHTERS Miss Mary Beth Tharpe, one of the youngest chapter members, and Miss Mattie Hall, one of the eldest, are trying to determine their kinship as recorded in the Hall Book of ’ Geneology. Miss Mattie Hal is the great great grand- daughter of James and Prudence Roddy Hall and Mary Beth Tharpe is a seventh generation granddaughter. Miss Mattie Hall is Seated in the old desk chair that her grandfather, Hugh Hall, used during his many years as head of Ebenezer Academy. be. .ficates of church membership in Conewa y Restored That was early in June of 1967 and now a little more (1) — To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men ‘and jwomen who achieved American _In- dependence’: by the acquisition and protection of historical sports and the erection of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the American Revolution and the publication of its re. sults; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolu- tionary soldiers and patriots; and by UiglPromotion of - celebration of all"patriotic anniversar#™ (2) — To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, ‘‘to promote, as an object of primary importance, institu- tions for the general diffusion of knowledge,’ thus developing an enlightene@public opinion, and afford- ing the. young and old such ady antages as shall develop in them the largest Capacity for performing the duties of American Citizens (3) To cherish, maintain and extend the Stitutions. of American freedom, patrigtism and loye.of country, and to aid in sec uring for mankind all the blessings of lilferty. mn Since the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized on October 11, 1890, with Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of the President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. as the first president Keneral, the society has compiled ah In- to. foster true impressive record of service to ‘God, Home, and Country”’ in historical, educ ational, ,af@ patriotic endeavor. ' The second reason why it is appropriate that Fourth Creek Chapter associate themselves with the future of Ebenezer Academy is the personal rela~. tionship of the membership with the founders and edu- cators of the Academy ; . James Hall, the founder in America of the Hall family, was a nativeof Ulster Province in Ireland: his immediate ancesters were without doubt among the Scotch people established in Ireland by James I of Engjand upon lands in Ulster: confisc from Irish rebels by the Crown of England Helene: land about 1720 and came to America, settling ‘in Pennsylvania where large settlements of the Scotch Irish were being made early in the 18th century. In 1730 he was married to Prudence Roddy, whom family}- tradition says was his cousin. They located in Derry; in the 17th century - now Londonderry Township, in Dauphin County. Pa There nine of their ten children were borti In 1752, James Hall and his wife, Prudence, emigrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina and built their home on Fifth Créek, about one mile souths east frym the Site of Bethany Church, whiais he helped to found in 1775. They brought. with them their certi- y ) Con- gregation of York County, Pa. This paper certified that they. “have behaved themselves Christianly. and soberly without aney publicke scandel known to us and heave been pertackers of sealing us and be Received into aney christian society wherever God in his providence shall order their Latt, (August 175f).”’ a Alexander’ Hall, the youngest of the children of James and Prudence Hall. was born in Iredell ( ounty in the year 1753. ‘The children of these possessed to’ a marked degree two distinguishing characteristics, great force of character and strong adherence to the Presbyterian form of faith, were reared in a home where God was reverenced and wor- shied devoutly studied. At least 75 ministers are numbered among their descendants. Four of the sons, Thomas,. Hugh, James, and Alexander, were Revolutionary soldiers. and three great grandsons served in the Confederate Army; one of them, Anthony Hail, gave his life to this cause two, who and where his word was consistently ordenances.amonghst>-° 4 sg Air , — oe ee - j / Ff C-2 a Ste atk Ljo— 17 € — ROR van Co : . t- Bb. jt DAI ON ws : wl MW ce al iL Lfd jee FT f f Avr” aie > te Looe i j re {/ Sf Cigle (ptentr pier, /4! 4 . * * # a a, Film Another page wag community last week {when it opened its. doors, after for a video tape of a classroo vision cameras to move in By VIRGINIA EVANS this important educational institution had its beginning. The Protestant Radio and Television Center in Atlanta, Ga., stationed its-huge mobile unit beside the quaint | boys in the well-educated and pious schoolmaster, the scene of a group of and successfal living from der Hall, the founder and first teacher The state-wide television broadcast will be made early next year as part of the observ- ance of the sesquicéntenial of the Synod of North Carolina. It will depict ‘the history of Presbyter- ianism in North Carolina-and the inflyence which the educational institutions and churches have ‘had upon the life of the state and nation. The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who ‘first came to this section carved their homes, churches ‘and schools from the wilderness to make for themselves a happy and sucvessful life. These, they knew, were the essentials. Ebepezer Academy was the. third of the early schools estab- lished in the Bethany commut- ity. The first two, Clio’s Nursery and the Academy of the Sciences, were founded and operated by Dr. James Hall, a noted Presby- terian minister, teacher and Re- volutibnary soldier whose par- ents, James ce hang Rod- dy Hall, were ong the first settlers of the community. Clie’s Nursery Clio’s Nursery, familiarly known as the “Latin School House,” a classical school, was opened in 1776, on Snow Creek, about ten miles north of States- ville. After the school burned, Dr. Hall built the Acedemy of the Sciences in the yard of his home where he taught many young men who later became leading citizens of the state and nation. Historians have written that this academy ,was a fore- runner of the Univ sity of North Carolina. Ip) the year 1522, Ebenezer Academy was chartered by the North Carolina Legislature with the following trustees: Hugh An- drews, Rev. Daniel Gould, Rev. . John M. Erwin, James H. Hall, Abner F. Caldwell, Thomas Alli- ‘son, Alexander Barr, Samuel King, Alexander Nesbit, William D. Hall and William A. Hall. The purpose of the academy, according to an extract from the laws of North Carolina enacted in the year 1822, chapter XLIX, was for the education of youth in the various branches of litera- ture. At a meeting of the trustees at Bethany Church, March 15, 1823, the Rey. John M. aoe rer of the church, was ected - ° of trustees. gurer and William A. Hall, secre- tary. It was resolved at this meeting, according to the min- tutes, to erect a suitable academy building. William D. Hall, Alex- gnder Barr and Robert 8. Hall were appointed to superintend Hall Headmaster It was also. resolved that the Rev. John M. Erwin, Samuel King, Robert §. Hall and Wil- liam A. Hall be a committee to prepare a system of laws for the government of the academy, and that William A. Hall, who had begun teaching in July, 1822, in the séssion house of Bethany church, be continued teacher un- til the end of the year for the time commenced, and that he be elected annually thereafter. : In the December 9, 1823, copy of the ‘Western Carolinian,” the following advertisement appear- ed: “Ebenezer Academy, 1823. This institution was incorporated _ during the session of the Gener- all Assembly in 1822. It is now open to all who wish either te pursue a course of liberal edu- cation or study English Gram- mar and Geography. All branches of education required for admis- of the academy. sion into college will be taught. We are happy in stating to the public that a new and commod- ious Academy will be completed in a few days. This Academy is in a rural. situation, six miles from Statesville, so that students ‘will be measureably free from temptation to vice. It is conven- jent to church where there is preaching statedly. Iredell Coun- ty, N. C, Nov. 1823. Signed, Wm. A. Hall.” Site Selected The chosen site of the acad- emy was on the grounds near Bethany Church which had been built in 1777. The building com- mittee wasted little time. With the cooperation and enthusiasm of the community, the log build- ing 40 feet long and 20 feet wide with a chimney at either end was completed in a short: while. Following are the by-laws? which were presented by the appointed committee and adopt- ed by the board of trustees: “(1) Students shall be punctual in their — at the stated hours of/meeting and shall not leave during the day except by the permission of | the teacher and except in case of students living remote from the academy. (2) Students shall be respect- ful in their deportment towards the teacher or teacherg of the academy; shall give no cause of offense or insult ta a fellow stu dent, or any other (person whom- soever, 2 “(3) Students shall abstain from merriment, talking and promiscuous mingling of classes during the hours of study. (4) No student shall play at cards or any other immoral games, keep a dirk, pistol, or any deadly weapon, use pro- fane language, keep intoxicating liquors, visit grogshops, or other, places of ill-fame, or be guilty of any grossly immoral conduct. “(5) The violation of any law of the state shall be considered a violation of the laws of the academy. Good Deportment (6) Students siiall be cleanly in their person, gentlemanly im their deportment ‘and shall not pollute or deface'|the academy, church or any furniture or build- ing connected with the academy or church. : “(7) Damages) done to the academy or designedly or carelessly shall be paid for by the person by whom it is done. (8) No student shall violate the Sabbath day by engaging in any worldly t and re- creations; and shall during tie religious exercises conducted dei- ly in the acadethy, and at all places of worship where they may attend on the Sabbath or other days behave in a reverent and becoming manner. “(9) Students shall appear be- fore the teacher or teachers or trustees when required and shall give testimony in all cases when called upon by the proper auth- orities of the academy. *“(10) The teacher or teachers are entrusted with the exercise of discipline in all cases of of- fense, -but shall not proceed to final expulsion except by and with the consent of the trustees. “(11) No students shall form any combinatioy: with a view of showing disrespect to the teacher or teachers, or with a view of committing any ‘outrage, or per- petrating any crime, or resisting any law or regulation of the in- stitution. “(13) The teacher or teachers Me d At Old School | added to the history of old Ebenezer Academy in the Bethany more than sixty years for tele- m scene of 1822, the year that og structure, and with its cameras inside, produced 1822 costumes, receiving Biblical instruction for right William Alexan- of the academy have the liberty of fixing the prices of tuition and of making any rules and regula- tions which he may deem neces- sary to the interests of the in- ‘ stitution, subject to the control of the trustees and no Jpconsist- ent with the foregoing Tiles and regulations. Mr. William A. Hall resigned in 1825 as teacher to become a minister. He was succeeded by Robert S. Hall who taught until 1827, then James Barr was elect- ed and taught six months. In February, 1828, Hugh Roddy Hall began his eareer as a renowned teacher im the academy. He -_ A and James Crawfo Red the term after whith vit. « was closed as a private school. In an éffort to obtain. new stu- dents for the academy, Mr. Hall advertised the following in “The Yadkin and Catawba Journal,” of July 14, 1829: “Ebenezer Aca- demy prepares forthe Univer- sity. This institution under the superintendence of the subscrip- er is now open for the reception . of students. A course of studies is here pursued preparatory to admission to the univegsity of the state, In addition to thie, instruc- tion will be given in all the branches of an English education. Academy Reopened Following the War Between the States the academy was reopen- ed as a subscription school, which was popular at that time. It was used as a public school until the district school was opé in the community. During the years when the academy was at its height, stu- dents came .from surrounding towns and states, and from far away as Texas atid Louisiana. Mr. Hugh Hall kept as many as twenty students in his home at ~ one time, and others were placed in the homes in the neighbor- hood. Among the students attending the academy who became minis- ters were the Rev. W. A. Wood, Rev. R. E. Johnston, Rev. Thad- deus Crawford, Rev. Calvin Stew- art, Rev. W. B. Watts and Rey. Thomas F. Johnston, Those who became lawyers were David F. Caldwell, Joseph P. Caldwell, Marshall Clement, T. L. Clingman, Burgess Gaither and A. B. Howard. The physicians included J. H. Hall, W. A. J. K. Nes- jf bit, G. P. Gray, Henry Steele, Columbus Stephenson, John T. } Murdock, E. A. Hall, J. P. How- ard and W. 0. Hill. Noted Educators Among the teachers who stu- died at the academy were Ste- phen Frontis, Prof. J. H. Hill, Espy Watts, J. C. Alexander, John Watt, Theo Burke, L. H. Rothrock, Mrs. Emmaline Mc- Kee Sharpe (according to a list of students of 1852, there were several women enrolled) Mrs. Adeline Simonton, Mrs. Henry Stephenson Chambers, Mrs. Sara Gray Summers, Miss Prudence Houpe and Miss Emily Houpe. Other mén who became prom- inent in various field were J. C. Steele, A. P. Murdock, William Gaither, James Crawford, J. P. Mims, W. L, Dunlap, F. B. Hill, Col. Robert C. Hill, Henry N. Hill and J. C. Ervin. The little log school house stands beside the road as a-gen- tle reminder of what the past offered in the way of educational opportunities, points us to the need of deepening our apprecia- tion of what we have today, and should cause us to be more grate- ful for this part of our heritage. ¢ i x _ Iredell Cou 2 th _~ ) ty Public Schools - ™ ¢ P, 7 4 : , y * Public schools in Iredell County began soon after passage of the North Carolina Public School Act ih 1839. Before then there had been subscription schools and academies. Some of the academies were well known. As early as 1760 there was Crowfield néar the Mecklenburg county line. This is thought to have been the first classicaf’school in Western North Caro- lina. During the Revolutionary War, Rev. James Hall open- ed Clio’s Nursery of Arts and Sciences, which was located on Snow Creek. After Clio was discontinued. James Hall taught at his home near Bethany Church, with a noted emphasis on science. In 1822 the nephews of James Hall had Ebenezer Academy chartéred to continue his work, and under their direction the academy lasted until near Civil War times, tae UY tick JB XS , v ( a d Ce eer * f J 5 $"\ — oo a DE Bae. 5 1933 a 42 : ( 2 SE hig ban, ) >< rk ; THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 i IN NEED OF ATTENTION—Here are exterior and interior views of the Iredell County, which is being allowed to fall into a bad state of disrepair. New Interest In Old Academy ~ Educational Landmark Is Falli By ROCKIE HODSON in’, 1822: Its building located in | first two, Clio’s Nursery and | The old Ebenezer Academy | the Bethany community. The | the Academy of the Sciences | a : building attracting NEW | school was one of the first in | were founded by Dr James | interest these days. Local citi- , : zens are anxious to have the | Igpdell County Hall, 4 noted Presbyterian | historic old schoolhouse put in When the legislature @P- | minister, teacher and Revolu- a better state of repair and a proved the charter, the follow- | tionary war sold ie ¥. whose drive to raise some funds to, | ne board -of trustees was | parents were among the first | | named: Hugh Andrews, Rev. | in the community. accomplish this is expected to | : get underway soon Daniel Gould, Rev. Joh | . The Scotch-Irish Presb y- The academy was chartered Erwin, James H. Hall, Abner | terians who first came to this F. Caldwell, Thomas Allison, | section were intevested in see- a — | ‘Alexander Barr, Samuel King, ing that their young peo ple | Alexander Nesbit, William D.| were properly educated and Fox Mulli S | and William A. Hall,,| Ebenezer Academy had’ a very ¥ names which are still promt | strict code calling for full re- j nent in Iredell affairs | spect for teachers, the institu- Insurance Ebenezer was the third of | tion, state and divine law. the early schools established in | ‘The institution was chartered he Bethany community. The | hy the North Carolina Legisla- ——z - — | ture for the purpose of provid- ing youth with education in ye varigus branches of litera- | ture, English grammar and needed to pre- STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK old Ebenezer Academy ‘¢ in the Bethany community, one of the landmarks of gy Into Bad State Of Disrepair { ties, points us to the need of | deepening our appreciation of | dents came from ing counties and States, some from as.far away as Texas and Louisiana. Hugh Hall kept oS many as 2 in his home at one time, Among those attending the academy who became ministers were Rev. W. A. Wood, Rey. R. E. Johnston, Rev. Thaddeus Crawford, Rev. Calvin Stewart, Rev. W. B. Watts and Rey. Thomas F. Johnston. Those who became lawyers | included David F. Cridwell, Joseph P. Caldwell, Marshall Clement, T. L. Clingman, Bur- gess Gaither and A. B. How- ard. | : = surround- | Expy Watts, J, ¢. Alexander, John Watt, Theo Burke, Mrs. | Emmaline McKee Sharpe, Mrs. Adeline Simonton, Mrs. Henry Stephenson Chambers, Mrs. Sara Gray Summers, Migs Pru. dence Houpe and Miss Emily Other alumni who became Prominent im other. fields in. Cluded J. C, Steele, A, P. Mur- dock, William Gaither, James what we -have today, and: should cause us to be more grateful for this part of our’ f heritage.” a Ebenezer Academy is ger: tainly one of the ante-bellum Presbyterian schools which have given Inedal} County 4 rich heritage. 1¢ ought to be preserved. ; Crawford, J. P. Mims, W. L. Dunlap, F. B. Hill, Col, Robert H C. Hill, Henry N. Hill and J Ervin c. . Following the civit war the | school was reopened on a sub- | scription basis, which was pop. | . ilar at that time, It was used | Hall, W. A. Sharpe, J Nesbit, G. P. Gray, Henry Steele, Columbus Stephenson, | John T. Murdock, E. A, Hall, J. P. Howard and W. 0. Hill. - | until the district school was |i Among teachers who were! | students at the academy were Stephen Frontis, J. 4. Hill, 4 BARBER SHOP The Newest & Finest — 4 Barbers To Serve You Hi @ Michae} Milter, Mgr, @ Bil Summers @ Tommy Gaither % Steve Austin Open Daily 8 a.m. to 6 pm, SMtardays'7 a.m. to 8 pias Code of that the date of the ty Council on Monday, hanged te Tuesday, ing of the Ci 1967, at 7:30 P.M. has been © r 5, 1967, due to legal holiday. 1, this 7th day of go to to Chapel Hill this tal to take a er graduate course.” Seventy-five years ago: Land- ele of this place re ( invention covers a novel construc- tion and combination of parts in e}a hand truck especially adapted for transporting short brick hacks, either in the hacks or on pallets, without rehandling | them or re- hacking them, the® truck being F strong, light and easily handled.” § Laura Lazenby, one of the bell att ec, con- ucting a subscription school at Be- | thany school house and 4s_giving| | great > her patrons.” | ere is considerable feats: "tration for the prohibition elec- N tion. There are now nearly ‘1,100 NY, | names on the list, after it hag been Mr. purged. Too many. votes fér one fe precinct. The township should have | | four voting precincts as the town| has.” ere.| From the story on the Demo- | cratic County convention. ‘‘The roll of townships as called and all | were found to be present except, s New Hope. Union Grove, it ‘was | stated, had held no primary, but — i two of its citizens were present re- | claiming ‘equal rights to the con- el- | vention. A motion that both be ad- pse | mitted was made by J. F. Dotson, | but on motion of W. A. Eliason the | | question was postponed until af-| ‘ter permanent organization had | | been effected. ig nee sO brash mea 7 pee teL B ofe (P..3— AS ~ J ee ft. oC (Ce Beret iH “< Morea. — Ay. ‘04S : rr Le. bie . ar“. eat. zz ARGS s be: er a Se ot. f?. /fel{ ys ya cant t AY Ni ee * See 2 as H i 7 4 “4 °# a ~ a a e Fs PS . a a , r 3 * ' ' | | iredell County Place To Learn From One Room To Unitary’ System Published in the Heart of the-Dairying and industrial Region of Piedmont North Carolina STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK or D Statesville Record & Landmark Monday, March 2, 1970 e Progress Edition 1970 -dredell Schools $7 Million Business By MILDRED HUSKINS It was a decade of consolidation, integration and accreditation for the schools in Iredell County, Statesville and Mooresville. _ Because of these or, maybe, in spite of them, it has been a decade of progress in the three systems. : As the new decade begins studies are underway which could bring recommendations for the consolidation of the administrative units or, at least, _ acooperative effort among them which \ would result in consolidation of some of * the phases of the work. The professional study to be ~~ completed within the next five months will also make recommendations concerning an occupational education center for the use of the four senior high + —~ © schools in the county and serve high school students who wish to learn a skill ; - and enter the work force immediately upon graduation. But these are in the future. Let us look back. Back over the past 10 years and consider the progress of elemen- tary and secondary education in Iredell County. Enrolment in the schools increased 14.6 per cent. During the 1960-61 school year enrolment in the county ‘System was 6,351. Statesville Had 4,212*and Mooresville, 2,454. Enrolment figures for the current year are 9,671 in the P- ” county; 5,005 in Statesville and 2,537 in $190,465.14 for buses, libraries and health. The county operated 127 regular buses. An average of 8,063 students were transported daily. All of the funds for opération of the county schools comes from the county and the state. There is no supplementary school tax in this system. Statesville schools received from the state last year $1,354,399.40 of which $1,266,869 was for salaries; $60,491 for building operation and $6,953, health ' and libraries. Mooresville received $702,215.36 from the state last year with $646,906 of that for salaries. Both Mooresville and Statesville, in addition, levy supplementary .School taxes, ‘bringing the gross annual cost of secondary schools to near! ,000,000 in Iredell County: Consolidation of seven small high schools into two senior high schools was the giant step in the field of education in Iredell County. Rural Consolidation The county school board, after more than 25 years of bickering about where and how it was to take place, passed a consolidation resolution in May, 1964. The plant was approved by the state department of public instruction and the state board of education the same month. In June, 1964, the board purchased a tract of land in Olin Township on which it later built North Iredell High School. In December of that year the site of South Iredell High School was acquired from Barium Springs Home for Chil- dren and architectural plans for the schools, to be nearly identical, had already been approved. . This was the sida and direct . fy eee Ss result of : ‘s my Ly ee “ not granted an election for a special tax was set for June. 1968, and the voters rejected the propozal. C7 But, this setback did not hold up progress. The ‘high schools gained resents dhe Leas! graks td is a 1964 the county system got its first Guidance Director and the next year ‘Ronald Joyner was named the first rural Iredell Morehead Scholarship finalist. Upon the opening of the een — schools, James Lit- 4 Posi 9 en : oan aha se classrooms and other needed facilities have been made at N. B. Mills, Mul- berry, Avery Sherrill, D. Matt Thompson Junior ‘High School, and Morningside. Race § Elementary _ School was closed prior are ee a _" : od ms a ae veer) OE OLD EBENEZER ACADEMY represented the high-water mark of private education in Iredell before the coming of public schools. instructional material and equipment added. Of special interest iff the in- service programs for teachers as weil as teacher visitation. Other expanded programs included the vocational one ee Bet a lenten i * - i oo oe eee A yer a a. oe * ¥ = Fs A 3 4 i ee gS aS Re a anes aie S ee ee E os Re Seer oem Se Se a fa. Or ee _ : Ne ee ee es oe if ae aoe of nied aurkin of Caucn « oF 4 ‘was ry i tio. oe ne ‘ae Rae AG Beers a a eee oe Oe ee Wines Seat Rags ee r aa os ere. 2 a ee —s . € ed “aed a: c aged car F : Bee say FP Fae me oy eS ri : a a ge et ear ig ae ee oe Cr Per ea gee soe a ; ee ee EE Sa ne ee omen as *: 7 eae ee oe ee ee ~s Te — " — < — 5 Pa eG ies Shs: a a 2 os ; o ee e. a ff ae , . ee me cee ve ee See eo —_ i eeearee 2 ae Oe ; 2 2 ae is, ; ee. PS Be arte tect es , - See ~——e . ' . P "Ss. . =a omer y x eee eS sae ey - sod . be _ System r for supplementing teacher's pay, oeery employing extra teachers and general a special school programs not provided diploma. ‘ by the state. In 1960, just prior to a All of the schools in the system are t there were a ; * evaluation of property in the county fully integrated under a court order and ee ther closed and those students to of a the ied aS Plans submitted, sites selected. se assigned terminal! plan integration was upheld and of board xisting elementary schools Amity wy the -feilieral for tax purposes, the board was levying has proceeded orderly. Kornegay pays : ' changes ee eo " Jf district court and the full 30 cents and from this $92,000 special tribute to the many honors and ; school programs should be particularly superintendents a i noted during the past 10 years. The three years . * Was received. Since that time there awards which have come to the system : : and all the high school students from Education and Welfare and the system have been two evaluations of property to the dedication of the various school _ . three school systems have made great Desegregation Begun Niny School were assigned to the — joinedin the study for the consoliteun and the school tax levy has varied. This beards which have served the system _ _ Mrides in this direction as we shall see. in Jue, 1965, the school board North and South High Schools, with of the three administrative units. year it is set at 17 cents and is esti- during the decade and to s hand. a sme id a desegregation pian on freedom of Unity remaining as a neighborhood Statesville System mated to provide $177,650. The board working, trained staff, especially those commissioners to the new formula for providing <“%C® 38 the federal govergment school for grades one through eight. _ The Statesville school system had set this rate after county commis- unsung ones in his administrative began its pressure for the tion With the consolfifation of the high _ been growing by leaps and bounds and Sioners set a 15-cents special tax and offices headed by Miss Lois Cockrell as i. of the dual school system. schools the system now operates providing classroom space had strain- expected to provide $75,090. manager. boards were asked to work out a distri- In September, 1966, the two new high the following\ elementary schools’ ed the capital outlay budget to the All Accredited Mooresville System schools opened their doors to students Sharon, Celeste< Henkel, Troutman, breaking point up through 1966, when All of the nine schools in the system Mooresville school system has made for the first time and consolidation be- Shepherds, Wayside, Amity, Unity, enrolment began to level off and the are accredited by the Southern extensive progress with the carrying o came a fact and a new educational era Cool Springs, Ebenezer, Harmony, board’s attention could be turned to Association’ of Secondary Schools and out of a long-time planned building was finally realized. Supt. T. Ray Gibbs Union Grove, Scotts, (Monticello, Mt. beefing up the school program. the self-study which resulted in this program by orderly steps as funds - . & wes employed in June, 1963, and he Mourne, Brawley and Central. Of these Even though an intense building accreditation took place in 1965. Senior _ became available and at the same time 5.3 , , _ Presented the consolidation plan in Celeste Henkel, Troutman, Unity, Cool Program had been underway ‘the High School was already accredited but has continued to improve its program. _. _ County and state support for the January, 1964, which was adopted by Springs, Harmony, Union ‘Grove, educational program had kept pace was re-evaluated the following year Its enrolment remained about , Central and Scotts . were previously During the school year of 1960-61 there and remained on the list. constant. . : assistant superintendent in May, 1964. high schools. ; were 4,212 students and the number There have been 11 students from the Probably the highlight of the decade i * ment was increasing 14.6 per cent, the Mrs. Fred Bunch, Jr., was chairman of During Consolidation discussions, increased to 4,968 in 1965-66. It was at Senior High School in the past 10 years was the addition to the system of a = viet «a the board at this time and was followed which continued through the years, this point the enrolment leveled off and to be awarded the coveted Morehead complete new Junior High School plant ___ Pent expense 6 per cent a in March, 1967, by Robert C. Garrison. some valuable improvements in this year reached 5,006. Scholarships and from year to year of 80,000 square feet and completely air 4 5 Capital outlay for the schools building Cc. RB. (Sam) Brown, A. C. Holthouser Programs were noted. A curriculum : | Programs by 52.3 per cent ota by De =: The first part of Northview was there are a number of these students Conditioned. The old junior high school _-° s : and James Vanstory were elected to was made - Cameron West, © constructed in 1960 and since that time who as National Merit . ) building was abandoned when the new. = he cost of the schools in the county the board of education in May, 1966, and then of Pfeiffer College and currently — Scholars there had been two additions. This building was occupied in the fall of 1968. | © budget for 1960-61 was $1,014,579 and for joined C. Wilson White and Garrison té oe wie director of the State Board of High the newest elementary school in the by the school board and administra This new facility was constructed on a |... the current school year the schools will make up the full board. Education, and ‘submitted in Apeil, system until 1967 when Pressly c that the system does a good job of site which joins the Senior High School Financing the system at a level 1963. In the fall of 1963 “Distributive Elementary School was built to replace providing a well-balanced educational plant forming a school complex modern x _ It might be of interest to note here greater than that provided by the state ~ Education was initiated in the county Davie Avenue School which-had, for program. = — and comparatively ‘new. Additions to = _ that the county sthools received from and county became the concern of the Schools. and the first attendance “Many years, been substandard and Special programs which have been the Senior High School were the audi- - _. the state last school year $2,676,650.63. School board and in July, 1967, the counselor was named in October of that overcrowded. Oakwood ‘Junior High initiated or Continued during the de- torium and music department in 1962 _ | Of which $2,326,049.78 was for Salaries; board asked county commissioners for year. - , 7 » Cade are as follows: A reading Program and in 1968 a library, three-classrooms < $115,610 for building operations and 16-cent supplement. When this was Prior to the opening of the schools in underwent major enlargement and is carried out in.all of the schools with and a vocational shop were added. . Ci Be ‘ Fenovation this past year with the _ special reading teachers in Oakwood The other most extenstve construc- an a . egal Ly Se * _ eek ae ieee: spun _ addition of nine classrooms, a band Junior High Schoot and Senior High; tion project was the addition in 1964 of ol Re i an eye, i oie Bic a: ne _ foom, art classroom and shop along guidance program has — ied five classroonis. a library at Dunbar with a multi-purpose’ room\ and so that there are now two counselors at School, which now houses all of the fifth expansion of the lunchroom. Senior High School and one each at the and sixth grades in the systern. In 1962 Senior High School has grown like two junior highs; library program has some property was added to the Park opsy. © also been improved with each school in View Elementary School site and in -- Set from the county $1,860,700. ——— added in 1961; a new lunchroorn was the-systemr with a library and librarian 1963 a cafeteria was added. South ai No "om built in 1963. Two years later an exten- with two librarians at Senior High. Elementary School had minor renova- a “i a Sive addition was added in the form of Senior High School library was singled _ tions and additions in 1963. A 30-acre ais aa Se . the library wing including a modern out for special financial help and site on South Magnolia Street was pur- im library, audio-visual rooms and work designated as a Demonstration Li- chased where a new elementary school _-*,» reas, five classrooms and renovations brary. will be built when funds become » ~~ Of the administrative offices. A band Non-Teaching Principals available and South Elementary : SE” on ae se “= Teom had been added, press box built With the increase of local, state and School, constructed in 1920, will be ce Fee ae i Pere Le < the athletic field by the Boosters federal funds, secretarial help has been abandoned. Boar ale xs e re Club, the old shop turned info a student provided for all schools and- all. the a = Funds Bis lia eee Nae a ‘sat alee es —ar~ i ae lounge and considerable parking areas schools have non-teaching priricipals. The continued expans on cli ie 3 mn See bi. i Ss Provided. The latest addition is another S. D. Rutherford has been employed as improvement in the educational ; e ~aPaior one in the form of nine class- assistant to Supt. A. D. Kornegay and program has been made possible by the Senior High School has an assistant increase in local, state and fede —= 4 ;) } ) by , anes sik alana Page 2-D rng thang ecaat neat tt + ‘Iredell Schools Make Progress . been met. The system received honor- able mention in the nationally spon- sored Encyclopedia Britannica School Libraries project in 1965 in recognition of significant improvement in elemen- tary school libraries. The school librarians participated in the Knapp School Library award and visited the project in Baltimore. Senior High School was one of the first 10 schools in North Carolina to be award- ed a Demonstration School Library Title II project. Other improvement in program ser- vices, which the superintendent, Dr. Roland Morgan, does not place here in order of their importance are as follows: .Four special education teachers — one speech therapist, one teacher for the educable mentally retarded, two with children with jearning disabilities; one full time spe- cial reading teacher; 41 teacher aides employed in grades one through four; one library aide at Senior High School; summer readiness program for pre- school and elementary students who need “assistance in ready 5 > — pentane 0H PRESSLY E . ing*and team competencies; vocational courses added to the curriculum; all schools are accredited by South Association of Secondary Schools, Also, two experimental programs in the elementary schools of multi-grad- teaching; changes in organization to contribute to individual instruction and learning; A federal grant made possible the establishment of an Educational Media Center to serve the system with local supple- mentary to assume financial support at the enii of the three grant period; in- service education programs for the profes: ional improvement of teachers are # all staff local supplement for teachers has been raised to $405 per year for.those holding “A” certificates and to $504 for those : with graduate degrees; the local board employs 13 teachers from local funds to reduce pupil-teacher ratio; full-time public school music teacher art teacher have been. employed strengthen the fine arts area of the curriculum. DING MATERIALS 1100 W. FRONT ST. DIAL siatesville Record fe HERE IS MOORESV? wind SEX oH x | LE’S new junior high school, most recent addition to its up-to-date system. ge a om truction, to county system. EAST ELEMENTARY is the sewest addition, now under cons ~ Serving The People _ of Statesville ith the Best Building Products Since 1916! As SHERRILL LUMBER CO., observes its 54th year of service to Statesville and |redell County . . . we reflect that our history has been a story of continuous growth and progress from the beginning. We have many things for which we are thankful . . . our customers for their patronage... our employees for their loyalty .. . our community for the comradeship of its people. These reasons, plus many more, are why we are extremely happy to be a part of PROGRESSIVE STATESVILLE. AT SHERRILL LUMBER . .. YOU WILL FIND THESE BRANDS, TO RE THE BEST - : J e i * - new North year enrolment in the wo Was 8,35). Statesville Mooresville Schools in the County budget for 1960.g] Ws $1,014,579 and for the Current schoo] year the schools will Get from the coun ty $1,860,709, It might be of THIS Is AN ARCHITECT’s rendering of the th Irede]] High Schoo] 8, occu- Pied when the coun Program, OLD EBENEZER Acappy and all the high Students fror Unity Schoo] Were assigned to » Dart and South High Sehoole : Unity Femaining ag a neigh. "hoc c2Geel for grades one through eight, “ee¥ith the cons-tidation of se County system now op Schools and the first dane Counselor Was named in October of 1 year, hs ‘oven: -% es By MILDRED HUSKINS It ‘was a decade of consolidation, integration and accreditation for the schools in Iredell County, Statesville and Mooresville. Because of these or, maybe, in spité of them, it) has been a decade of progress in the three systems. As the new decade begins studies are underway | which — could~ bring recommendations for the consolidation of the administrative units or, at least, a cooperative effort among them which would result ‘in consoli of some of the phases of the work. The professional ‘study ‘to be completed within the next five months will also make recommendations concerning an occupational education center for the use of the four senior high schools in the county and serve high school students who wish to learn a skill and enter the work force immediately upon graduation. But these are in the future. Let us look back. Back over the past 10 years and consider the progress of elemen- tary and secondary education in Iredeil County. Enrolment in the schools increased 14.6 per cent, During the 1960-61 school year enrolment in the county system was 8,351. Statesville had 4,212 and Mooresville, 2,454. Enrolment figures for the current year are 9,671 in the county ; 5,005 in Statesville and 2,637 i in Mooresville, Long Range Plans As the county stepped up funds for school building programs by pledging to provide $1,000,000 per year for capital outlay in the three systems, boards were able to make long-range plans for meeting their construction needs and concentrate on improving During this decade, also, considerable funds became available from the federal government for remedial and other programs which were designed to beef up the schools which qualified as ‘disadvantaged’ and for students found.to be ‘“‘educa- tionally deprived.” So, the improvement of the general school programs should be particularly noted during the past 10 years. The * three school systems have made great strides in this direction as we shall see. New Formula ' In 1966 county commissioners agreed to. the new formula for providing capital outlay funds and the three unit _ boards were asked to work out a distri- bution of these funds which would average out at the end of five-year period to $40 per student. Each board of commissioners since that time has honored the pledge although no board can, under the law, bind another board. County and state support for the educational system has increased considerably. While the student enrol- ment was increasing 14,6 per cent, the county increased its allotment for cur- rent expense by 186.6 per cent and capital outlay for the schools building programs by 52.3 per cent. The cost of the schools in the county ‘budget for 1960-61 was $1,014,579 and for the current school year the schools will get from the county $1,860,700. It might be of interest to note here that the county schools received from the state last school year $2,676,650.63, of which $2,326,049.78 was for salaries; $115,610 for building) operations and ee ee ee THIS IS AN ARCHITECT'S rendering of the new North and South Iredell High Schools, occu- "From One | Room To Unitary’ System Iredell Schools $ $190,465.14 for buses, libraries and health. The county operated 127 regular buses. An average of 8,063 students were transported daily. All of the funds for operation of the county schools comes from the county and the state. There is no supplementary school tax in this system. Statesville schools received from the state last year $1,354,399.40 of which $1,266,869 was for salaries; $60,491 for building operation and $6,953, health and dibraries, Mooresville received $702,215.36 from the state last year with $646,906 of that.for salaries. Both Mooresville and Statesville, in addition, levy supplementary school taxes, bringing the gross annual cost of secondary schools to nearly $7,000,000 in Iredell County. Consolidation of seven small high schools into two senior high schools was the giant step in the field of education in Iredell County. Rural Consolidation The county school board, after more than 25 years of bickering about where and how it was to take place, passed a consolidation resolution in May, 1964. The plant was approved by the state department of public instruction and the state board of education the same month. In June, 1964, the board purchased a tract of land in Olin Township on which it later built North Iredell Hi@h School. In December of that year the site of South Iredell High School was acquired from Rarium Springs Home for Chil- dren and architectural plans for the schools, to be nearly identical, had already been approved. This was the culmination and direct result of the organization in March, 1960, of a Citizens Committee for Better Schools which was to spearhead a drive for ‘consolidation of the high schools. Dr. W. D. McClurkin of George’ Peabody College was employed to make a survey of the schools. His recommendations, which were similar to the consolidation plan eventually adopted and effected--were contro- versial and there were a number of other plans submitted, sites selected and changes of board members and superintendents over a period of two or three years. Desegregation Begun In June, 1965, the school board a desegregation plan on freedom of choice as the federal government began its pressure for the elimination of the dual school systetn. In September, 1966, the two new high schools opened their doors to students for the first time and consolidation be- came a fact and a new educational era was finally realized. Supt. T. Ray Gibbs was employed in June, 1963, and he presented the consolidation plan in January, 1964, which was adopted by the board. W. T. Poston was appointed assistant superintendent in May, 1964. Mrs. Fred Bunch, Jr., was chairman of the board at this time and was followed in March, 1967, by Robert C. Garrison. C. B. (Sam) Brown, A. C. Holthouser and James Vanstory were elected to the board of education in May, 1966, and joined C. Wilson White and Garrison to make up the full board. Financing the system at a level greater than that provided by the state and county became the concern of. the school board and in July, 1967, the board asked county commissioners for a 16-cent supplement. When this was program. ' progress. ‘The high schools g pied when the county completed its consolida " " Statesville te cord J ape ati waceiitod sa ADE OLD EBENEZER ACADEWM not granted an election for a special ta: was set for June, 1968, and the vot rejected the proposal. But, this setback did not hold accreditation by the state and the S¢ thern Association of Secondary Sc and in December, 1968, the boar adopted a plan of full integration of t schools, To 1, 2uh Pie plan a ee a a new erste blood east of Statesville and was purch from the owners of James Farms, Ine; Schools Closed | During the progress towards fy integration of the schools, three sma all-Negro schools, Scotts Rosen Chestnut Grove and Houstonville, closed and those students assigned : existing elementary schools, School became an integrated set and al] the high school students fg Unity School were assigned to f North and South High Schools, Unity remaining as a school for grades one through eight. With the consolidation of the h schools the county system now op the following elementary scho Sharon, Celeste Henkel, Trout Shepherds, Wayside, Amity, Cool Springs, Ebenezer, Harmon Union Grove, Scotts, Monticello, Mourne, Brawley and Central, Of th Celeste Henkel, Troutman, Unity, C Springs, Harmony, Union Grow Central and Scotts were previous high schools. During consolidation d which continued through the some valuable improvement programs were noted. A curricula study was made by Dr. Cameron then of Pfeiffer College and director of the State Board of E Education, and submitted in 1963. In the fall of 1963 Distri Education was initiated in the c schools and thé first attendang counselor was named in October of thé year. 5 Prior to the opening of the schools A ARIEL! system. To close out the decade teachers in their first county the system received after current expense program; terminal plan of integration was upheld by the federal district During the school year of 1960-61 there were 4,212 students and the number 1965-66. It was at leveled off and there had been two additions. the newest elementary school in the when Pressly ; anew lunchroom was built in 1963. Two years later an exten- sive addition was added in the form of. the library wing including @ rhodern library, audio-visual rooms and work areas, five classrooms and renovations administrative offices. A band ‘room had been added, press Lox built on the athletic field by the Boosters Club, the old shop turned into a student lounge and considerable areas provided, The latest addition is another major one in the form of nine class rooms and the enlargement of the cafeteria, all of which is underway at the present time. In 1968 a maintenance shop was built on Bingham Street. Additions of g teacher's pay, teachers and general programs not provided by the state. In 1960, just prior to @ revaluation of property in the county for tax purposes, the board was levying the full 30 cents and from this $92,000 was received. Since th have been two evaluations of pro and the school tax levy has varied. This year it is set at 17 cents and is esti- mated to provide $177,650. The board set this rate after sioners set 4 i-cents special tax and expected to provide $75,090. All Accredited High School was reevaluated the following year and on the list. There have been 11 students from the Senior High School in the past 10 years to be awarded the coveted Morehead Scholarships and from year to year there are a number of these students who qualify as National Merit Scholars. These facts seem to bear out the claim by the school board and administrators rat the system does @ good jod of providing well-balanced educational ams which have been initiated or continued during the de- cade are as follows: Areading program is carried out in all of the schools with special reading teachers in Oakwood Junior High Schoo! and Senior High; guidance program has been expanded so that there are now two counselors at Senior High School and one each at the ighs; library program has also been improved with each school in the system with a library and librarian with two librarians at Senior High. Senior High School library was singled out for special financial help and designated as 4 Demonstration Li- brary. Non-Teaching Principals With the increase of local, state and federal funds, secretarial help has been provided for all schools and all the schools have non-teaching principals. §. D. Rutherford has been employe assistant to Supt. A. D. Kornegay and Senior High School has an @ principal. The two juaior high schools have part-time assistants. The number of supplementary reading’ books has been increased and considerable classes which has of adults receiving diploma. All of the schools in the system are fully integrated under 8 court order and oceeded orderly. Kornegay pays the many honors and awards which have come to the system to the dedication of the various boards which have served the system during the decade and to & hard- working, trained staff, especially those his administrative a high school extensive progress out of a long-time program by orderly became available has continued to improve Its enrolment remai constant. Probably the highlight of the decade was the addition wo che system OF complete new Junior High School plant of 80,000 square feet and completely air conditioned. The old junior high school building was @ when the new the Senior High School were the audi- torium and music department in 1962 and in 1968 « library, three classroouns and a vocational shop were added. : The other most extensive construc tion project was the addition in 1964 of five classrooms, 4 library at School, which now houses all of the fifth and sixth grades in the system. In 1962 some property was added to the Park View Elementary School site and in 1963 a cafeteria was added. South Elementary School had minor renova- tions and additions in 1963. A 30-acre site on South Magnolia chased where a new elementary will be built when funds decd available and South Elementar School, constructed in 1920, will abandoned. and regional library standards (Continued Page 2D) been met. The system received honor- able mention in the nationally spon- sored Encyclopedia Britannica School Libraries project in 1965’in recognition . of significant improvement in elemen- tary school libraries. ; The school librarians participated in the Knapp School Library award and visited the project in Baltimore. Senior High Schoo} was one of the first 10 sehools in North Carolina to be award- ed a Demonstration School Library Title II project. Other improvement in program ser- vices, which the superintendent, Dr. Roland Morgan, does not place here in order of their importance are as follows: Four special education teachers — one speech therapist, one teacher for the educable mentally retarded, two with children with learning disabilities; one full time spe- cial reading teacher; 11 teacher aides employed in grades one through four ; one library aide at Senior High School; summer readiness program for pre- school-and elementary students who need assistance in ready competencies; “vocational courses added to the curriculum; all schools are accredited by South Association of Secondary Schools. Also, two experimental programs in the elementary schools of multi-grad- ing and team teaching; changes in organization to contribute to individial instruction and learning; A federal grant made possible the establishment of an Educational Media Center to serve the system with local supple- mentary to assume financial support at the end of the three grant period; in- service education programs for the professional improvement of teachers are conducted annually; all staff members are properly certified; the local supplement for teachers has been raised to $405 per year for those holding “A”’ certificates and to $504 for those with graduate degrees; the local board employs 13 teachers from local funds to reduce pupil-teacher ratio; full-time public school music teacher and art teacher have been employed to strengthen the fine arts area of the curriculum. ‘SHERRILL LUM e BUILDING MATERIALS 1100 W. FRONT ST. DIAL HERE IS MOORESVI & EAST ELEMENTARY is the newest addition, now under construction, to county system. - Serving The People yf ap, Of Statesville With the Best peer =~ Building Products ; Since 1916! © As SHERRILL LUMBER CO., observes its 94th year of service to Statesville and Iredell County .. . we reflect that our history has been’ a story of continuous growth and progress from the beginning. We have many things for which we are thankful . . . our customers for their patronage .. . our employees for their loyalty . . . our community for the comradeship of its people. These reasons, plus many more, are why we are extremely happy to be a part of PROGRESSIVE STATESVILLE. o AT SHERRILL LUMBER . . . YOU WILL FIND THESE NAME BRANDS, TO ASSURE THE BEST @ Bird & Son Roofing t US Plywood berglas * ) /Armstrong And Insulite Ceiling Tile. HARDWARE @ PAINT e- | 3-4319 STATESVILLE, N. C. - ” Chevg trae Lue “lo idee ee | WD, ak i Ve yon Nig Gearon > “his ib The Mon vupmbeet of te forr® » Ahis eke lef, Ta de old SC - heel ) build. AG Anuie Laure Clokisen t W. R. Edwards, superintend- ent of Children’s Home in Win- ston-Salem, will be the guest Speaker at the Men’s Club of ‘Broad Street United Methodist — on Thursday evening at ge ab orphan € vem and a half before entering Brevard College. While there he went out for all sports and was captain of the football team. Following a stay at Brevard College, he then entered Ap- palachian State University, where he was president of the student “body his senior year, played football, and was on the i boxing team. He received his master’s e at the University of Carolina,: Greensboro, fught and coached at the n’s Home school until | he became principal of the }s@hool in 1949. and held that mition until 1966, at which e he became assistant superintendent of the home. He has been lay leader of the Child- ren’s Home Church since its founding; and he is also a teacher of the senior class in church school. Edwards is married and has two children. He is a long-time member and officer of the Win- ston-Salem Sertoma Club, and B his hobbies are sports. Besides being a player he is a collegiate football official in the Atlantic Coast Conference and officiated in several bowl games, includ- ing the Orange and Cotton Bowls. \ \ gy : : : Rhee Lac | dace th pet \ | “s) UNITED Ft oy uae Ty) Ace ea" : » i a3 rp We S a PUYO imc * | Cuts, ~~ 1peD] Bark Pate beth ¥en tt peu Ce = oA Ly ( wee ope Pret yet Un r~ver, (0 Pike. p a ya den tde/ See ee Oo ete hi wee | 3.5 tt Oey ag 1fthi UR DATS Dd 4 ae ita: Pcie rast. tna. Ae Le es | Ae 4 & tare LT. Why, DA Rs ) G4 a oretasy } Corty “recat + 4 As ps Bayo. ls nec, z oa mae ; arantnt ok _— at ot IN HS nate brah tacky Ke oe ame : oa E wa akhihe aA ) po ee poet —— tS Rt | pee gtd et Lo ~ & LMG .4 In Chi rth it. 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PidG lee ISO Opa eda Ip: td oes Fs a ot Moat ART apie i J i £ a é e i> illeans, - ee 26-77 os /) A ie od d | Y 3 : 7 Ln it. cecotel Ki a bles | a cis. ge oo Lt- bol/ oo) en 0 a ois Me fee ne Iyer. ae Zo | ec Pop io me Ggee och: 7 iO —— fo } hank a Wed, i j oe a ae ) y Lt- bee 4 Galen. Ct ASEO4EHAL tad) « sencllin tt Ef ld MY. E AM jibe Ah es ttl Aaa a “Fa ; roam /\ / ” | } biwe) Prete | ly 2 a oe: an Z : é y 7 ' \ : ‘ i c = fy P | SNY A f) / . - t 2 732°7 “William Ellig & wf Frances to Lewls McCartney proc 320,A adj McCulloh in |+ract # 9 granted tp Wm 1770 James Smith, William Lynn. . "he following may have novAlue, but -Thomas rn in "owan |Count: Bersheba, Williams. Some times 207220 enjamin) Nillor jof Launenturg Co. Va. to Huch ‘ont or LO pds OO A on W.bank ersheba Crk. 13 Jan 1765 Willits John “1 Temple Colds. ms | x ron tres ‘evolut'onkry Lang Crants p 21 istory of by allie ¥,. “tockard. (11902) In 1753 James and his wife Jeane Graham of Anson County, sold to Alllilam MeKnicht, for five shillings, a parcel of land in Anson C on a brarch of Buffalo Creek. six* hundred and forty one #iackers" i tt ey IREDELL COUNTY STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA i OFFICE OF TAX SUPERVISOR Mf a a A r ~sae SP et tO + te tteaetaeay eens AaLe, Madge ily Zo C1) 27 27 his is to Netify you that your application for exemption of § 3,000/00 cf the appraised value, ($3,750.00) of the tax value Of your property has been approved to apply on 19 73 taxes, TAX SUPERVISOR lhe Papers of John Willis Ellis. Edited by Noble J. Tolbert. Dept. of Ar- chives & History, Raleigh, N. ©. 1965, $10.00, This two-volume Work | appears. in an edition limited to 750 copies, and collectors of North Carolina books should make haste lo see that it is in their libraries. Because of its limited appeal, it is unlikely to be repub- lished, yet it will become of increasing Value to historians and other scholars. This is because John W. Ellis was s0vernor of North Carolin; at one. of the most Significant corners of our his- lory. He became sovernor |i 1860. and died July 1861. It was a brief BOvernorship, but perhaps no- gover- Nor before nor sincé has seen his state’s history take such an abrupt and tragi- Cal turn, And it was a brief career, ENis was Only 39 when he was elected gover- nor; he was only 41 when he died. In four decades was compressed a bril- liant and admirable Career. He was a member of the Slave-holding plantation class, obtained and wisely used a good education: married twice; worked hard and rose fast. His behavior through out his public life was forthright yet Prudent; conscientious yet indépend- ent. é One reading Mr. Tolbert’s biography (which precedes the letters ) wonders why North Carolinians are not more familiar with this worthy statesman serving in such 4 time. One reason, perhaps, is the fact that he. was succeeded by the volatile Zeb Vance: his administration of Strain. anxiety and Shadowed by young stirring lentativeness Was Over- One of flamboyant. ac- "on and bloodshed. It js another good mark for our Department of Archives and History and ad ministration On our history Shelves tO settle his life SO. firmly Although Mr. Tolbert introduces the biographical Section mov off-handedly, It is the ing part of the work. The letters and Papers which follow. will be read in their entirety only by the most Spe- Clalized student. for, in spite of judici OUS Omissions, 4 Stly, almost MOSt enlighten- great deal of this Material is naturally trifling in the eyes OF present-day readers All “Papers of Governors” records must be like this: and even the excellent index does little to sift out what ‘is Of general interest from the minutiae : But, even though it may be banal lO say so, such a work is not for the general reader. anyway, the researcher, the author and theme Whiler and a host of others now have available to them many intimate de- tails of our state government in one of its most significant eras. B.S The scholar. redeem | ated roo sou satin» f ¥orgh arc. ’ ina. dela Wie peuer woter Sohn Pearson ae ES oan ané teient ¢ F | ic ao . tation at» * the pearers hs “wou? Ling es: fo tom yet a Two years after He. 1ipAaae Ke vee ohh wep. te represent awe an ‘eae of Lommane ome onthe oy ea Pemteeone Hast en: it Sepect or: ‘art ee eowwere D gies cane art Ree area. ie iw ans Hohor' to the sete Waadt. pe Snot Sia ake ki a? got North Gereting over Ihe oot on? ciquabank.. tite ak | < aetieae’ Tite ena Peo) wes what wall-e bed’ "aA-Yeld rer Syeton | {38 ee preee. Gotan ded. with reat angentsty: OF Pos) “ape the ease crrfe-the pans Antes ee eS Shae . hen +n. 1863: eel done Die ‘er. ‘ye s. Bed ‘ PL, a fer hs ie seer Septet hy Mero lite ; tee Sover1 cere a | ie cor SOBs wan 3 Ml! o SOR s ‘2 ath Jaro} ine - anit. fore vine Paar Mes ieee Am ire b Be oli n P alee ion rere Whee Oevamts 27 Kaper t awe ec om or line 5a y. + aga : ‘Ths day 9% eT) Me Pee $4 * yh heal Paes “Le, oud “3 xe 5or , oer = ae oh. t- sertries hs etree. nF ULES. ae 28 "SFiS ot nent tonesr “and pre er Taly _ Se a 4) ig af. ae Te} het, .% as ‘ tant O05 Ya Bes dar eaten 2 Se ee etl at, ot 4! ome Tabge a bates dor aktat treo berth ist ae se Boro. war paves. A beret pes = Seated aon hte AVR et nine ele i omtetiin Sak ei a" ae ate Salt chur. hen ausetot saree go: ad warns ATs ree hme & Jowarpor <jliis caret eZ Aary Oe if. ear ill San.) mt .% or ott.. me ee. Pranicn, toot, as her ‘borat a et Ag ef * eee OE Ar : aert.~ “ — i? &. sean? ‘Tite to Mary Yarn a op Tety AT ORS ana Tet 2 “auaentey é Be. : A NPR ad ia pid? @> laa Ce ner iaemertenny te ere present... ed years age Ex. October 7, 1859. ce | The meet for the Atlantic, | ™ t of | ronan sa OO Ba v in | hag heen scheduled Tor Statesville on October 4 was well attended. ag all | with A. Ke Simonton as chairman, a Jerry | several resolutions were ad Long At | proposing that the railroad be yworth at | pyilt as sogn as ble from Charlotte to Statesville, “The char- «Clublter had carried, a provision that ing the} work must be started within five 3 United | years to keep the charter in force. , senolar- |" One item stated: “ is accred- | ural. Ridge’ dividing-the waters of sral of the |the Yadkin) and Catawba, presetit- valth ‘Serv-|ing as‘it floes an almost graded § track for 40. of had been | tween the towns é incorpora- wporators as dney Sample |i Another /jone : and- | hasten thé) completion of this work the entire road from Statesville to West | Charlotte shall be put under con- i by| tract as fast a8 the location ordi |made—after the sum of $900,000 ‘ took | shall have been subseribed—and eipts | that as ithe heavier Street | the work will be in the county of eet pinedell, 10 portion othe’ afer \scribed th said courtty shall be vices \used in grading the road outside Mary | the county's limits.” Kin-| Already Gov. John W. Bilis had’ ‘les | appointed men @ on Octaber 4 to remain open for of | 30 days, For Statesville those ap- ser | pointed |were Jno. Davidson, A. K. jig (Simonton, L. Q. Sharpe, Thos. A they immediately opened books at: “iJ stote of Jamison, Simonton & “1. ‘ - = — — > ~| | At Mt. Mourne the committee n | Was composed of Geo. F. David <|son, R. RK, Templeton, James e | Sheppherd, Dr. G. W. Stinson and J. F. Melion. Commissioners were i | also appointed for Ford's Mills, a | Wilkesboro, Taylorsville, Lenoir, of | Morganton, Salisbury, Chartotte, e sess es baretretmed me & athe e hier) "o", howe: nee died commemption he disre- 1%? Sewerish efforts to arm the “mmmumeation, dated June mae seceded May 20), was a ® S®etenant to “issue to Col. t mern of Wise’s Légion 600 + : , with the usual appurte- # % : Smet s " 4% was buried in the .“Old is rere eS he af aetenen Se P ameYard” at Salisbury and, ‘KS free-flowing rhetoric. ti! Ty a -— <a by _ : ‘ MN te arwere 4 browse ae = me ewe 2 ones Oe *ars before. the Governor } ; hows melee trepid Yank 4” oetan om Ghee of the times on vol of ae an intrepid Yankee to ¢. ; ot Sate a lasting benefit, Serving “Y = PES an Preparations for war Legislature in 1848, Ellis was chai 7’ Bs i the joint committee that reporte%, Subject e hazards .( a 1 ig Subjects rafige from ad hes or bill providing for the first St%o,"% lady) of descending a mountain on mule- for the Insane. Dorothea P "ay back to the use the governor found for picked him to present her®, . Hinton Rowan Helpter's “Impending Crisis N.C. Legislature — HARRIET? b 4 ppl, Vez ot-124 eh ts; d, tae if 7. p ; Va iw LU Ck $2 C+ et VA a Cis 3 2 er ee he: te! a ‘ | FS hs es a oe (7 muld do Wt present. One hundred years ago: Ex. pres., October i; 1859, | The meetin: for the Au ant "} Teunessee ‘and ONO RA oat Ths) has Dee scheduled Tor Statesville *y With A. K, Simonton as chairman, Several resolutions - were adopted at Proposing that the railroad be 0 Charlotte to Statesville. The char- oe a | built as soon as possible from { Club ter had catried a Provision that {it pe ' "©! work must ‘he Started within five _ United years to keep the charter in force. -, |, One item stated: “That the nat- Paeecred-/ ural Ridge dividing the waters of * of the the Yadkin and Catawha, present. al eV-/ing as it dees an almost graded il track for 40 of the 44 miles be. tween the towns of Statesville and oe! Charlotte renders the work of Mors as easy and chéap control and brings Sample | it entirely within our control ” . Another one: “That in order to hasten the completion of this work the entire road from Statesville to vest | Charlotte shalt be put under con. by/ tract as fast as the location .s bd | Made—after the sum of $300,000 Wook} shall have been subseribed—and beipis | that as the heavier portion of bet | the work will be im the county of Pet | Tredell: no portiot ofthe fund. sub- Me. | scribed in said county shall be miused in grading the road outside ty} the county's limits.” in-| Already Gov; John W. Ptlis had és | appointed men al © Proposed line to open books for subscription on October 4 to remain open for of 130 days, For Statesville those ap- pointed were Jno Davidson, A. K. Simonton, L. Q Sharpe, Thos. A Allison and Otho Gillispie, ~Wid the immediatély opened booke at the store of Jamison, Simonton & Co. At Mt. Mourtie the committee Was composed of Geo. F. David- ‘é Se eae a end i la s; Son, R. R. Templeton, James |; Sheppherd, Dr..G. w. Stinson and J. F. Mellon. Commissioners were also appointed for Ford's Mills, a} Wilkesboro, Taylorsville, Lenoir, Morganton, Salisbury, Charlotte, ecesateh ten ‘end NG by Fite $20 at Santis; aol tra where * i waden OR, Paar an a whe: ats cante and tal Lat’ Soy H@ bore the. aa : he Wabt-ot Site cts anna re wae che en te ‘ ie te ape pomea yt j AOA ear. Plant lente ee o. neha tr ee eet yt : : whe otgte bree, LAS “nh ha dae ang eet vane Pony et Rakatctee a He Ver & what) -Wes.ced let "as Valoran® sestou %! reat Japee vir: ur. Poel. APS thy z Ronen , dace aeaes tabee NT a Oath: A nohter : F3n. Phi’ wal We 3348: he vt as spl’ | ‘ t thine d | Let Mie fen ZF 4t-o 4 tewe* bead zh Prec ae ek Yo bonsiae we deo. tx Rot ef Shiny | ¢ My. Bic g.. 1 esl Be Tee ed ae Zh vo, ZT Oe Ee | ; 4 Ch» Ketan. Cie he cel . . oe. | it betas ha : rs et c_. ih { “~ ibe co Ecees & } f- Pree ———_—_—_—— BEEF z 58 ith: aintaat il hep) The Papers of John Willis I fli fedited by Noble J- Tolbert. Dept. of At chivés & History, Raleigh, N. C. 1965, $10.00. his #Wo-volume work dppears in an editieft limited to 750 cipies, and collectaxg of North Caroliha books should #ia@ke haste to see that it is in their Gibmaties. Because of jts limited appeal, it is unlikely to be repub lished, Yet it will become of increasing value t@ Ristorians and othe scholat Thig:#8 because John WJ) Ellis wa LOVCT AOE of North Carolinal at one. of the most significant corners fF our hi tory. He became governol sin 1860 and di¢@ July 7, L861. It Was a briet govern@mship, but perhaps no govel nor befiare nor singe has seen his sta historyita@ke such an abrupt)and tragi cal tur, An@ #@ was a brief career Ellis was only 38 when he was elected gover nor; he was only 41 when he died. In four degades was compressed a bri liant af@ admirable career.;He was a membe@e @f the slave-holding plantation class, @btaitied and wisely used a good education; married twice; worked hard and r@g@ fast. His behavior through out hig @ublic life was forthright yet prude’ conscientious yet!) independ- ent. One reading Mr, Tolbert’§ biography (which precedes the letters) wonders why Ne@rth Carolinians are not more : eee : eF I ; y . 2 é { a. | le L&, eeerh Cy ( C No yc Poh f _ a é ,< al /7¥3 @ | ree io wet i sa fee fs a Lat - 106 ges 1 17 1 3 n's 1 11 LL, Ae 2 g237 “w{11iem Ellis & wf. -rances proc |320 A @g McCulloh) in *ract 4770 James th, Willifim Lynn. The followisg may have} novalue, in Towan CouRty tre-@eelut (on wry jLar ballie W@, tockard. (1 In 1753 Jamm@m anc his wife William M Kgaight, for Pive sh on a branch) Of Buffsloe reek. / $20 - Marrrce{ wl Zs Cejbeae, /ISS #- n< aa ay yt 747 - U if Segre li J T4HK~YG! y Cal Ce ig L C GR 5 SSE L. a ie i Sr AL © St ty bas, | Te. J X3/ s&s Cs ' ee i) t bi tr bee % he ‘ i 4 ; . |} 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. c. : _— mur six weelts of snov started day and WHMh the hel of the electri Cleaned Off my stenping stones, Befor: out, which I haven't been since Jane 16. think you winter was mild compsred with recell om@ like it, % mer I am enclosing ca it Bd ty bad m@MiMry cannot link Govertchn to recall @@emething to that fect. you. probaly heve it, -s I rot it > and 10 On page 9 of my Thomas Sent you @ @opy, I have it that ¢ bekah belf peggerly married illis nothing oMMBlliser, r \ an mX¥ second room for rent I now have Colonel ati@ thous T d@n't take retired people - I fell fot him end he turns out to be fone, i a rays é f wi ZL Z 4 -t3sep AT TeToueUTT a7” ‘ SIRS ARR BNE SS sm oe a age ae grea * Dear People, trip andeof what come te Beirut, I left North carol November 14. Aftemie ; with @ day in Caig Beirut on Sunday Baptist Mission é kitchen door and j the snowy peaks vial the villages that imewd in and above the olive orchards. Standing in the front door we can look down § daily itis necess a be@utiful drivel a few feet above The first week heg nection with-the § from Beirut to nat look to the east & the upper Jordan tt Although the bordame to @ny Arab counf view at all., Fr@ ruins of a very @& city of Nezarethy which Meses locke ernaum and Jerick “Russian tower on# Jerus@lem. Alth@aah America, ot in # ‘ and camels dress@m ‘\ * Here in Beirut, black hair and as wear veils, which heads and faces. are very g0dJ-1log they could well @ People from the country people of We are taking full . I have the ciesse with loads bigzai ef. bread on the radishes, ohiong cakes, candies, Please let me sé seem to be unable? I wish that it hadi Early in October ¥ * Pound the peninsula on which Bedrut is built, and the road is just a i to the Promised land, the. Plain of Jezreel, the cities of Cap- eevillages and along the. roads we saw people plowing oxen, donkeys, sed y¥ thousands of years cold and known in ancient history by the name ‘ Beruta end Reryti@me conspicious with @iicn hose and dress just as in the States--just because we have not ek ‘complexion we stand at a little. Even the Moslem women who Mmoint to the same thing as a sheer black silk scarf over their Mentein villages which are several miles away dress more as the Manthey are ant/or some person riding them, peddlars with trays American Mission Beirut, Lebanon February 12, 1951 M pessible for me to write each of you individually, Since I “manage that, I) still wanted te let you know something of our mound after arriving in Beirut. earned that though appointed to Arabia, it seemed best for us te ton (just! north of Palestine) for our study of the Arabic language. On November 6 and we sailed from New York On the EXCALIBUR on Quite delightful stops in Marseilles, Naples, and Alexandria-- pee@ing .the pyramids and other points of interest, we landed in Ping, December 3. I am living with Miss Mabel Summers in the fig Befrut. Ifyou will come with me I can take you to our back P you 4 magnificent view of the Lebanese mountains with some of ple to us, and'so near that we can see the houses in several of ie street and watch the sunlight on the Mediterranean Sea. Almost my for one of us'to go to the other side of the city and that meane wig e sea. p we learned that Dr. McRae and I should go to Transjordan in con- Bpital that ms recently been given Southern Baptists. We flew ® (Rabboth-Ammon of II Samel 11). From the plane we were able to m see Mount Hermon, to the west and see at a glance Lake Huleh, Sea of Galilee, the whole of the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, fF Of Palestine are closed to anyone hol ing @ passport with visas ® if you are up high enough, political borders don't affect the ® Akl in walking distance of the hospital on which is located the Podstle, we were able to see Mount Hermen, the hills above the mt Gilboa where Saul and Jonathan were killed, Mount Nebo from oe da point oni the horizon which we were told was the top of the ® Mount of Olives just across the Brook Kedron from the oity of a many of the pecple in the®city of Amman dress just as we in gt as the pictures in Bible story books show people, Ost of the people dress just as you and I do. We are not at al] Rally wear western styles and make-up. Many of the people here € &nd if some bf the Moglem women would just remove their veils, | Bs medels for pictures in our most fashionable western magazines ans jordan. € hours of class jin Arabic each day. Walking the eight blocks where u pilwisually zee iat least one small flook of Rcats, several donkeys pads, carts of tangerines, oranges, bananas, cauliflower, tomatoes. mtchen ware, knife ‘sharpeners, hot coffee, roasted chestnuts, sweet G@rts drawn by horses with kerosene tanks. « Menk you again ifor your interest and thoughtfulness. & 4 4 Sancerely, - Kuk hwnd + ay Sac LOG Ment xX bt <~s 5 ER: 1 + C le > DEPARTED rom f \ B) ARRIVED AT CLIPPER s DISTANCE DEPARTED FROM ARRIVED wk Ef bet GLIPPER DISTANCE - : se. od COMMENTS tht bicem Reni Sat, Jan, 24. Over some Old things this morning Ce Historica) Magazines ECing baie 0: years, go YOu haves two more reiny days te Hh care Of. Titore Out a leaf in one, a Husband book by Fleteo} Green, i tht iif would bette: keep wit} my Husba qd. It .igia very fairy review, thought 5. € too much) j Portence to flusband ag & histor ca charecter, True, he did not accoms Plish mug, wee just "Witness" to Christian Pina disordered World, like recent Quaker, Whiteker Chambers, t I a more Alg@ J found What ithe "SQueegeel Picture of Laura, Mrs, Swank mi ght like to have, S1¢t18 fr@@e it wil} fit, and rt is the ort Of finish |ithat wil] a news papem, 803 4G liteae, GQ vor Gah é. Le To ee - f A J Me ywt Dy ae fg wed gtie PHONE 2-420! RICHMOND, INDIANA aa Gh - J IO 3 Hh in | Ane e PTL G44 7 I sige LQ Coe 4 oe / et wAy ZS lara (] (Crwanv € yg EO cel le Me Lidl 12, et ores Le Foes al (ow we Cong on tiiei es tance eh m/f niet piee eo A ee Cot OL ~ e & io 7 ot Vf 23 : latent Ld. “‘Bulfpuey pues “One z0dsuery “saquerzeny Azaaryeaq 278S 203 4819p © 30 UOHIEIS 10 (O0'T$) JeTIOp oes. Ue (25) ‘sjue. ®4y Ppe eseaid szapi0 ue up SSIGNVHOUAW 40 39Ta TWLOL 7 Ps \ os Ae f > oe pike ee eC. canter P/O P20 tea #1 iH ri Ces. [btw -<_ /SdF se Ope a deat Gea nef Vit -et¢ ae OFS ah. Vet Le | — Joe Mean) oe atty he K Bo ~ 7 Cte o| "Ape ao Z COOL SPRINGS | ROUTE 5 ~- STAR ACCT. OF w NO. + | NING cn. “ts LINT COTTON No. Colt bc a ; | f SEED COTION _ Bale } COrION SEED . @ a. Pt, @\\V @ CHECK oil ins CHECK NO. | CHECK NO TOTALS ay ee sa ’ NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR COTTON. LEFF AT ¢ 4 a ae cl bel ae e feel-e ee Tt f | — L oe a tA. bf f ttyl if ¢,suetsoudas i aud gurApnas oq iY aotune pue gazeTpourenel aaa a ts 1OF [TM 5 10UL 00:8 3 Ratu: STUL ine eTata Kaxenuer & 19 red oye 09 suo AapaAg an 54 aXtt prTnom, OM ROMLS aaré puyany? JAN@ARY BIBLE STUDY We would like to urge. every one to take par@ an this year's January Bible Study. Thi’ begins Wednesday night at #:00. Ta@re will be classes for Adults, Young (, e@fime, Intermediates, and Juniors. We will | be @@udying the book of "Ephesians". | _ bg keh > peeing Pye tereed fi. men ep of rf G U 9g "] | res |b /p poe Ay 199373 oT semen amet a eR AS Tih Rae. . 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Solomon Osiua, born after 1776 q ames " " " " ephaniah, born 17596 See will 1829 amuel, b. 1766. m. f-rthe Hownrd, —| 1759, me July 15,1788 Cassandre Summers b. Nov. 17s ‘m. John Tomlinson 2d. ‘Anne M. Basil Summers ‘Keziah m. Greenfield ‘Jemima m. Wilson hee ee a His, Zephaniah (Stv). Will 1829. i 4 Wate Hannahe Born 1756 Grandson John Anderson Watts ds. Flizabeth Nichols Kezich Allison (James) »Mary. Lazenby (Elias.of Thomas af f Robert (Son of Samuel) " | BRC < — : (Gel. ad . benekZ,. wel fe inf ‘BAS. bade 9 2 J /} f Q Let l me Gry! Laci: %, x A a os th} hte ef | ‘# poh lhewlinc 4 -t-4 Sanaa, ae et, .on Ck bhi. ¥ ei . a . F Pade Pc. Pies | ile oe eck Big sod ne At iol. . gi. eso , an pees ) ten Haat. a iP ye 9 ued ee ZB nok. a-l(¢db we eo ie Gd Cee. Leek ‘ f r as - ae & re Bact oT L, oh tite "oe ss ae * poets ao tt. ad lm. Jad e ~~ ag mt J ed he LG 7 bothered, ‘g. a Sian ay a or ee, t ie AY « a bowl, | jks, engl “« a i ‘* y to 7 rt SCE J. J S76 ha q f 4 BR f pe Attends fiw tt “ss SKS | ; Gip- IF. oe Pte es a iP enn TE mK C <2” plan A \ oOoR A c XG Ay. 7 at : | ™ é, ao IDS-9 ~ Jr a ot hat, ‘2 r 3 Vit3~e- ae eneccus: Da! cf Hise, 2 : i al i | a id et Fecwoct dak taud _. ~ f a Co dnd, tS Ke yo feud frat toh p39 OFFICE OF P, L. Mureny, M. D., SUPERIAT ERDENT STATE HOSPITAL, MORGANTON, N. ©. 2 @ * Sony eee8e8 Ge ppauasy I GAOT. er > ~ ay paul {H.LIV D S$ YIAD? > ¥, ~ pram: Bw I cordially invite you to VU Ur Ss ; whenever in Washington lor Hal mm contains l 1c nts Ss Many interesting - at Le UWile Te 8 Herre : 20 /9e/ fia tees . + tH yr .) A | ee) La Ll pep ¢ ares By Gr 0kfin” bp \ Low plea. Rtas Calhe.' Baal, © G4 SOOO SX CO SeCe F. E. GAITHER 1005 CHESLEY Dr. LOUISVILLE, KY. 40219 Mr. and Mrs. T.Eg Statesville, N.C Dear Folks: Having > ome time since I last wrote you, I thought this would be a good time @ in trying to write you # few lines. The weather bein bad, writing is about all I am able to do, without getting out in tl - | : Hoping th Bas you both enjoying the best of health, and everything, this leaves us ¢ ‘micely here. Z We are ; phe coldest weather here, we have had for several years. Last night the e went down to three degrees above zero, and the high mr, today is not exp i get above eighteen degrees. We got on | of snow here last Wednesday night, and it has been very cold ever since, fe weather man says it will probably start warming up right away. 3 I would g = having some pretty cold weather there by this time. , I wanted | } you know about a bit of genealogy that was sent me, some time ago, f wh Carolina, on a Line of the Ellis family. This Lime I had x Meard of, except that there were two or three marriages shown, with Gaithé ad les involved. However, we already knew about these marriages, but I waken it that they were of the family of "01d Samuel Ellis". But they are not is Line of Ellis's. This Blli Ogy does not include Samuel, or any of his branch. The marriages ment {| are of -Dr. John Ellis, who married Margaret Gaither. This Margaret was Bughter of Zachariah and Sarah (Taylor) Gaither. --— The other z en of - Milton Bllis(1850-1908) who married first - Sarah Elizabeth ¢ t daughter of Martin and Ophelia (Fitzgerald) Gaither, and married 2nd. Gaither, the daughter of Noah and Emily (Ratledge) Gaither. } This Mil is was e son of Dr. John and Margaret (Gaither) Ellis, and he lived on F + » and operated a farm and roller mill there. So these 's do not seem to connect with the family of Samuel -Ellis, Sr. According | n€ will of Samuel Ellis,Sr., dated 6-11-1798, his sons were = Solomon - * Joshus - Zephaniah and Samuel.(Will Book 1, p.98) C j i After goix ef this genealogy, and failing to be able to connect the "Old Samel E ded me to wonder if there was any connection. If Samuel was not ted with these Ellis's, I wonder how I came to never notice the diffe . | “ " ’ Can you tre ight on this ? Don't go to any trouble, but when you feel like it, { nem you may have the time, I would appreciate knowing, and I feel sure yc mld be the one who vould knov. 2 u | Sincerely Yours, Floyd E. Gaither F. E. GAITHER CLE Ls 1005 CHESLEY’ Dr. LOUISVILLE, Ky. 40219 etn: Oct. 5, 197k ° Ath > ) been 80 long and so slow in answering your last letter, bh guite busy ‘this Summer, and have allowed my letter writing P, 80 that I am just now trying to get them answered. 8 for sending me the name of Mr. H.G.Jones, at Raleigh. HMight be a good idea, and I may try to employ someone to ch there for me a little later on. , uch correspondence this summer with & number of folks, rs family. Mostly Joseph and Paul, who went to Tenn. 1 feel like it, and if it is not asking too much of you, fou could send me the names of the children of Samuel Fllis,Sr. to know as much about them as possible, dates of births, deaths, #, and to whem married, and where they resided. & I find one Joshua Ellis, | ™m whose wife was Naomi ALLEN. Their daughter, Mary Ford Ellis marriediimm@em@iah Burnett,Jr. in Irede1} Co.,N.C., 4m 1832, Jeremi fe) ty Ford (Ellis) Burnett lived in Fayette Co., Tenn. Their 4 ter, Sally Burnett married Zachariah Sr. and ih (Dawson) Summers. Zachari@im@, Summers and Sally (Burnett) Summers lived in Henry @., Tenn. , in 1852 m Zachariah T. Summers gave Power of Attorney to Jeremiah Burnett, to hand y Part of my father’s estate."(Iredell Records Book,P, p.701, 1852. ) QUESTIO ; fight in thinking this Joshua Ellis was the son of Samuel Ellis, |; I have We Ie bercetea in these Ellis's, and would like to know more about NOW - I b Bad another thought, lately. Relative to the family of Charles | Bee. You know Eleanor married’ Jeremiah Gaither,I., his lst. wife. After he th, he married 2nd. After lo @ at the family of Charlies Lovelace, and that of John Baptist | Lovelacegie find that Charles had & younger sister, MARY LOVELACE, whom we have nev e@n able to learn anything about. Is it po le that she became the end, wife of Jeremiah Gaither,I. ? 4 } I am Jus} Gioning this for whatever it might be worth. Will be & to hear from you, and to know your thoughts on it. Hoping nd Mrs. Swann are both feeling fine, we are all doing OK at this time. We) d three nice frosts here already. Yesterday morning was a record Daler here for low temperature. (32) Good Bye to you both for this time, Lay E. Gaither bi a 2h ehcp tT ie gd eee itty 3 eel ite Hine Sait ' = inate | f qt 3 : yt : we ghue , “4 cs Us PORVILLG § i. r fe Oncey Samay t_- tt feet. x ) id djidrenl =: f Allen Lah Hpeernberry and pel Hy Hy gons of Pepry Thomas Johneony of William Bry and Marthe, | ; , tif vty f Jamvs Harbin, Rockville /8% does lien {} eo on al > ‘i eo fy TO Fo le«e* : ih riF am ; nmes Aeg son 9 0] mi, + “ fate cae jita ap Pak - a Es ' 4 z ah * Rone Margeret <<, Munty Thomas; Ishamy Minerva & _ gest ey Seren Jane ‘lattes m. Fannie Starr (oem, Norriss Elizabeth-—-m. (1)° Young, - ae James---—-n. Booher; Johns Williams Waldreng Jane-e~-m. Anthony Berteches Callahany Fannie-----m. Evan Edwards Gravess Mat geret catherine. Jacob Seward; Polly Millet ues Jamis Johns Will temy Albert Douglas Smith | Louis carvers John=----m. Woods James eae inal “Senn Marting Julia Anne : veers Kelly---me Smith. Careline Jackson Carvers Melia Syne: Chaffin; are (died young); Mary (died young); Leander; - Wiggins OR Dwigginss en White} “ie Carver, (2) Butler. Batley; ‘Oliver Frankl in--- Albert. (died young) Willis S.-—-m. a oer. D. and Seth We)s y pe , PHONE 2-42¢1 RICHMOND, INDIANA Ei.1\s Pedigree Chart No : od | (Father of No. 8) ; — ee c a Continued on chart — © JAMES Ti tek 1rts NSS} : i. _ (Father of No. 4) = Are Person No. 1 on this chart is the same person as ‘ ; —~— bite Bis ec | ts ye No. _ - on chart No. _ JAMES in, Buu pb. OAUSE RY . a Peeaages “= a a (Father of No. 2) m \Bo3 : : ‘oe? 7 3S . Date of Birth ; ‘ = e .b. Place of Birth _< as oo a. \ar x 18 Date of Marriage PB SALIS BuRY Aj CG _ Date of Death p.d. e . Place of Death m. Marcarte aves &2 \81Vv (Mother of No. 4) b. 19 ss (Mother of No. 9) p.d. Ores Tr es IND : p.b. Continued a 1\&44 p.d. (Father of No. 10) Continued (Pather of No. 9) Continued 16 (Father of No. 5) ~~ ° PAA. CG AROLINEGE JDC so (Mother of No. 10) . 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