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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThomas Eaton Swann Papers, Pearson-Pool e foal ope tut of L232. &, ett “ y- oe - 2. 1-179 F. ie ®@ bre jeer DPItrt+ el 4.1 oe Ch of fo if : ae) pct Hale, if Heder) hy d4g = é UO g ula 1 + ee _™= cc ~ BD t if te. » te Baek ut * oie teresa e tHt« weelf f. L ee oF ———_—. 4 wt tat . ( ita sabi Burial First Planned For Statesville, Then Switched To R Confusion Surrounds Funeral By DAH. G. JONES _saldithat he was in x death sto- About 10:00 o'dlock on the : and History por cau = lysis 0 he ne ae Hie me B | Statesville Record & Landmark eigh repose in its native element.” Thus ended the life of Rich- | or guard mond Mumford. Pearson, legis- @vernor, and heads of state ‘covered with a black civilians, | 5 Cemetery, where lator, law teacher of note, jur- ents met the train at was decorated with white ist who served on both the su- the depot. The casket was tak: ribbons. perior and the supreme court - en from the train and placed in The lid of the that. : benches and who was chief jus- : tice for 19 years, The accounts of his death and funeral are found in both the Raleigh News and the Observer of Raleigh. Both papers are on microfilm in the Archives and Records Section of the Division of Archives and History. They are available’ in the Search Room of the section and may be used there by the public. Keystone Custodian Funds Series S-3 Prospectus on Request OSCAR. BURNETT & CO. Investment Securities Greensboro : Raleigh ed -A tradition that will flot die is that Peter Stewart Ney, the eccen- tric itinerant schoolmaster of Da- vie, Davidson, and Rowan, was Na- poleon’s famous Marshal Ney. At Richmond Hill, Yadkin Coun- ty, the famous law school of Judge Richard Munford Pearson, many of the leading lawyers of North Carolina of two generations ago received their legal training. At one time three of J udge Pear- soz’s old students sat upon the Su- preme Court bench—Judges By- num, Settle, and Faircloth. MIMEOGRAPHS and MIMEOGRAPH SUPPLIES Products of A. B. Dick Company ni} r a to Lond ve never on, I've never been to Rome; But on my Pitty Acres I travel "here, at home. The hill that looks upon me Right here w “was born Shall be my ty een My Alps, my Matterho: A little land of Wi ith read plok as haystacs ith pyr ‘| Along my sheltered lee My hundred et of brooklet Shall fan faith popes. And be my md Ry My Amazon, my N |My humble oes - roses, wit’ ee ill do for e gardens -| At all the far world’s edge. ace i: ~~ 1 FaeTe yon, : s t ¢ al < In June | find the Tropics 4|_ Camped all about-the place; .| Then’ white December shows me v| The Arctic’g frozen face. ood-lot s an Arde My. Eso - o Sea; as re Is all the wor i. ae 2 on my Fifty Acres I safe at home remain, And have my own Bermuda, “8 Sicily, my Spain. eqjourned to Guilford College lov a e week énd and spent Sun- | ——— with “permission to| | Pearson. He gave me on to use his abo poe’ Acres,” LAR IN to head this le. I notice where apa We “=e fe. : me peewee 3 ‘Ithe New York e¢ritics in ppviawing '| his new book of poems, “Fifty Acr ‘land Other Poems,” consider : + 1008 ot, te eae: tatroes” one 4 is Me ty: ‘ - it ou . fine, © lars could see these logs, a8 and apparenvy as he\? + witnessed ta wonderful i¢ in his native Brushy | / yal 0 y Madison ip er ) L 1 10 met - wer te beet eal. “ . cet veil ays was “When is the |; nd Satorate goi end?” received nation-| now, know ide acclaim. 41 ired by that uni-| « like Lin- earson compose entitl the War Is)‘ ‘| It :| worked for years his paper known 2s e| me » part of this ghop,. he pace ee p Cold oo o Boomer The poem, printed with Pearson's | permission, follows: : WAR IS GOING WHEN THES Ae have I none, Absolute knowledge But my aunt's washerwoman s gis-|- ter’s son ) Heard a policeman on his beat see this i to a laborer on the street ed to find That he had a letter just last week |; all the world, but | (Written in. Latin — or maybe\c ¢ time had Greek) ; no| From & Chinese coolle in Timbuctoo | ° n 5. f it; Who said that the niggers in uba | sold and built uP and tne n \4 had grown up. Of a colored man in a Texas town | fet me look over \who got it straight from a circus): | clown t\| That 4 man in Klondike heard the news a gang of South American + 1e0 Jews | About somebody in Bort (a man who claimed lwho heard 0 to know a swell society female fake | mother-in-law will under-|: $s. | take . \'To prove that her seventh husband's ; and humbleness am iece % life he na printed piece a son who has a fr e the very ith three volumes | That § hen t »| Who knows 'W ngi, saat he war is 8°} wi “Pearson's Poems, | cres. to end. ee seems t 0 “Castle Gates,” and “Fifty A’ . — _ . we i —_— ‘S se aes le ee. Coe ft ve 2 Chu A ie ah ke 4 C:ti-« ) Seve. AAC é Tc) Ct«e nd t- wx tit 4-2 haiti 8 at pm, ist ene eee 8 (occ Ci ft et fed x ‘J rr eo ere DE aes ceed | oes A. te oe a S- OG fey ee TL Te loin lealer x fre Sey * e 4 = € 2 é * * <€ + 2 2 ry * «€ Ld fetes Abt Caged ag ‘ (ei i ae o2ebee0ee80@ +4 | i} | vl : Wn ahi (pga, AN we eine was a V OP UA Vid rnnne nd vested Whe Beek aan ; ih 4 \ i \¥4 Bak Wal pee ouse on the hill abyve the shoallf, _ nna — ee Dsitanasal ) a where it is said the first postof- | fice in the “Forks” was estab- | araa “qam lished, called in honor of the pro- ATV @ 0) yPrieter, “Riehmond Hil” fH, was the father of a large family, 913g UE ‘among them General Jesse A. | Pearson, Joseph Pearson, Rich- 1a sae Pearson and Giles } N. | sed | | * Pearson. Jesse was a lawyer, and | a soldier in the Creek ar, and was frequently a member of the State Legislature. Joseph wos o B80 nie tan lawyer, a member of the Legis-| wore milature and a member of Congress. | | And Richmo was the reat | Chief Justice of North Carolina, | who adorned the bench for more | than 40 years, the last 30 being on | | e Supreme Court bench. And| owing to his great ability and | learning, and the great length of | time he was on the bench, he| probably impressed himself more | upon the judicial history of the | state than any other judge hos! ever done. He was the father of | the Hon. Richmond Pearson, and | the erandtfathet_ot Lieut. Rich.|| ! mond Pearson Hobson. When en he| , left Davie and moved to Yadkin| he procured a Postoffice to be| established there, which ciett named Richmond Hill, in honor | of his father, and afisr the old | 5 postoffice and homestead. And| the home of his. son, Richmond, | near Asheville, is also called Rich- : mond Hill, ‘ ‘09 ‘onud | ee ig : yale te % a: ae oo eee SMBS eS - : 7 ~e (a eee Pte . 4 AD Sage an ee 1751 — {3/9 yi— a. ies a cfr. ~ dept [#6 - F1/ lorLe, LtGix< dn Bnd ay box /o¥/ th ale SES? 0 (= 196 ¢ © chief s of Pearson-Jo Has ( ‘olorful House Being Razed To | Make Way For Future Business Expansion By GORDON TOMLINSON ‘Note: Acknowledgement _ is} made of data for this article fur- I nished by Miss Mary Heitman of || Mocksville, and Knox Johnstone). || On September 21, 1835, Jude || Richmond Mumford Pearson pur- and northwest of Mocksville” from} Samuel Austin. At that time this’ was still a part of Rowan Coun-| ty vie passing in December, 1836. The land described above is| that 6n which the Johnstone home |! stands between Church Street and | Gaither Street in Mocksville.) Knox Johnstone is now razing this old house to make room for future business expansion in this) the legisiative act creating Da- | area Judge Pearson :was a_ dis-| tinguished lawyer and jurist. He} graduated with the highest hon-| ors in his class at the University’ of North Carolina in 1823. He practiced law in Salisbury in the offices of Judge - Henderson. * In 1829 he represented his native county in ‘the legislature and | served three was elected a judge of the sup jor court, and in 1849 Ww a@ member of the sup “Tn 1858, was chosen chile! 5 justice of the State Supreme7y Court upon the death of Chief & Justice Nash, During his term asa & 0 »inely || Judge stand in support of the integrity ; lf 4 : i the writ of habeas corpus, and would not countenance the idea of its suspension in spite of sthe strong pressure brought hea By his independent and al- most defiant attitude on this ques- | he rendered himself exceed- unpopular, He was didate for the constitutional con- ‘vention in 1865. but was defeated. | He i chicf ithority in 1865, civil authority was again elected to that office which | i he held until his death in January, 878 He was twice married. First on June 12, 1832 to Margaret M. | f Williams of Tennessee, a niece of Hugh L. White. Whig candidate for the Presidency of the ore States in 1836. Second, in 1859, tion, was and when vhe ' the widow of Gen. John Gray ‘i num, and daughter of Charles Mc- Dowell of Morganton. In the contained in the’ old : of the Joppa Presbyterian Church } session book is the name of Mrs. Margaret Pear- / fon For about ten years (1836-184: ° Pearson operated a law school in Mocksville. Hs law office was a small brick building located on Gaither Street, which was torn cown many years ago. Sometime in 1846, Judge Pear son moved his law school to that |; part af Surry County that is now, Yadkin County nd named his |) (Continued on Page 2) terms. In 1836 he ja a can- |) appointed provisional | : justice by the military au- | restored Was | list of members in 1837 | dents of ps justice he took a very bold | | Le H lis. bos ABOtT s = Pearson-Johnstone Home y Place “Richmond Hill.” which was the name of his father’s plant on the South Yadkin River. After Judge Peqrson moved 1 @Way, his house was occupied for Some years by his. sister. Mrs, Eliza Pearson Beatty. and fainily: It was the home of her son. Dr W. H. Beatty and family until about 1850. According to real es- tate records, the Beatty family was living in Tuscaloosa Ala., in 1863 Home of Thomas Gaither During the period of the War! Between the States the Pearson }house was the home of Mr. and | Mrs. Thomas H. Gaither, who later moved to ar] Sheriff Abner Kelly and family i lived in this house afterwards before Charlotte. The Pearson house later be- came the home’ of William Jones and relatives. : ation some becoming time res}- @ ptt Ze gage eel) POEAS pT, Le Cale... boot Go 4 Qe fh x eg Let | fa<2 fi dp c ; J ; eee og CoA ees Ota p- J _ began, left. « a Ld eee hance toe Wpsn grr Ro ort, lerera Noreol, wos 9. bane ha. 4k: Ho tenn, af “Ze, | dh : foe fe eas Bo Travel Association arranged this event because of the large number of Friends planning to be in London this summer for the Friends World Conference and the Tercentenary Commemorations. THE FUTURE OF FRIENDS SCHOOLS The special committee appointed last year to look into the financial difficulties of our schools made a report which evoked earnest considera- tion from a joint session of the two Yearly Meetings. The gap between income from tuitions and cost§ of operation is crucial. A central educa- tional fund under the care of the two Yearly Meetings’ special committee was authorized to which all Friends would be asked. to make current contributions and to provide in their wills for substantial bequests. -\ goal of two hundred thousand dollars for current expenditures was approved. The future of Friends schools is truly a major concern because in them our Quaker testimonies are demonstrated, interpreted, and pro- moted as samples of real Christian communities. General education of our members and those in sympathy with us must ever be foremost in‘any plans for the growth of Quakerism as a movement. AN APPEAL FROM THE CITY OF WELLS One of the first times that Quakers in England were freed from persecution after the Act of Toleration was at Wells, the cathedral town in Somerset. There in 1695 William Penn preached to large crowds, was arrested by the Mayor but subsequently re sed by order of the Bishop. The object of the appeal is to save from demolition an Elizabethan build- ing with a board on it marking the site and calling attention to this historic event. The Wells Preservation Society sent a communication to the Mayor of Philadelphia asking for support. He turned the matter over to the two Yearly Meetings which joined in directing the Clerks to for- ward our support in the efforts to preserve the building—a tiny one, in the center of the beautiful city, adjoining the market place and cathedral. We do learn lessons from the past and they should guide us as we go forward into the fourth century of religious service. We dare not live in the past. We are called upon to live religion, to express it, and make it contagious today and tomorrow. 2 (ibe (PO og ays 2 aa fied tke x P7534 | RF RAL, ed k Ue i347 L 33M H1dld-ALUIHL lf O¢ Of 62 BZ 22 92 sz vz Tae 62 8% LZ 9% St vz Ez 9 SE PL Et Zi it ol YHOmalynys— a PES eae vt vl Gl Fi ii or. 8 £9 0 by = Peparaid 404) App O44 WO1y 4ay>D og voce +s oc 4 ——— “APY? SH BHDY JIM Buiuera a). fC s 2 4 M. iW $ S$ qd : iMG w S ¥38WI1d3S fc eS ppa4br L- Me. he = S—- /Gb J OJS35 m Spo ee RE — 2 10.~ fl zl CP ices ef. 2 e jax- £z 9 6 & IKI SAVASINGIM 62 2 St 8 ‘ SA¥aSaN! I SAVGNOW isnonv OSé6l SI}OdV3NNIW a NOINN ALIVNSYD GNV 3417 SY3LSINIW 3HI = i - (9 — f 176°) PAGE 10-B Death Claims | E.G. Perkins Everett Gelmore Perkins, 74, of 300 Kelly Street, died early Tuesday morning while working in his garden at’ his home. Death was attributed to a heart attack. A native of Burke County, he was born on April 21, 1892; a | son of the late James Robert | Perkins and Mrs. Sally Lail Perkins He lived in Iredell County most of his adult life, | He retired 10 years ago as q| section foreman for Southern | Railway Company. He was twice married, ‘first | to Mary Lou Robb who died in | 1929. To this union, and four daughters survive: | Carl Perkins of Florisant, Mo., | Glenn Perkins of Hampton, Va., | Mrs. Chester Miller and Mrs.| a Bruce Miller of Statesville, | in Mrs. Neill Oliver of Stony) po Point, and Mrs. Bryan Drum |—— of route 8 Statesville His second wife, Ruth Bum. | garner Miller, died on August | 29, 1966. Other survivors include: one stepson and three stepdaugh- ters, R. C. Miller Island, N. Y., Mrs. li Ferrara of Staten Island, N.Y., | 8 Mrs. Hazel Stevenson of Jack. : eng son Heights, N. Y., and Mrs. | Hal Clark of route 3, States. | Maga ville; three brothers, “. Perkins of route 6, States. | ville, and Wilson Perkins oo route 3, Statesville; four sisters, . : Mrs. J. W. Robb, Mrs. R. | Gilleland and Miss Leitha Per- the kins of Statesville, and Miss | th Mildred Perkins of route TS Statesville; 24 grandchildren: | VW and five great grandchildren. oe Mr. Perkins was a pyrene er of the Brotherhood of the South- | ial ern Railway Company and of the Pressley Memorial Asso- ciate Reformed Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder at time of his death. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Pressley Memorial. Dr. B. L. Hamilton and Rev. A. L. Moran | will officiate. Burial will follow | in the cemetery at methioheen | Methodist Church in the Celeste | Henkel community. (olen bea 6 -/ 9 33- Bug wily ty UX. gy cent \Seadcl- €/¢) ( , IF 2G LF oo W<f a - OKA Vlg Lovet Ole = (8 20-yy a etx. Nettelrel - 74 I~ ge Meeks Mary Cath LAtige. Wwe fp ppeentes o—~ 1743 Lied. . “t-te he. po etn oh ot d-~ ethan Leen bak ae . fa. C Aiz-c dhs “ee ee. a ae d pb - ay 7 ols of OE mang -- Ae SH Pa me Heal 1 IT « 1% c é cia weed ili fig kre. or We ey ees het Le <4 Pott off f¥et- Toso-19 44 AL 7 ny Zt {corr \ cv a Lf aa og , j j ra ¢ rr 4 { v] & L f vy / ge Ga “e _: Mes ip | a Ab o. a ae. dl, i 3 eo ef. /9.9. da aget . je aa ok: Bp oa oe ee hens 2 / ee 2 - = TT Ke on fa Sa beget e 195 PL Cc. UA PS eee PUET & 4 q } bitterly of the dust. Statesville has | thus far not experienced any of| employment of several of the ju- te Building and Loan money.” “Statesville College—The cata-, Me logue of this institution for the lini session 1887-88 is now in press. The | aculty will consist of Miss Ina} Card PlacCall, elocution; Miss Lizzie 0. | with Phillips. languages, literature. etc | Mq Miss Carrie L. Guyles, music: Aiss | Shire Mary B. Petty, mathematifs, scien-| co 5 ¥ le CU, Faison, | olit fine arts; Miss Julia M. MacCall, | Daili primary and kindergarten,” / “A farmer in Turnersburg town- | by ship bought his tobacco fertilizer | Divis in Winston last year. His tobacco | Mc was the low grade so common this | N. Season and he recently hauled| Uniy it to the Winston market. The pro-|4 4 ceeds paid about one half the fer-| He tilizer debt and he executed a new! ial mortgage on his crop this year for f the balance,” in “It seems that Charlotte and = Statesville are about the only plac- D es in the state which are enterpris- | ing enough to sprinkle their streets. ae Raleigh, Winston, Durham and ; most of the others are complaining! 44 " ib ; 7 da the discomforts of summer. : “Keeping store is. the summer | Me f., # Later Be i” 4 we, Etegd BFP | oT eg je iis - Lo “chs Le le etl Sdach. ¢( ) 7 ta dB rl dor pede oe ee RO rg /F75>) | flelber. a wii £ fecha bl oe cae pe we a pete SFPD - 1 Ye (Sey pe Jeo / GpECX 2 4 5650 Sherborne Drive Columbus, Georgia 31904 14 September 1971 Mr. 1. &. Swann Route 1 Statesville, N. C. 28677 Dear Mr. Swann: In a somewhat roundabout way, I have learned that you are interested in the Petty family. I, too, am interested, as I am a Petty descendant and am engaged in preparing a sort of Petty family record. I am attaching a copy of my direct Petty ‘lineage, as I have so far worked it out and confirmed it. Will you please check this and ascertain whether we are of the same line? If we are, I should like very much to ex- change information with you. I also have my line from Absalom Petty back to the middle 1600's, but it is spotty and highly speculative, so I am not sending it at this time. My sister (Calanthe Cleary, of Spartanburg, S.C.) and I have been work- ing on this since about the first of the year and, through correspondence with various relatives and through personal contact with relatives in the Spartanburg-Gaffney area, have accumulated quite a lot of data, most of which pertains to Charles Petty, our G-G-G-G'father, and his descendants. We shall be glad to pass on to you anything of interest to you. We both are familiar with the Petty Cemetery, near Gaffney, S.C., and now are engaged in trying to determine the relationship of each of the persons buried there. Please use the enclosed envelope to let me know if you are interested. Sincerely, ADS san FKC/mc FRED KIRVEN CLEARY Encl. PETTY LINEAGE OF: Emoline Vetura Cleary, 23 April 1917 - 23 April 1917 Anne Calanthe Cleary, 9 July 1920 - Fred Kirven Cleary, 5 December 1923 - Judith Lavinia Cleary, 24 March 1932 - PARENTS: James Berry Cleary, 16 August 1882 - 5 October 1961 Annie Lee Peters, 4 November 1893 - 16 March 1958 GRANDPARENTS: John Thomas Clary, 14 January 1847 - 26 January 1926 Judith Emoline Whelchel, 23 June 1853 - 25 May 1889 G-G* PARENTS: Berryman Hicks "Berry" Clary, 1 August 1821 - 27 October 1884 Jane Elizabeth "Jennie" Petty, 28 November’ 1822 - 8 October 1900 G=-G-G*" PARENTS: Stephen Clanton Petty, 5 November 1799 - 28 June 1842 Mary Cannon, 8 March 1803 - 17 May 1900 G-G-G=G "PARENTS: Charles Petty, 29 January 1775 - 8 February 1844 Mary Leake, - G=G-G-G-C" PARENTS: Absalom Petty, 1750 - __ca, May 1802 Mary "Molly" Clanton, 9 May 1743 - 27 June 1847 JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY M OREENSBORG NORTH Fa “Cia Representat ve Nool Personne} ’30 CHEROKEE BLVvp. ~~ Pf Cra, slattin.g.. abt UPEEO CEE LUOEGEL LE ey B eee 4, Bayt / Go] saint.” ee lw @ iy: FA. 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Cab > ‘ | m4 eanes H ex hatha, nn +2 beck Orie | mtd = a 2 Ooty Mel Shien: ne Fe ot, morn] a nals lehadachaciiitsnatet atest 55 eit "Wa. Rev. Land Béunty Warrents"” by Samuel ™.°Wilson 2953 p.6l. , Fer, eet jam #4162. 100 a. Pvt Va. Cont. Line. Term yr a“ - 2 a“ v 1a L7G ‘ i] & | CA v 14} nglish Duplie¢ates of Lost Virginia Records" by Louis des Cognets, Ur. 19, 1729. Nansemona County. Acres- 118444, Tithables- 1847. Justices of the Peace: ROB'T PETTY . Thomas SWAN’. . p.t6Q. 1704. New Kent Co. Rent Roll. Parish of St. Peters PETTY, John = 21290 acres. - Alexander,£lizabeth,Jonn »ajor,Samuel, lho: send these if you want them) “migrants from England" 1773-1776. NEHG Society. 1913 - ort of London - 28th of March to 5 April 1774. PETTY, John - age 25. Distiller. -renades in Ship FRIENDSHIP ~ to settle there. (Vol CXV. metery insc. East Dorset and Mt Tabor, Vermont. PETTY, Curtis son of Elisha & Polly, "was drownded" ; = or, 21 this grave is near the Curtis Family: Joseph & wife Delia Curtis (Jo® ad. age 73, Delia ag Pratt & wife Lovina Curtis (Pratt, 58 yr-Lovina, 55 Zacheriah Curtis (89 yr. died 1805. Z.C. (died 1810) initials only. Mary, wife of David Curtis (38 yr. died 1821 2 broken stones with no dinsc, (Vol CXV) Little Compton, R.I. Deborah PETTEY wife of Julius A. PEDPEY died Oct 9, 1898 in 48th yr of her age. ue S. PETTEY wife of John T. PETTEY died March 18, 1871 aged 50 yrs 11 mos. On OS Oe ee Oe ome Oe OS GEE cee eee ee Intended Sending this with letter. : a! Merl Holem= / J /} : , (7 e ii seat Comme hee Yat mc he ile! WC f.re ss al peer “ae? scan pa eroteee sortie tof. ot cee) [ie/2 be ant: te > . Plive okt. een —— “ys i» fool fle <x ola Cop eek foes merge ne CE fival / a0 ® oe — ee Lk an Hate. MA oe ¢t.., i x0t., “) bptt Crete Ee. - ee 2 re lew farted. - “J pd. Afb / hatte Bae Ada ? wae tuck 4 Ath hd A die Jy Tad Tied . 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WRIGHT W. FROST, Special Representative KNOXVILLE BRANCH OFFICE For Knoxville School Personne! 730 CHEROKEE BLVD. KNOXVILLE 19, TENNESSEE June 17, 1961 Telephones: 588-0527 & §88-0528 KNOXVILLE 21, TENNESSEE Dear Gousin Tom: For once I am going to try to get an answer back to you in/time for our letters not to cross. Your conjecture about Major- Daniel Wright's being Nancy's uncle is correct. [ believe, however, that Daniel Wright married Nancy Young in North Carolina rather than in Virginia, as the clipping hints. Since the Youngs seem to have settled in Iredel County, the marriage between Daniel Wright and Nancy Young may have taken place there. Some time when you are in Statesville, | wish you would check that point. Nancy Wright also had a brother Daniel Wright. I have never found anything on him except that he had gone to "the western country" -- probably Missouri. The records which I have on Boon Frost's family give Icy Ann M, Frost 4s born February 21, 1831, less than a year after Icy Ann Frost, daughter of Captain John Frost, married William McBride in Surry Coujty. The "M" in the younger girl's name probably was for McBride, making her named for her aunt, All census reports must be taken with a grain of salt. The census takers seem to have guessed ages at times. I doubt that Captain John Frost had two sons born before 1795; but it is reasonable to accept the census report as an indication of about how old the boys were and about how many he had, particularly in yiew of the tradition of more names. I hope we can find something to either prove or disprove our conjectures. The William Pettey who married Lucretia (Lucy) Wright on January 25, 1783, was born March 13, 1765, and therefore sess than eighteen when he married Lucretia Wright. It is possible that he married another girl earlier. Unfortunately your letter telling me when ahd whom Willfam Pettey, Jr., married is not in my files at the present time, as I have loaned it to another man interested in the Petteys. If tha other marriage precedes January 25, 1783, I think you will have proved\what I have not believed. I have never heard from Madison County, Alabama, that William Pettey was a Baptist preacher; but he may well have been. It certainly is worth checking into. I appreciate all the information which you send me. Sincerely, “Wright Fak . ” "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty THOMAS JEFFERSON Willian Pettey, eshclle bO Ad ty tenon sa Lae piece for « Pension for his services 45 the Anarictit Revolution, was born March 13, 1764. © Sint Sepranier By 183hy severding to his tenbetone inscription along # red near Mluteher's Ford in Madison County, Alabama, Although no record, pablic or private, fas bean feund in North Capelina or Alabama tc verity We-secumption that he was the son of Willian Petty, Sr., of Surry and Wilkes Counties in Werth Careline, or that "dr.* " WbALL Nd ddd /ttdK/vd 4 Mid wan over a part at Lis dame, Ab might propery be ji Wy in order to afford distinction between the two. According to a Bible record of his oon Dents Hy Pettey, Willian Pettey muried incretia Wright on January 25, 1783, She was the daughter of John IIT and Anne Willians Wright, being the sixth genenation of the Wright family in Amrica which began with Richard Wright, an immigrant from London, England, Accerding te the inscription on her tonatgne estide thet of her WMA: she was born July 7, 1765, and died Warriortepe Sn Wo Goumy Wy A707, stars hey Lived wt after their last child was bern, » OF eventually, involved quite a Wright Pettey's Close relatives including ee + Sat Miitane Wight, ber nephew Willian Hartin/ Wright, and her nieces ¥ leading genealogiste, Mrs. Kathieon Paul Jones of New Market and her sister- in-law Mrs, Patiline Jones Oandrud of Tuscaloosa. space below is reserved for additional information on William (The and Lucy Wright Pettey, particularly that in their fon applications immediately available to the writer. I may also be used for the correction of errors.) WRIGHT W. FROST MRS. EVELYN CROCKETT : a amen mAAwee BOOKKEEPER - ASSISTANT MGR. Knoxville Teachers Credit (nion in in awk 1712 TREEMONT ROAD PARK CITY LOWRY SCHOOL KNOXVILLE 21, TENN 2336 LINDEN AVENUE N.E. TELEPHONE: KNOXVILLE 17, TENNESSEE OFFICE 523° 0468 KNOXVILLE 19, TENN. TELEPHONE: OFFICE 523-0468 } HOME 588-0527 HOME 687- 9442 luiy. 15, 1902 Y Dear Cousin Tom, ce | \ T+ It was nice to hear from you again. I have heard of the William Petty, a Revolutionary soldier in Virginia; but he has a a eee the one who married Lucretia (Lucy) Wright, as he served from Surry Sounty, North Carolina, moved to Wiltes County after the war, and in 1817 moved to Madison County, Alabama, according to his deposition for pension in 1832. Another correspondent has discovered the will of a William Petty in Kentucky for about 1805, We suspect that this is our old friend William Petty, Sr., the Rev. Petty; but we cannot be sure about this. He named his son William, but some genealogist has associated the Kentucky William Petty with the ones in Virginia. In my book I did not give full coverage to the Petty family, since they are not my own ancestors. I did include information on them because of the marriage of William to-Lucretia Petty. | ngsport Press is printing and binding my book for $3,500, I may never ie $10 per. copy sel] enough to pay the printing bill, but the book should sell for several years, I have planned a complimentary copy for you. When I send it, I shall enclose some leaflets on it which I hope you can enclose with your letter to some of your inquiries on the Frosts and other families in my book, I am hoping to get the first batch of, proofs ina few days. All of them should be ready by July 27. Indexing will be a difficult chore, but I want to do a good job of that. I remember you wrote once about knowing that a certain fact was in one of your unindexed books but that you could not find it. I think my index will include about 3,000 names with page references. I am anxious to get into it and get the job done. am announcing the publication date of the book as of October 1. Kingsport ress has promised it a few days earlier than that. I plan to send out sneounoaleass about September 15, The book will consist of about 350 pages, including index and other material. I think you will like the appearance. Sincerely, “fe /- (bey eee SY 1. =, ks Bi’ AQ Cyrsee junchx Co igen we Pe dOlr cette ae faery fm at. ioe 5. (ye Reeth Le 2 o> foots - [2 O¢ . 4, , — Lhe 4 kes, Ls A, errs mrt ges G, “ ) Yt &. a a oe Mott ha ( CH. jt- Call Keo red - flack ut Baca won fra iy Hormel Ww poe Loree mf at, . ; jJeeex 7 Coda, BI Mt eG oli Nhe eedeal(.. 7 pele . She ij pprwer bera, Kee io EL: BL Vict 7 BPs SEGUE NASCAR CHAMPION TO RETURN — Richard. Petty of | _‘ Randleman, the defending Grand National Champion, will Wake | (4: his first start of the 1965 season at the Volunteer 500 at the | Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on Sunday. | __ Petty has been out of oval racing due to the NASCAR ban on | the Chrysler Hemi engine. ni > death of his brother Wm by 180), Aaron and family went vt1kes Coz in 1808, after, the death of the mother,, Unit 3) ae Ja < oO “UT rt + LU r 13 al .omgon estate alt nd Mrs. Swann, accept these notes I meade roughly as I ran across sf interest to you on the names mentioned. T doubt there yalue except the census of 1790. If you wish J] ean LOOK sus for you and see what Ifk find. I have no ides what fT: this Thomas may be 4 member of. Since We have foun hat my husband's er pr grandfather George Taylor cam Pork Church and Dutchman's Cr. in 1791 from ent ron Wyatt and families(he married Wm's daughter, od Sarah in 1796, John(Clyde's er. grandfather Taylor) 4. went to Reddies River, up the Jefferson Rd. toward arte Wilkesboro. We know now where George gpent tne out of nis spring at the old house site, craves of John and wife(Catherine Osborn, dau} . Syakers). Wish we were as sure of Clyde! Ne bought us & ‘Calendar of Kent and Clyde's g@refleBF >» any thing investigated in lone you don't ruin you Sincerely, sure of his Thomson back thru his Vtved in Wilkes, on land he seems Jchn, lived all his. rife neer Len daughter of Henry Potts, first of mid short gouth branch of South Yadkin. (see ter and Mary went %o g.Cc.,"old Craven Co.” ‘lle.There they were with his 2 brothers,a ‘lda little Moses, wes born. In 1773 near Sta , . a h Che, they soon moved: on to ‘Lower Cr » just sast 7 al home he built still stands. ‘ve thin they were aA tn Chester GOest San W7hSsbut $#q nossible {+ was 7 + * . nt . lh, nr in a a ragearen ¢ 3 Deterts m than ayer wie have a copy of. the paper whens she relingr. e 4 Ny _ ‘ r she remerriedeAndrew and E ved near Mooresville. Peter and Mary raised ne to Nancy Alexander's "Story of Caldwell fx nepals, or what, part sf S.C. the Thomsons lives thinned trothn fe i ope fax es A aii L | a | Z seit, a : re tine 2 — pdg be- 4-2. a / ee og Aen.20; t- Fb4 Uw ot 8at- al PF ae , Ey Bia. j So ~ \ cs / Q-1-1 961 | fae Mire Ltce ae ; , . as PLA Ss Z-—- j 9 oe J, ed Loti ae#*.. febe Cea | Sere . [re wad € os a: JE.oKk Y / a LOU i. oer oe z > fee ke : 77 - Cp Bock £ po pa wt 9 G| a Gree T / Dear Mr. Swann: . Your better received today and 1 do thank you for taking the trouble $@ clip. the items and send them to me, 1 had been wishing for an extra copy of the write up on the Woodward Jewelry Store so I could @e@nd it to my oldest "sister for her scrapbook. AD. A. R. lady in Statesville had sent on€ Gopy to my niece to give to me, This lady also sen@twrite up on the concert that Anne Woodward gave about March lst. . Anne is Pless’ daughter and has, as you have orobably read, made quite.a success with her Voice. Reminds me of my youngest sister who was quite a singer in mer young days, but got marpled before following Her career very far. I thought I hadwritten to abdut Cousin Wright Frost's illness, - but guege I did not. .He was-Operated on for lung cancer on Dec, 25rd and the @octors had told him before operation that it was malignant. However after operation they found it was benign, so that was a great relief to him and his family, The operation was quite severe as the top of Bis left lung was taken off and he was in Intensive Care of the Hogpitel all during the holidays, A letter I had from hin late in February he stated that he wes back at work but was still Limited in activities. Also trying to take care that he did not take cold so had mot been to see His mother since early in December though he was allOwed to drive.his Gar. He also stated that he was busy writing up geneghégy of the Petty family - his wife s side of the family - in orier $5 gend it tovsome one in TexaS that was writing a book on ¥ Petty family and connections. ~~~ Cougin Wright has not made any further regearch on the Frost family, but I have contacted two ladies, one requesting information on Boone Family and the other on Frosts of Massachusetts. I wrote the lady to search her Jibrary for the Boone Family book and also mentioned Cousin Wright's, book, I have not.heard anything further from héP"so perhaps she fener ate coer or someone else sent her the information. The lady mequesting information on Frosts answered my letter almost by — mail, saying our lineg were not connected as far as ghe could judge, but that she had a letter from another Frost that she thought would connect up with our line, The letter was mis- placed, but would be @opied and sent to me ag soon as she locded it, Ap I am rather anxious to see it. That was an interesting letter from the lady of Silver Spring Jn Maryland. -The old families; seemed to cling to certain names so it \y will be hard to distinguished which family the J@mng, Williams, etc. I note that Mrs. Donahoe is descendant from Frosts on both sides of her family, which often happens. Cougin Harry Asbury of Tanda, Florida, Has been busy on the Bishop Asbury bhegraphy that he is attempting to write, but I think this ie just something he wanted to do and does not plan to have it oublished. He has arraiiged Bishop's travels by states, so when he wants to refer to any of it he has no& trounle finding it. There have been sO many blographys written On The Bishop and I guess many more will be rt Lbeh te akaae Peak wikters come on. My youngest brother told me several years before he passed On that he ,jhimself, had tem books on the Bishop and do doubt more of them. Best wishes t “and all nd man tha cs again. -e ys BS Bra sole 3 | ‘eR a JBI ¢ aes Lo-th4 Fe B-@ JHC [atts < : —sttw C Lictad c Oe“ LH. Bete ae 4. £/S wt 2g 5 déde (RT Ee eee dy 7567 7. J-3A s , ; : rele ff CL, clof Filia tol i Met lo es AIO ~ Yds fPon rE Gr pa Sit ex of ect 4 Niel OM As. Atf-, jf 1<¢ om 9s ZS 7; L--<e Z 4e0° CL eck Cb ut 1 y ZF 7. Lott Vie we bevd viper [ture E Cbhrdrse— LZ of: JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HOME OFFICE GREENSBORO - NORTH CAROLINA WRIGHT W. FROST, Special! Representative KNOXVILLE BRANC} For Knoxville School Personne! Telephones: § 730 CHEROKEE BLVD. Go ee SUITE 10 CLOVERI KNOXVILLE 19, TENNESSEE eas 1301 HANNAH # Telephones: 588-0527 & 588-0528 KNOXVILLE 21, TENNES “Eternal Vigslance 15 the Price of Liberty’ THOMAS JFFFERSON ADD DEPOSITS Nor ON STATEMENT TOTAL otitis fate, r beLftca a tok J a Low Crt sc 6, Kmd Ge por 2 a Lbct4i« ly 26{ / . fP i 45> ©) * / . q < A Le / in. Uy 7 f) fea Se C¢¢ A ta. ( We (xt oe Goede Whe, (ft fre, YF - de : pe al ¢) Abit uy : Crack, Nave dbs Beak! fpere 3 meet / Fee — fur L er ab ¢ 2 mM. ae fe t-DLes <—, Cipth eter & pn voboe 7. podin . fe-cinei % (Hx, Cf ileeteane : es 2 if Gch Pi ae ate Cpa Avneighbor gave me an extra copy of this © material and. I thought perhaps you twoswould like. to have it in your files. I plan to the first one ‘ein that vicinity. Working’ on: the Thompsons (Clyde's Peter Thompsons. and Our dau-in-law's -gohn, the cooper(wiil ‘of 1760). Lived neap ‘Barber or Cleveland, I found a: John *hompson who is buried at Thyatire(also his son Alex'r) 4m early 1770s. They came from Pa. just a few Sars earlier, ahd a mill on Thompson Mill Creek(I think it was perhaps Cathey's earlier, hen for 3650 years. known as Thompson Mill reek and I've an idea Thompson's Mill was lo- cated at or near this Kerr Mill place. John died soon after Coming from Pa.(willed the mil to son Alex'r who died in @ year or two will- The brother Thomas, I believe Willed it to his Son, who soon died, to see Brawley unravel the Way that mill was Passed down so often in the 1770s, 17808 etc, Are you a member of the Wilkes Genealogical Society, (Box 1629,N.Wilkesboro, N.C. 28659) 2 {f you enjoy correspondence you should send your $3 membership fee, You will immediately be put on the mailing list, They send out a ry of families, the names and ad- dresses of the new members and what families they are interested in. You can put in "want te @xchange on" whatever problem you may have and the other members will write to you answering and asking questions. They like for you to. Send. them to put on file your *famil fer back as you know them; then extend each line further back. t : he members who live theré are copying thé old Wilkes records ahd our library is buying them a8 fast as ong. ore published. For instance, we Just received the Wilkes Co. Cemetery Records cost $10. You used to talk about the Pettys, (over) In & burial ground on the Guy- Welborn Place on old fiwy. 20. 8-9 miles east of NeWilkesboro (I'd say that would:not be far from old Brier Cr. Baptist Church); Ben jamin F, Petty,beMar.1),1805; deMar. 6, 1875 Jane A. Petty b. 181634, June eh, 1858 Cynthia (wife of Col, B.F.),>.18003d Mar. (> 1851 “Mare J. June 6, 185h3d.Dec, 1h, 1857 Nancy Bower, wife of George, dau. John and Nancy Bryan, bs 1805; d.July 27° 48365 These Cemeteries are pretty well distributed over the county. We have the Will Bkks 1,2,3,4 abstrts Deed absts, Bks, A-1,Be1,C#1 and have ordered others. Wish you folks would come over and help read this material, Hope you are both well, “incerely, —— Whew, (anor bey -A + + 7333 yan [e aun ba yy C —— - 13 Le-Ltr_ frst P Qisclate — Se aad 1902 1F ISO ated 54 1763 73 § Wakwuf df ; | pe WW - a ! steer ie: J KY Ke W re Ar, } | go. Pb ee ee oT Ale Oise plan! pe a wee Oe eee es af enter giag “Srp L — aie book aig wn The ——- Larked (7 Af at vera! Aemia gen G Laiep cin oe ons gon fe een omed of Tht mferarglcor ye Lead % LN i apieemey ES range andrncrig] Aone Al - 2 lar 7 5 te of mewn agp lars Aaf M4 yar Lets An. of Conde Cr. £y. a, HLe diced een. “f Phytnwe (ely TF ond bn ivy we E bgalel, Fous deers , EELS WE IOG EAT | Js dip lee Thinnie IV rmanrste Ednbelh, daa. S Fic es . Va ag ne bo soe S 2 Va. arherd Ht frrmily —uovsd aboud! 1730, gpd Spe : ne Ya, ‘ had Mame Gis S Sod alin oe Ady - keane 6 of Me aadie Land —modt 4 Ge. Va, 7h ppt Lina ee fly frowd m2 mambrer of / a Pile fell, = belied da bat alee Lad haagp ira (len ; Lavtimen (Cavey) and Ekgab eh : Stal auger greed of Faby Comer J | | —— Khe’ ta eh ecke land ¢ Sf UY rm Ju d Ga fn . fart of Was far hom ale and ached hen Le cDech Hho (660 <dnave fot Me Shp ures Gack Mal ~he-baA ebsched shod ‘1672 ff Hal <ownt) bf bade Pare Dim pr (FOO clname » She gaat os ee compte? Ge atard. aod bf fl Ae je eaen A004 oer) Gesy Lutdian a rev Lard pn flevelin.. ; NSO Crend of Grrrtlard Ce : Fe I a set a ty Abe _ (0 2 6 Oe ager) - ; yan Ce | Ih. 1A Y mH LA t i? é 2260 Me (IEC of werd We lotr! pretty sw fens] por_lnce Aart sna Ss Ae peat are LBA parks Jena bellen ond A2Ad zpnaghe Yi dala. —n, PS. Rh oem pelerialed im ponding ela! any Contilen gis on Carlen Gy Frum. bof AL nn me} rial roperbntan A Lat Thy rer pover /8S°, WRIGHT W. FROST 730 CHEROKEE BOULEVARD KNOXVILLE 19, TENNESSEE Jousin Tom, It is always nice to hear from you and to know that family research, an activity I expect to get back into activiteées are on the wane for me, On June 11 my retirement ville City Schools became effective; but this summer has heer vacation for ma, I am very pusy in the reorganizatior f the sredit Union with which I expect to be connected for quite a sme. To add to dther activities of this summer 4s the approac! of our only daughter on August 1. Marilyn is now in New Jersey, turned to the States a week or: SO ago from an over-seas teachi? Her fiance is employed by IBM in Cranford, N. J. She will ol system this fall wishin fifty miles or less of ound" of the Frost family in mid 1700's. would enjoy making at least one more trip sall basis. I would like to take my wife on suc o make our trips a one-day afair when we go together, as with us; and we never leave him alone at night. Your inquiry from Mrs. Watt, of Michigan, 43 interesting just how much documentation she has for what. she has sent y in part with the last letter I had from T. R Howard with whom i ! able correspondence while I was working ‘on the Wrights and Petteys know if he is at same address or what he has been doing about Pett 1963. It is possible that he and Mrs. Watt may have been as I can get toa photocopying machine, I will make copy | use. As you will see, he merely outlined his new find,” I wonder igs ‘willing to share her material with such documentation as she for what you or T. R. Howard can supply. From what she has ‘sent, she has been doing some guéssing. Tf she has anything of sigific I would like to be able tojshare it with T. R. Howard who may have additional information within the past two years. nN aA OY : 4 ie \f his 7 Lhuh While preparing my book, I prepared a manuscript < and shared it with T. R. Howard. Some of it I included brief skteches of it. T. R. Howard's information abou’ came after the book had already been published. A Mrs. Marshall, of Texas, has sent me reasonably authe that Rosey (Rosanah) Wright, daughter of John and Anne Willta married Elder William.Brittain and settled in Madison Count) the time my Wright and Frost kin settled there. I will hold up the mailing of this letter until I Rk. Howard's letter. I hope both you and Mrs, Swann are enjoying good Sincerely, j By BERNICE WINTER , VV OMAN ORDNANCE WORKERS once more ang a = 4 familiar sight at the Naval Ordnance Plant in ' Alexandria. At the peak of production, during World Wan 2i, a few a e support of their families. Naval ordnance work is a family affair -with the Fletchers, who live at 35 East Linden street, Alexan- dria. Mrs. Pearl Fletcher was em joyed a 2 plant d e one 0 t to tak : Mrs * o wv g hen z oe x a < . ; x ber “ =. wi m4 ns — © = ; U So h 0 - dia f ... DMPuoxaiy ‘yaa43s Ca 21H “UW Aq pajsode, 2IY YHON S1b ‘Aanag “3 SUI 340 sudyjng J@x20y a & w 1vY Courthor A nay, ward who possibly is the Christopher Howard tounty in 1515, Other devisees of John Howard itherspoon, John Howard, Phillip Howard, Rac! This John Howard appears to sao ay ce +} 190 nA eije Dan + ounty by the-1790 Census Report. S and Polly Howard listed in Wilkes if his christophe the Christop! Oo ) unlike Johns and Williams, Christophers phil AO * 7 4 the other two | have: found were erandson of the other. Further checkine ji might reveal additional information which 2ard that Judze Hayes is writing a hi contacting him both tp see if he has some of my materials for possible use, whatever he plans about the Petteys, the information which you and others ~VV44¢6 yroadu ft . >} ULGe rea “,¥ LOL Jiic some convenient time in the future I wish sf descent from David and Rachel Frost ith birth, marriage,and death dates fi children. Ordinarily I do not include of children of my ancestors; but I e been to their ancestry has been spent in meetings and other activities start. ‘Next Tuesday the children come in. I f all unanswered correspondence I still have a big stack of hear from you. hope I - l af May / li oe ke a a zouA Cred | ao Pipe % I Cee Pf Ge Ca 130 Chero! Knoxville IINnday Mid AGA Y xr other form of Some of the Cy some informa failed to find 3 a whaynah 114A wnicn wouid you needed. Knowing that you write let 3. Swann does also in view of the numbs stamp holder would be a ‘ta Ch hdr 5 ts nedenec ( ln - pd Ae .- /% LS pce tus eel LE 20- (/Sx) A ale, Ae rg Neb 2 JA z is 22 ¢ tH bey 204 224) | SL. ee 2 aiy aos IFS = 7. Nes ce : ti) ia ae JC. & Otey ber 3 Lott Vath of, tiger a = a etkicrc. S% eo < Leu dL 3 fox hates eee | L/b.— / Ay. t oo f= Nmplat Oe: EN Overs J ee . d/ ue ~ Jeg ab In- J‘b- Rew A) Detne- 5 “oF / hole C ie JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HOME FFICE GREENSBORO - NORTH CAF ROLINA “Eternal | ¢gilance ts the Price of Liberty’ THOMAS JEFFERSON “dc f hig Phe Stas H. Petty, William Pettey wrt (Ameer of John IIT and Anne Willians Wright) em : .-? ee. was the sixth generation of the vita tinge, the nacription on her tombstone beside that Bh es 3 Re " 1765, and died August 16, 182. ; < nd o fs thought ‘that their marriage took place 1 * Carol ina sere the bride's Parents lived’ and from which the pie in ‘the Roverution. The United States Census Report for they mae noved te Wilkes Gounty, North Carolina »by that as nt ‘witn the elder being edited as William Petty, = at ‘ster man tated in Wilkes — His son Eli Sr. 15, ljeimei Ege sags: @ patent for a | 66 and 40 fadinon County, Alabana, Most of the family is Pobruary’28; 1785. she is reported to have hn Hic Wilkes County, N. Csy to have moved with hin to Mcsedtnts Teoenee, tv haat tw 28, Fins rovtey was born Decenber 26, 1786 (not to be Confused with & Williams Pettey, born 1633, 46 2PAb., nowphew “fii ELS Pettey). He appears , st pot « household, in Wilkes County, y, 6.; jibes Pettey, Willian W. Pettey, Petter, William Howard Pettey, John Wright Pettey, Jr, ‘ Rebe ine. eine tesren, teekPhal; and ME WItane Pettey (the Eli Widignerovter Wie ane Saye fn 1999 et Chel in 195). The writer's farithall Walker Frost, isa: descendant of Mary Elisabeth Pettey who became Pfvenas Yémunde Spraceina i/hAW/hibhidl AiW// 14. aualis Pettey wi born ely 20, 1795, and died in Madison Co., Ala., in 1869. On December 26, 181k, she ‘was Licensed in Wilkes Co., N. C., to marry David Ouriton, son of lewis and Blizabeth Eve Carlton. He was born about 1798; They had five children ineluding Lazarus Carlton, Lucinde C. Carlton, Elisabeth Carlton, #( William L. Carlton, and a daughter who married a Remedy. T. R. Howard of 42 N. Parkside, Chicago 4, Ill., is a descentinit of Lucinda C, Carlton who married Michael Howard. ! > ‘Willian Thornton Pettey. was born Novenber 29, 1797. He is reported to have murried Frances Willbot. He was @ bondsman for the marriage license of his MM, sister Amelia and David Carlton. 8. ‘Sally Pettey was born August 11, 1799. She is reported to have without heirs narried a Jamison; but she apparently had died/before the final settlement of her father's estate on June: 9, 1840. "9. Janos William Pettey was bora October 12, 1801. He is reported to hav@ married Elizabeth F. _— August 4, 1525, presumably in Madison County; Alabama. | 10, Thomas Meree Pettey was born October 5, 1803. He is reported to have married Louisa M. Roberts .on heguat 4, 1825, presumably in Madison Co., Ala. | "Di, Benjamin Franklin Pettey was born November 4, 1805, and died in 1875, He is reported to have married in 1629 cynthia Bryan of Wilkes County by —“ whom he” had °Oe entiaeen. ~~ Lucy, William, Laura, Joanna, Leroy, Adelia, John, and. Selia. In 1052 he married 2) Jane Amanda Wisbet by whom he had - four childre -~ Mary Jane, Dorcas Virginia, Willard, and MeKensey. Dorcas Virginity Pettey married Joseph Thomas Béwards of Renda, Wilkes 0o., WN. C. and became the erendactbar of Misi 2 rae et R. 5, Statesville, W.. c. oe Pig are suet 2,08, She is reported to have mar Sm dean 2, 185; ; n Pettey wes born February 26, 1812. On Novenber s, 4 thd Susan Ay Stone wo ius Dorn Kay 25, 1816. Their Bible ine replind by tate f erendsagtter, Mes. A.W. mh Se » abouts year define ‘her-dexth, provides nrrings he tsa aay ed iron rigs Miller of the date of the (January 25, 1783); but it does. wh oustein Halt cm mttrings dite ve thet eu dct dates. Tt does William A, tty, the study OF Willian Pettey bas deen compliented by ‘he presence of at least one obher Willian Pettey and possibly another in the Surry-Wilkes area of North Carelina from the time of the Revolution until he left for Madison County, Alabana , about 1815. interting to most reports, Willian Pettey, Sr. ‘was a Baptist preacher, and according to some William Pettey, dr., was [if likewise a Baptist preacher, Whether William Pettey, Jr., was Sdentical with the William Pettey who married Lucretia Wright and moved to Alabama is one of the points of controversy, Records in Madison County give no indiéation that William Pettey was a preacher. If he had been, it is likely that his name would have ghown on some of the marriage licenses o f his day. Until She relatifnship betissen William Pettey who married Lucretia wright and the ‘other Willian Petty (Gr William Pettys) can be determined or refuted, ‘there will be difficulty in identifying bis ancestry. It is hoped that tiie: discovery ef additional public or private records in Wilkes and Surry Counties will be helpful in this respect. — United States District Court ! CHAMBERS OF Middle Bistrict of North Carolina 4OHNGON J. HAYES DISTRICT JUDGE Wilkesboro, N. C. August 26, 1961. Mrs. T.E. ‘Swann Route l- Box 17 Statesville, N.C. ’ Dean Madam: 1 am enclosing herewith some penciled notes that I made at the courthouse about Petty. Zion Hill Baptist Church is located at Boomer, N.C. on the head-waters of Warrior Creek. The data that I have made with pencil will give you all of the .informationg that I have on it. “Yours very truly, ft a. Katvysot 0 Nes Pill, ie yo0 AO-1e Pon Cte Cit. Cras. nyt eae Arh, U4 inn Abie Ak pxrefl B4 4, pages ate A aa f sae, Le Mf /fud bAde 7 Jittl ea af Pe, : An 27, pase jo- A720 oa. & behe- Vaerere Creek sp Oi Me 7 a. fo at. 6, Cech ae) bain a Moi a Sf (6.4 _)-# , / n Or ede. Miereooh dqor Vo Utlden Pad , és I” ie pLhé ay fs +! Ne Zz ke yt eM ¢ tty é - My bene’ é f ad “Ht &1~ poo Ae ARR BEIT AL /! ple 4): a «seen a Alec LOr/ ee ( hen. #2 Rock ud. b. fet lobbing. a. ek Litrrot Or ec i : - Hag We fe : a oe fit; pohe Pi dig A es wets Ming. pet oe ord tek bile, f= 1} i) 2 OO as poe fete ? 7 Nitta, de Ley ae ae a hy ly toe f ple G fee aboy Bi Mle B A ’ » ~~ (tL. tz cA, » Cre oe of - ce e, Te 2 ee ee Ce ie 77 Sie “Yao ga ete verg mae "Pts 7 ot4 wack: OA a ‘s ck Aa CA - Ocr 4 fey Ck é. tcf - —/, ‘ : : OU Be thera fal prx~gtf tcl p ee t- 3 Wx J oo he. (?. , Bis, A po ER ee —~—- « ¢- don. tha cet, ef Shot ~ [ie eC | Th ude pa 6 a et. fe G++ Ah ga é > 4 yo Caer ge eA ee fa 550 De Soto oes Ypsilanti, Michiran June 13, 1965 Mr, T. E, _ Dear Mr. Swann Your letter ninastd me very mich. | am indeed tnterested have collected a lot of data= but it is certainly frustrating, 1 naming their ghildven for relatives and they used the san ot they hove made it Ns Tees ifficult for us poor "Ancestor hunter: sea of Thomas, Stephen, George, John, William= not to mention John Tapley Petty: Peitys! Those two names especially exasperate més I fall-over them at ever unvary lot of stuff about Willian Petty and _—— a eht but not one thin; abe ut any the Stevan family. Here is the gist of id One of beth -ooré was named William, bor , in rg Soe, Va. Second married Letty&—— The best I can fin ure had [een Caleb Dodson (Rev. Sol.) 2 Rachael Petty mde Buckner Russel tcior. John Ward (A il so RBVe Sole), 4-Zachariah Petty mde Ne Cy Dodson, § HUCRETIA (LUCY) WRIGHT., 6~ Randall Petty md. 1----—Dodson/ . ? 2-—--El seyf 7 mes Petty, 9= Sareh Potty 10= Leas Petty md. Elizabeth Mart ca———-——= 12—Rhoda Potty mde 1st Elisha Cast, end Thomas Taylor, r ie Now this older William Petty and second wife Letty removed to Clarke Cos, . of is children were with hit there for some of them were married in i 5= left a will ere Now, the William Petty who married Luerct3 to dial bnon Co, Ala, my soyrce says:" William Wright and wife Sally Mitch eed Wright, WILLIAM PETTY and wif fe Li'CRETIA WRIGHT and their aeeter Amelia Wrirt Surrey Cosy lie Ce to Medison Co, Alas in 1814= 1815. ( It seems also th Vet.) I also have a list of thirteen children for WILLIAM and LUCRETT a- Eli Petiy 3- Laz arus Petty ,; 4-John Wright Petty, 5- a ford) a) Ok Mlia Potty (Mde David Carlton) 7-William T. Petfy, h Te Petey, eBenientn Pe Potty, 12Denk “Elina Pett ; 1: JDanicl WRIGHT of Surrey, Ne Ce mentions #¥K de mughter LUCRETIA é *y wi at 5G : he nac unLrveen . a, asi ” or Now, my problems are that bas much of what 1 have is is much I lmow Lydia Meynard born in N. C. in 179° Wake County Ny C. Feb. Ts 1811, shey had sc in ‘beldidin born 1816, Hencerson B, born in 1 2y John Tapley ye in 1827 (I imow of at least two other > were born in N. CG. and I think in Wake Coe then Thomas Mackstone Petty and Stephen Petty and two cirls were: born. lia Maynard had a sister named Serena who married Allen thi Cordell Hull and sh > (Serena) wasborn ne ear Rateih. 09, Cs A Gibson Maynard was suretyto Thomas and lydia’ s marriage bond As to the Petty — of the problem I heve es ean } Thomas and that } le was married to El cabeth “enderson a {heopholis, Reuben Hubbard. Sameicten, John and of corse ovr 7 ne father of that thomas was named John and that he was a-Dapti ish bound=girl named Sally--~, Put for 211 I can prove of they could have all been hatched= not born! Hon you Cordially Ld te Mrse Donald yf: intreduse fim associated with the John Wright fanily inte which Willian “Otes Sag Rater married, (Surry Oomuty Dood Book A, p. 367). Te Hbldd Consus BOBMES. of 1790 for Surry Cousy Howth Careline coutstne a Willian Petty whee | 3 ) December 9, 0f the same year. signature (Surry County Deed Book G, p. 95), while on the latter date deorse Reeves of Villas Oouty, Marth Carella, sald to Vi1itan Petty, Senior, of we sane commty and state 24/100 pounda current monty 200 acres on Litt1s Cw Crock atent to the Neruvisn Lise (Uilkae Gouity Deed Book 3-1, p. U6). hs (eet wa ealy Adenti tied WLM tho purchaser as a sitiven $/tid/ THE CHILI OF WILLEN AND LOGRETTA (LUCY) vatour perrey The DAFth datos of all thirteen of Willian and Lagy Pettey's children, as well as the death dates of 8 fe¥ of then uve been taken from a copy of the old Pettey Bible, Additional information on sone of then has been ob- tained fren pilin records and fron Gources with appear to be reliable and ee ae RT SAY tee i eer 1. ‘taney Pettey van Yarn Wibbaisi/t6 [aha a ya died in 15,6) wines sh fh reper hav errd deh eters ot isine County, Worth Cardliney who 1s reported to fave been bern in 1782 and to have dod in 1845. we eee Tennessee; oon eZ Sppper Ve-hawe been Living 18 Prankdin County, for'en } date "debn Mikersoa of Franklin county” 014 te meine “aa Pew wan oy 200 acres #681, p 162) and PR ME PE so peer. ee bonanlen piehdte NGA mentees & Nina, AE Lend on Sepeecber 27, 1834f aL em i pie ch fen mi and 4s reported to have died in A8h3. He- purchased: land ‘on Beaver Creek in Wilkes County, Worth er ey Me sia : 7 eel se cl ncinchg dis en sha bo 2. we he John Wright Pettey was born February 28, y and died Septexber 25, 1875. Mane 219, 1627, be marred: Ama Harrie, who wos born January 18, 1736, and died dime 13, 1869, Stet is twuried in the Orutcher Conctery near Plovaa in Madison County, Alabama. John Weight and anna Harris Pettey had thirteon childrenl-<> Dewitt Chiitten , Pettey, Willian ¥, Pettey, Albert Galeton Pettey, Sarah Pettey, Willian Howgrd Pettey, John Wright Pettey, Jr, Nancy ) Fetter, bet Wiisibetn Potter, Richard Yettay, Dexia 3. Pettey, Cornelia ian Pettey, buawetia Pettey, and Newton Eli Pettey. ttre. Vivian Pettey Parks, 1036 Tervga. Drive; Houston thy Taide, 18 a descendant of Villian Howard Potter. 5+ Bachariah Pettey was born May 28, 1793, in Wilkes County, North thaen Coumty, Alabama, Pury 8, 1954. On Jamury 2, | : nik Aten daughter Richart and Mary im Roberts Shackelford, tas wip. Soeur #9, 2790, est tied vareh 26, 1875. They are buried in the Fottay Panty Canetery in the New Marit Community of Madison County, Mabanty- near ‘the Mint Springs Road on land which in 1962 belonged to Richard Crumrine. Yhey had six children — vary Elisabeth Pettey, taney Kit Poway, Data Anta Pven, William Lazarus Pettey, Zachariah ‘i. a ; tei sie a aie + Bes Oe ith eae Sh a tah i 4 Bas. ie & ee Pettey, and Eli Williams Pettey (born Yin 1833 and died in 185k). The writer's wife, Marihal Walker oe of Mary Elizabeth Pettey who became ‘the second wife ef Thomas Edmmds Spraggins. 6, Amelia Pettey was bern July 20, 1795, and died in Madison County, Alabana, in 1869. On December 26, 181,, she was licensed in Wilkes County, North Carolina, to marry David Carlten, son of Lewis and Zlizabeth jive tate Carlteh, He was born about 1795. They had five children ineludin; Lazarus Cafites, Lucinda C, Carlton, Elisabeth Carlton, Willian L. Carlton, and a daughter who married 4 Kennedy. 1. R. Howard of 2 N. Parkside, Chicago hh, Tiinets, ig a@ de@eendant of Imcinda C. Carlton who married 7. Willdem Thornton Pettey was born November 29, 1797. He is reported to have mamjeléd Frances Willbeurh, Although he was only seventeen at the time, he 1d baserdsd as ¢ bondsman for the marriage license of his sister Amelia and David Carlton. 8. Sally Pettey was born August 11, 1799. She is reported to have married a Jamison; but she apparently had died without heirs before the ‘final settllament of her father's estate on June 9, 18),0, 9. Janes Willian Pettey was born October 12, 1801, He is reported to have aarvied Elisabeth F. Morgan on August 4, 1525, presumably in Madison 10, Thonas Mewes Pettey was bern October 5, 1803. He is reported to married Louisa on August 4, 1825, presumably in Madison County, Alabama. fe Li, Benjanin Prenklin Pettey wes born Noverber |, 1805, and is re- ported to have died in Iredell County; North Carclina. It is family 4/4 tradition that he moved with his parents from Wilkes County, North Carolina, to Medison County, Alabama, about 1815, but that he returned to Wilkes County when he was grom to visit his brother Eli and that while there he met and ol #9, 1029,/ and resulted in nine children — ‘lia Anny Taieinde Carling, Willan Bryan, Laure Jane, Joanna, lorey Franklin’ Adelia Antsy Jon Bryan (vn ind tn Civil Var, « captain), ent ners, Petty. The dete of the death of Denjntn Franklin Petty's tices sin is net Moms but 4 1052 he married in Dredell County Wilkes County, Worth Carolina, 2. 5, Jennings Read, Stone, whe was bern May 25, 1816 copied for the writer in 1959 by their nt MENG) Pe, Ses Phar Nite ine oath, seseiden tin tx, of the marriage of Daniel Harrison Pettey's parents, William and lucretis gene a Yo tor -y ’ ; “7 2 ; Sk pe ag yt tee ~e"*TN a wt \ . 5 Seen (Ato 1, aa . é 227 t a aah U, ) eu 2) pe Cre a 2 . dee nN ~ : Yue sreticd has { we [Cote 4t <¢ : ad Rich ced’ he a ye org Bedi Joo al Whe atishbshp bens Weg .; vod, > . t y Py Ly A oe An oe a. fe oes fi.4-7 6 bina td 7 é ae tn ened } pare Vee Lf 470 ote es aan & {ie 4 eK ah - ss / Cal PeatF2 ge es ii L tte / ie J 7 “{_ * jing d _ a / f C({(<ABtilt, Oye Leo-e “At, c oa LU¢ /lio -- . Ms hrnelfekf he ere Z ¢ [ray [UC ( ape 2 Pe y Aa LT? puch? L~ee 1 pet ee c ean ACA. = AX LL PZ? pe oe inn Chg tire f sas se My oo tule I tks )) eat 3 ee aed fi me ie te OOP Re | " fe cf eae (had ele Te ae 1 Kor} /, c tot See. FF \tereg firart fox | ~y t ty LC? ot i. g o-* <n ofan 7 ae i. & ¥ = 2 t EE a : . ea Poe. | L 6 iS a Ly Nicol: lon. ‘cy lb oe b. a hat ia cecz7y Lk pele Ske A le- te ' eX a, : Lr F Cr2, -~ wok ~ AL “ Jou fer ~ PAGE -6-D All For Art’s Sake M- /3-} Ae Phifer Bequests Exceed Million RALEIGH — Final settlement of a trust has brought funds | in excess of one million dollars to the North Carolina State Art . = aa GIFT TO SOCIETY—Mrs. has announced that settlement ey Mrs, Agnew H, Bahnson, Jr., Winston-Salem, announced this week that final payment from Ro Bahnson, Jr., Phifer estate tee has brought almost a million for acquisition of art by the state museum. Defense Department ls Complex Problem By DONALD H. MAY WASHINGTON (UPI) — The | . Though all of these will not | leave-in a body in January—and not ‘all are Democrats—a problems of transition from the | considerable number presently administration of one President | pian to leave. to another are nowhere more complex than in the govern- ment’s largest agency, the Defense Department. Here, as was the case after’ John: F. Kennedy’s election in 1960, two early problems will be personnel and the budget. At the top of the pyramid of the civilian defense establish- ment are some 29 presidential appointees—the secretary, his deputy, seven assistant secreta- ries, director of research, general counsel, secretaries and undersecretaries for the Army, Navy and Air Force and four assistant secretaries in each of those services. The Wheat Flour institute says: ee ‘Careful research has shown that durum wheat, and durum wheat alone, has all the qualities to pro- duce the finest macaroni.” 00 = Robert S, McNamara agreed Dec. 13, 1960, to be Kennedy's | defense secretary. About three | days later McNamara moved into a Pentagon office next to that of his predecessor, Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford already has made such an office available to Franklin B. Lincoln, Jr., who ig handling government-wide transition problems for President-elect Richard M. Nixon. Nixon has said he plans to make no cabinet choices before Dec. 5. | Along with other agencies, all ‘the major branches of the Pentagon have been preparing briefing books for the new administration, explaining how = offices work, what the | problems are and what deci- | sions are immediately ahead. | The budget complicates tran- | sition in every agency, probably | more so in the Defense Department than elsewhere, | since budgetary decisions in- | volve policy as well as money. | President Johnson will present | the federal budget to Congress | in January, but the new _ administration will want its say ' on the budget and its issues | before Congress acts. Eight | Samah ago, when the Eisenhower administration submitted its | budget, the Kennedy adminis- | tration followed it up later with a cna oe ke will of Robert Fullenwider Phifer, who died 40 years ago, has brought the total bequest to the sum of $1,416,599.22. Robert F. Phifer of Concord | and New York, member of a prominent North Carolina family, was a financier, world | traveller, prolific amateur ' painter, as well as an avid | collector of art. His paintings | were first shown in this area | under the auspices of the newly formed North Carolina State Art Society in 1927. John Jay Blair, then Director of Schoolhouse Planning for the State, was the society’s first president. Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington was vice president, and Mrs. Henry London served as secre- tary-treasurer. Blair was able to arrange space and publicity for the ex- hibition; and Phifer, in con- sideration of the interest shown in his collection, willed his paint- ings outright to the society. He then made arrangements in his will for the society eventually to inherit from his estate. Since Phifer’s death, $547,565.47 had been received prior to the final payment of $869,033.75. Notable paintings in Phifer’s original collection are “The Clam Diggers” by Edward Moran and “Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter’ by William M. Chase. Phifer funds were used to aug- Carolina Museum of Art in| donated $300,000 worth of paint- museum's original collection. Among these are the ‘‘Portrait | of John Scrimgeour’”’ by Thomas Gainsborough, Raleigh” “Lady Louisa Harvey” Thomas Lawrence, ‘The Flight Into Egypt” by Patinir, and the collection of Spanish still-lifes. Most recent gift by the society to the museum from Phifer funds is the Degas pastel, ‘‘Mon Repos,”’ which was presented in 1967 to mark the Twentieth Anniversary of the Million Dollar Legislative Appro priation. The North Carolina State Art Society has its headquarters in the North Carolina Museum of Art. It handles receptions for the museum and sponsors art exhibits, European art tours, and art programs in schools the North Carolina Artists’ Ex- hibition, each year the society awards prizes for this exhibition and purchases award winning- works of art. Membership is statewide, and regional representatives meet regularly at Raleigh. The society has acted as donor and art petron to the North Carolina Museum of Art, and _ four museum trustees are elected from its membership. requires that expenditures of funds be restricted to the acquisition of works of art. Are Selected of 10 bands competing in the ings which were placed in the | A provision of Phifer’s will MOORESVILLE — The Birds | of a Feather of Mooresville, one | ment the opening of the North | | April, 1956, when the Art Society | | | “Sir Walter. by Mare Geerhaerts, | by | throughout the state. Founder of | Band Winners: lime tee aes ap #63 | mon ay —— / a 2 esr OFFICE OF Pp, L ‘Munpny, Me Oo: SUPERINTENDENT, ze MORGANTON, N. ©. Mrs E.F. Clement, Holamn’s, N, C. Dear Madan: - JoOhh has a boil on his fece, otherwise there is no change in hin, I have not yet given up all hopes of his recovery. Yours truly, OFFICE OF P. L. Murpny, M. D., QUPERINTENDENT, STATE HOSPITAL, MORGANTON, N. C. es Fic, 3 C ee ee t YY, ef JG c am « pened ee a ae C LE te a 2K -t ct, i. by . pe \ | Sprorvsg alice, °~. d/ oe o/s Lt72d.2z > Le nt Z +9 Fe ee bi ee Meo : Coe ee Lak, LOR L0re A ff meh Go 2 ee Mitte — } as a 5.1? eh when Yb ya ‘ . sit nich its ier > 7 hot & Ke ~~ Lay m2 ~ je ver Pare m . po jag — sched it pee Sy vel 1833 -/E3 mmdns X jaa * os ; oo. eS \ ee f.- ens Sia e ‘fe hla @ Reoi- 2; ‘ : 7 ee OR 8 oem, Ce Me lth | Ae a Gag. a Sedac, st Lule iS : cae Mea io * — ras Me walt 8 Pepa. { JUS. 1691 q 1. ele, WF Sc oA | = Sp ) Seep a — fe “Ib7F Seay ene: 77) s+ i. Wate, ( tr Vit72.-<«f 71. meso Crsel tetee fF FOC. eee. jovwee ha tlre Pe , bane dock, bed b abr Ze 7h . 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Wm PINCHBACK, Dec'a. N.C. Historical Commission - Guide to Manuscript Collections. page 105 #562 Mrs Ray Palmer Collection 1790-1804; 1850. 8 items. Deeds (1790-1804) to-John PI\CHBACK of N.C: » Rowan Co. & Chester Co., S.C. JEREMIAH HOLEMAN of Rowan & Iredell counties, N.C. end JACOB HOLEMA.\ of : Renan Co.; and a petition 1850 of ISAAC HOIEMAN - (Adm. of WILT IAM PI..CHBACK) vs Heirs at Law, Davie County, N.C. (1680-1767 ) 1721/2 Mch 8 - William sonn of Thos. & Bliz: Pinchback, b ‘arch 8, 1721 - 1723, Apr 19. - Mary Daughter of Thos. & #liz: 1725/6 Jan 8 - Thos. son of ‘hog. Pinchbeack, b Je "100. 1728, Oct 20 - Sarah Dau of Thos. & Eliz: " b "100. 1730, Meh 4 - Blizth «© " Thos & Eliztu" b "100. 1732/3 Ap 28 - John. son of Thos, & Sliz: " b Ap Wiels L106, Ann Dau of Thos. & Blizz: " »b March 30, 1756. 327, LTS6, Tamar Negro girl belonging to Thomas ¢ “iz. 36 5 Thos. Negro boy " $1 isabeth Dau of Jno. & Frances Ann Pinchback, p.173.1768, : ‘hristiany of John & Fra8 Ann Pinchhback, ba: "174, 17707 - --- son of Jno & Fra8 Ann Pinchback, ni "174, 17727 - --- dau of Jno % FraS ann Pinchback, | * Jen. 11, 1962 Dear folks: Many thanks for data in both letters. Glad to know you were over to see the Clements. ¥ we could get back to y.C. again but doubt it. Know you ere having & cold spell and went to say that we, too, are having the same. ++ was so werm before Vhristmas, 80 to 85 but since then we really are heving 4t. It 18 41 today. ~nen it gets cold here it goes right through,. believe me. I may nave sent that Pinchback data to mrs wooaward, anyway I have 4t, also the Miss. data, whicn surely must mean a different Wm Pinchback, prob. a ‘son. when I go to Courthouse rere I will check the Miss. | data again. "1850" I belteve means the year@ thin J altho the Coll. was dated 1790 to 1804. Will check. I know nothing about the estate and just accidently ran across those {tems. It appears that John Thomas Pinchback came from S.C. had at least 2 sons- John and William, and at least 4 daughters, the 3 who Mm. Holemans & another one. If Il remember right she was Elizabeth. (can't fine note) The "700 acres" was copied from "The Ancestry." Dia I tell you I again, at Christmas time, neard from Mr & Mrs Grafton Johnson Longden, and their son, wife, and two teen-age daughters, Mr & Mre Grefton Jonnson Longden Jr. and family. Did I ask if you know anything about John Booker hoy? The mother of "my" Samuel Welch, Mary Gilbert Welch, 4s said to have married J.B.Hoy and they went along to N.C. (from Bedford Co. Va) before 1790, first to Kowen then settled in Iredell. I think Hoy soon died and . Mary lived with John Welch Jr. (N.B. I left out that ~ they went with John Welch Jr & wife Chloe Dudley, to NC} Samuel did not go until 1792, after dtr Wary who married David Holeman was born. ; Do you have any notes on Jacob Sigler & family*® Son Jacob was the one who m. Mary Holeman, atr of "my" Williem. Also John Holeman (Isaac's son) married Margaret oigiler. Most of them removed to Caldwell Co. Ky. I have census. I need data about Philip, the oldest e6n of Jecob venjor. Jacob was from Loudoun Ce. Va. died 1617 in sower co. Buried close to Holeman plantations. Unless it was Isaac & Mery who were buried near the house (instead of private purying-ground) it almost nae to be Mary's parents. Both Daniel & Elizabeth (2nd wife) were puried in Frederick Co. Va. At least they died there. There was @ John Hardy in Angon €6., prob. Mary's brovner: Not sure if I told you Samuel Welch was 3rd cousin to Daniel Webster. ad a time finding that out. Best Wishes- HM una Belégite. you have.hit the.nail.om.the wead in re: the David age 30 found in Jasper Co. Mo. 1860. I knew, of course, Samuel's son David was born ca 1$29=30, but did not think about him going along with Lazarus. They really got around in those days. So far I believe Saml bot land in Preble Co. Ohio ca 1833, Eliz. died ca 1839, he went back to NC. & m. Polly Cain-Little ca 1840, but did not sell Ohio , land until 1846 so do notkknow when he went back there Prom "Virginia } artfages" by Crozies Laneastox County. August 4, 1722 Th Edwards and Sarah Swan Same County. July 13, 1736 John Edwards and Ann Swan, The Holman History (this is Texas Holmans ) by Mrs Emily Griffiths Roberts or the Book of Adam (Lovelace lineage ) ¢ them I have not foung either of M.Hunter - cf log ef eee Chiveel. (PolC. «4 > Pople Pah laely f? . v2 & E “ ei ‘. a = : ( c ! I * ol .t) o'-« rN fo. Te Be Swann koute .1,.Box 147 Statesville, W. €a 28677 fu ata WA ay ap i aE | ae di | fate ft Hi silih ida; sip a e Be ‘alt aes nce tneretrryee~oanservnenetensinncnpeitiip nt os oes Pact . Ire Bk 2/1 P29. PPFD flv mrm. @., as Jf Cb r2d <— = J pk, : yp So 6S } a ai ie it ein in i re Ha weil i iy My ult ayssddelense alt ny prea - fe oO Fee 25. EO (oO :? A> b. ie Dees Cs F . ice i. bak Jie hgh. ne om eee : * Fac <. (hor: ape oo A pe pot fie (- ae ae ase oo paeas - dy ‘ul cx l bar» ge Ch. a b./- Gr a ae y, {odie hy Lf, pee me” Beaufort, N. (, March 12, 1962/ Dear Tom and Ada: e I hope you are having some better weather by this time. From all reports, you have had a father rough winter, We, » have had an u y nter weatherwise, We have not had any exces thermometer, but weather with much cold wind, I suppose you have heard mich concerning the terri ble northeast storm that hit the northeastern outer banks and part Of the main land, Reports are still coming in and everytime the y grows worse. It was one of the most unusual storas thatxf@¥s been experienced on the coast withing the memory of the old timers, Owever, we escaped its fury and no damage of Consequence was caused here, We had much wind, but being located + South of Cape Lookout and with an east-west shore line, the tide , did not gee sO high here. farmers have been almost at a stand still for Several weeks, Fortunately, they got in their oabbage crop and planted potatoes a few weeks ago. The cabbage are looking well, but 1 am afraid the heavy rains of the last few days will injure the potatkoes. We had heavy rains las Gt and some this morning. Annie is still gaining strength and seens to thrive powered pills she is still taking with Gale's progress. We had hoped she could Teturn home this Spring, but the doctors now thing an operation will be necessary. This will mean that she will have to wear & Cast for several months ,a@lthough she will not be Confined to bed all of the time. She made g0od progress for a few months, but the ourvature has not been fully overcome. She will have some metal rods or splinta inserted along the upp | Although, the weather was r @ good crowd at S. 8, and worship Services ,yastarduy We are Planning a series of Cvangelistic services to begin next Sunday week, an then, the deacons are making an effort to contact every resident member personally. Rey Tommy Funderburke Of Charlotte will be the guest preacher, We have had quite a Siege of flu since Christmas, but it seems to be letting up a little now. * So far, Annie and J have @scaped. The schools were hard hit in attendance and quite a number of adults have been sick, | hope all of you have escaped the ravages of this pestilence, Flowers are bloq@ning in great profuston here now. I wish you cpuld see our camelia this morning, Many blooms are wide eds more Teady to burst with the first rays of when it comes,