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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThomas Eaton Swann Papers, Reid-Reese STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES Sf Microfilmed by DI VISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY Archives and Records Section Raleigh, North Carolina : IREQFLL. COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY “STATESVILLE, N.C. THOMAS FATON SWANN PAPERS ELPHABETICAL GROUP:> 4 YEARS Reda: BALIN 3 DATE FILNED : \ }34 TAR CHILE: WOMEN Beene: : ver at the bach. | from Tempic Whitehead Holt fi : ' ) 12) A} 1 sccm to hay ton just Tor Elizabeth Nutt Parsley: FRANCES Ft a 4 Veh HAVE TRIPD never “A daughter of tic Confederacy Vol wrsh to (fot. of 1) One thought upholds her courage ' WON AULAOF, | | In storm and sts and gloom . “y) me the pen name of She will not fail or trifle, bd ee rs - Oth mM quanuty and ar Will bravely play her part, ¢ ’ ese books to he credit ‘ll ( Because she knows a hero’s blood ] | . ” them have been tl s beating in her heart. he . I) } ys at ] rv : : ! BipLioGRarny: : also. ‘Jo thes : ror dramas: articles North Carolina -Woinen of Confederacy--Mrs.. John. 1] ho recognized the power and AANACLSON, : oe word and so tried in all of h Minutes of the U.D.C., N.C. Division- - several issues. 3 E COL. Misc Maw 1044 wrote carefully that she n ). D.C. Magazine-- May 1944... N Sdclic and that she might never b oI otes fronT relatives. fe pen. Ter wrring began at fluenced by the events of | separates her art and her lif Hranees Fisher's heritage contril was the great granddaughter of | platter and patriotic citize 1775, anda granddaughter of Clin Fredrick Fisher. Her mat raliera Caldwell. “Vhis judge had a wal tween his cyes that would ou ta apy angry. “This Caldwell oddity was in! descendants, including Frances Fisher Elizabeth, and Charles Fredrick Vis! name, were the parents of the itt born on July. §, 1846, m Salis! anda son; Fredrick, came after Bra Mr. Fisher was adeader of th outbreak of the War Betwe 2 re meaegnnaren + tom ln es Fisher Tiernan Bi. ak. aes eee ELS et A. ie FRANCES PISHER TIERNAN (CUEESTIAN @1 0D) 137 -and was president of the Western North Carohaa Raiboosl, Besides his property in Salisbury he had’ vast plintatoas in other states. Te was one of the: first men in Noth Carolia ! to raise troops for the Confederacy. r lodghis L | Sixth Regiment into a victorious batde at Bull Run tae he himself was killed. His courageous character influcneed Frances to the very end of her life. Even when a little girl of three or four, Franceseawas an outstanding child with an unusual imagination nd an amsing determination, At this carly age she would relate long tales and persuade her Aunt Christine Fisher to transcribe thém for her. From time to time as she yr&y, older, she wrote stories for her own satisfaction and for the entertainment of her family. Mrs. Fisher died several years before the outbreak ofthe War Between the States. Colonel Fisher's death Jeftthe, three children both parentless and penniless. Elis fine old homestead on Fulton Street and his great plantations in Goorgiaand Missis- sippi, as well as his railroads, passed into th ‘hands of strangers. Gricf-stricken over her father’s death and worricd over her financial status, ninefcengyear-old Frances, with her sister and brothe®, went to live with theie Nant Christme: basher Miss Fisher lived a very retired life. Shortly before «fe war she had visited relatives im St, Augustine, Florida, and was so impressed by their religion that. she had became a devout Catholic. OnARer return she rctised to go out 6a the streets of Salisbury. She had a line path cut through hee grounds to the church, She assisted avith the choir, thefaltar, and the decoration of the church. “This odd tide old thdy’ was a student and a great reader. She ' letr@y Olid Ire, and a number of articles for her rcligiobs pericdicals She taught Frances until she went to St. Mary’s for crm, and her own life was often reflected in Frances.: \l three of the Fisher orphans had been confirmed in St. Lake's Fpisgopal Church but in their mature years | Catholics, Miss Christine was kindwand ecne: yihe fisher chaldren ee 138° TAR HEFL WOMEN FRANCES FISHER TIFRNAN (CH id disappeared after the war: Frances This trip. gave Frances much to 4 felt a compelling need to help her aunt provide for Colonel about. On her return, she the Fisher’s children. Tt was then thateshe conceived the idea of new energy. J ler capreyfy for wo writing for profit. Her family was amused when she announced served regular hours for writin that she would write a novel. She chose “Christian Reid” 2:00 in the afternoon when she sto; as hew nom de pluie because Christian applicd toman. or in copybooks, later on tablets, wi woman and Reid because it was plain and beautiful. Christian her copybook or tablet on her bn Reid went to work in carnest. Valerie Ayliner,, her first at her desk’in clear Jegible script novel, went over with a bang, selling 18,000 copics. She was many friends whe called at all hi ur congratulated by literary critics, among them Paul Hayne, many times. Frances loved her fh prose and poctry writer, and editor of Russell's Magazine. for them unless an editor was It was the beginning of many literary friendships for her, “From copy. “The time lost by frie then until 1879 she wrote many short stories and quite a num- in the afternoon or at night. Onc ber of novels dealing with life on the plantation’ and, in the son: : small towns fgthe South. . Aforton House was considered “If 1 could only get away from po one of her best. The Land of the Sky, a journey through _ quietness and peace. Distraction the mountains of Western North Carolina, isa splendid _ However, | must not trouble you 4 sportrayal of the standards of life and conduct in the South shortness of copy.” of that time. Western North Carolina is now known all over Father Hudson was-the new twent the world as. “The Land of the Sky.” One cannot write va Maria. Soon after he was miad profuscly over a long period of years without suflc ring from came to be considered the best tin mental and physi¢al exhaustion. Frances was no exception, lish language. Many of Christian Ri Luckily, her writing had paid dividends. She decided to as well as her novels in serial fori, aj ‘travel in search of new. physical strength and fresh outlooks She did not have to hunt markets for her writing. 3 : ! tions before she could ever get then At first Frances was homesick abroad but soon she lost her- is considered her best novel of these ¥¢ self in sightseeing trips and in the works of art to be found in was_also the name of its main chatacter, Europe. She visited England first bat spent the greater part a red hot Communist, ran ita close seco of her time gin France: where she made many friends, mostly Love cane to Frances Fisher in the! fo Americans. She took advantage of the Opportunity to study ‘Tiernan. Mr. Tiertian, a descendant of French while there. Her letters to persorial friends during in Baltimore in 1835. The early death of hi this trip are small gems. From France she went, to Italy and into a “bread-and butter” struggle whi Kaster Sunday found her in Venice. The letter she wrote to young. Whatche lacked in format educator Nannic Hoke on that Faster Sunday is one of the most delight- he balanced off with manliness, sinccrit ful letters on record, work. Ile soon won distinetion and) PAR CHIE EL WOMEN pit) ! fessor of mctals and mineralogy at Santa Clara College, oma. James ‘Tiernan loved the out-of-doors too much ‘elassroom. Le left it to become. chief Northern Pacific Railroad. | iter, he Naa as edlonization agent for the Richmond inville Railroad. Perhaps fate decreed thie. Frances’ Mt be the magnet thar drew James Tiernan and this Tie Lech writer tovether, I and of the Sky induced the busigess trip to Salsbury in the summer of 1877, James Tiernan was a devout Catholic and while in Salisbury he attended the little ( hapel of the Sacred Heart on Fulton Street. [t was here that he firse saw Frances and made imme- diate plins to meéet her, He soon obrained the proper credentials ) and beroak | himself, on Saturday afternoon, to Frances’ home he pretext of paying his respects to the writer of Land sv. Frances was in the garden cutting flowers to the altar for Sunday and was not dressed to reccive es fiernan came upon her in the flower garden “T wender if Miss Frances*’Fisher is.at home?” ‘Fisher replied, “but Tam sure that she is busy, me that herself,” replicd Mr. Tiernan, as ! toward the house, ne and the romance began when both apolo- n Mr. Viera nN Miss Fisher’ isbury so she met him in New Orleans and they rricd in the Holy Name of Jesiis Church on December 7. ° They left: immediately after the ceremony for 4 . . r . wieresMr. “Tiernan had purchased mines. hey lived s business at Salisbury was finished s heart with him. He was unable years but Mrs. Vicrnan returned to the tics during’ those years for business ishers. She alw ays Visited Salisbury hor df years frances had sutfeted a bronchitis, She found temporary PRANCES PESQR TEETS rhe fiom these aliments wl a. ae fopia, a remote village in thie 1 lived here four years cand i¢ Tiernan wrote Carmela, her tii ‘Fhe ‘Trernans were an ideally nan cnjoyed having Mrs. Licenan beautiful voice and was an exectlen the long evenings in Mexico p Irances ‘retarned to the States on | the newest and best boaks | WK much amused on-one of these trip in New Orleans, to have: th Carmela, explaining thar it She smiled, handed it back to | have read this one.” While they were in Mexico trip to the West Indies anid Mi was so unpressed by Santo D The Man of the Family, the | of. Las Cruces and The Land of most outstanding novels rit In-sthe summer of 1897 Mri’ Franees brought htin back to | diligently. In the-six month bedside and completely fore which canie an January oft that she c uld never write inher loneliness she did.ta! best pocms, among this time. Severa good, they | ck Mrs. ‘| r rial ing circles. wh A A AR a EN te nos \ \ 1+. PAK HEEL WOMEN talent to the Salisbury Book Club. Another group of ladies Were so inpressed that they named their circle the Christian Rend Book Club.” She helped: éstablish “Moniea’s Reading Cirele tor the Catholic ladics of Salisbury, and was its president as long as she lived. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Library: inv Salisbury. = A devoted member of the United Daughters of the Con- federacy, Mrs. ‘Tiernan turned her energy on in full force for this organization, She was its State Historian, also thé Monor- ary President of the Stare Division for two years. In 1904 she was made Honorary President for life of the Robert F, Hoke Chapter of Rowan County. When this chapter decided to make a contribution to’ the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, the members turned-to Mrs. Tiernan for Yeader- ship in raising the funds. She proposed that the Sdi bury Dramatic Club produce a play witha Southern theme. . When no ‘suitable play could be found Mrs. Tiernan wrote one her- self... Within vo months Under the Southern” Cross was Written and produced before a packed house. This drama about the War Between the States was different from any play that had -been ‘written about this cra, “Vhe heroine was a Southern belle who married ayVirginiah, The villain vas'a Southern traitor. <The play artfully gave the South’s viewpoint on States Rights. Frances Tiernan helped find or design all of the costumes and uniforms which were perfect in every detail. Later, they were rentedeto amateurs in every part of the South and the’ proceeds were turned into the treasury of the local chapter. ‘lo. this chapter, ‘also, }Christian ‘Reid presented of Under the Southern Cross. In (901 her pter decided to erect & memorial to the Confederare dead - Mf Rowai County, Mrs: Tiernan wag made chairman. Under leadership roe. (Na 911,000, was made in. about eight - inyeMing of this ‘monument, Mrs. Tiernan Hor recing a poem, Gloria Victis, which pe ial oceasion, a 7 > a 2 . Athe’fimily and the servants became ill ~~ public. appearance for Chriswiatt Reid. itt) 1-43 Proof that Christian Réid was recognized ag a reat writer FRANCES FISHER TIERNAN (CHRISTIAN was shown when the University of Notre Dain presented the Lactare Medal to her. this university bestows upon some menber of the Catholic Church who has made the outstanding contribution to Amerj« This medal is the annual award Whiely can life in’ science, literature, art, lanthropy. She was presented this award in a cer many at Belmont Abbey in May of 1909. The last years for Mrs. ‘Viernan were not easy oncs finane cially. She faced bankruptcy at 66 whenther silycrdlead mines ceased to operate. She had undertaken to Support her. aged: stitesmanship, or phi- a aunt, provide for her invalid sister, and to cducate her brother's children. It took courage, energy and endurance to do-all of this with her pen. All of this time she was sufferiny from attacks of bronchitis, asthma, heart trouble, and a stiff hip, broken many spite OF hee troubles, she carried to the end of her fife a slaader firure, a graceful carriage, her classical features, a brilliant inind, and a mus‘cal voice. : World War I ate its way rapidly into American life, and Mrs. ‘Tiernan, already in her seventies, set het heart.to help win the war. She organized the women of Sali bury into an years! before her financial worries began.” In auxiliary to aid American soldiers overseas. She was asked 1 to address them at a meeting. In the meantime she hid been put to bed because of an asthmatic heart attack but she got out of bed to keep her appointinent. Her-personal physician sat beside her in case of an emery ney. Deaf followed her speech which was. said to be the mos ier pplinse Hering 1d- dress made in Salisbury during that war, ‘Vhis was the hist \Irs, influenza and yvhile she wis ‘tecuperatine, oth hain took nbers of which was sweeping the’ country. Princ wait on them but she took pneumonia and « breathed her last. Requiem. Mass “144: \ TAR HELL WOMEN ~eart Chapel and then she was laid to rest in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Several monuments have been erected: to her memory. Perhaps the most fitting of these is the one erected by her local chapter of the UDC. Ie is an_apien book, ap- propriately inscribed, resting, én a base of Salisbury. marble, It is a beautiful reminder of he rich Beer: y heritage Christian “Reid left t6 North Carolia’ when she climbed the highest peak in the “Land of the Sky,” ; BrscioGRapny: The Southern. Magazine- -Aug. 193§ Anderson: North Carolina Women of the Confederacy Becker: Biography of Christian Reid Chamberlain: This Was: Home _ Henderson: Library of Southern Literature, Vol. 12 Manly: Southern Literature « Rympe: Rowan County, Page 235 Asheville Times, March 1920 The State, November 20, 1943 Nore: Exact quotations and the incidents surrounding them are taken from Biography of Christian Reid by Kate Harbes Becker of Sacred Heart Junior College, Belmont, N. C., and are used with the kind. permission of Kate Harbes Becker herself. | ROSA O'NEAL GREENEIOW Tne one woman who did the most for the “Southern Canse" was not a Tar Eleel, bute she lics buricd in North Carolina, the state that has done more than any other to honor her memes ory, thus adopting her as its own. Rosa O'Neal Greenhow did not become a spy forthe Con-- federacy for cither financial gain or any cxorting adventure. These she had had since her maiden days and could have re- tained them in a much Jarger degree had she adhered to the “Union Cause.” Mrs. Greenhow had a passionate love for the South, an overwhelming desire to sce its \ ay of life survive, and an undying faith in the rightness of its cause; + °° Fart’ these reasons she became a spy in the scrvice of the Confederacy and bore untold hardships, never once fecling that the Union had any right to question her. coming to hate everything Northern, in her zeal for what to her had become 4 “holy cause.” Even before the war had ended, “she boasted of dozens of acts for which any government in war would have been justified in hanging her.” It knew that she was-the spy transmitting important information to the Souths but so clever was she that she was never actually caught ii the act, and was turned over to the South’s Jefferson’ Davis, even befote the war had ended. She wrote indignantly of her arrest, “My blood boils when I think of it,” yet, even now, withethe pas- sions of that war at rest, even a Southeract must wonder why she was allowed to live. ‘Che influcnec which made up the character of such a dynamic personality, would make an in- teresting study. Rosa O’Neal was born at Port ‘Toba co, Mivyland, and grew ‘up with four sisters in an environment of culture and ease. While she was still a girl, her father moveel his fannily to Washington where he was in government service, Rosa became a great favorite 6f Washineton ; 10 e Bop stllniesn, Long Nall Pane og oe hy hint ‘Ge so = ora ym Calter Phebe: ~ ay wee Aa J d true Aol, Ah, — Gerd) Ley - Cork lh. u—ornrg a2 a te (Re tot Q ¢ -tre Nhe “pt ee Yat (ead | ic ole 2 ef) /- A / Yyeefihinde Sag he thes os ts pte EAS Bo z —_ Ree ae i “ity ee ‘y NeXT ve Lars day Cletc/ Ljce..« 4 ¢ > oe / Les Aang ZA xe toe eek ee l.. / 4. hon, & ‘hiteiths ult / i aD ry) j , Cte * i a Jarere er ot 1: / s/o J $ee «A J ey oe cack, ee Nee Bol A “pele aoe aa ew (i PGs yey mM y ie ise abt 175 ] = ae : Yf eg ) Cru till neat Ko 4) Dec C Y . p ‘ . - - (« te thea he peceelae ft ox a fastb totes orn et a AL as LE. To | - —s ee & Peet ee ty, Bretdea at mh oe exand r seid Mm Hija ,. ROW! 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Halls € | 1337 \ ? a ee GENESIS OF THE DIOCESE OF NorTH CAROLINA 445 1766 to 1776.'*° The Regulators gave to him their Paper Number 6 to deliver to the colonial officials, which he did, returning with a message that they were to choose any number of “reasonable men” to meet the authorities in Hillsborough on May 11, 1768.12 In spite of this apparent initial sympathy, Micklejohn was on the side of the government; for when the troops were assembled at Hillsborough in September: to suppress the . Regulators, he preached the sermon to them at Governor Tryon’s request. The text of the sermon indicates his attitude: Let every Soul be subject unto the higher Powers; for there is no Power but of God; the Powers that be, are ordained of God. ; Whosoever therefore resisteth the Power, resisteth the Ordi- nance of God; and they that resist, shall receive to themselves Damnation. [Romans 13:1-2.] 127 .. Pleased with his‘effort, Micklejohn had 100 copies of his sermon printed, which he distributed to the assembly.'*8 The clergy, as well as other colonists, found it difficult to choose sides as the year 1774 ushered in the gathering storm.’ . Many, no doubt, tried to pursue a middle path, although it be- came increasingly difficult so to do. On the one hand, their salaries were substantially aided by the Society for the Propaga- tion of the Gospel, and the majority of the North Carolina clergy had been born overseas. The church was tied to the crown and hence to the royal governor as the crown’s representative. The liturgy was filled with prayers for those in authority. Yet their parishioners were putting more and more pressure upon these ministers to avow themselves in the American cause. It was a trying situation. The Reverend Mr. James Reed hesitated to recommend repeal of the 1774 act permitting the whipping of inmates of the work- houses because, as he said, "I need not inform you that all America is in a most violent flame and every good man would forbear as much as possible adding the least Fuel to the Fire.’!2°. %® Cheshire, Church in the Province of North Carolina, 82. % Colonial Records, VII, 764-765. "7 R. D. W. Connor, ed., “A Sermon by Rev. George Micklejohn Preached: before Governor Tryon’s Army at Hillsborough, September 25, 1768," North Carolina Booklet, VIII (1908), 67. '* Henderson, The Church of the Atonement, 16-17, 4 Colonial Records, IX, 1015. 446 THE NorTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW Daniel Earl also walked circumspectly. In 1775 he wrote: As for my own part I have as yet kept clear of any censure among my parishioners, and I never introduce any Topic into the Pulpit except exhortations and prayers for peace, good order and a speedy reconciliation with Great Britain.) Governor Martin sent a last-minute appeal to the Earl of Dartmouth to strengthen the church as a means of preventing armed rebellion. He believed that the Anglicans posessed more loyalty, moderation, and respect for the government than did the Presbyterians; and therefore urged placing the clergy on a more secure footing. He was convinced, he said, “that order and good government are nowhere so well maintained as where the . . . . oa duties of religion are carefully observed and inculcated. . . .’’!1! His appeal, however, was too late. The formation of loca] Committees of Safety forced the clergy to take sides. Daniel Ear] wrote of the attitude of these Com- mittees toward his profession thus: | = The situation of the clergy in this part of the world is at pres- ent truly critical, on acount of the difficulty of comporting them- selves in such a manner as to give no umbrage to the Inhabitants. Some of them have been suspended, deprived of their Salaries. and, in the American manner proscribed by the Committees, and thereby rendered incapable of getting any settlement in any part of the united Colonies, and all this on account of charges against them of opposing the general cause of America, and, how far they are to blame I am not able to determine, but verily believe that if the most learned and eloquent Divine in England was to endeavor to dissuade the Americans from their present Resolu- tions he could make no impression upon them, but contrarywise rather inflame them, so tenacious are they of the measures they have adopted.}#2 ‘ A convenient method of dividing the sheep from the goats was the proclamation by the Continental Congress setting aside July 20, 1775, as a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer. James Reed, by refusing to hold services on that day, was promptly aligned by the Committee of Safety with the goats. Their resolu- tion of the very next day read: 7 ' Colonial Records, X, 238, 1481-Colonial Records, IX, 1086-1087, 42 Colonial Records, X, 238. GENESIS OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA 447 The Committee taking into consideration the unaccountable behavior and conduct of M" Reed, in deserting ‘his congregation yesterday, when almost all ranks and denominations of Chris- tians among us assembled at the church by order of the Continental Congress, to humiliate ourselves before God, by fasting and prayer, to avert from us his heavy judgments now hanging over us; have | Resolved that the Vestry of this Parish be earnestly requested to suspend the said James Reed from his ministerial function in the said parish and that they immediately direct their church- wardens to stop payment of the said M’ Reed’s-salary as minister of the said Parish.'** ‘ In February of the following year,- however, Reed was allowed to resume the holding of services,'** and there is no other evi- dence that he took part one way or the other in succeeding events of the war. The Reverend Mr. John Wills, at Wilmington, resigned in 1775 -but remained quietly in the vicinity and performed marriagés when desired to do so.'®® He presented a petition of some sort to the Provincial Congress in December, 1776,!"* perhaps asking _ to be allowed to take the oath. No action is recorded, and Wills vanishes from sight. Francis Johnston, on the other hand, pre- ferred to leave the state. James Buchanan wrote concerning it to Governor Caswell, September 22, 1777: Enclosed. is three certificates from the Clerk of our County Court, certifying that the Revd. Mr. Francis Johnston, Mr. Rob- ert Lenox, and myself, have given bond and security, to depart the State in sixty days from the date, having refused to take the oath prescribed by this State.'*” He requested passes for the West Indies. Micklejohn at first remained Tory. While serving as chaplain for the Loyalists at Moores Creek Bridge, he was captured and paroled to Perquimans County.’** He failed to go and was ordered to be removed by the commanding officer of the Second Regiment of Orange County.'®® In *November, 1776, he petitioned the ed 88 Colonial Recor@ag-X, 115-116. we ial Records, X, 428. 1 muel A. Ashe, ‘Sketch of Colonial Church in North Carolina,” reprinted from the Carolina Churchman, XX (December; 1929), 9. 138 Colonial Records, X, 976. wigelonial Records, XI, 633. Colonial Records, X, 560. _W Colonial Records, X, 646. e 448 THE NortH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW Provincial Congress to be allowed to take the. oath,’ which they granted. Micklejohn was thereupon “discharged.”""! By 1779 he was evidently completely ‘accepted -as a patriot, for in that year he was named by the Assembly to the board of trustees of the newly established Granville Hall or Academy,!*2 Daniel Earl’s sympathies are controversial. In 1774 he pre- sided over the ameeting at Edenton which, while pledging alle- - giance to the king, declared British taxes and the Boston Port Bill to be unjust, and urged non-importation.'"3 Yet a year later he wrote to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel that he had not taken sides, and he it was who continued to receive his salary from the Society until 1783. His daughter, however, married the patriot Charles Johnson and there is no record of. any family quarrels.’ It would appear that Earl was more successful than most in keeping on good terms with everyone. Of the eleven members of the cler tho were residents of North Carolina i 1776, three were loyalists: James Reed, John Wills, and Francis Johnston. One, George Micklejohn, changed from loyalist to patriot. One, Daniel Earl, seems to have been almost neutral, but from lack of any action against him must have leaned a little to the patriot side. Of the remaining six men, there is conflicting evidence on one other, Charles Pettigrew. Pettigrew, a native of Pennsylvania, was. requested by the Senate of the state to preach before them in 1777, which he did.'*5 When the Senate attempted to pass a bill remunerating him for his services, which was customary, the House twice: refused to concur.’ This would indicate some question in the mind of the - House as to his political views. He, too, continued to receive his salary from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel for several years, and when drafted by the state for the army, he sent a substitute.'4’ Certainly he was not burning with zeal for the Revolutionary cause. Q Four of the five remaining clergymen are frequently mentjoned in the Colonial and State Records as having aided the patriots “ Colonial Records, X, 917. Mi Colonial Records, X, 982. “8 State Records; XXIV, 297. “8 Colonial Records, IX, 1037-1088, 4 Dillard, “St. Paul’s Church, Edenton,” 26, M8 State Records, XII, 149. M4® State Records, XII, 155, 159, 821, 329, 47 Bennett Harrison Wall, “Charles Pettigrew,” (unpublished master’s thesis, Chapel Hill, 1940), 12-18, ‘ fy fy | f, [im ag seca WV | re oi AK. Sayz- /336 dalicca te Tot YA Vr x oe (ees <4. fe. + 35* ee: [Cred ‘forts Jey He CC, “p R.- (0-16 - 173 ~- ye see er atic. a a ¢/ WY - pote ie, ce} hole FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO. 4340 | | FLUSHING, N. Y. | W/Z Auer fre h Opn ae ie Livertrer a a a ie Bacwole. Le O® onet . elf. F 35 <. ire a “ur Be. a or a <5 ae re Qnthree 2 Ae Caldevell aS R mere ds LOL LCC aaa ipo | ao eek Alka juz eng pm “to* 97 1- ton Hn De ta Ad ig a Ti ae ~BreiPlh Bo, plone AC en wre * [in oceans uc ta <™ {Ce Lh biter he a0 af cfr ee ~ ~ & Tee A fe£ put) Z /leo-~ Lhe -- \ : fo fet ye eee / acer Lieat on". 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[Nae er pant be CR Whig Ilhe; Saters Kool ye th. , Sale te : YC a 7 ideo - “aAaTYOR ¢ ST }S210q aye jy doUaIayIp 9Y} S.jey U99Mj}9q aoUaIa 9UBTaYIp ay ‘doUaIayIp [Pal B ayer S1dA JOU _ ST 4sS09 oy} Ysnoyy ‘Ploye IND yor SdUIY} Jo }0] ‘suoTe pom ou) 484} sutyoray M194} 10] SeM asuodsar day], “] AK ieleax tw ey Qbes fecrd yy Vii: ae’ LA bA- Wee. - hf a a J % * BL, 7 : FA2Z- Ju _ e : | ' 3<«/- ne Joc S/o i aed i ou — ee AL. oD why ‘7 xy eo ome ae C am C / Lt Lr ee ae obbeg eo ou . cof ” 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE Manbkius' house wrs theres WASHINGTON 16, D.c.: ildren > 5 Li niusrytemey, May 26, 19523, Gr 2 wac zenby 7 Leer Mr-Swann: at A, ba] 7T avr o It hasn't been longer then about two davs since I gent ji) my dollay to renew my subscription to the Landmerk, and today Jet- ? Thei . iA a 4 ters from Leona Milholland and from you tell me it has been sold, I did not get yesterday's. Leona seys it. was sold to a newspaper broker who in turn sold it to the Record. Tgather from Leone's letter. that the sale included the Daily. Times do chanre, rm nn e To t S i c r z +h lent ei «@ a . I don't bleme the Texas daughter from getting out of the ‘tornado country. You will be glad to have her neerer. Thinder- Storms east of the Apnalachians are quite enough for me. Am snur- priced to heer of ‘lack of r-in there... It has been rain, rain here 2nd hotter then usuel for May, - ¥) No, I did not even get an acknowledgment of >fror Mr. Yarwick in regard to the county trust. It is sgination thet one in so-resnonsible a. pleice should so Hcocirvesy, and accordingly I feel sure the county trust covery responsible institution. Maybe just something on 9 you did mention Alme'ts trouble - that it was possibly ma- Am gled. she has little pain. Have just finished "Iiracle iounteins , " and Dre. Sloop. telle of # mountain woman they sent to the Long Hospital. Dr, Long pade an exploratory operation tecided things were too far along for sny further operation dO mny good, but did not. of course tell the woman. She got cheerful, and Dr.-Sloon remembered as an intern a medicine seen used that shrank a cancer. She told her doctor husband it end he said he hed never practiced hoo-hoo medicine but ws sue 40 years later, the woman was alive and ective, ne occasionally takes her blue medicine - called Dr. Iong thought she had not long to live wher tory operation, | That is a quite interesting book, about the Grossnore ven you don't now where to lay hands on a copy I wll lene N“ : . : I have with me until next week an old friend who irban eir to null her up for a trin to Mexico for Sincerely eg t legen sy ee he =e phe georndae me Gal /7 Fc 7 : jeg £ bel es 1 t, Tey Led Ase fw & deca Lz sere oe Se a jen ‘) Cyetclacee- truth oe Mes ee ° to. ef Calder ve Cc a ot, ere 3 4 he 27 : cho ; Jaca Os «x ce C'z ce i y mere 7 an ih l¢ ut ) Lom — a ju-t&p, [tease | Date on ce . oe 7A Gots Seimene reedt )Jle& aS fii aia, Ji mre IVF C Loteyy eck ue tie) 77 a fi f° | a A )? Fur { = came ati hel CANS : Lean ye Rp PES ri x C (. 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Meee a Lmwer den of ole jer H 7 Lg thet JCA 4 fe ) CE Ke <2 Oh« fax k of = ee 0) Creed og 722 | ¢ . iF ean Hiebses...06) > Bae { Wie 6.00 ise 3 J 2 ma i >* Mak freed Aw Z a, en jade: 2. perk rains doce, Jt1ceacw2 Tag-<. 1B A7+€-/845- Se. * bis Xx. JY1rtew i /~»2z Wels ee Fane PAY oe Ghgs butt & pba. ti» 7p -/3 2 ooe LG Ll as Pebinte th Kaden @ thea “pag. Sago eer } ¢ar fecaes ts are ge oo aes ) 3 O95 ~ aie mae hee GL, = a bh yao Dreke& Fan) (0— (4 — / or = Bey ws pbuh a7 ae ric Cg Zo BD ei Free foews Deere PO DOS Pale <? ee See feeble s&s poo Le-eTee< ed: bod : | aelret been b Sa yi. r. Henry really at the prin- bxistence? Dn of our ltogether umber of Even in situation nwakened ly render hting for of their o .believe ant day, oss shall reciation ery pos- ma of the iseases is d’s crea- nd those med with h misery pr is as- Pa MM) Chautauqua week, . OPIE READ. ‘N his platform werk Opie Read is as striking ag Ne {sg in his books, and this ,is indeed a rare quality. With no pretense, with perfect naturalness, he throws forth pictures as vivid as a flash of light from a mirror. It seems to’be his aim to say as much as possible in a sentenee. Sometimes each para- graph would serve as a text for an Ofation. The long habit of writing bas caused him to compress, to omit the useless word, His humor vires with the mood, the character he bas In mind. Some- times he is didactic, unable to conceal the range of his reading. He is @ stu- dent at play. And through it all there is a deep moral tone. He does not employ a word for its sound, but for its imagery, its startling picture. He is more of a painter than an orator, more of the poet than the polemic. One of his cautions ts, “Please don't over-advertive me.” It is a pleasure to sit under the spell of a creative mind, a mind that loves truth and avoids platitude, This is a quick age, and we demand that whatever a man has to say he must say quickly. In him we have maturity abreast of the timer. : There are not many writers on the platform. The most of them try, tut fail, not because thely subject matter is not good, but because, hampered with a sort of diffidence, an undramatic quality, they are not able, as plat- form people say, to. put Itover the foofiizbts.. But Ople Read is at home if the library or on the Platform, as will be seep when he visits. this city during a er ei Se, i) « PEDELL WOMAN ONCE TAHT RACE MOORE: Miss Rebecca A. Reld Recalls That She Was Good Pupil Interested In Music. SHE SANG BEAUTIFULLY ” (Special to Daily News) Statesville, Oct. 24.—Admirers of Grace Moore, who has achieved: in- ternational fame in opera and in motion pictures, -will be interested to know that a former teacher of this celebrity now resides in Ire dell county. Miss Rebecca A. Reid, who taught school years ago in Jellico, Tenn., knew Grace intimately both in the school room and in the home of her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. R. L. (Dick) Moore. Miss Reid, silver-haired, interest ling, vivacious little women, hav ling retired from active service in the school room two years. a9, now devotes her time to the man agement of her farm and to churcls and religious work. Her attractiv residence, the John Knox home« stead, in a beautiful grove off the mocksville road, is situated at Cool Spring, a cultured rural community, 10. miles east ‘of Statesville. Miss Reid, a native of Alexander coun<— ty, taught school for 15 years in Jellico, Tenn., and was later ene gaged in educational work in oth- er towns in Tennessee as well as points in North Carolina. She came to Iredell 12 years ago and was & valued instructgs in the Cool Spring high school fOr 10 years. Growing reminiscent of Grace Moore's’ girlhood days, Miss Reid stated that racé was an interest- ing child—she could play half her time and keep up with her class, She took part in all entertainments, i taking special delight in programs “that called for singing. Miss Reid has some highly prized pictures of Grace when alittle girl. And since Miss Moore has become internationally known, her girl- hood teacher here has followed her with intense interest. A_ few “months ago, Miss. Reid received & long personal letter from Miss ‘Moore. cee eenenc: Mencop-/ F/5— | (eal X<2. Lye ae ie ber Ae. oe Ta xf mi rt: (jeg fleet. os @ pie “ae os D]tary ft HOLA ect ct lirttivta fe ~ cae ater MISS SALLY ANN REID Miss Reid, B. C. Garrett, Il, Announce Engagement, Set Date Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Reid of route 10, Statesville, announce is the engagement of their daugh- ter, Sally Ann, and. Benjamin Caywood Garrett, II, of David- d son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben- jamin Hipple Garrett of 4107 Crestwood Rd., Richmond, Va. The couple plans to be married in a noon ceremony, Saturday, March 13, in the chapel of Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Miss Reid is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she received her B. S. degree in nursing. She is presently employed at Char- lotte Memniorial Hospital and makes her home at 1540 Garden Terrace Apts., Charlotte. Her fiance will graduate in March from Davidson College and has accepted a fellowship in the doctoral program at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Tras Revd b./R0 A sae ney 1778 { Fes, EL. Ph co fe - 92z Ck ae ae oe /G2 Dead /e-4 cu i ee “Th Al es vais ae ed GoLt4t<<.2 brsthee ~, Peat c: “ Mtn g-.° Chbe 9 ola Ph f 1 teat Pai aoe le ie 4th | =< re) ann Tis. p [Sea ae ll{, q ae + ) soft At: aA ow Aa! ge Cy 2.2. Ate: ° Jbee ook, : (7 o€ be rect ' ee Td Lig ran Lee cbt. Vel aoe y? Ug ome te te eek sf { : / r La \ ' - ——P —/X ; ar Pere < Sait beh pete, ae a. a < 4 cette ns As IP. 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F AL at | <Doa ke, beech - 120 Creces fe T-e He S ye 2 tend ad phe pr + Se = Ape es Yili os iS ret foe ck A “fe ox aig Be | py. - pee 177 6 deri £5 ae (Ce <d- free A W143 ee PP ore 2 fe 4 rh (S La / Gd = ‘wn es Ue h’) po i) i ) we ed ® 4> a oy EZ ~ ot . " Pl Cy j | ~ | wy >. * a ‘f ~s? / DE - ) Ds mos ye will (ee te 4 > 7977 i C- 4 - | iG / oy vA ae ? Of , ; / ye ey 7? fy , IO : - ?.» Se [An rh lif. & _s aes -€ Lo / ee f 4. Le (SHA | / FL aldk- AVI FN G11 eC alnw {ee JZ 7 Roe, itlect | Sie 7 ts V7 4 sl fired zz 2 Spa: e/¢ [EM ess , Ky a ri Je] i 4 fly aes Shed 1 JAMES REKSE history of ubenezer would be complete witout at leas niieal sketch ot the man who gave the Jand on which 14 o is likelv more responsible than any other pone; person stence,. James teese was born in Pennsylvania, quite poss1l' in tht the s ate which had previdusly been Gecil Go., Mar ian! ‘of his birth was 1744,. David-keese, his father, was born in wale: 17i0«and sertled in Gecil Goes, Maryland, where he married Susanh lk, daughter of Kobert Polk Jre, and his wife Grace (Guiléite) or orchester Co,, Marvland,. : co : he Reese fFamilv joined the preat migration from the Marylan Pbannevlvania section where they Lived to North Carolina about 1755 ‘a gettled on Goddle Creek in what was then Anson, later lecklen' mt now Cabarrus Co, ‘the family plantation was situated just out: he oresent town of Concord, in the. section serve! by Poplar fen yterian Church, and it was here tha’ the family worshiped, Both int his son James were elders, James being elected at the aye o Six. Father agi son were active in the political as well as life of a aeaeles: David was on the first county cour ind cas a signer of the famed Mecklenburg Veclaration of | of Mav 20, 1775. It has been said that James,himself, was pres ‘he sivning. In addition to James,David and :susan kuth (Polk) Five other -sons, all of whom saw service in the evolution. sons-in-law also served their country in that great strugyle ‘penitence. / : Jahes Reese served as a Captain in the North Carolina Milit la. “aAlao served as Commisioner of Confiscated Property and a ¢ Cp) in Mecklenburgs Co. James; wife Plizabeth (dau, of Kobert and Sarah (Cral;) re Irelell Cos, N.C.) ant familv moved. to sumner Co., Tenn. about He servetl.on the county court in Sumner Co., and was County -rus'ce several vears, resigniny that position in 1402, He and his family charter members o! Siiloh Presbyterian Church in Sumner Co., or; anil; in 17943 ranted five thousand acres of lanl on Little rant James Reese was fomhisby in Murrv County by the State of North Carolina, G Jan, U,| 1793. fit is on part of this grant that the church and c Lie, He settled on his srant in: Maury Co, quite early, Likely before he formation of the county, and died at the home of his son Joel h Nov, 17), 1328, He left a widow, ten living children, eighty-four children, andjtwenty great grandchildren, Hie widow Tied Aug, 27, Both James and Slizabeth (Brevard) Kéese lie’ buried in unmarked Children of James and Hlizabeth Reese: 1, Thomas B., married Margaret Thompson in Sumner Co., enn., + 1794, and remained in Sumner Co,,where he has descendants livi toda’. . \ssenath, believed to have married idward dudson, 1sseliil Nov. 18, 1813. George, in 1329 was Living in Hickman Co,, Kentucky. Sarah, born Feb, 2, 1773, died Nov. 22, 1539, married of Lt, William Alexander, Sarah is buried at Keese's tuth, married \ndrew McCarty, in Maury Co, \ugeli, Los. ‘}izabeth, may have married Franklin Houston. mavry (Flavia), married Daniel Woods in Sumner Co, Nov. v eMme (James Reese) fe » \ttached to the marriage bond for this marriage was a note 45 follows: To David Shelby, Esq. - Sir: Bearer wishes to obtain license for marriage with my daughter Flavia, it being not convenient for me to attend, you may assign my son George's or my name for security. Signed James Reese 8. Joel, married Sarah Ramsey in Sumner ©o., Nov. 5, 1303. After leaving Roese# Church, he was an elder. in First Church, Columbia, Last record of a Maury Go, was living on a rented farm belonging to Thomas Pp.’ Worthah, in 1436. o, James 3. narried Rebecca’ Simpson in Maury Co, Aug 14, 1805. 19, Susannah, married. James Stockard. ‘(Copied fron Historic Ebenezer (Reese's Chapel-Presbyterian Church and Cenetery) Mury Gounty Columbia Tenn, Compiled by Virginia W,and Charles i \lexanier). 8 ‘ ae ‘ " j wis: setecaial Sais ; James Reese- children “™ - Perens Kdward Hudson, died Feb, 25, 1626. Wife Assenath Pantly : (itd ho/ ay Prudence, born Feb, 24, 1800, died Oct. 1824, Svrene, born Nov, 28, 1801. Nancy, born April 6, 1805. Richard Davis,. born Dec. 23, 1805, “lizabeth Brevard born Dec. 3, 1807. ‘ Charlotte McCauly, born Nov, 27, 1809, married Dec,l, 1332; died June 3, 1533; removed Dec. 1832, ; Greenup, born Jan, 27, 1312; married July 31, 1834, \ssenath Reese, born Nov, 18, 18613. sther, born May 18, 1816, \ndrew MeCarty, removal, 1824 Cuil Yo: ? His wife, Ruth, communicant, Family: Minerva Cowan, born June 23, 1809;- removal 1824, Javid Franklin, born July 1, 1610. i James Reese, born Dec, 12, 1811. William Wrilev, born Jan, 6, 1813. Andrew Hervey, born Mar, 9, 1814. Ruth Lowenah, born Dec, 4, 1815, John Leroy, born Jan, 10, 1817, Elizabeth L. , born Sept. 29, 1818. Sarah Suspannah, born April 24, 1820. Naney Garoline, born Aug, 2, 1821. Jane Moriah, born Sept. 4, 1823, Silas Alexander, communicant; removal, 1327. Unnlne. His wife, Sarah, communicant. Family: James Orvell, born July 12, 1799; removal 1827, William Reese, born Jan, 22, 1305. , George Logan, born Jan, 1, 1805; married Mar, 17, 1825, Matilda Sharpe, born July 13, 1306, : Peggy Legan, born Feb, 19, 1808, Elizabeth Caroline, born Sept. 19, 1509. Daniel Americus, born Sept. 7, 1811. Silas Grandison, born July 7, 1813. 7 i Sarah-Louiza, born Jan. 7, 1815. I Esther Brown, born Nov. 20, 1816. Franklin Houston, born Nov, 25, 1819. Rachek Priscila, bern Oct. ll, 1821. Franklin R. Houston, communicant; moved in Nov, 1829 and returned Oct. 1231, His wife, Elizabeth P., communicant. Family: (odds La John M, Dozier , born April 29, 1813, removed 1833, a Navid FP, Dozier, born Nov, 28, 1814, Joel Brevard, born Jan. 26 (?), 1820. James Forbes, born Dec. 26, 1%21. Zlizabeth Caroline, born Dec. 23, 1824,; baptized April 5, 1825, Franklin’ Hiram, baptized May 21, 1427. ° , William Sidney, baptized Oct. +5, 1929. Margaret Emily, baptized 1833. Joel Reese, communicant, dismissed, ie ‘e His wife, Sarah, by certificate on May 15, 1342; communicant; removal, Dec. ly 1846. ¥ continued = page 2 James Xeeseechildreti, 4 > : arvall Riese. communicant, Oct. 1531; dismissed, 4; "hitsa Xeese; communicant, Jct, 1.5: ‘Ligabeth Reese; communicant, vVct *, \eese, communicant, 1333, * 1651; removal, La a Stockard, commnunicant; fe Susanna, commounicant.: Family: eceé@, April 22, 1810 « Jan, ei. be lar, Set. 25, 181% = April .6, 11363. \lexander, Jan, 11, 1813 = July 1837, trevard, Jones, born Jan, 7° 1816, nor, born Oct. 6, 1817. Assénath, born May 19, Zz r ? volina,- bern Oct, LE2is Susannah, died 1823, > ‘ , 2 C245 Li Thomas Reese, the. second son of David and Susan Ruth (Polk) Reese was born in Pennsylvania in 1742. He was a graduate of Princeton University. So great was his degire to complete his education at Princeton that he gave up his pant of inheritance from his father that he might further pursure his studies at this institution. This explains the reason for @ hig not being named as a legate in his father's will. Later Thomas Reese studied theology and was admitted to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in £773. He held pastorates in South Carolina and in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, From his pen eminated some of the effective papers that moved the inhabitants of Mecklenburg to patriotic geal. In 1794 Princeton University conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Thomas Reese. He died in August 1794 in Pendleton, South Carolina. His wife, who he married in 1773, was Jane Harris of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, (Jane Harris was the daughter of Charles Marris, son of Samuel Harris. She was the sister of Col. Robert Harris. (Charles Harris was the son of emigrant Samuel Harris. In his will made in 1776 makes mention of his children, Margaret Alexander wife of George Alexander, Jane Reese wife of, Thomas Reese. Robert Harris Cél. in’ the war. Samuel Suton of Princeton and Thomas Harris a major in-the war and Dr. Charles Harris. who became a distinguished Physician) Dr. Thomas Reese and Jane Harris Reese had the following children: Edwin Tasker Reese, born Mareh 24, 1774. . Thomas Sidney Reese, born October. 30, 1775. Elihu Reese, born February 22, L776 Leah Reese, born December 1, LIT Lydia Reese, born June 15, 1782. Henry Dobson Reese, born March 15, 1785. Susan Pelk Reese, born July 21, 1790. ig ” Gen. of the Reese Family p. 42 -Chapter Vl, . Pend ! r: "iviit "eesge, was born in Brecknoc, Wales in 1710, son of Kev. ev. Lavid Reese ani wife — « He’ was married to Susan Ruth Polk in 1738 or i737, This family of Rees, on coming to America in 1700, added a final e to the name, -apellimg it Reese. a There were several brothers and iwy sisters, who landed at New Castle, Delaware. Mere they separated, Rev. David Reese and his two daughters, Ruth ani ster, went to Pennsylvania. One brother, Charles, remained in Delaware, Where, after a few years, he died, and his family omigrated to Pennsylvania. George, another brother, settled in Maryland, where he left a Numerous progeny. Ester married a Scotchman, Mackay, a descendant otf General Matkay, who had command of the army of Scotland at the battle of ¥illicrankie, Ruth, the second daughter, never married, but studied mediccin ani was considered a fine female doctor and nurse of that period, These sisters Lived and died in Pennsylvanda, At one time they visited their brother David, who had emigrated to North Carolina, They rode double on a big bay horse called Chester, all the distance from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, Onq would ride in the saddle awhile, and then the other, changing thus *o re’té@ach other, Ruthé walked a good deal, and gathered roots and herbs, whieh she found in the woods, They carried their clothing in gaddle- bags thrown across the saddle. When they reached their brother's home, they foind two of his Little boys quite ill with measles,kuth immediately took charge of them, and soon had them well. "his is the only visit they ever made to North Carolina.They lived and died in Pennsylvania.Their brother David, son of Kev. David Reese, was born at Breéknoc, Wales,and died at a ripe old age, and was buried at Poplar Tent graveyard beside his wife, with no.stonegto mark their graves, ite was an elder of Sugar Creek Chureh, alieo in Poplar Tent Church, of which Rev, Hegzekiah Balch was pastor. r : David Neese was-@ signer of the famous Mecklenburg Veclaration of Indep- endence, at Charlotte, N,C,,May 20, 1775, and gave five sons to fight in the Revolutionary War. { In 1737, he married Susan Ruth Polk daughter of William Polk and wife Pricilla Roberts) Grandddaughter of Robert Polk, of Maryland, The Polks are of ScoteheIrish descent, the original name being Pollock. John Pollock, a gentleman of some estaté in Lanarkshire, not far from the cathedral city of Glasgow, during the troublous times in church ani state, who was an uncompromising Presbyterian, left his native land to join a colony of Protestants in the north of Ireland < . ‘is son Robert was a true blue Presbvterian Like his father: he served as a siubaltern officer in the regirient of Col. Taskew Tasker in the Parli- amantare \vmy against Charles I,, and took an active rart in the campaigns o° Cromvrell, He was the founder of the Polk family in America, and settled on the eastern shore of Maryland; he married Magdalen Tasker, who was the viiov of hig friend and companion in arma, Col. Porter, and daugnter of Col, casker, then Chancellor of Ireland, of Bloomfield Cartle, on the river Dale, Pollock, by this marriage, acquired the estate of MonBen hill, in the sarony of Ross, Donegal County, Ireland, of which his wife was heiress. “er elder sister Barbara Tasker, married Capt. John Keys, an xnglish soldier, and their degeebdants still own Bloomfield Castle, - In 1689, Robert Pollock took ship at Londonderry for the viantations of america, ifter a stormy vovage, tn which one of his children died,lie Landed on the Rastern Shore of of Maryland, Grants of land were made to Kobert rollock and his sons,and a homestead patented under the name of "Polk's Follv" still in possession of the family; it Lies south of Fauquier Sound, opposite the mouths of Nanticoke and Wicomico Rivers, The old-clock which was brought from Ireland by Robert Pollock still. stands in the hall_of the Arenal linn hanea anmA hide mahananey i dane nana da etd) nwa eanrmwad amane tha ff i Re 914 cloele which was brought from Ireland by Robert Pollock s*{1l s*anis in the hall of the dvelling house, and his mahogany liquor case is stil) nreserved among the family relics, Among the descendants of Kchert Pol*’ ‘were Charles Polk, Governor of Delaware; Trusten Polk, Gov. of Missouri ant "United States Senator; Col. Thomas Polk, of Revolutionary fame; and James “nox Polk, Sneaker of the Mouse of Representatives, and President of the United States, The first John Tasker of Maryland married Eleanor, dauvster of Thomae Bracke. Issue: Thomas Tasker(1), married Clara, dauyhter of Mator Nicholas Seawell, half-brother of Lord Baltimore. Benjamin Tasker (2), President of the Council and Governor of the Province of “aryland, married Anite, danvhter of William Bladen. "he Taskers ani Bladengs are deacended from Henry I,, King of France, and his wife, Anme of Russia, daughter of Jeroslans, Grand Duke of Russia, 1015, ~ Miedalen Tasker was the freat-granddaughter of Thomas Tasker, a freeman . Of Maryland, 1695,’ and Judge of Probate, 1698, (Browning%@ Americans of Royal Descent. Dwinn's Visitations of. Wales) Susan Polk Reese comes down through this line. Gen,@well , of Confederate “tates Army, comes down through this line also. Susan 2uth Polk, the wife of David Reese, was lineally descended : from Robert Polk and Mies Gillett his wife of Maryland. : (History of Polk Family). , avid Reese had in his possession valuable books from his Saat librarv, “ev, David Reese had what. was considered a choice selection of bonks for the period. Some of these books wer as followa: A large family Mihle brought from Wales,Watts,Psalms and Hymns, Shakespeare's Plays. Pone's Yorks, Youth's Sermons, Whole Duty of Man, Royal Fables. Paradise Lost anit tegained, Ancient History. Plutarch's Lives Religious Philosopher. Yornr's Night Thoughts, Yewey'’s Meditations, Looking Unto Jesus, Harwood's “Testament. Humphrey Clinker. Ray's Wisdom of God. Cambrian History. Medical Works and miscellaneous reading.” stay avid Reese, the signer, as he was called, was married to Susan kuth Folk in 1734, Ofildren, vis; : James Rakk, born 1739, Thomas Polls, born 1742 Catherine Polk, born 1744, avid Tasker Potk, born 1746, ousan Pole, born 174i, Charles Gullet Pelk, born 1750, George Pabie, born 1752, » Marv Joanna Pale, born 1754, _ &. solomon Trusgten P6ik, born 1757, 0, Putt Elig@bath Pet, born 1760, ? ‘avid Reese emigrated from Pennsylvania to Mecklenburg county, N.+, ini settled near Charlottr,” where he lived and died. “fhe Last wil) and testament of David Neese,£aq., was proved in. .nan court, by the oath of Thomas Campbell, and egidenee there ordered that letters testamentary, with a copy of the vill annexed,issue to Jimes "eere ant “itLdam Sharpe, executors nominated in said will, who came into courr and quabiffed, | "David Allison, “Robert Wylie, ‘Frances MeCaul, Guarnashee, appears and sworn, ‘that he owes the Deponent nothing, % qs 'ay.Court nat According to ad ournment, present the worshinfi) Lees, \braham \lexander, Hezekiah Alexander, David “eese," ‘in the name of vod, Amen, I, David Reese, of the county of “ecklenburs Nn! state of Morth Garolina, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, Do this 5th day of Rebruary, in the year of our Lord, 1747,make and publish tits ~ last will. ant Testament in manner following, that to sav, after all mv just debts are paid, First, I give and bequeath unto my loving sonte In-]av, tlltan harps, of. own county,. and to my Léving son, James @ase, ill. that fraehold in fe-simple in the said county of Mecklenburg, on Coidle Crach, vhereon I now live, with all the appurtenances thersiunto b lon ibg, to hold to then the said vmesharpe and James Reese, their trustees, admin- Istratoys om asaipne from and inmediately after sy decease, to; 1th ; icres or thereabouts adjoining or nearly adjoining the said manor mo atlon, ag also an ontry or Claim to and for a amal! siso plece of lini ling between and addoining the said sixty acre tract of mv said manor olantation, Upon this apecial rrust and confidenee thats the said Wm. Shairne and James {eese, orthe survivors of them, do and shal) permit Susan ‘uth, dearly and well beloved wife, to have, hold,and ‘enjo-- aM my Manor, plantation and prenises, to them Jenied as aforesaid during her natal life; nt to fake to her own use the rents, issues and profits atising therefrom during her natural life aforesaid, b ‘She making no waste nor destruction'thereon, nor Clearing any Large guantit. of land. And upon this further. condition that she Shall not rent teise, or farm out the said land, without the advice and consent of the call 'm.oharpe and James Reese or the sur vivors of them, snd after the | fec@ase of mv gaid wife or with her cheerful- concurrence luring lite, upon ‘ais fucther trust and confidence that they, the said MesHatTpe and Jimegs cece, or the survivors of them, shall sell the whole of the land herein demisoi, with ell the appurtenances thereunto belonging, on reagonarle credi for. “he most mote that can be obtained for the same, and that : be money s0 arising ghall: as soon as may be: naid in the following manner, namely ren» s per annum to mv beloved wife during her life, 30 s to my son Charles * 8 tO mv fon James for his “rouble in executing this will. The remainder oF the monev artaing as aforesaid to be equally divided betueen m ns Cys ins} s oLomon, but in case Solomon Should choose hig. shore in land, “ it eouitable share Shall be Laid off cor him bv my zecutors in lieu Snare of the-money above mentioned. ‘io my grandson sidney Keese ‘1! bequeath LOF to he paid.out of twe* zbove mentioned find >rovided “| Geo ge “int solomon should agree on the matter ,then George may ‘tile his shara in-lani, thav first agreeing with my «xecutore ro mother and the other legacies hereinbefore mentioned; i further rive an! hedueath to ™y beloved wife. the largest bay mare, her choice of a cow ani calf, three sheen ani five hogs, also all) my bed&, bea <] eB, Us Ti furniture and vessels of avery kind within loors (exeepring sreloas is hereinafeer bequeathed) to be diviced equally at Ler decease aon hl omy dabghters,. who may be-then alive., in case thay snould die intestate mv Executors shall be careful in making an equal distreburion O02 the beds and furniture whieh is intendad by the foreccin; clause, 8 my Aaugater uth! 1 give and bequeath ote reather bed an Mi two Calves, Yo m’ gon Solonon j give and becus it a 'Or8@, saddle and bridle, I give and bequeath that am just debts ba pild out of the residue ot m estate, *and the remainder be enual} eter: » ivided betwean Solomon and kuth, That in case solomon sliould dic withou! wifr or issue, his share’ shall be equally divided between my sons Jams,’ ’ c= -@: David and Charles, and mv grandgons Thomas Reese Sharpe, ‘Edwin -eese, Thomas Hemry, and I do hereby constitute and appoint mv son-in-law Wm. Sharne and James Xeese to be sole Executore of this mv Last will and Testament, strictly charging them to ex ecute the same according to tie plan meaning thereof, "In witness whereof I, the said Vavis Reese, have to this my last Wil ani Testament set my hand and seal the dav and year above written, Signed, sealed, published and delivered bv the said David Reese, the Testator, as and for nis last will and Testament in presence ot all who are present at the signing and sealing thereof. "David Reese, (''Seal,.) ‘James Campbell, "Thomas Campbell, Witnesses," Conied from old records at Charlott, N.C, Copied from page 35=36-37- 386 Gepealogy of The Reese Farily » <eese-1903, , la fdas " / bof i LO-2 a? 27d, wh c iP /¢ ae é t ; Fa f f f a ot ee hfe ee eee AAS ) - OC \é6 Palle a Xre ag (Cro wee peed” | HR 20 A | a Pac : pre tk Wag: bee. 075 ; ee = a. bean. Pooky a gs ¢ Jc ott Dd. Leth (eiceag Ceic U WC alot | jue! (had ee ao bopecl Cec Lies - q wn CAIN OK, Wr tourn FAX U fh zeit (2) oo | — j he AS 4 ‘ | Ct Be L ho” 7 4 = f / DLerct (Crna, dow 4 perce i 224k cl ye ee, Ea Pie. C— 199. a- JSG Va 1 we tba A Lad, nae he ae dace : [25-277 | Barbara, Reese. Becomes Bridé” Of Lt. Porter William Woodson Porter, Jr., United" States Army. The marriage was performed at tl am. January 22, at Chapel 15, Ft. Jackson, §. C., by Chap- 390 ce . A Ly Ss dent . a HF tg - Zs < Ha tl | nde ee yole oO CHAPTER VIE. ; | (born = i746) is.4. David "Tasker Reese, son-of David Reese married Mary Wilson, of and Susan Polk Leese 4 Minter, S.C. She belonged to the family of Wilsons that fur pisheib so ms Presbyterkin MEnIsters, and. a Q preminent family in the State. Issues. Srcan Cblet Reese, died young. David ‘Tasker Reese, TR: Catharine Reose: Vbatilela diese Path Alexander Reese. Rahert Poik Reese. s Careline Reese, died unime@rried, wae Mary Wilson: Reese, Croagee Sralnes eos 40. Dopess Leese (gine) David Reese wag a Revolutionary selater, wounded at ibe bateh of Guilford Court-house. Nothing further ts known of his descendants. Susan Balk) Teese, daugiiigs of David Reese and? n Polk Regaw stil to be a woman of extraor : intellect 3 she had oan veadenie cduggeton, was a Pal reader, and some Nines ol Triter. > ashe Was a hs Sworn, and "ii died u@imarried. She was a devoted mies ¢ © i) boon Keer pas born bn |00, a. he ee It Dee. 1970 | ok ed At loka. Hd tt hen lh te FAD lay btn Regen Rasen Hix LoL) Lead o~ TH. aD TAs Paces Han 7 artived nt — La ae Sf a we Henig aD oe ? eres rere ae i thet 85 Census = | e uN M1 Se vv edad ATI ite: — ; 24 Nov [5D . bel. den 107-1 0% tak Uh Conan of Hallfer O.M. Biel a bh Gle Rasen ©@ 1850 Census | ? a verso Et Li eA sw Dee Couples. mnwormtnn BIE Enumerator Dist. No : stamped or Printed Page Ne ee O?- [08 EN AL tbr. _ ENUMERATOR DATE (printed Se os pi a a. ? ave 6 vs toned 7 Rec. (A720 Supervisor Dist Whether deaf & ; b, blind, n, Occupatior ide of each Male Pers Dwelling House Numbered in der of visitat * A800 _ LOCAL COMMUNITY ay on Licdill STATE Til adn or SUB-COUNTY UNIT Boe dubs a eee eee Leaded will east. 4 hfs CoB 7 oil order of visitation Dwelling House Numbereo @ == 1850 Census a a / | uses ee Lab Ay nln : LNov, 1850 | URL aflZ Bed STAB Hy) — 4, lef rn Ey as f kj 1S. , ‘ a hy On NX aaa e Wilson “Rees PEDIC IREE CUAL: 16 : ‘7 «=TREET ADDRE>: AY ousT Oo” NO 5 ON THIS HART is PERSON AS NO “ON CHART NO- MA “oan [8 May 1870 were TpedeLl WHEN maRRIEDS APR. DIED 23 Dec. ; WHERE Caldwe c cia ABOVE NAME CONTINUED ON CHART ABOVE NAME CONTINVED On CHART —— M a 2 at Vad | Th : WHERE -#7 2 we vy, i Le : ABOVE NAME CONTINUED ON CHART Father oTher CORESV: ; , : ' oied IS « Tuwe ———_— WHERE ‘mm pe tes: GE, 3 ‘sornS APRIL | : “Barc ° mr. Mourne, NC. . WHERE Cc LARK> WHEN MARRIED Zr pec . DIED WHERE © WHEN MARRIED BORN ! DIED WHERE ’ WHERE ie WHEN MARRIED L ¥ L. > Lerri DIED Gq octTe ee BORN 27 t& Em MA Da oY WHERE E : . . WHERE ABOVE MAME CONTINUED ON CHART : f DIED —_——— porn & March (F7E WHERE : i WHERE rr edc CC. Ce . Aw iG . ABOVE NAME CONTINUED ON CHART pIi€D Q qgune. : ert” ¥ ‘Boo WHERE , BR aw Was OBTAINED- 7 BY NUMBER- ABOVE NAME CONTINUED On CHART ——— BORN 4 buried “. Ca dwell, : WHERE ¥ WHEN MARRIED ABOVE NAME CONTINUED ON CHART —————— DIED ——— WHERE 5: ABOVE NAME CONTINUED On CHART TANCE —— . BORN 31 ee Or WHERE ABOVE NAME CONTINUED ON CHART ——— DIED PRINTED IN THE U- &-.A- . =OrYRIGHTED. 19386, GENEALOGICAL socigTY Cc” UTAH WHERE os p L od. Let pi. 2 1s Atm % Tere Viva : oh at SRL pth ate /1 JB PST, Ge RR) o4fs Pibvns Rew e oe ee ae pat & pe ee €¢ AM : 7 els (- a A é) | - flix ay 1 — Sten. y ioe Oe 1s “ty pe heade pre Og Rk 7 es x z mad ee iv pil We (there oes en IE Ney a i / - =e Xi. [hor at? Ly a i - baleen, | Pe a coe an ee 2 FLU] m4 cKe mH nog ft O- Hd a Jive LK, } CA wcel Sey /C he B37 ca ee re € tect. se cf Be SH an8 he. w FLL a : q tt-<12 ay Wd, Tat be YW WwW m a ° U z Ww W Ww) uu a Q Q <x Q z PLEASE NOTIFY US. JE-YOUR NAME A 3 ( Te ye ely: * ous Bid = Oo om Li aTRON 5 NA ( POSTAL PAT r LOCAL $ the Back Creek F Dv chutch. and interment was in'y church cemetery.- “AUGUSTUS HOUSTON REECE Funeral services were held Wed- “|nesday for Mr. Augustus Houston ‘| Reece and interment was made in his family plot in the New Hope church burying ground at New Hope church. r| Mr. Reece was a member of the New Hope church for 60 years and had served as trustess of the church:and as a leader and) officer in all of the church and Sunday school work. Born-in Yad- kin county April 19, 1871, Mr. Reece was the son of Augustus R. “|Reece and Mrs. Carrie Blalock Reece. On the 8th of March 1898 "ihe married Miss Lelia Reece and they lived in Cool Spring town- suip where Mr. Reece was a pros-|! “}perous farmer, a member of the “|lecal school board and active in and community. Mrs. Reece died in 1948. After his retirement from ac-- tive farming, Mr. Reece lived im Troutman for about five years, and 18 months ago he came to States- ville and had made his home. Mr, Reece had been in failing '|health for many years and for the past five weeks his condition was critical. Since coming to States- ville to make his home, Mr. Reece ‘|had joined the First Baptist “| church and the pastor of that church, Rev. James Potter, con- ducted the funeral services. Mr. Reece is survived by two, daughters, -Miss Velma Reece and '|Miss Mildred Reece of the home on Salisbury ri by two brothers | and one sist r. J. B. Reece, Mr. “|W. F. Reece and Mrs. Bertie Reece Swann, all of Statesville. S MR. ZANE SHERRILL DO Fr "iall the work of his neighborhood | ¢re actin Le Iwas? pip fr 2720. ) - a Mea cc aa fr RAM 70 e oo. C ee <i eek Ne La ee " d } } or . doh cis Re be Pe (leek. fats [eLaeio Cie oe Ee}: 1 IN ‘z ae ebet = : : a ie aa ee e<. oe tt ee L4- st [ fer der Helos C stereo aoe or fiat to chit: iL f (¢ eo TT rk LZ 17, Fiwicwd: fll; StU — a, me eile a a } ) pCr#sti gg WC eeai