They also eat small game and wild plants. Contact Us History Room & Genealogy Reference Email Gretchen Witt for Genealogy Reference Physical Address 201 W Fisher Street Salisbury, NC 28144 It can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF (right-click PDF and Save link as to download) at the Internet Archive. It's not long before the new dancer is feeling like an old pro! However, the stimulus subsided after the mid-twentieth century. By 1710, the new sparsely settled province had a capital at Edenton. Osborne, Alexander Note: At the headwaters [here called the Fitzwilliam River] on the NC/VA line-20,000 acres to Col.William Byrd of Virginia. I also havent seen anything related to The Scorpion and most Scottish settlements with which Im familiar came decades later than the settling of the Neuse / Pamlico / Chowan River regions. I stated to him it was unnecessary for him to make that part of the statement. BRANDON received his pension, but three years later (1835), one Moses CHAMBERS wrote the Pension Office and complained that the pension allowance was being paid a Tory and should be refunded by the recipient. His name appears on the marriage licenses of many, and their Wills, along with land grants. I was asked to find out more about the ancestry of Josiah BRANDON (b. As with all the first congregations of worshippers in colonial days, leaders and teachers, as well as materials for church services, were scarce. We have a party night nearly every month Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day, etc. Baron Christopher DeGraffenreid is my direct ancestor. Slabs of rough hewn stone 12 to 15 feet in length solidly enclose the resting place of these pioneers. A large granite marker now stands at the site of the original structure. This page was last edited on 6 December 2022, at 00:48. In the early part of the war, prisoners were well cared for and even indulged in baseball as is recorded by Otto Boetticher. The same spirit of strength and permanence is built into the stone wall enclosing the cemetery. Entered 13 Nov 1778 - "on both sides of the path that leads from the Upper Fort to Swannannoa.." Grant #68 in Book 28, p. 68. Shows settlements, inhabitants, soil conditions, rivers, and principal products, with insets showing Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour, Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet, Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet, Explanation, and Directions for Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet. His son, John Hardison was a delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress. Though said Samuel lived near this fort during the Revolution, he supposedly moved downstream to John McDOWELL's Swan Pond tract area. In 1850 sixteen plank road companies including the Salisbury and Taylorsville Plank Road were chartered. She was also the mother of John Steele, who was to become the first comptroller of the United States appointed by George Washington and retained by the next two presidents. On 6 October, after a tiring march, FERGUSON with a force of about 1,000 men camped near the North Carolina line on Little Kings Mountain in South Carolina, a spur of the Blue Ridge which rose some 60 feet above the A basic precept of a competent genealogical researcher is to "Go back one step at a time." Possibly Tyrell, Currituck, Hyde or surrounding counties. Entered 3 Aug 1778 & surveyed 6 Aug 1778 - extending up Newberrys forke and joining McCAFFERTYs place.." Grant #33 in Book 28. p. 33. Judge Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company, along with Daniel Boone, began their explorations of the western lands that would become Tennessee and Kentucky right here in Rowan. The. number + 1900 : number; } The Carolina Watchman, established in 1832, was created as an anti-Jackson Paper. In April of 1753 a petition bearing 348 names from the inhabitants of the western section of the Colony of North Carolina requested that a new county be formed. Friends I bid you farewell for I am started to the warm country. East Carolina University. 2017 Swinging Swallows Modern Square Dance Club. The one bit of information which the papers failed to disclose is of major importance to this genealogical puzzle the first name of Captain BRANDON, the father of Josiah. Im looking for the Robert Willis family, from Eastern part of the state,in the 1700s. In the summer of 1780, the father, a Captain, brought his company into Burke County and compelled his son through persuasion and "by menaces," to join his group and support British Major Patrick FERGUSON. WebIn 1790, there were 1,742 slaves in 2,432 families in Rowan County. Accordingly, Rintelmann and Layerly set out on horseback with their credentials and rode to the port of Charleston where they sailed for England. Columbia S> (actually in Richland county near St ANdrews road. (For more information on how the dancing is different, visit theModern Squares?in the main menu.). FERGUSON'S little silver whistle by which he directed the British efforts soon went silent, when FERGUSON was killed with one foot still caught in a stirrup. Hi Kenneth! Citation format: Creator. Some 700surviving Loyalists surrendered, some 320 of the British force being casualties. The North Carolina atlas: portrait for a new century. Label vector designed by Ibrandify - Freepik.com, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A few of these were created as a colonial imitation of the British Peerage. Rowan County North Carolina During the late 17th century, settlement in North Carolina proceeded from Virginia migration, first into the Albemarle region, then into the Pamlico district. Fragments of early church and county records tell the story of how the new leaders set about their purpose of establishing an order of public worship and a foundation of precise doctrine and discipline by which they bound themselves and their successors to the teachings of the Lutheran Confessions and set up the catechisms which they desired the children to use as their guide. James Brown was born in Pennsylvania in 1681 to Quakers James Brown and Honor Clayton The rivers of the Piedmont flowed into the South Carolina colony and that is the route commerce and communication followed as well. From: Britt, Morris F. Appendices to Implosion: A history of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, North Carolina. , RootsWeb is funded and supported by Clusters of families and Indian tribes were also named, such as the entry for Palatines in the section South of Trent River up to New Bern, referring to families that settled the New Bern area led by Baron Christoph von Graffenreidor Tuskeruro named on the Roanoke River referring to the Tuscarora Indian tribe. Is one of them yours? The Consistory of Hanover commissioned Reverend Adolph Nussman as pastor and Professor John Gottfried Arndt of Helmstaedt University as teacher, and the two men accompanied the frontier representatives back to North Carolina, arriving in 1773. The best approach to discovering the identity of Josiahs father appeared to be the tracing of each BRANDON who had come from Pennsylvania and settled around Salisbury, and then eliminate each one as it became obvious that that person could not be the Captain. I have been unable to find any place that this tract (#33) was recorded either at the Land Grant Office of the Secretary of North Carolina or in the Burke County Entry Book for that period. There, under the command of a Capt. James Miller from New Castle County, Delaware settled along Fifth Creek in Rowan County, NC. Serving as a light horse force and reinforced by Major SINGLETON of Rutherford County, N.C., McDOWELLs volunteers destroyed several Indian towns, including Stecoa, and BRANDON was discharged The years after the Civil War saw slow growth in industry. The first building, constructed by the frontiersmen back in 1745, was of hickory logs, the best material then at hand, and named Zion, but was commonly called Hickory Church. J. P. Caldwell (1853-1911) was born in Statesville, and he eventually started the Charlotte Observer. The only NC relation I had was Sir Christopher Gale, the first Chief Justice of the North Carolina Colony. SUMPTER enlisted the help of able-bodied men to assemble at the Upper Fort. They were well received at the court of George III and presented by the St. James Chapel with two hundred pounds sterling to aid their cause. Rowan County (1753) - North Carolina History Project Learn more. We also try to do a couple of demonstrations each year to help raise awareness, interest, and participation in the activity we all enjoy. By 1770, and possibly earlier. following March (1780), BRANDON volunteered under Major McDOWELL to move against the Cherokees who had been terrorizing the North Carolina mountain frontier. Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2005; Revised October, 2022. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material especially the creation of digital library materials and tools. Entered 9 Feb 1778 & surveyed 9 Feb 1792 - "Joining and on the northwest of the land he purchased from John NEASBIT the place where James GRAHAM settled" Grant #1891 in Book 85, p. 130. RCEMGV Plant Sale May 6 | Extension Marketing and Expression Web Tutorials & Templates. at the end of twenty or thirty days after the Indians had-been driven back from the settled areas. William CUNNINGHAM, who commanded a company of British soldiers and Tories in South Carolina. Hopefully, it will help to find his grave. He could not have been at Davidsons (also called) Upper Fort) in the fall of 1780 since he went to Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) and later Blackstocks (November 20, 1780). Chap. Complete the fields below to post a public comment about the material featured on this page. I have been trying to find information on Mary A. Norcumb, my 3X Great Grandmother, that married Jacob Darden Windley in 1840, Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina. Not being satisfied with this, I have tried to establish Capt. The people on Second and Buffalo Creeks determined to secure a pastor and a teacher if they had to go all the way to Germany for them. Many with ties to early Rowan were instrumental in the creation of the University of North Carolina as well. Is there any Thomas Dixon or Dickson family living there in the early 1700s. The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: This website requires a paid subscription for full access. The five oldest Lutheran churches in this state are: Friedens and Lows in Guilford County; Zion or Organ Church, Our membership is quite varied in ages and abilities with everyone enjoying the fun and friendships that are offered. He had a grist mill and sold lumber. Rowan County Avenues of Early Settlement. BOYKIN left Brown's Station [probably Thomas BROWN's, located across the Catawba River from the south of Glades Creek near Cane Creek] in Burke County and joined with Captain ROEBUCK'S company and Capt. Black Genealogy from Antebellum Bible Records. Earliest Settlers of Friedens Since the colony of North Carolina was ruled by England's George III, the two men were instructed to go to London and apply through the German Lutheran Chapel of St. James for men native to the Consistory of Hanover in Germany. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Rowan County) (Main Author) North Carolina. Their journey began on October 8, 1753, in but most of the records refer to it as the Upper Fort. The Swinging Swallows Square Dance Club is a registered not-for-profit Ottawa Valley organization. From an analysis of the tract map I had drawn, it was obvious that the above entry description of Charles McDOWELL regarding the improvements that Thomas BRANDON lived on referred to the missing BRANDON tract, land on which Josiah BRANDON lived as a boy. BRANDON returned home to his widowed mother and quickly recovered from his affliction. John Russell. Today, Lake Norman, described by many as the largest freshwater, man-made lake in the nation, reaches into Iredell County. title to the vacant land in the area encompassed by old Burke County. Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863), Moseleys is said to be the first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports, according to the ECU Special Collections website. Other intriguing characters in Rowans history include Peter Stewart Ney, Otto Wood, Theo Buerbaum, Elizabeth Dole, Sydney Blackmer, Skinnay Ennes, and Bobby Jackson. FERGUSON nad a small body of British regulars and a larger Loyalist force under his command. GEORGE DAVIDSON. All these plants and more will be available at the Extension Master Gardener of Rowan County Plant Sale on May 6, 2023. Fort Dobbs was abandoned after the war in 1766. How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? Most require similar information, but the formats vary. Copyright Genealogy Trails The primary benefit of the county was to provide a location for a court house nearer than that of Anson to those colonists in the Western part of the state. In the middle of the nineteenth century the railroad initiated major economic growth in Iredell County. He became a Methodist minister, and about 1805, moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he lived until his death on 5 November 1842. Along with the textile mills, Rowan saw lumber, saw and grist mills prosper. Actually, settlers only had about two or three years after the peace with the Indians to obtain Identifier. The German settlers arrived a few years later establishing communities in the south eastern portion of the county. Title. Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail. While there was little ownership of land prior to 1778, and there would be even less in the way of confiscated property of Tories, I had noticed that many of the land grants gave the name of the previous occupant. Were planning and looking forward to the next Boys and Girls Club dinner/dance. Records indicated that Josiah had served several tours with the American patriot forces in his teens, and his father was a Captain in the Loyalist militia. document.write(cy). Location. He died in May 1733 and did leave a will that is on file at the NC Archives, Raleigh. Together with two sister Lutheran churches, St. John's of Salisbury, and St. John's on Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, the Organ Evangelical Lutheran Church mothered Lutheranism in North Carolina. Iredell was an offshoot of Eyredale, meaning a valley of flowing air. Statesville, founded in 1789, is the seat of government, and other communities in Iredell include Love Valley, Troutman, Turnersburg, Harmony, and Barnum Springs. Thomas Gillespie (North Carolina plantation owner Each image is between 500-600kb. While there is evidence of land grants in old Burke County as early as 1751, it should be remembered that the French and Indian War drove most of the white settlers out of this area. On about the sixth day after the battle, Josiah became "afflicted in his ankles" and could march no further. East Carolina University Digital Collections. Perhaps we are distantly related. They established a fort and a mission in the native The earliest pre-statehood settlers of North Carolina were generally of English descent and came from Virginia and South Carolina to the Coastal Plain region, Reprinted with permission of the North Carolina Genealogical Society from The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol VII, No 1, pg 2-9 (Feb 1981). I would like to know more about the Hatteras Indian reservation and its location. The earliest one I have found is David Cooper Sr born 1750 . DAVIDSON's company moved up the Catawba River and built another temporary fort, called "Upper Fort," now called Old Fort. Chapter II; The first European settlers. There were fewer African-Americans in the western portion of North Carolina than the east, but both slave and free blacks appear in the records from the 1750s on. WebThe Salisbury Confederate prison came into being in 1861, and following the first battle of Bull Run at Manassas, Union prisoners of war ( POWs) streamed into Salisbury. By themed-eighteenth century residents of Piedmont North Carolina had more contacts with Pennsylvania than they did with the coastal district of their own colony. If you are doing an assignment, ask your professor which style to use. [Arey] Davidson, Harriet Arey. Grand mothers family being Biggs. Rowan County Some of those families include Bond, Burcham, Hill, Hiatt, Horton, Love, Pinson, Jackson, Jessup, Simmons, Stanley and Taylor. var year = y2k(today.getYear()); The Cherokee inhabited the early region of what is now present-day Macon County. In 1776, Josiah BRANDON entered service under Capt. North Carolina Emigration and Immigration FamilySearch There is ample parking in the rear of the Church. Forests along the Coastal Plain were leveled for farms, settlers poured into the backcountry, and the line of settlement extended to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Samuel Russell and his ship The Scorpion came across from Scotland and traveled up what is now thw Cape Fear Riverand created the town Russellboroughwill someone plz see why this important family was left off the mapthanks. The frontiersmen arrived at the base of Kings Mountain about noon of 7 October under Cols. Because of his keen interest in North Carolina history and genealogy, he spends most of his spare time in researching at the N.C. State Archives. Marriage records provide names of brides, grooms and dates; census schedules give approximate ages (and much more beginning with that of 1850); and tax records indicate the land owned, the general area of residence, and sometimes gives clues to approximate age brackets of those taxed. Or one that tells where they lived before Craven County? But if you have any history to give I would in deeply appreciate any help. In 1756, Arthur Dobbs, the royal governor of North Carolina during the war, was commissioned by the British crown to build a fort to protect colonists who lived in the western wilderness of the North Carolina colony. In the early 1900s, the Southern Railroad roundhouse and Spencer shops created a great deal of prosperity for Spencer and other sections of Rowan County. Deeds can occasionally provide parentage for one or two generations, and court minutes can supply brief clues or facts over a wide range of record categories. Guide to tract map of land along the Catawba River from Old Fort to Pleasant Gardens. Web170911 July 1776. Our court records begin in June of 1753. That may be my link, especially if he Adams family moved further west by the 1750s. [A] ROANOKE RIVER-headwaters to the south shore of Albemarle Sound: 1-Davis[W], Young[J], Spann(Spanns Mill), Allen, Falls, Reeves, Mellikan[J], Little[W], Mackinne[B],Bryant[T], Ooneroy, Refootketh, Tuskeruro, Cheeweo, Quitzna, Castellan[J], Speller, Charlton[W],Meazle, Blount, Beasly. He moved to North Carolina about 1749 and settled on the headwaters of Rocky River in Anson (now Iredell) County. German and Scotch-Irish settlers moved to Iredell in the mid-eighteenth century, attracted by the soil and freshwater of the region. YELL said later: He told me all in relation to his service with his father at Kings Mountain. Even though he proposed an unsuccessful bill in 1784 to establish a public college in the state, construction of the University of North Carolina was started on 1793 much to Sharpes work in the North Carolina legislature. My 8x grandfather was named Jasper Hardison. 1 William Doub Bennett of Rocky Mount and Raleigh has been involved in genealogical research for nearly 55 years. Military pension records are often extremely valuable in the details provided on military service, as well as personal and family data, and even militia returns establish a person's presence at a particular place and time. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. We like to visit retirement and long-term care homes and other community events to dance for their entertainment and our well-being, as a Club and as a person! Iredell County History. Iredell County government website. File #241. My side of the family were from these same places. The fragmented extant records of early Burke county, N. C., have led many researchers to believe in a story written in a letter from W. L. TWITTY to Lyman DRAPR which allegedly approves that the father of Josiah, Capt. Benjamin stayed at Boonesborough until he lost his land claims in 1778. WebOver four hundred years ago, English colonists trying to settle on Roanoke Island encountered many Native Americans along the coast. Thus it will be seen that this stone church was begun in 1792, completed in 1795, and consecrated on Easter Sunday 1796. Please click on the links below to access the Rowan Public Library movie series about the history of Rowan County Check for available copies of A Ramble Through Rowans History. Im glad I found this. I am looking for any Litchfields in the mid to late 1700s. As advocates increased representation for the Western part of North Carolina in state government, Charles Fisher urged support for Calhoun and Jackson through the newspaper The Western Carolinian, founded in 1820.

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