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Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Sunday, March 01, 2026

Edith Penny "Geg" O'Brien(My 2C1R)

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Edith Penny "Geg" O'Brien(My 2C1R) Name at Birth: Edith Marie Pitman Parents:  Beecher Lee "Boots" Pitman and Myrtle...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Newspaper notes mention the Lytle family--NC & TN

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While looking at information about the Lytle family, I found mention of a James Cook-- an associate of Obediah Pinson.  The Lytle family and...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Cooks Mentioned in Franklin Co. NC Court Minutes(March 1811)

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Found mention of William Cook and Pope Cook in the Franklin County, North Carolina Court Minutes of March 1811.   Minutes of March Court 181...
Saturday, June 24, 2023

Statement by Wm Harrison of his Rev. War Service

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On May 15th of 1820 William Harrison appears before John McNairy, judge of the East & West Districts of Tennessee as part of his applica...
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Saturday, February 18, 2023

North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection

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After Elvira's sister, Abigail Allen made the statement about the length of the prayer given by the minister at Elvira and William's...
Sunday, February 05, 2023

Bella, formerly the slave of Gen Thomas Clark & late of John Waddell & John Lord

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Found Bella's will while looking for another record.  It starts out... In the name of God Amen,  I, Bella Clark (a coloured woman former...
Friday, January 15, 2021

Article about Shem Cooke in Historic Maury(TN) journal

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Over the holidays a Google search on Shem Cooke pointed to an Amazon listing. The publication though no longer available at Amazon, should ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

State of North Carolina listed on 1836 tax list in Wilson Co. Tennessee

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In the 1836 Early TN Tax List Records for Wilson Co TN's Dist 17, it appears that the State of North Carolina owns 317 acres valued at...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Benjamin Woodward---Money Maker--Counterfeiter

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While researching the Cook line I came across the story of Benjamin Woodward a money maker-- but not the legal way.  He was a counterfeiter....
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Correspondence in Pension file of James Blackwell

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On August 28, 1930, Dr. Blackwell Markham of Durham NC wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions in Washington, D.C. asking for informa...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Williams Family Land from original North Carolina Land Grant

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The land mentioned is in Davidson County, Tennessee The Tennessean, 12 Jul 1910, Tue, Page 10  www.newspapers.com The snippet b...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

1850 Bedford Co TN, USA -- Industrial and Manufacturers Census Schedules--Nicholas Anthony

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Today I read some of the entries from the Industrial & Manufacturers Census Schedule for 1850 Bedford County Tennessee. The first listi...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Division of Land of Godfrey Fowler deceased 1796--Wake Co NC, USA

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Found this document while I was trying to find a common ancestor in one of my DNA match's trees. I thought it was so interesting that I...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Will of John Cook--Orange Co. NC Feb Term 1811---written March 9, 1798

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Will Book written page # 278 & 279 In the Name of God Amen the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred n...
Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Revisiting the New River Notes website

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I remember looking over the New River Notes website in the late 90s when Jeff Weaver created it. It was great then but it is even better no...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Will of John Cathey--March 1837 Session--Lincoln Co NC

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Read over some of the Lincoln Co. North Carolina probate records and found the will of John Cathey which was proved at the March 1837 Sessio...