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The Ghost of Gazzain Harwell
When we see a simple document of a family living in a particular place at a particular time, in can sometimes be reasoned that they lived a resolute existence, that they were a common people in a...
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For Those Disposed to Go Astray
One thing I have learned in tracking those kinfolk who migrated away from here is, we are the West.While 'tracking the killer of Asa Henson, one G. W. Harwell, I came across a series of newspaper...
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Preachers Kids
There's two stereotypes of Preachers Kids. First the perfect angels, who follow in their forebearers footsteps and become deacons of the Word. Then there are the rebellious types, the pure demons, as...
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Uncle Ben
Benjamin Holmes was a single man, yet his Will and his Estate records connected much in the way of his neices and nephews.I first came across Benjamin Holmes in an Anson County, North Carolina, land...
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The Chapman's
I was first introduced to the Chapman's in the estate file of Benjamin Holmes. The one thing I knew about them was that some way, some how, they were related to him.Antebellum era familyBenjamin Holmes...
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The Seiglers
In my last few posts, I've been looking at the heirs of one Benjamin Holmes, son of John Holmes and wife, Nancy Proctor Holmes. Ben was a single man, born in Anson County, North Carolina between 1800...
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Scattered Pictures, Scattered Lives
A coffee cup emblazoned with the image of The King...of Rock and Roll - my mother's teenaged heart throb. A cane with a worn handle and aged patina passed from a grandparent to a parent who then used...
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On the North side of Richardson Creek
Jacob Gurley from Johnston County, North Carolina obtained his first grant in Anson County in March of 1799. It was for 100 acres on "Littel Watre Branch". He obtained 2 more that year, both in...
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Playing the Waiting Game - or - Adventures in DNA
In researching my Turner roots, I discovered that my 3rd Great Grandfather, George Washington Turner, had achieved his surname through his mother's line, not his fathers. As of this moment, we have no...
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Autumn of our lives, And another leaf falls
Arthur Lee Hudson, Jr. ObituaryMr. Arthur Lee Hudson, age 89, of Yadkinville, passed away on Monday February 17, 2020.Mr. Hudson was born on March 11, 1930 in Stanly County to the late Arthur Hudson...
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Bad Girls of Stanly County Part VII: Sins of the Mother- The Story of...
I have a lot of irons in the fire, when it comes to genealogy, and indeed, life in general. My most recent pursuit involves my Turner family and its connections in Anson County and abroad. Recent...
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The Return of the Plague
At the moment, we - we as the human race, not one county, or one state or one country, but the entire world, are experiencing a phenomena that is effecting us all. A deadly virus is circulating,...
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30 Mothers In 30 Days: Patsy
In Honor of Mother's Day, I've decided on a series of brief posts featuring Mothers in my Family Tree.Some of them, like my own mother and even my Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers, I know quite a...
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Sarah
I've often felt the influence, or the presence of Sarah Elizabeth Winfield Howell Davis, when reading her words, when walking about the old family lands, when in her home county of Mecklenburg County,...
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Lisha
Lisha Ramsey is one of those ancestors I know very little about.Name:Lisha RamseyGender:FemaleAge:65Birth Year:abt 1785Birthplace:North CarolinaHome in 1850:Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina, USACannot...
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Leah
Leah Julian was my 8th Great Grandmother. Eight generations, can you imagine that? Still, with that many generations back in time, we have not made it to an immigrant. Just a few generations beyond...
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Ava
Original Stone of Rev. William McGregor from Find-a-GraveAva McGregor Solomon is another of my Scottish predecessors and my 5th Great Grandmother.Ava was the daughter of "The Olde Scots Preacher", Rev....
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Mattie
As I write, Mother's Day is but a few days away. At this time, the leading DNA companies, like Ancestry and 23 and Me, are putting their DNA tests on sale. I have been contemplating ordering an MtDna...
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Wincy Elizabeth
She was born into the family of a cleric and minister, Wincy Elizabeth Morton was the daughter of Samuel Parsons Morton, known in these parts as "Crying Sammy", due to his emotional delivery of...
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30 Mothers in 30 Days: Catherina
On September 10, 1731, a ship arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Rotterdam, Netherlands called "The Pennsylvania Merchant". Commanded by Captain John Stedman, the ship carried 175 imported...
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